Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-11-27

proposition 10 wake TWO TuuhioHat
School Rooms at High School An
nex-Teachers and Janitors Salar-
les Paid-Contract Awarded to VIM.
Ellis to Dig cesspooi.
The board of education met in reg
ular session last night in the Burke
street school building, President Alex
ander presiding. The members were
all present Superintendent w. c..
Morton, Profs. Wachtel and Harris,
Principal Dodd and Archit ct Woltz,
of Waynesboro, were also present.
In the matter of furnishing the d.
rectors' room in the southeast corner
OF the court house, third floor, Com
missioner Barrick reported that the
committee appointed for the purpose
had ascertained that the furniture
could be bought for about 500. This
would include rolltoped, quartered
oak desk fer the secretary, table,
chairs, etc, all to be of the best ma
terial and workmanshi 1t was stat
ed that the desk could be had at a
bargain. The committee, of which Mr..
Barrick is the chairman, was instruc-
ted to make the purchase at once. 1t
is to be understood that this room
is to be used conformity by the board
of education of the Martinsburg In
dependent school district and the
county superintendent, as stipulated
by the county court when the use of
the room was recently granted. Coun-
ty Superintendent w. F.. Evans will
supply such desk and other furniture
as he may need. This then, is to be
the official educational headquarters
that had never xisted here until the
remodeled court house made it pos
sible.
Current bills were passed. Among
these were teachers salaries for No
vember amounting to s2.042.50: jani-
tors salaries, 1852 and Miss Tabb's
stlary of $50 for November as mana
ger of the public library.
Prof. George w. Brindle having re-
moved from the city his place on the
library committe was declared va
cant, and, on motion, Supt. Morton
was appointed his successor.
A communication was read from
Porterfield & Boyer, this city, relative
TO a distribution of the insurance on
school buildings. 1t was received and
fled
communication from the Standard
Oil Co. offering floor oil at 81 cents
per gallon in 5-gallon cans was re-
ceived and filed.
Supt. Morton asked permission TO
leave Wednesday afternoon for Rich
mond to attend the Virginia Education
Conference, composed Of superintend-
ents, principals, teachers and trus-
tees Of state schools, in session this
week. Request granted.
Bids were opened for the sale and
removal of the old John street school
building as follows: John w. Dean,
$135, E. B. Little, s131. On motion
both bids were rejected, being con-
sid red as much too low.
Commissioner Barrick stated that
after comforting with Architect Wolff
and Contractor Westenhaver it was
ascertained that two additional school
rooms could be made on the second
floor of the new annex to the high
school building. 1t was pointed out
that by so doing not only two school
rooms would be added more than the
II Al la
for, but the main high school buildi1g
would be greatly improved by remov-
ing an unsightly partition and MAX
ing some other slight changes for
CON ort and convenience. Contractor
Westenhaver offered to do the extra
work proposed FIR s64S in addition to
the sum To be paid him for building
the new annex IL was further stated
that as the annex is nearing conpl =
ton the additional rooms could be
put in now at less cost than after the
building is completed. The above bid
includes an extra cloak room in the
main building which the contemplated
change win allow 1t was further
stated that Mr.. Westenhaver wants TO
buy the old John street school build
ing, provided he and the board can
agree on fair price for it. and if
so that sum is to be deducted from
his bid of $64S fer the new work pro-
posed. Commissioners Barrick and
Kline were appointed committee to
confer with Mr.. Westenhaver regard
ing the whole proposition
Two bids were opened for the dig
ging of the cesspool at the new John
street school building. One was of
1885, for 25-foot deep well from Will
liam Ellis and the other of $215 for
the same depth OF cesspool from his
brother S. II. Ellis, both OF Franken-
berrytown. The former was awarded
the contract The well is to be Z
feet in diameter, dry wall except three
feet at the top which is to be of ce-
r. Il.