The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-10
THREE NEW OFFERS FOR
GROUNDS ARE RECEIVED
Considerable Routine Business
Also Is Transacted at
the Session.

| meeting OF the G8ty school board lueS-
day evening, gave notice that he wall
move to reconsider the selection of the
| Twelfth ward site on First South street
between Fourth and Firth East streets.
at u special meeting Tuesday, August
%, and it is likely that the board s ac~
tion in picking the Twelfth ward site
Will be resciDdcd then. At least, that
Is the indication now
Three new offers for ground for high
school purposes were received by the
| board Tuesday evening, one of which IN
cludes the Boutwell, site III the neigh
borhood Of Ninth South and Twelfth
East streets. The offers are as follows:
Boutwell, site, by George NJ. Cannon,
including the entire tract bounded by
| Eighth and Ninth South and Twelfth
and Thirteenth East streets, for S40O,-
900 worth of school bonds at par.
Auerbach site, east eight rods of lots
. and T. block 30, plat f, Salt Lake City
survey, and the west eight rods Of lots
) and Is, inclusive of a strip 6Sxl32 feet
owned by NJ. II. Brothers, for $4,000,
This plot, previously offered to the
board through Anderson s. Cummings,
now is profiered by S, n. Auerbneh, the
! Never, the Levy and the Jacobs Realty
companies for school bonds at par.
w. +. Adams, representing the Epis-
copal church, offered Il tract l0x20 rods
adjoining the Twelfth ward site on the
east for $50 900 cash
Still Another Offer,
j. W. Killeen, n realty dealer. offered
20X40 rods Mt First South and Third
East streets for $92 500. as follows: Ten
! by ten rods at the corner for $50, 900;
10x20 rods in Third East street, just
north Of that, for $37 800, and l0xlO
rods north of that for 100000, giving Il
| al l..
| rods depth, on Third East street, eX-
cept for the middle ten rods, which is
twenty rods in depth. This property is
owned by Bishop Laurence Scanlan as
trustee for the Catholic church, Emma
G.. Z. Joyce, Hiram b. Clawson and John
r. Winder, Jr.
The high price of property adjoining
the Twelfth ward site is said to be re-
sponsibe largely for the board IS appar
ent wish to rescind its action in select
ing that place for the high school
The board will attempt to get around
the coal trust once more. The commit
tee on buildings and grounds was or
dercd to readvertise for bids for sup
plying the schools with coal for the
coming winter, In response to calls for
bids about two months ago, five or SIX
coal dealers submitted tenders that were
| found to be precisely the same III every
respect. The bids also were found to
be approximately 80 per cent higher
than the basis OH which the schools got
their coal last year. The amount of
coal needed will be about 100000
pounds
That the school board is pretty badly
| bent is shown by the treasurer S report
of an overdraft Of SIT .360.72, August l.,
Mr.. Barrett reported that the city
| likely Will accept $500 from the school
board in full settlement of all water
claims and his committee was author"
lied to retender this amount to the
city, refused some time ago on the
ground that water taxes for three
months longer than covered in the $500
were owing. The acceptapce of the
$500 by the city will mark the end of
one phase of long dispute between
the city and the school board over wa
ter rates.
Normal Scholarship.
Edna Martin of 2l1 i street and Roy
Fl. Craddock of ~ North Ninth West
street wore nominated for appointment
to normal scholarships.
l.. p. Christensen was reappointed
band master at the high school at a sal
ary of $3.50 year.
D. w. Parratt was rendered the su-
pervisorship Of manual training of all
the schools in the city at salary of
Il
inteudency of manual training at the
high school at $500 year and was Civ
en- the latter position on the recon-
mendation of the teachers and school
work committed
The salaries of the following were
increased about $540 in the aggregated
Miss Anna johnson, Mrs. Carrie Ham
ilton, A. o. Soderberg, Anna Fouche,
Laura Foster, j. o. Soderborg. Florence
Taoc;a H,,fn EIonr Mifch
ell, Emil JOSH, Emma Ivie, Edward w.
Gesswein.
These teachers were given leaves OF
absence as follows: Mary Sherwood,
one year; Emma Cobn, one year; Lyman
R. DANES, one year; Rose Thomas, one
semester; Rachel Ure. one semester,
Other Matters.
Miss Ruby Christensen and Mrs. An
ma Erickson were released from their
teaching contracts and Miss Edna Wells
was appointed teacher.
Domestic science will be installed in
the Jefferson, Lafayette, OQuirrh,
Franklin, Bryant, Emerson and Sum
ner schools.
The contract for wiring the Waterloo
school was given to the Salt Lake Elec
tric Supply company for 5000.
The johnson Service system of heat
regulation Will be installed in the Wa
tprlOO ScnOOl NJ Il COSl OF HISJO, pay"
able March l. 1912, after the board has
tried the service for one full school
year.
The Campbell Building company will
build $50 feet additional paving Mt the
Longfellow school at n cost of $50.
The additional sum of 800 was ap"
propriated for the installation of heat |
ing plant at tie Sugar House build |
ing.
The American Linen and Supply com
pany will furnish and care for towels |
and the like for the school year of |
19l0-19ll for $500
The Keen Sanitary company will Mt
tend to the scavcnger work and do the
cleaning at the schools for $500
The board will purchase 2x4 rods OF
ground adjoining the Riverside school
from Mrs. Jones for $500.
Building Superintendent Folland s.
rules for ianitors were approved.
The board will ask the ciiv council
for permission TO lay Il twoinch pipe