Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-21
NEW BUILDINGS
DECIDED upon.
soard Of Education Reached This
Conclusion Last
Night.
NO MORE CROWDED SCHOOLS.
Three Places Of Learning VIII he
Erected ut Cost Of Si05,000--
Location of Them.

Three new school buildings for Salt
LIKE. to cost $4,000 were decided upon
by the board Of education at the end
OF lengthy discussion last night. The
new buildings include schoolhouse
IN the southwestern portion of the
clty, to relieve the crowded condition
of the Franklin and Grant schools
another building in the northwestern
part of the city to relieve the Union
school, and n gymnasium for the High
school grounds
The two schoolhouses are to be of
twelve rooms each. and will cost $4o-
900 each. The gymnasium building will
he 50xlOO feet in size. without an as
,embly room, and will be one story in
height, costing between $4,000 and
$4,000.
SESSION A LENGTHY ONE.
The session Of the board last night
was a lengthy one, and was marked
by extensive discussion, most of which
,entered on the school building propo-
sltion. II started with the cOnsidera-
,on of a report of the buildings and
grounds committee recommending the
building Of the three new structures.
II stated that site had been donated,
in the northwestern part of the city,
consisting of ten tots, provided the
committee would add to it by the
purchase OF four more at n cost of
500, giving a total area OF 100 By
29I feet The uintah district school
could be built Of eight rooms, II stated,
,.lnt IL ~ -Es.
which would be $1,000.
THE NEW GYMNASIUM.
on the new gymnasium the commit
tee reported that building 4OxsO feet
two stories, with an assembly room,
would cost $4,000 60xl20 feet with an
assembly hall seating 100, $4,000,
6jXl3O feet, TWO stories, without lee
ture hall $4,000.
After lengthy discussion a motion
passed authorizing the buildings and
grounds committee to prepare one set
of plans for the two school
buildings, and to prepare an
estimate Of the cost of High school
gymnasium OH the lines mapped out.
The amount Of money In the building
fund It Is estimated will be SIS, 900 by
July lst next, and these buildings will
create a deficit, which was authorized,
Of about $4,000. on the final vote
Giauque, who had been earlier accus-
ed by Thomas Of trying to attach a
rider to the original bill to defeat the
move for a High school gymnasium,
voted against the motion, and was
Joined by Martin, all others present fav-
orIng the plan.
TELEPHONE ORDERED OUT.
In the dispute over the use OF Bell
telephones in the High school and Bry-
ant school the Independent Telephone
company received vote last night,
indicating its position. 1t requested
the Bell phones TO be taken out, IN
Compl!ar &c with a contract made some
time ago. stipuating that Independent
phones be used exclusively Even the
telephone installed and paid for by
Principal Eaton was considered as Il
violation of the contract, and was or
dered removed.
The recommendations of the commit
tee that the contract for additions to
the Washington school be let to Ash
ton Bros. for Sl929; and that the con-
tract for heating and plumbing the
Washington be let to Higson & Rossi-
ter for s.. 252, We're adopted.
The recommendation that the Irving
school property be sold TO Nephl l..
Morris ct al, the highest ildders, was
tabled for u week, The offer was $3.50.
IN HONOR OF PINNEY.
AS a citing memorial for the late
William ~4nney, who served for many
years as superintendent Of buildings,
and finally constructed the Lafayette
school as the result of his long expert
ence with school buildings, 1t was pro-
posed by Mathonihah Thomas that
bronze tablet properly inscribed be-
placed IN an appropriate position In the
school. The resolution was adopted.
The finance committee reported the
following recommendations. which were
adopted
That 1910 be paid to Ray Van Colt
md 5000 20 f. B. Critchlow for legal
services In court in the case of the san
PEDRO Los Angeles < Salt Lake Route
against the board of education. Tho
committee on teachers recommended
that the resgnation OF Miss Lou l..
Lewis be accepted to take effect Feb.
%, that Miss Mary Hoag be granted a
leave Of absence until the end of the
school year. and that Samuel Doxey be
given a leave of absence until the end
Of the school year on account of his
health