St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-05
SOME SCHOOLS NEED HELP
And Ask for Two Years Bonds Amount.
ing to 100000.
WHERE is 1T TO COME FROM?
More Takes Must Be Raised to Provide
for Contemplated Economical"
0utlays.

education met with the council COM
mlttee on legislation yesterday morn
ing. A. T. Ankeny in clearly defined
statement brought before the commit
! tee the position of the board of educa-
ton. He lamented the fact that the
board found it necessary to call upon
the city for aid. In former years he
said the law had been so that the board
was able to keep up with the growing
demands of the city. In 1887 law
was passed by the state for the benefit
Of the districts by means of which the
board suffered loss of $4,000; last
year the loss had amounted to $4,000
, and Mr.. Ankeny thought that during
the present year they would be out
about $4,000. If it had not been for
this the growth in the value of property
would have kept up with the growth of
the schools. In speaking of this mat
ter Mr.. Ankeny said:
1.-The growth of the city is continual
source of surprise, especially to the
board of education. When we built the
North side high school we thought We
had provided for alt the needs of the
next two years in that region. In fact,
some of the members of the board
thought the building would not be filled
in the next ten years. In less than
thirty days it was full to overtiowing.
Where the children come from nobody
can tell. They spring up like mush-
rooms in the night
Mr.. Ankeny expressed the opinion
that the board of education should be
purchasing sites and making prepare
tiOnS to begin work on the buildings
early in the spring. so as to have them
ready for use next September. Every
dollar of the fund now on hand would
be necessary to pay the teachers up to
the Goth of June, and liquidate other
expenses. Five new buildings would
he necessary, if provision was to be
made for the next two years, and ar
engagements would have to be made for
5000 additional scholars, as the increase
amounted to about 5000 children year.
If this was to be done, 100000 would
be needed. 1t would he ineXpedient to
prepare simply for one year. Ii
though, they must cOnfine themselves to
this it would require $200,0O0. The bad
facilities. extravagant rent and general
bad results from using rented rooms was
spoken Of and also the righteous indig-
nation of parents who had to send their
children to these poor rooms while their
neighbOrS were receiving the advan-
tages of the good buildings.
Rev. NJ. Falk GertSen, on being
called on. made an appeal to the council
for aid, and urged the need OF keeping
the public schools in running order. He
also spoke with good deal of feeling
Z on the child labor bill to be discussed
in the legislature. He was sure it was
a fact that many parents who conld we'll
afford to send their children to school
were now allowing them to work as
cash boys, etc, for the paltry 81 week.
He referred also to the ''neWsleS" and
"shiners,' who he said were to be the
criminals of the next generation, and
should be educated to prevent 1t.
B. f. Nelson was sure that the largest
sum asked for was barely sufficient,
and that the city was dealing with a
most important subject in the school
question. Prof. Bradley and A. G.
Austin also spoke in regard to the ques-
ton, showing the crowded conditions of
the schools.
: Aid. Gray, of the Thirteenth ward,
made rambling speech, half objection
able to the schools, told story. and
wanted to know if the buildings aready
built were not too large.
A. q. Austin answered by saying that
in many of the schools double sessions
were being held, and that there we've
only three rooms in the city where there
was an empty seat.
The city comptroller, J. f. Calder
wood, was called on and made the
following statement as to the
CITY'S FINANCES:
eve are within S729.000 of our per
cent limit, deducting balance due court
house commission Of bonds authorized
and not delivered, 100000, leaving a
margin of S229.000 before we have
reached our 5 per cent limit. This
1929, 900 must cover the city's share for
public improvements. aside from an as
sessment levied of ~ mills for the per-
manent improvement fund, which is
$4,000, until we can either increase
our bond limit or the assessed valua-
tiOn.'
After considerable discussion pro
and con, Chairman Downs asked Aid.
Cole to take the chair, and after some
moved that Mayor Babb, A. G. Austin,
president of the board of education:
Aid. Cole, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, and Comptroller
Calderwood be made committee to see
what can be done for the schools. This
motion was carried and the joint session
adjourned.
MIR. Calderwood on being seen after
the meeting said that he saw no way
for the city to met the demand, and
feared the committee appointed would
be unable to find way of advancing the
bonds. He further stated that he was
not cOuntersignlng any contracts unless
he saw just where the cash was to come
from. He was of the opinion that the
city would have to call halt in the
M xryltI
OTHER MATTERS FOR LEGISLATION.
After a recess Chairman Downs
called the legislative committee to-
gether and to order. The discussion of
the session was on the various topics in
regard to means for filling the city'S
empty Golfers.
1t was the opinion of all the members
that the way in which personal property
escaped taxation was outrageous. AS
SCISSOR Case was called in, as was also |
City Attorney Russell to aid in the dis |
cussiOn. 1t was the general sentiment |
that there were millions of dollars of |
taxable property in Minneapolis escap- |
ing taxation. The culprits were thought |
to be the owners of chattel mortgages, |
savings banks and loan and trust COM |
Durnaham were appointed to investigate |
the matter with the city attorney.
Street commissioners salaries were |
next discussed. Aid. Gray had a con-
siderable following in the belief that |
5000 was too high salary for that posi- |
ton. He proposed that they receive
but 10 per cent of the actual diSburSe-
ments in their ward. This did not |
meet the opinions of the committee as
economical, as they would be likely to
increase expenses.
Aid. Braddish lead the discussion in
regard to allowing the people to vote on
changes in the city's constitution, as it
utac he said IT. rhanped nrattv repII-