The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-25
TIE SCHOOL LEVY.


from the standpoint OF . member OF thG
Board OF Education with reference to thu
schOoI-tax levy for the present year.
have nothing 70 say to the charges and
insinuations 30 frequently made BY anon
ymous correspondents Of the "rlng'' said
TO be existing in the Board. Il Il An easy
matter 70 get behind an anonymous aLgnA-
ture and charge friends, nsIghbOrs and
fellow-citizens with fraud and corrupt
ion.
It Is that. in my judgment, which IL do
ing more than any other enc thing to drive
all decent men from positions Of public
trust in our city and State.
So far as my knowledge goes with an
experience Of year and half - . men,
Der Of the Board, these frauds exist only
in the imaginatiOns OF the parties making
the charges. II thought they were be-
lieved BY any respectable portion Of the
community, outside Of the set where they
are made, 1 should try more at length to
refute them.
While am Tree to admit that In some
individual cases the Board may have erred
in judgment, still, l do not believe the
e-A--S eA-CaAS VI A--CAOy OCaA4 noNO DCO4
expended by any body OF mee with less
reasons for charges OF E'rings." corrupt
IONS" "irauds," &c. II any cItissn has
backbone enough TO point out over his
own signature any fraud or frauds prac-
ticed by the Board, ], for one, will be glad
70 try to show that he II mistaken; but /
have no desire 70 ''slIng'' epithets with
any one. believe the members Of the
Board Of Education to be respectable gen.
Ilemen. Ten OF them are selected to
watch over and care for the interests Of
our city schools; and it seems 70 n u
any one should know the necessities Of
the schools, IL should be those who are e.
pecially elected to look after those inter-
ests. While some members Of the Board
thought that the prices paid for teachers
this year were higher than should have
been paid, yet AFTER the contract was en-
tered into it was the Animous opinion
Of the Board that the levy asked for wAs
none too much. Also, opinions diaer -
10 the necessity Of superintendent, Of .
music teacher, and Of another teacher ct
the end Of the present term to MI the com
plement OF teachers for the ordinary
branches; still the Board must decide
this matter according TO their best judg-
ment, and should be allowed 30 to decide
without being accused OF ali the crimes
that flourish In . new country. 1 have no
slur to cast on the City Council. But I
may perhaps be Allowhd TO suggest that
they have not all the concentrated
wisdom OF the city in their honorable
body, and there IL just the possibility that
they may be mistaken In the matter OF
the tax levy for school purposes.
would say that with all our guessing last
year we guessed one hundred and Afty
thousand dollars nearer the truth, about
the assessment, than some OF the members
Of the council who guessed on the same
thing.
l submit few estimates below which l
believe to be as nearly correct As they can
be made at the present time. To save
any one the trouble OF showing that It II
not exactly a. the estimate was made by
the committee on taxation, 1 acknowledge
1t now, and give ~ . reason that In sever
al things which were thea estimated, we
now know exactly what We can do, and
have made contracts for the same. The
CA pOubOB lEOnA SAC NAA-AO tAC 3OAOOAo DS6oA
TO January Let, 1875, are a. below, except
that have not allowed for . dollar OF in
cidental expenses from now out save for
JaniIor and fuel; the fnal Is Of course for
the whole Of the present winter.
Teachers at e65 per month, -. esq. go
! s Tsash az a ! go ....:.:i S SO
Am'tp'd for Teaeh'rs each m'th, $4,000
az
Amt to LIST JAM, TO. 1,S90.OO
Jan,r at ga, % Psr NTH 81 mos I 1lS %
% eds %n' wa va cut stove p.th, 0iSO, 1850
Incid'l eXp's already allowed,
consist'g mainly Of repairs, ... 1s2.O9
Subtract above amount from
amount in treasury Aug, q, $50. 3
Leaves balance, January l. 10, eSsl.9l
EXPENSES FOR 1915.
sTesaeSsrs at s. per NTH iio1s, $500
ITeach'r 4" is 20 x9, $500
Total f,r Teachers, o 1880
q have put one more teacher in than
we have now, IS we shall have to
hire another ut the end Of the present
term.)
Amount brought down, -, 90
JanitOr, 33.5O per mo-, 8 mos, -. 10
Wood and coal same as this y'r, 2a.oO
Total amount necessary. =. .6,0S0.Oo
not providing for any incidentAlS, such
IS repairs. furniture, rent, chalk, ink, sta
tIonery, printing, clerks salary, 10.
From this amount, O,OSO.OO
Subtract amt en- haad
Jan. !, '75, .dSl.9l
Amount from State
and Co., ........ .SS0.63 1,967.O4
Leaves TO raise by taxi. IA 1852 a
leaving out, as said above, ali incidentals'
The amt Orthe assessment IL. $50, 45I so
|. A levy OF ~
Gives 6ys40.7
Subtract 4,763.iI
Leaves for incidental expenses, 6Is.9
from ROtO to January !, 1876. Is this a
extravagant sum? VIII any one who 1
acquainted with the wants Of the school
and the necessary expenses, say It Il to
: muchi Will . levy OF 81 mills, whIc
+ gives q, $685., be enOughl
!. In view Of the present hard tiEaeI
which press on myself rs well as an
u my neighbors, am In favor Of cutting o
n one month Il ON the school year, making
r. eight instead Of nine months. II tn
Z, should be done, the levy could be mad
It 5H mills. am not In favor Of cri ppliu
the schools, nor, as one OF the council SUI
gested to me the other evening, Of runnin
)r the schools ~ long IS we can and the
IL "issuing little scrip"
n In one Of the articles VI last week
NEWS occurs this sentence: "NO rogue
Is made for economy or retrenehment
Implying that NO retreaehment had be-
made by the Board. Lest this shoU
mt mIslead any. would say that there h \
ct . single item Of material expense thAs /
m. net been cut down from last year. =
Oh Superintendent is paid 500 dallAEs -
ng teachers are paid from Ave to Ten dolll
per month less; the JAnit0R IL paid
dollars per month less; wood, coal, chs
Of and ink are all bought 1t lower ngul
he than last year. We ask for one and G
he quarter mills less than we did last year
W. Yours Respectfully,
!. D. W. EASTMAN
: FoUND.-An umbarelIa, In an
ds' lumber room under the stairway
be. the court house, marked J. r. G..
old the end OF the handle. The owl
en- can have by proving property, OF
ON case he IL unable 70 do 90, by Civ
satisfactory evidence that he is
trying to steal It. JOHN BAl
Q . N. b. There was . bottle OF
W e hnard inaf . horrn L. Tia h.osAln .