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Show THE SCHOOL BOARD. Heating nnd Ventilation Discussed Two School Named Teachers Employed. Heating and ventilating formed the theme of discussion at the meeting of the board of education last evening. The subject came up on a report of the committee on sites and buildings, recommending that the bid of the Hendey & Meyer Engineering company of $3bl5 for heating aud ventilating the Jackson Jack-son school be adopted. The report caused a great deal of discus-ion, discus-ion, Mr. Newman moving that the Smead system be substituted for the one named, while Trustee Pike wanted the contract to go to Midgley & Sons. A motion was also made to refer the matter back to the committee, com-mittee, but the recommendation of the committee com-mittee was adopted by a vote of 7 to 2. Midgley & Sous offered to put in the heating heat-ing and ventilating plant in the Sixteenth and Nineteenth schools for $5075. Referred. Re-ferred. The committee on sites and buildings sent in a report recommending that a garduer be employed to keep the various school grounds in good shape, aud that various improvements improve-ments be made including the erection of a fence at the Lincoln school, and that a drinking drink-ing apparatus be provided at the Lincoln school. The committee further recommended recom-mended that the new Ninth school be named the Oquirrh school, and the Third school the Sumner: also that William Carroll be allowed al-lowed 11071 for services as architect at the Sumner school and that half of the amount be appropriated. Adopted. The boud of William Lister, the contractor for the Sumner school, with A. T. Gibson, J. T. Clasby and J. H. Griffin as bondsmen, was approved. the committee on supplies reported the employment of John O'Donnel as janitor of the school building on Sixth street at a salary sal-ary of $15; Francis Edwards as janitor of the vestry room in the Tenth ward meeting house at a salary of $15 a month; William Fowler as janitor in the vestry room in the Twentieth ward at a salary of $15 a month. Adop.ed. The same committee reported having rented a storeroom on Richards avenue for $25 a month, aud also that Mr. Melander be appointed janitor of the Tenth school at a i salary of $50 a month, in place of J. B. i Bloomfield. Adopted. ' Superintendent Millspaugh reported that he had discontinued the primary department at the Thirteenth school. The committee on teachers reported that the following teachers had been employed: Mrs. A. J. Gunnel, $70 a month; Miss Emma Tibbets, $70 a month; Mis3 Emma Whitney, $75 a month. The board decided to review the parade of the school children this morning, and the following appropriations were made: Salt Lake Building and Manufacturing company, for cut stone $ l,4fi7 00 Cnunington 4 Co., supplies 46 98 Mason & Co., material 1 87 Scott & Co., supplies 14 95 Kovelty Manufacturing company, ruling slates 18 50 Otto Eichorn, services 12 00 K. II. Stout, drayaae 2b 00 Rogers, S?arles & Co., insurance 84 66 Herald, adveitising. 18 35 Deseret Tews, advertising 9 45 Stout & Drage, moving soil 69 0U Lewis fc Taylor, repairs 33 00 Utah Stove and Hardware company 5 65 James, Sieucer, Bateman & Co., repairs re-pairs 90 50 T. H. Connely, painting. ' 155 00 John A. Peterson, rent 12 00 George E. Blair, rent 14 J CO Joseph K. Caine, rent SH) liu . R. Malone. expense 26 25 J. C. Watson 4 Bio., freight E9 b5 William Carroll, architectural services. 535 50 Total $ 3,627 40 |