Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-18
The school Bon ds.


EDITORS HERALD-The Board of Edu
cation Of this city, after silence some
what oppressive while the question o
Issuing 100000 in school bonds wa.
being publicly discussed, together with
che unfortunate location of the High
School building, have at last favored
the public with their views and de-
fense. One is certainly required of theil
rem arkable action. For wonder, the
lbosrd are unanimous; and, considering
things, that i, remarkable also.
The Sand or CASTELAR, street location is
unfortunate in every way it can be looked
at. and particularly 30, as it has seriously
ieopardized:the main thing, the issue OF
any bonds for the purpose required 80
badly, as better school facilities are
needed. The statement of the board is
O special plea of pettifogging nature,
and is surprising documentEor thor
gh-going, practical, successful men to
subscribe to, and one naturally con-
Cludes, on reading it, that the one essen
6al thing to give character and elevated
standing to a Los Angeles High School
Is to build it on hill. That experiment
was tried once in Los Angeles, and the
memory of it is not pleasant.
The board, in giving the measurement
of distances to the new location and
elevations, omitted to state that every
inch of distance from the intersection OF
Spring and Temple streets, and from
Sixth street, is steadily up hill, and a
6resome walk at any time; that the
location is off the main lines of street car
or any other travel, requiring a transfer
and two cars, besides considerable walk
ing to reach it; that in all probability
the scholar is not living today who will
zee it bettered on transportation
facilities. The view of Sonoratown, and
The industries which flourish there, are
not particularly inspiriting nor calculated
to instill moral lessons, and the large
cemeteries close at hand and always in
view, have several little drawback from
that cheerfulness which most of us desire
should be trait in the youthful mind
However, the shady walks in the
cemeteries might become favorite re
treats in sultry weather! This location
May be within q few feet or inches
of some other location, but the
fact remains that it is difficult to reacl
Rnd badly selected; that like light
house it might be gazed at from dis
lance, but no ones admiration will b,
aroused by visit and close inspection
No one seems to know what was be-
hind this selection, unless the declsra
6on made recently, "We must do some
thing for that ward" is an explanation
4 am no advocate of any locality, bu
cable cars, affording certain and rapiC
transit-and it means car fare to thil
scbool-reach from the fartherest limit
Of East Los Angeles to Jefferson stree
and from the extremes Of Boyle Heights
to Alvarsdo street on the west
and surely somewhere along that twenty
miles posted Board of Education nigh
Gnd a location large enough for a higf
school at comparatively low price.
the people are wondering, when they
think Of our Court House, our City Hall
and our toy postoffice, and their loca
lions, whether the same evil spirit hal
overcome the Board of Education.
won't go down. The board may be as
sured that a mistake has been made
Ehat however much the city may be dis
credited on account of lack of schoo
facilities, this act of theirs complicate
and delays it, and while the tripl
plumbers of Court House, City Hall ant
postoffice are fresh in mind the vote 70
the fourth one will be far from unani
NOUS. RUFUS.
Los Angeles, August 10, 1889.