The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-11
SITES FOR SCHOOL FERN
Reasons Why the Board Is III r. ST.
ing to the Future. 1
THE PLAN AS NOW pRopod SOW II
Preparations for Opening IN. u
Agricultural College Next w.,a
Educational Notes.

The suggestion which he made AT tho
OF the school board on Wednesday eve,s.'y
the debt OF the city for school purpose. I Il q
be increased to about s551o0o in tina ~. d
years was explained more fully by D A =. ii h
in an interview with PosT-IyrEl.rarsleI
porter yesterday. He said:
| see that your reporter has uni,,s,.,.
mfsquoted me as saying that in ths nv. III
years we should probably need s7sSaaf
school sites. What ! aid say wss ths,
the next i've years / believed il wnnJS ~
sary or this district 10 have Incurred
indebtedness OF 10000, including 49,.
outstanding, 20 provide the necessarv
sites and buildings We need now IN
school ana need IL very badly as the -
are at present housed in an ill.ligb,~s
badly ventilated and heated set OF room.
top of tae present Central school huil1sn.
should either abolish the high school -
or PROVIDE IL with suitable quarters and ~
ances. The conditions surrounding ths..
tsrs IN Seattle are very different from -.
the old and slow-grOwing towns OF thsg
There the increase is so gradual that ~. }
abb to care Tor IL from year 10 year withr,
lation of large city. set down Il
in what was but short
ego a wilderness and they expect ali al a.
vantages that they have been accust0me1.s
the oder communities from which they y.
We profess to offer il to them and we hayss- "a
fulfill our professions ii we are going h ~ h
the best class of newcomers am p,sd } +
that so far as | understand the sentiment n }
community they propose TO furnish all ofnI
advantages to these newcomers soma y
conservative people are always fearful wbee
community in which they i've props,ss tl(s
into dent, but there is not q prosperous "a \
the United States west OF the ALLEGHENY M
aims that has not been built up on boyroWsd y
AL.
How do you propose to secure part 81 II
university site so as 70 make II promptly a.
able for tae erection OF High SCHOOL,
The commissioners OF the State uuiverSM
who by law have charge of the state uniysg,N
have il in their power 70 put the old site On I
market. ] have been i'll hopes that they NJ
be induced to at least have appraised andos,N
for sale such portion OF that site as we raightaI
for a High school. Ii has seemed to me ttsX
would at least enable them to make progresI
the WORK contemplated by the Legislature Vi
the commission was appointed and woaldE
able our sehnol district to obtain what seeuH
me TO be the only available site for RI
school.
What is the object of the building and II
committee in proposing the purchase Of ser8
sites? III
The available blocks for school sites ara b. n
very rapidly broken up, anu unless we eans1S y
tain Them now il viii be very difficult ~
them at all. This, coupled with the fact -
owing to the present quiet condition Of the ~
estate market such property can To seeurslE
very reasonable figures, has induced the toz1
TO ask the people to authorize the purchasS
the present time, and when we do 20 beias1u
them for such authority | wish also to inellS
the authority for the purchase OF q suitable Z
for High school building. +