Show ALL ABOUT THE SCI1UOJS1 1I 1 I I A 100000 Territorial Fund i Ready for Distribution I II I I A FINANCIAL STATEMENT The Bids for the Onuirrh Building Arc All Too ugh A Legal Opinion on the Subject of Liens on School Buildings Gets the Jackson Heating and Ventilating Contract The board of education met in regular session last evening President William Nelson presided and all members were I present Parley L Williams sent in a communication I com-munication relative to the liens which have been served upon the board by various parties He was of the opinion that the liens cannot be enforced against the buildings by suit and foreclosed fore-closed but if there was any money due the principal contractor the board would be bound to hold such money to answer to the subcontractor or material man until it shall be legally adjudged whether or not the claim is valid Filed J O Watson et al filed a notice of lien on the Nineteenth ward school building in the sum of 23775 Deferred I TUE TREASURERS STATEMENT j Treasurer Duke submitted his monthly I statement for March as follows Balance March 1 u 15911 78 Ileceivedfrom F J Leonard city tax 5115 66 Received from DR Alien county tax 10000 00 Received from D R Allen territory terri-tory appropriation 17989 46 Received from D R Allen final appropriation for 1691 239916 Received fromF J Leonard city tax 233 35 Received fromJ B Jloreton rebate furniture 73 60 Total 818872381 DISBURSEMENTS Paid clerks warrants 8 42887 SS Balance on band March 31 145840 93 Total J18S728 81 Referred to committee on finance THE TEEEITORIAL FUND The commissioner of schools reported that the territorial auditor reports an additional ad-ditional 100000 of territorial school money arising from the tax of three mills on the dollar tor 1892 now subject to distribution II tribution Also that the apportionment to the territorial auditor had been re ported and that the latter would issue his warrant for the amount Mr Pratt stated verbally in connection with the report that there wasabout16000 of the amount not collectable at present as the county collector had refused to turn in the sumo sum-o the county treasurer except by an order or-der of the court The report was referred to thefinance committee A letter written by the Utah Stove and hardware company to the superintendent of buildings was read complaining that the hardware specifications for the Jackson Jack-son school building is inferior to that placed in the Lowell and Hamilton schools and suggested certain changes Referred to committee on Sites and Buildings Build-ings A TEACHERS COMPLAINT Emily Batt complained that she had been dismissed from her position as teacher at the Sixth Ward school without with-out due notice and asked that the matter I be > investigated Referred to committe on i teachers and School Work OqUIBBH SCHOOL BIDS The committee on sites and buildings reported in the matter of bids for tho erection of the Oquirrh school building that the following had been submitted tofu to-fu I amesSpencerBateman Co Bid for galvanized Iron work I 1367 i Bid for plumbing 1813 J W Farrell Bid for plumbing h 2672 lleescu Davis A Co Bid for pitimoing 2150 E E schoppo A Co Bid for galvanized iron work 1490 Salt Lake Building b Manuiacturing Co Bid lor building comp ole as per plans and specUlcut 61552 It atone in place 01 brick 69168 If stone to top of fitter table 637 7 E C Burton Bid for galvanized Iron work 2372 Taylor Komney A Armstrong Co Bid for building complete outside walls cut store work 60230 I I Outside walls of pressed brick 74238 Carpenter work i 18510 Tenth Ward Lumber < t Building Assn Carpenter work < 14975 A nensgen Bid for cut stone h 73120 If basement is rock and rest pressed knee 67500 For pressed brick and rock trimmings all around h 04490 John Burt bid for plastering 2700 George ourly Mason work as per plans and specifications specifica-tions 51850 I 1 Basement of rock 41900 II I Pressed brick h 43200 Mason work to top of water table < < 240j Pressed rco take place 1b stone to I top of water table 197001 hm 197001 U Vlhlam Lister I Complete building cut stone 73000 First and second stories lined with brick 715uO > First and second atones to oe all brick except trimmings 70603 Basement and tlrst story all brick except I ex-cept stone trimmings 63550 The committee recommended that alIi bids > be rejected in consequence of their being > so high and that the certified checks I be returned to the bidders by the clerk Young moved that the matter be referred ferred back to the committee with instructions tructions tocut out such extra features are deemed unnecessary and then to solicit and report to this board at the earliest practicable moment revised bids from the bidders on the plans thus revised Carried MORA GETS A CONTRACT The committee on sites and buildings reported in the matter of the heating and ventilating of the Jackson school and recommended that inasmuch as the board had rejected the bid for a direct rect lowpressure system that the bid oi P J Moran to furnish a lowpressure gravity system with fan ventilation in accordance with the requirements of the advertisement which shall be complete in all of its several parts for the sum of 5935 Mr Moran had another bid in for a complete system of fan ventilation without the application of direct radiation radia-tion for the sum of 5532 With the firstnamed system whIm the tan is in operation the whole building can be warmed by indirect radiation After the dismissal of school and before school hours each day the building cane b can-e warmed by direct radiation It is also automatic in its operation and the ser vices of the janitor will be available dur I jog school hours and hence the committee com-mittee deemed the higher bid the best one under the circumstances Young moved to amend the report by adding theprovision