The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Not Quite SO Extrayagant.

coed $iJ9,000, including the sites, was
discussed and adopted SO far as the
board is concerned, Commissioner
Sloan only voting against it. We do
not wish to be considered a chronic OBJ
iectionist, but we still think even this
sum is greater than is now demanded.
Commissioner Sloan voices our ideas as
neallya we could do it ourselves, both
as to the amounts necessary to expend
! and the great need OF exercising eau
ton in piling up debt monument.
Commissioner Sullivan simply insults
the tax payers of the city who have to
foot these bills, when he says that
they are making 4 howl about taxes
without reason" and proves himself
unfit to be member of the school
Below we give Il condensed report of
the meeting:
Commissioner Bishoff thought that
five buildings costing not over 100000
would be sufficient for present needs,
and was also of the opinion that frame
buildings would answer every required
purpose in several portions of the city.
Ae thought, howeve, that it would he
well to ge a large appropriation from
tn council and use it as needed. The
First ward he said did not need build
ing, but the second ward ought to
have one as good as the Nelson Dewey
school.
Commissioner IIochle said that the
financial condition of the oity had
been made something of bugbare OF
late and without reason. He had
made some investigation and found
that the general Ionded Indebtedness
was only about S35o,000, while the
constitutional limit under the new as
sessment would 81 800, 900. lie argued
that all the talk over the great in
debtedness of the city was merely due
to the present dizziness, there being in
fact a very small debt.
This view was not seconded by Com
missioner Sloan, who said that Il com
pari son of the population with the in
debtdness was the proper one TO make.
1T could look little suspicious" he
said Ito Sc city of 20,0J0, people with
an Indebtedness of even half Il million
and TO carry it up to half of the consti
tutiOnal allowance would be danger
Gus realize that there is necessity
for several school buildings. but think
that if we can we had better erect
them at halt the cost or less than that
fixed in the first resolution. l would
favor building school house in the
Second ward costing So, O00 one i'll the
territory north of Winter street, at
SIC, e0G; one between the South Shore
and Atlantic right of way and Ham
mond avenue and North OF Broadway
at so. 600; one in the Steel plant divis-
ion costing go, 600; and one at the south
end at 10000
Commissioner Sullivan said that a
great many people We're malsinga howl
about taxes without reason and remark
ed that some of them frequently gave
500, toward getting some manufacture
located. but if required to pay half of
III at toward building several school
houses would protest energetically. AS
to increase i'll debt which the building
of school houses would occasion he
said that the council WAS spending
money fast enough whether the i'll
~. oil, I 10 off
cred a resolution providing for six
eight room school houses as follows:
In the Fifth ward north of Winter
street; in Central Park: on Belknap
Twenty eighth street; in the Steel
plant division AMI at the south end,
the total cost not to exceed Sl50, 600.
This seemed to meet the approval of
all except Commissioner Sloan and he
argued that the amount should be
/ smaller. The intention of the board
under the resolution is that the cost
of each of the six school houses shall
be graded according to the number of
scholars in the territory in which it is
/ to be built.
/ \ l.st or the teachers who have been
4 employed for the ensuing year was read
and was made the subject Of some re-
( marks, the opinions of the members
differing somewhat as the SalerieS.
All but fie of the teachers were EN-
i ployed by the old district boards and
/ the scale of wages adopted does not
! agree. The saleries in the west end
for this year and hereafter in the whole
/ city will be according to the length of
! service For the first year a teacher
Will receive $50 per month; for the
secon 80; for the third $50. and the
fourth. sos,
\ The board will meet again Monday
( evening when the question of how the
= amonnG appropriated for new buildings
shall he devlled as TO each of the six
/ buildings.
$Iinson avenue 10 be Paved from thc
k..l>l to the South Ends.
! The board Of public works opened
7 bids Monday morning for paving Stin-
son avenue from West Nineteenth
street 10 Hammond avenue at the
South end They were: Wilson x
/ Thatcher. sis. lis. 10: kiver x Burke.
$i6:p The plans and specifications
i call FOR pavement - feet III width
with heavy plank curhing on each side
/ The work Is not To be paid for III bonds
/ or IUnGs sold for that purpose, the
/ property owners having all declared
that they would elect to pay the cost
+ in one assessment after the customary
notice was published. The property
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