The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-16

fifth of the population of this city is
enrolled in the public schools.
Buildings.
Since the last report, the Oquirrh,
Grant, Emerson, Uintah and Bonnie
vile school buildings have been COM
pleted, two class rooms have been
added to the Washington and one to
the Jackson. All the new buildings are
first-class in their appointments and
are heated and ventilated by the most
! approved modern methods.
To complete cur present system we
require a first-class school building in
the Tenth ward, and one in the Eigh-
teenth or Nineteenth ward. The board
has sufficient realty not required for
school purposes, the sale of which
should realize sufficient funds with d
fair real estate market, to erect these
buildings. 1t is to be hoped that this
can be accomplished in the near flu
ture, as it viii reduce our rent roll,
and furnish the pupils residing in the
wards named proper and adequate
school accommodations
1t is with feelings of pleasure I can
inform you that prominent educators
+ from the eastern states frankly adj
nit that our school buildings as re-
CARDS grounds, external appearance
and interior arrangements, are super-
Tor to any city of like population in
the eastern states, and that they aver
age better than their metropolitan cit
les.
Finances.
Tor detailed statement of the re-
ceipts and disbursements, you are
respectfully referred to the report of
the finance committee submitted here
with, summary of Which shows:
Receipts from all sources to be. .S27z4, 100 %
Add cash on hand July 1, 1Sg4.... 1867 60
Disb3 Gs Tor ali purposes $2z5 s s5 g
Cash on hand July 1, 1Ss5...... ISIS 60
The territorial and county school
taxes paid by the city for 1894 were,
to-wit:
Territorial tax g milIs) .$lO6, 1S2 80
County tax z uills)... ?0.7SS %
The board received from
,r,i the tie territory ri orr. HIS 70
the county .............. 1874 so
Total ......e...... 9S513 25
Loss to Salt Lake City S,457 80
w Nun 10 6QulfdlclI 10 ABOUT 20 Der
cent. of the territorial school and coun-
ty school taxes or to express it differ
emily, the board of education of this
city received about SO per cent of the
territorial school and county school
levies.
The school taxes for the year 1894
were territory. 5 mills, county , mills
and city mills, a total levy of 10
mills.
The total expenditure for the main
tenance of city schools for the year
was, $276, 1898, which is equivalent to
q levy of about Z $40 mills This matter
is referred to for the purpose of ex-
planning that the present onerous
school tax is largely caused by terri
torial statute, which required, as be-
fore stated, the payment by this city
of SIS. 457.SS for maintenance Of schools
for the last year situate outside of tba
city limits.
This is equivalent to a tax of all
the property of this city of about 9 30
mills.
The value of the school property
owned by the board is as follows:
Value of school grounds. .S255 $50 oo
Value of school buildings ..... $50, $50 II
Total s9sS $50 n
Bonded Indebtedness .-..-........ $685. GOA 90
For details as regards receipts and
disbursements you are referred to the
statement of the treasurer and the
itemized account of receipts and dis
bursements presented by the clerk of
the board.
School Work.
The past year has been marked by
noticeable improvement in discipline
and better work, AID great praise is
due to our superintendent, DR.. Mills
paugh and his efficient corps of as
sistants to whose sk,ilful supervision is
due the excellent and satisfactory con-
dition of the schools.
I gladly take this opportunity to ex-
press my keen appreciation of the I'M
firing efforts Of the teachers, as am
conscious of the fact that the public
is not aware of the value of their in
fiuence over the coming men and
women of the proposed state of Utah
1 desire especially to commend the
ooYf1ifx Qvicfino in fhn c06nnJ noon,