The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-24
IA. HOWELL,
E. BOOKING,
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against the report Of the gentlemen from
Madison, and Mr.. Franzheim favored II
in forcible remarks.
Judge Cochran submitted a tabular
statement showing the present sittings of
the city schools to be SAT-; capacity,
1850; enrolment Of September 1873
2s74; average daily attendance, 2,532
The population Of the city January /
1878, was 25253; the average attendance
In September Of that year was 1852, The
highest ever known. This year you will
see that the average attendance Is about
lilo Of the whole population Of the city
and the average enrolment less than 10
The enumeration Of white youths between
Q and 81, July /, 1878, was S,4S5; the
average monthly enrolment for same
year ending Sept. /, 2,502; the average
daily attendance Tor same year, 2,145; sit.
tings, SI417; capacity, 5000; population,
25,253. -
1t will be seen that the sitting capacity
Of the present First and Third Wards "a
!, $50, or 29S greater than the enumeration
oil the First, Second and Third Ward
Districts, and 307 creator than the aver.
age daily attendance Of those districts, to
say nothing Of the capacity 10 seat 100 in
the present Second Ward School House.
These tables show that the monthly
enrolment last year was much less than
one-atird Of the enumeration, and that
the average daily attendance was little
more than one fourth the enumeration.
such, too, is the case in other cities. In
St. Louis II is less than one.fourth, in
Cincinnati about one fifth, Chicago about
one-fourth. Cleveland less than one.
fourth. Hence 1t will be seen that il
provision Is made for one.third of these
between Q and twenty-one years Of age,
all will be accomplished that Is needed,
provided pupils are properly distributed.
! have shown that the average daily
attendance last year was 2,145, between
IL and 10 per cent. Of the whole
population; and that the highest average
attendance ever attained in one month
was about 10 per cent. Of the whole
population, and that we now have o slt-
ting capacity, to say nothing OF the color.
ed school, OF over $500, or enough for o
city Of $4,000 Inhabitants.
From the tables 1t will be seen that we
have sitting capacity already for 1853
more than the enrolment OF last year,
and /, 4l5 more than the average daily al.
tendance. Hence conclude that no new
school house Is needed now. Does the
Second Ward need oneH In 1867 It had
q population Of sol; in 1870, 1857; 1871,
l,42s; 1872, 1910; 1878, 1,5i9; showing
that 1t now has but 10 more than 1t had
z years ago, and Isles than II had years
ago, with an enrolment last year Of but
l07, and an average attendance of but,9O.
But, say some, we will extend the Sec
ond Ward School District 10 Monroe
street. This will take from the Third
Ward, or Clay District, and add to the
other, say 90, Of an average attendance.
Thus you will leave 40 OF an enrolment
in the Clay District for $50 aittings and
build new house oil 500 capacity to
accommodate non.increasing en-.
rollment Of-180 In the Second
Ward, with an increased annual
expenditure for Principal, teachers, iani.
tor, fuel, &c, If the Second Ward must
have change, let that part north Of Mad.
ison be attached 10 Washington, and that
part south Of Madison TO CLAY sub-dis.
trict, and, II need be, an addition built to
Clay school house. All this can be done
without dollar Of tax by selling the old
Second Ward property, the lanyard pro.
perty," and the property on the corner of
Fourth and Centre street, and leave q
credit to the building fund.
This leaves the children at Zinn's
bridge corner, the iarthest point, but nine
squares 10 walk, some Of them very
short, and all on good, well trodden pave.
nents in winter, and no further than
those at the northern limits Of the Sec.
ond Ward would have 10 walk to reach
The said property. The increase OF the
going population in the Second
and Third Wards will nearly all be east
o. a line running north and south Of old
Sixth (now jacob street. A large DOR.
lion oil Front, Main and Market streets
Is taken up with business houses, and
contains a small proportion Of the school
going population. The increase "a
around tho hill. and, will continue to be.
DR.. Logan replied TO Judge Cochran's
statement, and spoke in favor Of liberal
accommodations for the pupils Of the
Second Ward. BE denied the correctness
II the figures submitted, and objected TO
he people OF the Second Ward being
acri6ced TO accommodate the other
wards. he was an advocate of consoli.
lRion, and considered 1t q step toward
emedying a defect II was move in
he right direction when the proposition
vas made to consolidate the two districts.
A general discussion ensued, which
consisted principally Of personal innuen.