Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
Norfolk 0eaIer Must Furnish New
and Modern lypewriters.
POLICY SET FORTH N RESOLUTION
Trustees Declare That They Gave
Local Merchants Fair Chance TO
Bid on Suppiies-eusy Regular
Meeting Held.

With eight members preSem and
IAN unusual amount G: business -
fand, me city school board held Il
rather interesting session at tn" High
school building last night. disp> sing
of quite number OF i'm .'ortan, mat
tiers in connection with the city
school,
Several members Of the Merchants
Association were present and upon
being given the privilege OF tn" tic r
spoke at length in reference u tn"
recent purchase OF typewri,ers and
other supplies by he rules committee
for use in the public schools, in which
i, was alleged that the local d alers
had mot been allowed to bid. After
quite lengthy discussion of the sub
ject and the reading OF c0mmurl'
cation from the Merchants Ass2cia-
rion to Mayer Jones asking that an in
,estigation of the purchase be- made.
the board adopted the following re so
luton and directed the clerk %
furnish copies of i, t. the Merchant
Associated and the newspapers.
The Resolution.
Il. The Board a: its meeting or
January 1909 directed the rules com
mittee to purchase six new standard
machines provided they could b" got
ten at $50 each.
- The committee acting under
this authority purchased for 5000 two
l.. G.. Smiths. two UnderwcOds. On"
Remington and one Smith Premier
all new and all visible writer's. "N'
cept the Remington ana Smith Pre-
mier The retail price 0: these ma
chimes is 500 and the usual price
to schools $40 The city is therefore
saved 1920 by the purchase.
%. The report has been current
tha,.. all the machines are not new.
If this be true then written contracts
have been broken. giving the city
cause fer action for damages. and
if the authors of this report will
furnish the proof. the necessary suits
will be brought for a recovery.
a. AS for patronizing home peo-
pie. this is always the wish of the
board. but the home offers We're not
below SO for these machines new. ur
40 per cent higher than the price
paid. and we do not feel justified IN
paying tha. price when il meant the
definite loss to the city of 1920. A.
for the tables and chairs. these We're
furnished by enc of the typewriter
concerns at exact cost. as a further
inducement to lis 10 buy some o. its
machines.
-. A committee. of three OF
whom the chairman Of this board shall
be chairman. will at once investigate
wt,ether the mach les are new.
Messrs. Sutton and Harrison were
appoint edssFo act with Chairman
Pickett as an investigation commit
tee in accordance with this resolu-
ton
Fund For New School.
Mr. Harrison. the chairman OF the
finance committee reported that hfs
committee hoped to secure the neces-
sary funds from the city council for
the Construction OF the proposed
school building in the Second ward
as SON as that body disposes Of the
regular city budget.
Upon the recommendation of the
finance committee. Schmeiz Brothers,
bank was designated as a depository
for the schoCl fund.
ID nln
supervisor Of drawing In the city
schools to serve from the present
time until the end Of the school year.
Warm Discussion.
Mr.. F.. s. Robinson appeared before
the board and after being given the
privilege of the floor made a lengthy
protest agains: the manner in which
the children of the city were treated
in the Central school. which was re-
sen;ed bv Principal Dutrow and for A
time the discussion was rather warm.
but the matter was finally referred to
the rules committee for report and
into the matter.
The report of Superintendent OF
W. c. Norton showing that
l 800 pupils were enrolled for the
month in the white schools Of the
CITY with q daily average attendance
Of 1.7a3. while the enrolment in the
colored schools for the month was :0S
with a daily average attendance Of
SAC. was received and filed.
The members of the board present
AZ the meeting were Messrs. Richard
son. Terry. Huffman. Sutton, Harri.
son Bachelor. Cameron and Pickett.