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Show 8!8 ATTENDANCE til CITY SCHOOLS The board r,f education met In regular reg-ular s".sinn la;( tilsht. with all rueni-Im rueni-Im rs present with the exception of ' President .M. S. Hrowning, who H I cut .if the city on business. Vice President C. E. Coulter pro-tiled pro-tiled The. financial report chowed II bat theri was a balance In the lr :-ury :-ury of ?Vio7, and this was followed by the health rei-ort. which indicated indicat-ed that there are in the city at present pres-ent Ave cases of scarlet fever and two capes of smallpox. The report of Superintendent J. M. Mills for the nix weeks ending Oct. 11 showed thai th.j greatest number of puplis registered v.hh 44v The average number enrolled In the public pub-lic 8chool of Ogden for the game length of time whs 5. 100. The per cent of punctuality for the month was SO. 83. Among the students of the public schools at the present time are 7 negroes and lu Japanese. A resolution ratifying the exchanee of Ihe prcHcnt Fltc of the proposed Endlon school for lots belonging to J. D. Skeon wu9 adopted, tuch an exchange in the opinion of the board being an advantageous one. It was decided thut In case the abstract of title wjs found to be all rlpht the architect would be instructed to pro-coed pro-coed with the plans of the proposed building, the structure to face Twenty-second direct. In ca.se the archi tect does not find such an arrange-rnent arrange-rnent satisfactory the board will be consulted. Only one bid was submitted for the plumbing work to be done nt the live Points Hchool building. Notices were bent to Hvo local llrms, but Hal-verson Hal-verson Brothers was the only concern con-cern submitting a bid. For the emu of $174 they offered to connect tho building with the city water mains Mud Install two fountains and two basin. The contract was awarded to this firm, with Instruction to complete com-plete the work In 10 days. As the re-fiult of a communication from Jaruea Pmgroe the treasurer will b Instructed to deposit all balances bal-ances In the Plngree National bank, that Institution having agreed to pay J per cent interest on all balances. dcisited. Architect Woods, who prepared the plana for the new addition to the South WfiKhlngton Avenue school building, was seerely criticised by Ihe board for drafting the basement windows so low that it has been necessary nec-essary to place a tKard above the slllj in order to fill in the dirt to the proper prop-er grad ltyram Plngree was of Hie opinion that the window should have beeu wider and placed higher up In the wall. After considerable discussion it was decided that the members of the toard go out to the school In a body next Tuesday morning to Inspect the defective piece of work and eeo what can be done to reitlfy tae error. Following this decision a motion to ndjourn was carried. |