Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-04

night, reelected the following officers for
| the terms and salaries given:
Superintendent of William NJ
| Davidson three years; salary not hXe1
Secretary-J. +. Burgess, one year; sal
| airy, I,lOO as at present
Superintendent Of Buildings-Duncan Fin
crease from $3.50, SIS a month for main
/ tenance OF horse being cut on.
Attorney-Carl +. Herring three years.
| salary. $500, as at present
Hitch over Salaries.
| No difficulty was encountered by the
/ board members, all Of whom except Mem
| bers Cole and Koenig were present. but
the matter of salaries and terms of the
/ officers was hard nut to crack. 1t was
agreed that Superintendent Davidson
! should have an Increase in pay, as it is
| considered expressly desirable that he be
retained, but the amount was left for
/ designation in the future. Member Lower
| wanted Secretary Burgess salary cut down
| to SlSOO a year. but Member Lindsay was
/ the only man who sympathized with him.
| Member McCague desired Finlaysons sal
airy kept down to s. 500, but johnson. Butts
| Lower, Phillippi Rice, Vance, Christie and
| Maynard voted against his amendment to
this effect and the increase went through,
coupled with the stipulation that the old
| allowance for horse hire or board be dis
continued.
Applications for the position of super
| ntendent of buildings were made in writ
! ing and in person by Robert Houghton. 1.
! Douglass and Samuel Macleod. The lat
/ ter agreed to take the job for $3.50
/ year straight and not to charge anything
J for horse hire. All were given hearings.
but this was all their attendance upon the
body secured.
Bids on Fuel.
! Twelve firms bid for fuel but one of
them, the Victor White company was not
! considered because a certified check was
! not inclosed. OF all the bids the lowest
were Pennsylvania Coal and Coke COM
pany, anthracite. 1857; c. b. Havens d
Co. Cherokee steam coal. S2.s3, and Chero-
| kee nut, 1852; T. c. Havens and the Coal
! Hill Coal company, Cherokee lump, $3.50,
all delivered. other firms bidding were
Union Fuel company, Coutant & squires,
! Central Coal AMI Coke company, Sunder-
land Bros. Nebraska Fuel company, Omaha
Coal, Hay and Building Supply company
and the c. w. Hull company.
Bids in printing could not be determined
until tabulated. These firms bid Hopson
Printing company, Great Western Print
ing company, Reed Printing company,
Jennings Printing company, Joseph NJ.
Roucek G. L. Barton, Magic City Printing
! company, Kramer & Chandler, National
Printing company and the Rees Printing
company.
For janitors' supplies bids were received
from Harold Thomson. Milton Rogers &
Sons company, Dunning Hardware COM
pany, James Morton & Sons, Pravy Edu-
cational company, Omaha School Supply
company.
For stationery the bids were from the
ICs.z
tionery company Omaha School Supply
company and the Meyer Stationery COM
pany. All bids were referred to commit
tees for tabulation and report.
Report on Buildings.
Superintendent of Buildings Finlayson
showing that in his hve years tenure Of
office only S77,l3S19 was spent for general
repairs and heating and plumbing repairs
against Sl45 1859 spent for the same ends
in the five years preceding, or S6s,SO7l9
less He said the school buildings are in
much better condition now than when he
found them. All in the face of advanced
cost for material and labor, as much as
35 per cent in some instances.
Annie f. Kruse gave notice that she
declined TO serve as teacher in the schools
reason not given, and Florence Jordan re-
signed from the teaching staff because Of
impending marriage and change of resi-
| dence.
proposition was received from the Ben
nett company to distribute school supplies
from it's store free of charge, and referred
to a committee.
Instructions were given for the purchase
of three tubular furnaces for the Clifton
Hill annexes. from Lewis & Kitchen, at
the rate OF cents a pound. the weight
rot TO exceed 1880 pounds.
JanitOr Vacancy Filled.
Gus Falk was transferred as janitor from
the Walnut IIill to the Train school at his
request and John Ovens was elected jani-
tor for the Walnut Hill school, filling a
vacancy left from the annual election.
The attorney was instructed to take
steps to secure the requirements OF strip
Of land adjoining the Kellom school as
recommended by him two weeks ago.
1t was announced that certificates will
be granted TO teachers who took the re-
cent examinations, who were numbered
as follows: High schol certificates A, A.
4s 30. 81, So; grade certificates, l. s, II, l3,
1s 10, 20 21, 25. 26, 27, %. 80, 81, 80, 36, 49,,
SO, 40, Al; kindergarten certificates, 4, p,
l6 %, "a.
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