The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-27
In All the Funds But $713 Re-
mains at This Time.
Better Days Are in Store, and
Teachers Will Be Paid.
Boilers Of the Heating Plants
Need Attention.
From THURSDAYS Daily,

From Thursdays Daily.
The adjourned meeting of the school
board last night was attended by all of
the members except Mr.. Coughlan. The
first matter brought up was the report
of Inspector H. l.. Crane of the Hartford
Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance
company. The boilers of the different
heating plants were inspected Sept. 4th,
and in the main were found to be in
good condition, although needing some
attention, especially the high school
boiler
Mr.. Currier stated that his company
uses soda ash to keep the boilers in
good condition. This costs S. barrel,
and is the foundation for all boiler COM
pounds. He thought that it might be
well for the school board to invest in
some.
President Hughes asked what had be-
come of the expensive boiler compound
that the board had bought a year ago.
He had supposed until he saw the in
spector's report that it was being used
and gave good results.
On motion of Mr.. Fletcher the presi-
dent was instructed to look up the
boiler compound and also to see that the
boilers are put in good condition.
The finance committee presented re-
port which approved the reports of the
secretary and treasurer. The reports
of those two officers We're ordered pub
lished in the Mankato daily papers.
Mr.. Fletcher spoke of the condition
of the funds of the school district. He
said that he as treasurer had received
$5,479.57, but that he had since paid
out in orders all but $7l3.sl, which was
the total balance left in all of the funds.
Before the next meeting $500 would
have to be paid out. The board had
made mistake in not keeping the inn
provement fund separate and putting it
out to interest If this had been done
from the start another bond could have
been taken up, but as it was it had
been used to draw upon when the other
funds were gone.
Judge Comstock, chairman of the
finance committee, said that there is
81 200 due the district on state high
school aid, that could be had at any
time. The state apportionment of
$500 would become due Oct. 9th, and
could probably be had a day or two
later. The November settlement would
bring in some more money, the amount
last year being $5,346. Last year there
was received from all sources $780, 300,
and the amount paid out was $32,784.
If the expenses were held down to where
they were last year the district would
have a balance of $4,000 at the close of
the school year, whi,h would be little
enough.
Mr.. Fletcher said that the board had
increased the salary list $1,000 over
what it was last year. Judge Comstock
replied that the receipts show an in
crease this year of enough to take care
of that
Secretary Sparrow stated that the
teachers salaries win become due Oct.
2Sth This will call for $4,000.
President Hughes said that the banks
had promised to carry the district
without charging interest when it was
short of funds, and it would be we'll to
see whether they would do so. Mr..
Fletcher said that he thought that the
warrants would be paid.
Mr.. Currier said that a man wants
to buy the pump at the Franklin school
building. Fifty feet of pipe goes with
it. The stoves in the West Mankato
building might also be disposed of.
The committee on property and ex-
pense was authorized to sell the stoves
and the pump.
The bills were not taken up because
of the emaciated condition of the treas