Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09

School Districts in this county:
! ludeI't District. Letlaire TIP, y mills
ciy, ~
I" Davenport, *
g :" Princeton, Ii
LeClaire Township, IA ="
Buiialo = l2i "
! .Ine total School District Tax
paid on the whole county this
! y,as is : 19..a6.5
| Sub Dis rict Tex is 1908
! Making a1 average tax OF one and one
F.. hail per cent. or - mills, on the tolal valua
( ion 81 the county. 1t will thus cc scei
| that The tax of is mills, levied in this Dis
! Tit during last year, which is consiicre,
| by sotne persons as very high, is only
mills above the average tax paid in th
/ whole county.
| II will be seen that the foregoing state
mcn.s, that the inances Of this Distric
have no. been in healthier condition fo
many years.
! OF the tax levied for tie year 1866, whic.
is noic being Paid. there il already collected
! 10y the County Treasurer the sum of $il, =
99l 5l, of whch the Treasurer Of the Boar,
has received Slo.ooo. leaving s3l ,99l s.
now, in the county treasury, an! which viii
| be paid over to the new board. The Teach
ers Fund has a surplus now IN the treasury
of over 81 .Oo0, which. with the revenue al
ready provided, wiil be sufficient to carry i
through the year; and the Contineen
Fund. which has nearly ulways been Jehind
and 10 MAINTAIN which, the Board has beel
compelled every year TO borrow money
now has sufficient revenue for the tax al
ready levied to carry it through the year
and pay al outstanding orders drawn OF
that fund.
SCHOOL RouSEs
The new Grammar school building at Eai
davenport was completed a. the commence
mens Of the Fall session, furnishing smpI
accommodations tor that portion Of tn
| District
There was n difficulty in heating III
rooms, during pa,t of The winter. hut III,
has been removed by the substitution q
other furnaces at the expense Of the con
tractor.
The entire cost, including fenc-
ing, furniture. furnaces. side
walks, trees, plans and super
in,endingis $co.356 0
The contract price for the house
alone Was $l5.l5 o
/ in NJ. 6 (Hamburgh) the building con
sisted Of only one room and the actual At
tend, nee Of scholars became SO large tina
| increased accommoda' ions became an urgcu
necessity, and that the board caused to b
erected main front To the old hu,ldm. tw
stories in hight, which afforded two addi
,ionnl rooms much large, than the old room
giving 10 that district three large rooms
! t,,,. Ill al D.,
the mos, cosent argument IN Justification Q
the action o the Board.
We de-iic 10 diiec. attention to the fac
that necessity sions has compelled III. erec
,ion Of the new buildings At North Dsven
port, nj Eist Davenport, and At Hamburg
To snppy school &C omm ,daiions TO tn
chiidren daily demanding admission in thss
Districts-and the order in which they hmv
been bull, has been in the order Of that ne
cessiy Other Districts have been crowded
and their cries for enlarged accommodation
have been very i'd. but the Board hav
been Obliged, for want Of mssns, TO turn
deaf ear 10 these demands.
! We now desire to invite vour attention I
No. (West Davenport or Third street
which is next in the order Of tins necessity
ard whose cries cannot l,nSer he strfi d.
Wuh only two rooms. furnishing acccmmo
dslions for 10 pupils. there is an enroll
meat IN that District Of 200, with an aaus
attendance Of lao.
In No. 3 Warren street, the actual al
tendance is $50, whilc.the accommodation
are only for 25u. being IN excess Of owe
500. OF whcn go arc obliged 10 be seated /
Tie t'ssmeaf. or THE excess large propo,
ton i caused by the deficiency in No.
! (Ih'rd street, from which many 1fths pu
pils in M. come becauss Of the want
voom in Ne. 8, sna shsss bsine 10 0ranml
School in tha. District.