St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-01-13

n White teachers salary. 7551.5
o Colored teachers salary $500
+. superintendent salary. 174.8
Rent ....... $50
CONSTRUCTION Of school
buildings -. 1s,s7s.o
: Maintenance and re-
q pairs ............ 1885
;. Furnishing houses. -. 101.5
;, Telephone service. 12.1
!. Total .......... @s2.s1e.e
1 Balance on hand ct close
of quarter ........ 3.s76.4
. Total ......... $25,193.o
= The creditors. and bondsmen o
Alexander Farmer, contractor for tn
l new Folsom school house, appeare,
ID efore the board and asked that il
/ view Of the fact that Mr.. Farme
had left the parish owing, for labo
and material. a sum greater than th'
balance due him for work done OF
this building, that the school boart
assume the entire debt and take pos
session of the school building Il
soon as possible. The architect, Mr.
Charles Jenkins, was asked to report
upon the work done on the building
and he stated that as far as the work
had gone it was up to specifications
Hon. J. B. Lancaster, upon the re-
quest of the board, appcar.d before
them and stated that II the board
saw fit there was no legal reason why
they could not pay the balance due
for material and labor used Ia the
construction of this building.
Moved by Mr.. Gauze, seconded by
Mr.. Parker, that the board pay the
balance due on the Folsom school
house provided the architect re-
ports after examination, that the
building is worth the entire amount.
and also provided that Mr.. John Car
roll and others of Folsom fulfill their
offer to place the new blackboards
in the building free from cost to the
school board, and also provided this
amount, it paid, should come out of
the second ward special tx. This
was carried unanimously.
Representatives from Onville school
appeared before the board and asked
that public school be reelected 1t
Onville. Moved by Mr. Cause, and
duly seconded, that the Superinten-
dent take charge of the school affairs
at Onville and do as he thinks best. s
On motion, duly seconded, it was
voted that the Covington Bank and
Trust Company be required to give
additional pository protection
equal to the amount of the superin-
tendent's bond, provided the aver
age deposits for last year were found
to be not less than $1O,0OO.OO.
The following report from the
building committee Of the Slidell
high school was received and read:
Slidell, La, Jan. 5, 1911.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the School Board,
Parish Of St. Tammany.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
members of the Building Committee
of the Slidell high school beg leave
to report the following, to-w.t:
That on May II, 1911, the firm of
Stevens & Nelson were employed as
architects of said building at COM
pensation of per cent of the cost
of said building, for drawing plans
and specifications for the proposed
building, and for the supervision of
the construction of the building.
On the Goth of July, 1911, con-
tract for the erection and entire COM
pletion of three-story brick build
ing was let to l. c. CARRIER, Of Jack
son, Miss, for the sum Of $18,469.
they being the lowest bidders on said
building. Also the contract for the
heating and plumbing on said build
ing was given to the firm of C. G.
70 rf ak
$2,898.
The above contracts have been re-
corded and bonds for same have been
given, the amount of same being
one and one-half of the contract
price, and the bonds also have been
recorded in the Office of the Clerk Of
Court Of this parish as tho law di-
rects.
We beg leave to further report
that your committee has from time
to time met and has given strict sur
veillance to work that has been ac-
cCmplished to date, and In addition
to their own personal supervision
and that of the architect, the town
has seen fit to employ q practical
and experienced man who devotes
his whole time to inspecting the ma
terial and workmanship.
We beg further to report with as
and satisfaction that the
work up to date has progressed to
q state Of almost completion. The
rooms and Railways on the third
floor are now completed; in fact the
whole building is nearly. completed,
including heating and plumbing.
We look forward to its being COM
pleted in full within the next ten
days.
Your committee, realizing the urg-
ent and essential necessity Of having |
q water supply for drinking and 9th
er purposes took the liberty Of hav-
Ing we'll driven for same and have |
submitted the cost of same to your |
honorable board for your approval.
We also have a tank to erect and |
from said well to the |
building for the purpose Of having |
water in building, the approximate |
cost of which will be about 5000.
Trusting that this will meet with |
Your hearty approval, we beg to re-
main, Yours respectfully.
Paul Garder. Chairman,
j. NJ Currie,
F. w. Salmen,
]. T. Liddle.
o. r. Brugier,
z ]. J. Dubuisson.