The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-09
BOARD SEEKS SITE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Bids for Sale of Ground to Be
Opened on Feb
ruary 10.
FINE NEW BUILDING FOR
WATERLOO GRADE PUPILS
Four New, Magnificent Struc
lures Will Be Added Dur
ing Present Year.

Steps were taken at the meeting OF the
city board of education Tuesday night to
purchase site for the new high school,
and also to purchase a site and prepare
plans for the new grade school to be
built In Waterloo The buildings and
grounds committee recommended that the
board advertise for bids for the high
school site. the bids to be opened by the
committee at noon on February 10. The
site Is to be not less than 20x20 rods in
dimension
This report was adopted as was also
the recommendation that the committee
be authorized to select a site for the
grade school building In Waterloo and
employ an architect to prepare plans for
a twelve-room building These two
buildings will be constructed with funds
derived from the sale of school bonds
wlich were voted at a special election
held last month.
The board decided to employ Dallas &
Hedges 10 prepare plans for. an eight
room addition TO the Longfellow school
building With the three mentioned and
the one TO be built on the site owned by
the board on Ninth avenue and L street.
there Will be four splendid new school
buildings constructed this year,
Janitors Are Employed.
Upon recomm endation OF the commit
lee on DullOlnSJ ana GROUNDS Nne 1plIOW-
ing janltors were employed at the salaries
mentioned John Jones at the Jefferson
school, Sll5 per month; Rudolph ReUsser
at the Emerson school and manual train
Ing building. Sl22.50 per month; Hans
Hanson at the Sumner school at Sll5 per
month.
The board authorized the purchase of
siXtyfve carloads OF gravel for use at
the various buildings at an estimated
cost OF S130, and also that a rostrum be
placed in the Lafayette school assembly
room at a cost OF $3.50.
upon recommendation OF the committee
on teachers and school work the board
authorized the purchase OF piano for
the Bonneville school and also the pur-
chase OF twenty sets OF Stcreographs with
2sS views for use In the elementary
schools.
superintendent Granted Leave.
City Superintendent OF Schools D. II.
Christensen was given n three weeks
leave OF absence TO attend the convention
OF the department OF superintendents OF
the National Educational association
which meets In indianapolis on March |.
and g. During his absence he will visit
with q view to making recommendations
and suggestions to the board which VIII
aid In the preparation OF plans for the
new high school building here. The board
appropriated funds to meet the expenses
of the trip.
Increases in salaries were granted to
the following teachers! Harriet D, Trav
is of the high school. Miss Kendall, Sarah
NJ Gilett, Ina ". o. Nichols and Anna
Mcintyre of the elementary schools.
The board received an offer from Theo
G. Brooks to sell tract OF ground three
by seven rods in dimension on First ave
nue.. adjoining the Wasatch school for
the sum of S5O75. Mr.. Brooks claims
that the school children have damaged his
property and he is anxious to sell TO the
boaru and remove from that locality, The
matter was referred to the committee on
buildings and grounds.
The report OF Treasurer S. a. Whitney
for the month of January showing a ball
ance on hand of s205,722.S was ap-
proved.