The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE wANTEn
The Present Building Inadequate : E1trsu.
Waste in Renting Suitable Quarters TIN
Amount Of the Hohosl Tax Sufficient for Tia }
pose in View Etc, Etc.
Editor Butte MINER

Editor Butte MINER:
I have been requested by the honored n
tees Of the schools of our city to pr.,
through the columns of your friendly M
the condition and pressing needs of d
charge. The closing weeks of a school /
sion are very important in any place;
especially so in a city Of rapid growth,
ours, because they bring with them the
sciousness Of large necessities, for which !,
vision must be made. Last year the END
ment of the schools was about 800 and
trustees, foreseeine the inevitable increaa
the number of pupils before the openip
the fall term, submitted to a vote Of the
pie the bill authorized by tho Territa
Legislature of 1870 and providing for
issuance of bonds for Sc 5000. Owing to
manifest misunderstanding on the part Of
voters Of the district, the bill was reieel
and, when 100 additional pupils prese,
themselves for admission to the schooIs
trustees found themselves compelled to-
two outside buildings, besides cutting vpI
assembly room valuable for recitation
poses. For a time, it seemed as il the
rooms could not be had, and it was not n
the LIST of November. two months afe
opening of school, that the last and h
necessary room was obtained. This year
enrolment foots up to 400 and the prottl
increase during the summer season can
estimated by any reader OF this fully as
as myself. 1t cannot be less than it
during the same period last year, and
promises to be much greater. Stranst
are entering the schools every week ann
emigration is certainly pointing this WI
and the number Of children in the uv
between the ages of four and five years,
large that they threaten to fill a new prpu
department TO overlooking as soon as the
term shall commence. What shall DO I'D
Certain carpenters in town are already 4
ing of erecting cheap structures to lease
district next fall, if tie people do not sd
to build. There is morley i'm it for them
there is money for the district also in mai
its W provisions. The old bill, one
jected, can be resubmitted. Tie truj
deem lat til e amount OF bonds there auN
lied, 5000, will be sufficient to double
building already in use; and money cad
drawn from the school fund to furnish it
the necessary fixtures. Five thousand id
ma seem a low estimate of the cost Of
a large addition, but it must be rememt
that there will be only three walls 10
Lest there may be fears that we shall nd
able to fill a building of this size, ALLOW
to say that, when present rented buildiCss
abandoned, the new building can be
filled without the increase of 4 Soulin
pupilage of the place. If this project L.
the appreciation OF the people, We can al
them that not a solitary room will be uuq
pied the first day of mex term.
Just 4 word to the taxpaying citizensd
town regarding the increase this will md
the burden they bear. The bonds are
paid in seven years. This year the val
the taxable property Of the school LI,}lt
81, zoo, 600. Next year il will &C.. 4tlIy
easily above s. 100000 and a tIrImuid
increase may be expected III the years id
low. Taking the present value Of puCH
as = basis for calculation, the prupOHi
debtedness of 5000, distributed llrousl
a period of seven years, will increas
present tax only a tribe above a third
mill on the dollar. The peol le Of b
always liberal and generous to a fault
good cause, certainly cannot refuse 10 do
little for tie schools of the city. The Id
and weal!liiest city Of the Territory,
boundless' for The future. We
stand third in rank III school iadi
Thanks to the generosity of the proplei
the past year, we have on the way from
York a fine set of apparatus. Let lis I'D
place for it and our schools. VIII nd
true friends of education see 10 it tia.
question is i%ntelligently discussed in
that the bill may be unanimously acceE1
the polls? r. B. HAssE1
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