Show THE BOARD OF EDUCATION the meeting of the board of education last laet evening was presided over by vice nelson the other members in attendance were trustees alff young pratt pike newman Bay bould dooly and baldwin WANT TO BE JANITORS G W sharp asked for a position petition as janitor of one of the now new school buildings C A Vander applied or he past as janitor of the lowell school in the twentieth ward william fowler asked for the position petition as janitor of she ahe biowell school the committee on furniture and supplies will consider theve these applications clerk clark mcmillan of the third district dietrict court forwarded warded lor two wo bills one for 17 and the other for 2175 they were accompanied by the following letter to the members of 04 the board of education is herewith find bills due doe me for clerks fees fee in the third district court earned ju in the cam therein entitled and which are wholly unpaid mr P it wllliam williams the attorney of the board has ha approved the same as a just joet charge against your board if found correct please make appropriation for payment respectfully H 0 Mo MiLLAN referred to the finance committee NOT REPLIED TO the clerk stated that in accordance with a resolution at the last evening be had notified the hendley handley meyer mayor engineering company to at once cm battice un on the heating and ventilating apparatus appa ratu at the bryant school but had bad received no reply SIXTEENTH WARD WABD SCHOOL ROOMS BOOMS from the superintendent of schools the following was read permit moto me to report that two rooms already rented from the sixteenth ward are now ready for occupancy I 1 would re fully ask ak tor for authority from the board to place necessary nece wary furniture in the room blaek blackboards boards seats eto eta and in conlu cation with the committee on teachers engage two teachers teacher for the positions thus thu created respectfully J F millspaugh the matter was wa referred to the committee on furniture and supplies supplier with power to act AS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS the committee on sites and buildings building recommended f first abat the outside basement walls walis of the prank frank in school be cemented up to the grade line second that the piers over the boys and girls entrances entrance at the wahington school be Iner increased eased in thickness and that the walls walla of the flues be aro also increased from tour four to eight inches in thickness from rom the first story to the roof third that tha four dwarf brick walls walla be constructed la in the lis milton school building from the bo basement to the level of the vestibule floor each to be twenty one feet long also alaj that ft a patting wall be constructed in the boys toilet room so ao as an to divide it into two rooms also that the outside basement basemen walls walla be cemented to the grade line fourth that abat the committee be authorized zed to rent the presbyterian building in the ontario addition on second west went street at it a monthly rental of 20 per month and that the clerk execute a lease of the same game from september 1 1892 fifth that the committee be authorized zed to lease the davis davia building at 18 per mouth this thie building was occupied by the board for school purposes last year at a rental of 10 per mouth month mr davis the owner has increased the size to nearly double its former capacity we also recommend that said rent be from september sixth with reference to the proposition hereto attached of croxford brothers bryan contractors of the hamilton school to substitute cement for wood wainscot the entire building buil Jing your committee recommend that the proposition be not entertained but that the woollen wooden wainscot be put in as a provided in ia the specifications seventh that mr pinney be authorized zed to have galvanized iron roll placed thereon the report was approved after some discussion FOR FOB THE CITY ENGINEER the committee on sites bites and buildings building also alio reported report eJ that the superintendent of buildings in erecting the several school buildings now in process of construe tion required at various times profile of sites eite grade grabie of sidewalks ide walks streets reeta at etc ate and requested that the clerk of thin bl board be directed to petition the city council in the name of this board re questing that the city engi engineer beer be required to make such surveys curvey as the board of education may require tree of charge SCHOOL WORK the committee on an school work reported that the first purchase of slate late pencil is exhausted or about 0 go o and recommended that more be purchased the committee also alo mund dmd that the superintendent of schools be granted a leave of absence for a week commencing comien olag friday november for the purpose of visiting the schools of ef denver and pueblo colo adopted ACCOUNTS APPROVED the finance committee reported that they had bad audited and approved the following aco aunts and ordered warrants to be issued in payment for the same ame they having first been duly approved by the committee on sites rites and buildings croxford oxford Or brothers ft A bryau bryan hamilton school 00 C Or roxford oxford brothers bryan hamilton school 80 salt bait lake building A manufacturing company lowell school 60 salt lake building A manufacturing company lowell school I 1 aus 00 telfer delfera school ec hool 90 00 A school so 80 A hensgen Hen exen jacks a school extra 69 00 V F M wright washington school 00 8 U watson extra on lincoln school 72 00 co plumbing at bry ant school 28 29 total 4 18 the board adopted the report appropriations the finance committee recommend ad d payment of the following unites states school furniture company 2177 so 80 william 3 laylor rent 30 00 B K R hicock rent 2800 28 OOM ma 8 woolley rent 20 2000 00 0 ren rent i J midgley co blackboards IS 15 monheim birda bird toot plans 2 4 15 A dray drayage 4 42 Westen holme morris orris co alf 50 total mr dooly moved that the bill of monheim Mon Mou beim belm bird Proud toot loot for be not allowed the doors tin on the lincoln school in the sixth ward I 1 a said were made to owing awing ln in and this thia was wac directly against aga the city ordinance which provided that all doors doonon on public buildings buil dinga be made to wing owing out As AR it was the build building liag was a fire trap when architects drew draw up plant plans and specifications against public barety baft ty and city ordinances ordin ancee they should be made to change chaloge them at their own expense the motion was approved and the bills billa to the amount of 10 were ordered paid PAYMENT TO MEMBERS mr Bay bould prevented presented the following resolution whereas Where aa it la Js provided by statute that the members of this board shall be entitled to compensation not to exceed 2 for aab each session of the board actually act nally attended and 3 for each days services performed razed under direction of the board arid and whereat the condition of the fund under the disposal of this board prior to the receipt of this year years s taxes was such as to reader it inexpedient for members of the board to submit claims for services under said statute now therefore be it resolved that this board do hereby adopt the following resolutions under the statutory authority governing the compensation of the members to wit first that each member of this board shall be paid 2 for each meeting of the board actually attended attea ded by him second that each member of the board boam shall in addition thereto be paid 8 per par day ay for each days services actually and necessarily performed under direction direct loa of the he board third that the compensation here upon provided shall be paid on oa duly verified vouchers mr baldwin wanted the bills for services Jese to date from march 18 1892 at which time the lost law passed the legislature his amendment amend meat was not net seconded the resolution was then pawed passed HOUR OP OF OPENING eighty fix school chool teachers sent cent ina io a petition asking that the th opening of the schools at 9 am be continued throughout the year instead of am during the winter term an aa the rule mile for the request was waa granted |