The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-10
DATE FOR BOND
ELECTION IS SET
Fate of Half Million Dollar
High School to Be Deter
mined Jan. 8.
OYERDRAFT AMOUNTING TO
$4,000 Is REPORTED
Resignation of Professor Cum
mingS Brings About Revision
of Standing Committees.

AZ The meeting Of the city board of
education Tuesday night the date for
the special bond election for a new
high school building was set for Satur-
day, January 5, 1910. On that date the
taxpayers of Salt Lake City will be
asked to vote bonds in the sum of
$jO0,OOO for the purchase of site and
constructing new high school, and
also for additions and apparatus for the
present high school building. The
bonds will be in the sum of $1,000 each,
payable in twenty years and bearing in.
tcrest at the rate of / per cent per
annum. The polling places aud Judges
of the election will bc selected at the
next meeting OF the board.
Mr.. Thomas suggested that thG
amount of the bonds issued be increased
to 100000, but as this did not meet
with favor from the other members OF
the board. he did not make any amend
mcnt TO the report of the committee on
school laws. which has had the matter
under consideration since the last meet
inc of the board. The report Of the
committee was adopted. and the call
for the special meeting Will be pub
lisbcd and notices thereof posted in due
season.
New Supplies.
The board decided TO purchase ten
additional sewing machines for use In
the eighth grade An additional teacher
in Stenography i'm the commercial de
partmcnt Of the high school viii bc en-
ploycd AT Il salary of 500 month.
The board also authorized the purchase
of n piano for the upper floor aud the
eighth grade at the Oncuua school;
William Crafts, who was injured on
duty in the manual training room, VIII
he paid full salary during the time OF
his disability.
The following equipment was ordered
for the military department of The hlgh
school: One hundred and ten Spring
field cadet rifles. 200 leather waist belts
and plates, 100 cartridge boxes.
Prof l. L. Christensen was employed
as leader Of the cadet band alta salary
of 800 a year. Miss Alvcrda Martin
was employed as pianist at the mGh
school at salary of so month,
Miss Laura Foster WAS added TO the
list of instructors in the manual train
ing department. Increases in salary
were gwen to Miss Rose McDonough
aud Miss Jessie Hutchinson.
The board elected l.. NJ. Bailey as q
member Of the teachers retirement
commission, TO take the place Of Prot.
Byron Cummings, resigned.
on November Of $50 .j26.79. His re-
port was referred TO the finance com
mittec for consideration.
Contracts for covering the pipes IN
the Riverside. jefferson and Oncqua
schools were Let TO tho Western In
sulating company. The contract Tor
wiring the Riverside school was
awarded 10 tho Salt Lake Electric Sup.
ply company upon its bid of $1,000.
I'll, Of ID1,.tn (tTETu nI pIUfN
square foot for constructing cement
walk on the high school grounds was ac-
ccptcd and the contract awarded 20 him.
The board authorized the purchase of
material for making forty manual tram
ing benches for the high school and
sewing tables for use in the grammar
grades. The benches and tables Will he
made by the manual training pupils.
Revision Of Committees.
Owing TO the resignation of Prof,
Byron Cummings from the board and
the appointment of Henry Y. Van Pclt
as his successor. and on account of
several other changes III the committee
President james 7. Hammond an
uounced the members Of the standing
committees AT the present as follows:
Rules. T. Hammond, ": J. Newman,
w / Earrrttc. G. = Martin. VI. J..
Chcesmau. H. Y. Van pelt
school law-W. }. Darrcttc, NJ }.
Checsman. \. G. GiauGuc. W, ]. New
man. o. w. Moyle }. r. Hammond.
Tcachers and school -Mathonihah
Thomas. W i. Newman. NJ. i. Chccs-
man. W. j. Barrctte, H. V. Van Pclt ).
Buildings and crounds-A. G. Giauquc.
+. NJ. Bailey, q. ". Moylr, Matbouihah
Thomas, {. :. Martin. J. T. Hammond,
Fiuaucc-O. w Muylc, l.. NJ. Bailey.
NJ. j. Checsman. e. S. Martin II, V. Van
prlt 4 r. Hammond.