The herald., 1894-03-27


have been paid.
COMMON SCHOOL FUND.
Balance on hand March l, 1894 . .$1l, ,Oss. 63
Expended during March. ............ 4slO3 oil
Balance on hand March 81, 1904. $7.es2.02
The above also includes the janitors',
high school and office salaries, which
are to be approved at the meeting of
March 26tb, and the condition OF the
fund alter the same will have been
paid.
Messrs. Wills and Buehler came in
and toek their seatn st this stage OF the
prGce edinge.
Mr.. Trssk OF the building committee
brought glitter of interest into the
eyes of the solid section OF the board by
submitting long expected report on
the outlay of $l42,000 for additional
rooms and buildings for the city school
system, Tho committee recommended
tDat tho Union avenue school be raised
to eight rooms at q cost CT $500, this
Tenth street school moved to q new site
at cost Of $40 coo, four rooms added to
the Seventeenth gtreet schOOl to cost
$1,000, four rooms to the Thirtieth street
sehe0i to cost 5000, a 10-foom school
building and site in the Sixth ward,
$22 .00U; Seventh ward an eight-room
school and site, S25, 900. Railroad street
building moved to eenler OF the Eighth
ward and cite, 5000. fouI rooms added
to the Breed street school, 5000, four
rooms TO the Macy street school. $4,000,
four rooms to the Spring street eehool
and third story, $4,000. For beating
the high school, $40 600, Hayes street
building raised to eight rooms, $1,000,
Castelar, street school, four rooms added,
$1,000. Mr.. Trssk stated that under the
present charter it MAS deemed expedient
not to ask for an additional high school
at the present time. and he then offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the city council be re.
quested to call an election for the pur-
pore OF voting bonds to build, repair and
iurnish school buildings to the amount
OF $l50,000.
A vots was then taken and the resolu-
tion WAS carried by the following vote:
Ayes, Track, Stein, Ashman, Buehler,
Patty; noes, Wills, Mrs. Hughes.
Mr.. Trask moved that the special
building committee be appointed TO
assist the council in arranging the elec-
ticn.
Mrs. Hughes stated that in only al
lowing 5000 for the Fifth ward gross
injustice was being done to the taxpay-
ers Of that ward, who had q right by
reason of the growth OF the ward to ask
that they be placed on equal footing
with the balance of the city.
Dr.. Wills raised the same question
with regard to tho rights of the people
OF the Second ward.
Mir. Trask replied by saying that it
waa the policy of school boards all over
the country TO build large school build
ings instead of small ones, and that the
committee were looking alter the whole
interest Of the city, without regard to
ward lines.
DR.. Wills stated there was difference
in the report made last year, and the
present one chopped down two of the
city wards just one half. No compari-
son could be made between Los Angelica
end compActly built eastern cities, for
the reason that Los Angeles covered SO
square milee, and school buildings
eDould be built for the accommodation
of school children and not to segregate
the buildings in favored localities. As
to going into newspapers, as had bsen
charged againsG the minority members,
it was true. They had no show in the
board, but they did have in appealing to
the public through the press.
MIR. Trask-I suppose you will oppose
these boudH, then.
DR.. Wills-Yes sir. I will because
the public don't trust this board. l,
myself, do not trust it, and have no
confidence in its wiadom or honesty,
and will work against putting money in
the hands Of this board.
Mr.. Trask-You will not influence
three votes.
DR.. Wills-That remains to be seen.
l will leave that question to be decided
by the honest taxpayers of this city,
Mr.. Stein then asked that census
marshal be elected, ard A. d. Whitney
and j. W. Meyers were placed in nomi-
nation and the latter was elected. to re.
ceive S5 per day. and s3 per day for the
deputies. Adjourned.