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Show advised that the spiral escapes, which 1 were considered the moat desirable, could not bo installed at a cost of less than $1,SUD each, but suggested that a simpler escape be adopted at a cost of $500. The members of th board were Interested in the problem, and voted to make a trip to the school house some time during the coming week for the purpose of looking into this and other mutters aflectlng the completion and proper erection of the building. A fire extinguisher of the portable variety was presented for examination and elucidated by Its flgent. It was claimed that the tank would equal 1,000 gallons of water In the extinguishing extin-guishing of a fire, and that It contained con-tained the same chemicals employed by the city fire department The tanks were of great advantage, the agent said, and would easily extinguish ex-tinguish a Ure before it had gained too much headway. The price was $15 each and the cost of maintenance 35 centa a year apiece. The purclihse of the extinguishers aud their installation In the high school was referred to the building committee, A formaldehyde disinfectant f- was also offered for Inspection, to bo In-etalled In-etalled in each school house. The ingredients in-gredients of the preparations were ordered subjected to a test by professors profes-sors of the University of Utah before any action would be taken in the matter. mat-ter. The board adjourned at 9:40 p. ru FIRE ESCAPES F0RJCH001S, The first report presented to tho board of eiucatlou at the regular weekly meeting last night was the financial report, which was read, showing a cash balance of $2,920. The sanitary report showed 31 cases of scarlet fever and one of chicken-pox. chicken-pox. Tho matter of the proper payment to the city of Ogden for the water used at the schools up to and including includ-ing July 1, 1910, was next .brought up. Some argument arose over the amount to be paid, but it was finally decided that $602.30 would be allowed. The bond furnished by the firm ot Jackson & Iiovodahl. contractors, guaranteeing the proper excavation on the new school building, was offered and accepted. II. C, Jacobs was appointed a truant ofllcer upon the rccommendatioji of Superintendent Mills The reading of bills amounting to $3,(iii0 and the motion that they 1)0 ordered paid was carried, finished tho regular business ot the board. Superintendent Mills then occupied the attention of the members with several recommendations for supplies and Improvements for use in the high school were allowed, as was the recommendation rec-ommendation for the purchase of a new teachers desk lor use in tho Dee school The proposition of a loral piano company to Interest the students In a competition for a concert grand piano valued at $1,000. as a present to tha high school, was next considered. Tho firm offered to allow a certificate of $40 on each piano sol.l through the ngency of the students, the certificates certifi-cates to apply upon the purchase price of tho piano. The Instrument, during the competition, would be Installed In the high school, and free1 use of It granted until It became the property of the school through the success of the students in selling the company's pianos. Members of the board dlscusned the advertising feaiure of the otfer, together to-gether with the advisability of Accepting Accept-ing the proposition, but decided to postpone further consideration until the next meeting of the board. The report of George A. Whitmeyer, the contractor who has been engaged in building the South Washington school house, was heard. Mr. Whitmeyer Whit-meyer was asked to appear before the board to explain the cause of an extra ex-tra charge appearing In his bill for the work done In plastering the basement base-ment of the school house. It appears that there was some ml-vnderetandlng ml-vnderetandlng between architect and bullJer over tho terms of the paragraph para-graph of the specifications which re-lerred re-lerred to the piaster work. Whitmeyer Whit-meyer ehowed his contract, and the reading ot the clause Justified hia claim that the plastering of the baso-nieut baso-nieut was not contracted for. bo his bill for the extra work was allowed. Architect Hodgson made his report on the proposed purchase of fire escapes es-capes for the Washington school. He |