that Mr Moran will agree to bear all expenses of every kind or nature including chancres in the building that may be incidental to the 1 complete installation of his proposed plant Carried The report was adopted TO KEEP OUT THE WATER The committee on sites and buildings recommended an increase in the thickness thick-ness of the basement floor from six to nine inches at the Jackson school and that a cement base be put on the inside of the outside walls up to the widow sills and an eightinch base on all the inner walls in order to make the basement water tight at a cost of 5510 not including includ-ing the base This was recomended on account the condition of the ground on which the building is located water being very near the surface The committee further recommended that the superintendent of buildings be authorized to plaster the entire ceiling of the basement with two coats of brown mortar at a cost not io exceed 5260 The report was adopted PAVING BIDS The same committee reported on works that may be necessary on the play grounds or on the sidewalks adjoining the school sites that the work could be secured as follows Metropolitan Stone company flagging not less than two inches thick or less than five superficial feet in each stone at 25 cents per square foot flagging intended for basement of buildings joints cemented not leas than three inches thick containing not less than five superficial feet at 30 cents per square foot Pacific Paving company Threeinch concrete basement and oneinch bitumen cus brick top 16 cents per square foot a curb of cement on the inside of the walk five inches high and twelve inches deep for 60 cents per linear foot Yhng olirst Houlahan Griffiths First class cement walk for 18 cents per snuare foot cement curb and retaining J wall 5 inches thick and eight inches deep for 35 cents per linear foot or 12 inches deep for 45 cents per linear foot The report was filed The same committee recommended that the two basement rooms in the Sumner school building be fitted up with warming warm-ing and ventilating apparatus so that they can be used for school class rooms and recommended that the bid of the Smead Warming and Ventilating company to do the work in firstclass style for 5200 Adopted A BRYANT CONTRACT SETTLEMENT The same committee reporting on the matter of the adjustment of claims against the Bryant school and the assignment or said claims to Davidson Hilton stated that all claims pertaining to the building had been referred to the attorney and considered con-sidered by tho committee and the latter recommended that the balance due on said contract of f 176993 be paid to the sureties sure-ties David Hilton and IR ltoJ Davidson David-son The committee also presented the bond in which the sureties are bound to the board to keep free and discharged of all claims etc on account of the said building and recommended that the bond be approved and the appropriation i be 1d nd f oJ Pfll i made for said amount in i full settlement The bond was approved and the report adopted I The committee on furniture and supplies sup-plies recommended the appointment of I 1 Thomas Jones as janitor of the franklin I school and C J Chelow janitor of the Lincoln school the salaries to be fixed at the schedule rate foreightroom buildings from April 11693 Adopted The committee on teachers and schoolwork school-work recommended the purchase of 160 copies of Talmages Domestic Science i They also reported the arrival of the I I Barnes geographies and that they were I I found to be in accordance with the revised i manuscript a I I A communication from Superintendent Millapaugh was submitted with the report re-port calling attention to the necessity ol selecting teachers for the coming school year at the earliest practicable moment and that the salary list should be revised in order to remedy any inequalities that may exist The report was adopted and the superintendents super-intendents communication referred to the committee on teachers and schoolwork school-work THE CHIKDBENS FUND In the matter of raising a fund for a childrens building at the Worlds fair Baldwin moved that the teachers be authorized au-thorized to instruct the children in thejr rooms that those who wish may pay five cents each to Mrs Salisbury at a time and place to be named by her Carried CLAIMS ALLOWED Claims were allowed as follows J C Besore payment on contract for heating apparatus at Franklin8 6S3 75 David Hilton and Daniel Davidson final payment of contract of W H Jay 476098 Wostenholmu i MOrrIs coal 86 15 George M Scott t Co supplies 85 25 Z U M I door holders u 11 50 I J Raleigh ha11ns dirt 6855 A Stiefel freight and drayaltunn 49 42 Uostecholme A Morris ooa11 31 60 I Midgley Sons company cesspools 310 5S Sears Llddle company glazing u 11 66 George harper and assistants level leg school grounds 690 65 oS E Lrager vlnJow guards J 79 81 William Asper Co drawing boards 3 iO Mldgley Sons Co plumbing 824 22 J Toiler extra work 63 00 S E Crager window guards 11200 Salt Lake Building and Manufacturing Manufactur-ing company ninth payment on contract con-tract for erection of Lowell scnool building 619 1 10 Benjamin Johnston patching ceiling 5 CO Heescb Davis Co vitrified pipe 3 20 Heesch Davis tz Co vitrified pipe 80 33 Tribune Job Printing Co printing U 28 00 Alexander Smith repairing boiler wall 1200 Mr MTserve agent Smead Warming and Ventilating Co 714 SO Edward H Evans labor 48 00 Henry Nichols foreman 108 00 James Devine foreman 105 00 William D Plnney foreman 103 00 William Nelson services 100 00 R W Young services as member of board 8350 R Alff services as member of board 75 COB CO-B G Kaybould services as member of board 83 25 Charles Baldwin i services as member of board 8250 W J Beattie services as member of board h 75 03 Total 811057 42 Adjourned for one week |