Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-16
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
The Urgent Heed for More Buildings
Made Manifest.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SUBMITTED


lat session lns' evening, icc.pfe8ident
Nelson presiding. The members in
attendance wero Mcssrs. Pike, Pratt,
Young, Newman, Duke, Alli and Ray
bOuld.
The committee ON sites and buildings
presented the following report which
was read, received and filed;
Honorable Board OF Education,
0cnilemon-Non committee on sltos
aud buildings report having engaged the
services OF Architect Spohr 10 prepare
plans and specifications " an addition u
two rooms to the Twcnty.flrst school, In
accordance with q resolution " this board
dated september 2lst last.
An advertisement has boon inserted In
the DAILY Tribune aud Hcfdid, copies ~
which advertisement are attached 10 this
report and iuado part hereof, soliciting
bids for the erection " said Improve
monis. said bids accompany this re-
port.
Your committee ask that their action
be confirmed and that the contract DO
awarded ~ william n. Tuddenhtm, the
lowest responsible bidder. Tor Sili5. who
Tiles with This committee a certified check
for sass.
a SECOND REPORT.
The same committee presented the
following report, which was also re-
ciovcd and filed after being read:
To tho President aud Board Of Education.
Gontlemon-N Your committee ON site.
and buildings IN whom was referred tho
duty vi providing additionu, room for tho
schools " tho city whore needed, beg
leave To report that They have secured tho
..T fiss#.s.fI.fl. f.
from the Church Association Of that ward
for the sum " thirty dollars per month,
with certain privileges aud reservations,
and that q school IL now In successful
operation therein they have also secured
the yDitry from the Eighth ward Church
Association for twenty-five dollars per
month, with tho right reserved To tho
Church tO hold sessions of sabbath school
or other purposes, not TO Interfere with
the regular session NJ the day school, aud
nschOol Is In successiul operation there,
thurohy relieving the pressure Of the
Eighth and Twentieth schools. aud We
recommend that the president and clufk
~ the board be authorised To execute
leases In bchalfoi the buard with the ofi-
GERS Of the Church Association named on
the terms named herein 10 the end OF
June, lspl
The committee has also secured the
African Methodist church near the u. a
". -. depot for The SUN Of $50 per month,
aud recommend the president and clork
10 close lease On the premises Ht tho
came terms ~ the Eighth and rwcntioth.
THIS viii relieve tho sixth district.
In the Ninotoonth district We found an
enrolment In three rooms Of over 2Il
pupils with three teachers and contom.
plated recommending the erection " nn
additional class room aud recitation
room To partially receive tho pressure
on that building, but nncr mature rpiiec-
tion, we think u would bo more pcouomi.
cal and desirable IN adopt plan for an
oight-room building complete aud erect
thereon q portion ~ said building CON
tanning four rooms aud closets, aud have
everything ready Ia complete the build
ing Mt the close ~ the school wear.
This building can be erected ~ near the
center Of tho luxlu roads owned by the
board ~ II desirable, by only removing
~ present one classroom that has been
huilt ABOUT twenty years, and ro-
moving tho other huildlng at tho
close ofthis school year to complete tho
now building. THIS lot Is centrally locat-
cd to accommodate the children Of the
Ninotoorth and rwonty.-ocOnd wards, of
which theru nrr Within thrco.hiOcl,
radius ~, and within q two-blocls radius
gii children.
We ask that this committee be author
lied 10 advertise Tor scaled bids for the
erection Of the building recommended ~
soon ~ the plan N approved Aud that
contractors he requested to state In their
bid. the pric0 PAYABLE In bonds us we'll
~ tue price payable In cash.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The following statement OF the flnan.
cial condition Of the board was read:
lls on hand ...,., .....,. ,..,,....,,,.s 6sls =
seventh school addition a....a........... s.al 40
salary pay rolls tor urtobcr ibouti... iiJei 00
Keats duo % october -, (abouil....... i,ipJ %
IoLh''t's's.,...aii.s. ...............tl = $40 II
ONefuTAs ''''''''''''''''''..''..'' as,Ysl 70
1oiAl'''''', ......,,.-,,'...,.,.,...31i,gG -
Mr.. Young WAS called 10 the chair
by Mr.. Nelson, who offered the follow.
Ing resolution:
Resolved, That tho board cannot NJ this
tlino enter Into building contracts or pur.
chase Of sites, except ~ the contract may
he made or the purchase be- completed
with the school bonds.
Mr.. Young favored maxi M such I'm.
prove menls ~ were meet needed, and
paying for them IN cash. A good
deal Of mOnVy would soon be coming
IN aud the inst thing 10 do should 5e
10 liquidate all ovonluits. Then, II
necessary, tie bonds could be hyp0.
thelicaied and the Improvements
pushed.
NJ. Pratt was Of the opinion that the
best thing 10 10 was 70 borrow the
money aud use the bonds ns collateral.
lie believed that bonds could be s5ld
later on ut per cent, aud was there
fore opposed TO The idea OF Increasing
the Interest TO q per cent, because, In
twenty years, II would mean loss OF
tl2O, 900 10 the Territory.
Mi. Duke cpncurIed with Mr.. Pratt.
Me-. Pikc was In favor OF hypothe.
eating the konds. IL was tho duty of
the board 10 provide tuition for the
children. The Legislature, Lo thought
would make the necessary provisions
TO accomplish this. The plan pro.
posed would enable them To wine out
the overdfaru which should be done AZ
soon Rs possible.
More discussion Of u similar strain
was INDUCED Ia, after which Mr., Mel.
son offered the following resolution.
which was adopted:
"Re'olyo1, That the finance committee
order the bonds engraved and printed ns
toon rs possible, aud that No uso said
bonds a. collateral security Ia obtaining
sufficient FUNDS to do the needed i'm,
prOvements.
The board then adjourned for one
week.