Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-21
Taxpayer" Speaks of a New School
House.

House.
Mr. EDITOR; Will you permit me.
through your valued columns, to say a
few encouraging words re~..1rdirg Pull
mans proposed $4,000 s(g me Use, and
why the same should hblished priye, Oh. IL
Inere are are at preseNhn Nnt. to her, though per
nearly 200 are in attendance. Anyone
wishing to satisfy themselves should
visit the now over-crowded rooms in the
school building, Notwithstanding the
same has been built less than three
years; but it must also be remembered
that when it was erected there were less
than 100 pupils in the district. and not
to exceed fifty in attendance at school.
No one in Pullman predicted the mar
velous growth we have realized. At that
time there were less than 400 inhabitants,
whereas at present we have, safe to say,
nearly 1000 people, SO it must be seen
at glance that school house costing
not less than $4,000 is needed at this
present time more than was the $4,000
house needed at the time it was built
three years ago. Let us look about us
and see what causes the wonderful
growth and development of this so-called
Pullman: The answer comes everytime
that Pullman is second to no town or
city north of Snake river as shipping
point and grain receiving station, fully
1,250,000 bushels of all kinds of grain
having been handled here during the
past season. The transactions of our
business houses in the past year amount
ed to $1,600,000. Pullman has eight
artesian wells, flowing 1890 gallons of
the best and purest water every minute.
At the same time allow me to say that
the coal that underlies our town will be
| heard from very soon.
Now, as to the cost Of the proposed
building to our taxpayers, | will say
that the assessment Of the district is
fully S500,000; that would mean 04 on
the dollar should it be desired to pay
/ for the building at once; or, in other
words, the portion of every taxpayer
assessed for $4,000 would be SIC, or $4
on every $1,000 assessed valuation.
But you must remember that that
amount would pay for the house at once.
On.the other hand, BOND the district for
$4,000, say for ten years, at per cent,
it would cost the taxpayer less than one
dollar on 81 900, or in the ten years not
to exceed SO for interest; or, again, one
dollar per year on the above amount
and it is reasonable to suppose that in
less than half of ten years the assessed
valuation of Pullman school district will
be 81 100000; in that case the full pay
ment of bond would be 50 on $1,000
assessed valuation. No one who would
stop and consider the above facts would
hesitate to help the good work onward
and push this great and grand enter
prise to immediate completion.
Now. Mr.. Editor, in conclusion allow
me to say Pullman depends on her owl
resources, which will soon command {
town of $500 people. The surround
ings of our city are such that any ont
can see that Pullman has no cause fo
alarm. Neither do we send one-half O
our population to Olympia for the pur
pose of getting sixteen stringed jacl
county seat; nor do we look for the stat,
of Washington to build US up, but de
pend on our own strength and with tina
hope to build $4,000 school house il
Pullman this coming spring.
TAXPAYER.