Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-10
MORE SCHOOLS WANTED.
Boyle Heights Holds Mass Meeting.
Resolutions Adopted.

Resolutions Adopted.
Pursuant to call a mass meeting OF
residents OF Boyle Heights gathered in
Hendricks's hall last evening to discuss
the failure of the council to provide the
schools that had been promised them
while the money had been diverted to
other purposes.
The meeting was called to order at 8
O'Clock and Mr.. Variel elected to the
chair. He made a brief statement of
the objects of the meeting and called
for an expression of opinion.
The statement was made that there
was $4,000 of the school bonds in the
treasury, but that the council at its last
meeting had voted it to be used in i'm
proving two schools in other parts of the
city. The contracts not yet having been
signed by the mayor, it was suggested
that mandamus proceedings should be
instituted to compel the use of the sum
in question on the Heights.
Speeches were made by w. H. Work
man, Mr.. Powers, DR.. Murphy, r. B.
Young, Mr.. Collins and others. Mr..
Whaling was present and rose to defend
the board of education against the un-
kind insinuations of those present.
A committee was appointed to investi-
gate matters, see what was Justly due
the Heights, interview the mayor and,
if necessary, to employ legal aid to pro-
tect the rights of the section. The COM
mittee was constituted as follows
Mr.. Variel, DR.. Murphy, w. H. Work
man, F. j. Teale, Mr.. Collins and A. T.
Sweet.
After passing vote of thanks to Mr..
Variel the meeting adjourned.
The Committee.
The committee met as soon as the
meeting adjourned, and adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
WHEREAS, The citizens of Boyle
Heights voted for the issuance of $780,
900 bonds provided for by ordinance
No. 2S9, with an accompanying "sched-
ule of sites and buildings" in which
said schedule $4,000 was set apart for the
addition of four additional rooms to the
Breed-street school house, and $4,000
was specified in said schedule for a
school house on Euclid avenue; and
WHEREAS, The city council, under the
advice and by request of the school
board, is about to divert the funds orig
inally intended for Boyle Heights to the
erection of buildings in other parts of
the city; and
WHEREAS, Our children have for
the past two years been able to at
tend school only a half days session !;
and,
WHEREAS, The citizens of BOYLE
Heights voted for the school bonds with
the express provision that said sums of
$4,000 and $4,000 would be applied to
the erection vf the school rooms desig-
mated in said schedule of "sites and
buildings;" and,
WHEREAS, We have just learned with
surprise and Indignation that the school
board has abandoned the building of
said school buildings as specified and
designated in said schedule of sites and
buildings, and is about to divert the
aforesaid sums of $4,000 and $4,000 from
the purposes for which the same were
intended. and invest same in the erec-
tion of school houses elsewhere in the
city; and
WHEREAS, This act of bad faith on the
part of the school board and city council
in thus trying to deprive us of our rights
is unjust, illegal and exasperating and
demands our unqualified condemnation
and resistance; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we do most earnestly
protest against the wrong about to be
perpetrated upon us, and that we will
resist these official acts of injustice to
the bitter end.
Resolved That copy of these resolu-
tions be transmitted by the secretary
both to the Hon. H. T. Hazard, mayor
of the city; the city council and the
board of education.