Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-16
HIGH SCHOOL BONDS.
Appeal From the Members of the
city Board of Education.

city Board of Education.
| To the qualified uoters of Los angeles city:
| You will be called upon to vote, on the 31st
/ OF this month, for or against issuing bonds of
| the city in the amount of 100000 for the
purpose of affording additional school facilities
to the public school system of the city.
| 1t is generally conceded that we need new
buildings. and that the old ones should be re-
paired. We are now trying to house and teach
nearly 1000 children. and lack of room pre-
vents many children from attending more than
half a day, as we have no places in which TO
put them. Some of the buildings have only to
| be seen, and you could not help pronounciug
| them discreditabIe to such city as ours, AM
| there is hardly one that does not dem and some
repair. made necessary by the ordinary wear
| and tear.
| Your Board of Education has paid attention
| to these matters and is actuated solely by the
public good in advi,ing you to vote for the is
| wherever necessary, alter where advisable,
| purchase new sites IN proper places, and erect
thereon suitable buildings. You have already
/ been sdvised of this by the necessary legal
i notices in the newspapers These notices have
| also shown you the neighborhood of the pro-
posed sites and the estimated cost of the build
| ings to be erected upon each site. Further,
| your board has had plans made for the new
buildings by many architects of successful ex-
perience in such matters, and have adopted
| such as seemed most suitable.
The only objection SO far raised against the
action of the board is the location OF the High
School on CASTELAR, street, near Temple street
This location is but 1924 feet distant from
| Temple Block.
| Your board submits to you the following rea
| sons which are good and sufficient, as they be-
| lieve, in favor of the proposed site:
| GOOD REASONS FOR LOCATING THE HIGH SCHOOL
| ON cAsTELAR STREET.
First, There lUds not any outlay of monev for
| the site. / Twas owned by the city and donated
| by ordinance for High school purposes. The
| amount OF ground is not too great, but is suth
be obtained el,ewhere. unless 1t be taken
| through block. thus making two frontages
which would make the grounds cost from $50,
900 to $4,000, according to location, or as
| Second. The site is centrally located, being
only quar- er of mile from the Plaza-the
ent of access, being ,324 feet. one fourth of
a mile, from the junction OF Main, Spring and
| Temple streets, where all the car lines Of the
city either pass or termi nate. The steepest
grade on Temple street is seven feet in 100;
and the grade ON CASTELAR, street for short dis
| tance Is eight feet in 100.
Third. The size commands a view of the en-
| tire city, and the building could be seen from
/ any point in the city thus sffording landmark
and an object of beauty and pride to point out
to visitors.
Fourth The location is above Sand-street
sewer, thereby afording an admirable opportu
| nifty for correct plumbing and sanitation
Fifth. There is an impossible hill between
this point and sonoratown, SO that the two
points are as praotically separated as II they
|
sixth While the location is central, it will
never be disturbed by business houses. 1t is a
quiet neighbr rhood, surrounded by residences
| of the best class of people in our city.
Seventh. The city at present peeds but one
| High School building. When it has grown to
| such dimensions as to need Others, this one
will be so located that branches can be properly
and conveniently located in East Los Angeles
on Boyle Heights in the West End and in the
South End, thereby accommodating every
body.
| There has been some talk about building the
High School on the lot at The corner of Grand
| avenue and Eighth street. Your board submits
to you some good reasons for objection to this
| site:
GOOD REASONS FOR NOT LOCATING THE HIGH
| SCHOOL AT EIGHTH AND GRAND AVENUE.
First. 1t is impossible t, use this lot for the
| High School. The building now on that ground
has frontage of 1875 feet The High School
building is to have frontage of 14O feet The
lot has frontage of 240 feet or 25 feet less
than the actual a ount required for the two
| buildings. to say nothing of play ground re-
quired for the 700 pupils who would be assem-
The High School building ia to have depth
| of 140 feet. The lot is 165 feet. which would
| leave but 25 feet unoccupied. or 121a feet each,
second. The location is one mile and
quarter from the Plaza, or mile farther than
the Castelarstreet site.
| 1t Is four miles and one-third from the north
east corner of the city, and only two miles
| from the southwest corner.
| ! Third. The location is on or near butNone
car line. Pupils from the Main street car line
would have to pay an extra fare or walk 600
feet from the corner OF Eighth and Main
| streets.
Those from the Second street cable line
would have TO pay the extra fare or walk 8 300
feet or three-qusrters Of mile up Grand
| venue. on q grade OF 10 feet in 100, from
Fifth to Second streets,
From the Temple street cable line they must
walk 5, 700 feet, or more than a mile over the
| Grand avenue route and grade. or transfer and
pay the extra fare.
Fourth. The location is below the Seventh
street sewer, and could not be connected. The
present Eighthstrert school cansot be con-
Fifth. You lave 800 900 by voting for the
bonds. If you vote against the bonds, you
| abandon the selected site, which is easily
near nG Grand avenue and Eighth stree. Of the the
same size VII, cost you $75 900, raking total
| loss of 100000
sixth sho1Id the bot ds no. be voted, the
r,Card may be compelled by want OF funds to
, limit the school term Cor the coming year to
eight months which would be great misor-
tune to our school interess, for, aside from the
| High School question, there is much to De done
that is absolute necessary. ~
Seventh; Your board asks for $50 o00 300 for
the High School building, and not $4,000 as
| has been repeatedly mis-ststed.
tsigned) A. E. PoaERoY, President
CHAs. J. ELLIs, Fifth Ward,
E. Z. POWERS, Ninth Ward,
| f. ]. Cox, First Ward,
| W. P. MCINTOSH. Sixth Ward,
J. ]. 6osPER, seventh Ward,
]. N FREw, Second Ward,
&C. WOODBURY., Fourth Ward,
Board of Education.
While do not deem the proposed site of the
| proposed new High school just what or where
1t should be, still the proposed site is central
and was donated by the city, and although l
was never consulted as to its location In any
manner whatever, still, as regard additional
school facilitiesa public necessity, hope and
trust my trends in the Eishth and other wards
will vote for and aid the school bonds on the
day of election, and thus show that we love
and cherish principles above and beyond
prejudices ana partisanship.
M. WHALING,
| of the City Board of Education.