, 1873-12-14
NEW SCnOOL.DUIIDlNGS.

Conference fsctNcan tho Elnnnco
Committee and Tho Hoard Of IItlu.
c1ltiOns
Tho Finance Committee Of tho Common Coun-
ell mud committee Of tho Doard of Education
held conference yesterday afternoon TO coll-
slider tho recommendations Of tho Finance Conf
mittoe with rofcronco to tho striking ont OF tho
appropriations for various Bcl!oo-bnitdingn from
tho Appropriation bill. Thoro wore prosont AL
dormon AloGratl., Spaulding 11oatll, n1Ml Lynch,
whilc tho Board Of Education was represented
by President King, Superintendent piclsard,i md
Inspectors Onlkias, Sheldon, Goggin, Wi'co, md
D!uthardt, Tho proceedings woro in the naturo
Of ali informal talk.
D1r King called attention to son1o errors In
tho list Of tho Committee. Ono waA In plnolng
$4,000 ngaiust tho itoln for building OH tho
cornor Of Twonty-sixth utfoet and Wcstcrn av-
onuo. This itom WIS theroapon stricken out,
and n its place was inserted tho building on tho
cornor of Twelfth street and Contre avonne.
Another error was in tho footing, which should
bo 5133, 400, aud not a153,000.
Mr.. Sholdon sai1 that III tho caBo OF tho Elm
Stroot Primary School tho city owiel tho lots.
Every Bolool-bullding IN the North Division was
ovorcrowdod, md children wcre unable to gHin1
Admission. Complaints wore daily fecotvou
from parouts whose children wero unable to got
Hcnts.
III relation to tho building ut Twenty-slxth
and Enlstsd streets, Mr.. King stated that tlore
woro about 400 seats for ovor Q 0oo pupilH, anl
tho sanlo WAS truo of tho otlor dAtricts III which
tho now buildings were proposed to bo erected.
III the Clark School thero wcro 1000 scats for
ovor COCO clildron,
Mr.. Gogein stated TINT no district IN tho city
waB moro lii need Of school accommodation thun
that in tho vicinity Of Contro avoliue and
Twelfth street. Tllero was olly scats for ole in
eight. Tho people were poor, aud unable to send
to private schools. Ho hardly thought there
wcro any buildings which could be routed aud
fitted up.
AID. McGratt enid TINT tho Financo Commits
tee believed that in ovory case the Board OF Edu-
cation might rort buildings for year or two.
In tho elm street district. Tile samo was true
Of ofTwcnty-sxth and Unlisted strees. but ho would
aay that, of ail Tho sehool-bu'ldings, this could
be Doat s1,nred.
Mr.. WIlco nald lo believed TINT Tho tax-pnyors
would DO moro willing to pay taxes for SCHOOL
buildings than anything cleo.
Air. Goggin road statistics to show that, Bince
1868. Chcngo lua upon. 81, 252, ,0O1 for prisons,
wl,ilo tho total value of achool-bniidings WAS
slr. king said that tho items which could bo
best spared woro FOR tho building ut Twenty
sixth and Halsted streets, 37500, aud 31n; o9o
for Il school sito near Thirty,eoyentA ".u ota1o
| AtrootH. ,...,.
AID. McGratl, Baid that !no only way out OF it
wan to rctlnco tho ie. without naming the itomB
II,is M 1c,.'5l tho discussion, and tho mosnbors
re .ao board Of Elueation took thoir leave.
It waa suggested that, inasm,1ch aB there was
Council to reduce the lovy, further consideration
Of the matter bo postponed until the Corpora
ton Counsel could give an opinion. This was
accordingly done, aud tile Committee adjourned.