The herald., 1895-01-24
COUNCIL REDUCED THE FIGURES,
Board of EducatiOn's Estimate
Cut Nearly in Halt.
Another Joint Conference on the
School Bond Proposition.
Tho Council Again Listens to the Mem
bers OF the Board of Education
and Defers Action.

several days on the paper submitted to
it by the board OF education, with rec
concentrations in regard to new school
houses. The result of the councils
labors in this line may be summed up
in the statement that the aggregate esti.
mate of the board of education has been
cut down by the council nearly one half.
While the board of education labored
hard to get the figures down to $500, 900
the council has reduced them to $780,
500 without great deal OF effort.
CHANGES IN THE ESTIMATES.
The changes In the estimates will ap.
pear in the following statement:
New building. 10 rooms, ON site OF
present Griffin avenue school, with pur-
chase Of additional ground. $2l 900; re-
drced to $4,000.
Addition of 4 rooms TO Gates street
school, $500; left out entirely.
Addition of 4 rooms to Oaetelar street
school, with additional grounds, $13, 300 {;
reduced to $11 800.
Addition of 2 rooms to Cssco street
school, $1,000; reduced to $500.
New building, 10 rooms, near Temple
street, between Beaudry and Centennial,
with purchase Of grounds, $4,000; no
change.
Addition OF 2 rooms to Sand street
school, with additional grounds. $4,000 /;
left out entirely.
New building, IL rooms. between Oh
i've and Flower streets and Fifth and
Seventh. with purchase of ground, s4l,-
600; reduced to $31. 600.
Addition of rooms to Union svenu Q
school, with additional ground, 5000 !;
reduced to $10,500.
New building, IL rooms, between Pearl
and Sentous and Eleventh and Pico,
with purchase Of ground, $4,000; no
change.
New building rooms, between Six
tenth and Nineteenth streets and Bush
and Toberman, $4,000; no change.
New building of rooms near Eighth
street and Westlake avenue, with pur-
chase of ground, $1,000; reduced TO
$4,000.
New building, 10 rooms, near st.
James park, with purchase of ground,
$4,000; reduced to $25, 900.
Additional ground to Thirtieth street
school, $1,000; no change.
Addition of 4 rooms to San Pedro
street school, $500; reduced to $500.
New building of 10 rooms near Twenty.
eighth street and San Pedro, with
purchase of ground, $2l, 900; reduced to
$4,000.
New building OF 10 rooms between San
Julien and San Pedro, and Sixth and
Seventh, with purchase OF ground, $780,
600; raised to 100000.
New building of s rooms near San
Dadrn and atraafp with nuroh n n a
OF ground, $24, 900; left out entirely.
New building, IL rooms, on eits OF
present New Macy street school, $23, 900 /;
changed to Ramery and Center streets
and reduced to $l7 500.
Additional ground at Ann street
school, $4,000; reduced to $4,000. 5.
New building OF rooms, near First
street and Boyle avenue. with purchase
of ground, $40, 900; changed to State
street and Penn avenue, and reduced to
$4,000
Addition of rooms to Cornwell street
school, $500; left out entirely.
New high school, providing for branch
high school, and Incorporating oppor-
tunity for industrial education through
out all the schools OF the entire city, on
site of present Eighth street or Spring
street school, $120. 900; left out entirely.
In addition TO the changes noted in
the above. the council reduced the esti-
mate on furniture from $24, 900 to $40,
600, and made the total $685., 900 instead
Of 100000.
THE JOINT SESSION.
The council and board of education
met in joint conference yesterday after.
noon, President (pro tem.) Kingsry OF
the council occupying the chair.
Mr.. Munson of the council, securin z
the eye OF the speaker, said that he sup.
councilmen are aware that the
council has been considering the
school bond proposition for several
days, and that some changes have been
deemed necessary from tho recommen-
dations made by the board OF edueation.
The changes made by tbs council wars
then read, and when the figures
were compared il was found that ia
councils figures reduced the amount
from $500, 900, asked for by the board o
education. to $685.. 900, proposed by th
council.
THE LOCATIONS.
The question of locations was brought
up by Mr.. Simonton. OF the board Of
education, and in reply Mr.. Kingery, Of
the council. explained that when the
council mentioned any location for q
new school house it wan the intention
that the school should be located come.
where near the place mentioned-With.
in block or two or three.
THE DISCUSSION.
The mem bers of the school board were
heard in turn in regard to the changes
made by the council in ths recommen-
dations and i'll regard to the needs Of
their respective wards. As each one in
turn came to detail the needs OF his
ward it becama apparent that only one
or two OF the members OF the board of
education ere satisfied with the amend.
mente made by the council.
Later, when the oouncilmen came 20
speak on the matter, it waa aiso appars
emit thai not all OF the councilmen were
in accord in regard to the reductions.
Mr.. Snyder. councilman from the Second
ward, Mr.. Stookwell from the First, and
Mr.. Savage from the Eighth, were none
of them willing to have the recommend
atoms OF the school board cut down to
the figures submitted by this council.
President Kingery made closing
talk, stating that while the councilmen
were expected to srRud on the treasury
with club, as it were, he could say
that not one mem bar of tbs council be-
lieved in stinting the schools OF tie city.
1t was decided TO let the matter 20
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