The herald., 1897-05-15
School Board to the City
Council
THEIR DUTY AS THEY SEE IT
IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED
SCHOOL BONDS
Think They Should Have Full Power
AZ to the Disbursement Of
All Funds

n SRCClal uiCCtAu6 Vi tuG OOdTQ VI CQu
cation was held In the boards rooms in
the Wilcox block yesterday afternoon at
$3.50. o'clock, at which all of the members
were present except Mr.. McInerney of
the Eighth ward. The meeting was call
ed at the request of the special commit
tee on new school buildings for the pur-
nose of defining the boards position in
regard to the handling of the funds to
be raised by the bond issue. in case they
were carried. and the proceedings open
ed with the presentation Of the following
report:
To the Honorable Board Of Education
/ Gentlemen: Your special committee on new
buildings beg leave to report that the plans
ana specihcalions and recommendations of
this board. with reference to the new
school buildings, have been submitted to
the city council, in accordance with the in
structions Of this board that the city coun-
ell now has under consideration the Ques-
tion of calling an election for the issuance
OF bonds to provide the special building
fund.
The council has requested that this board
define to said council its position with re-
spect to the question, whether said i'm
pkOtciHcutb Sudi DC mdQe uuu6r the Su-
pervlsio1 OF the city council or whether
under the supervision of the board Of
education. and your committee respectfully
submits the said question to this board for
discussion and action thereon. Respect
fully submitted,
MP. coNREY,
WALTER L. WEBB,
]. H. BRALY,
Committee
On motion the report was received and
filed without debate, after which, on
motion of Director Webb, seconded by
Director Bartlett, 1t was ordered that
the following communication be sent to
the council:
To the Honorable City Council Of the
City of Los Angeles-Gentlemen: We
would. in answer to the request of your
committee as to disbursing funds to be
raised by the proposed bond election. reply
as follows:
That under the present city charter (see
section ~ we consider that the board of
education has sole power to erect school
buildings and purchase school sites and
make additions thereto.
We would call your attention to the fact
that by an opinion formerly rendered by
the city attorney this power was taken
away from the past board of education
0iiu cicNcn nSW bCuOOl OuIlOlHRS were
erected under the supervision OF the past
city council of the city Of Los Angeles
without consultation or assistance of the
past board Of education.
We would call your attention to a. few Of
the results, and we feel had the work
been done under supervision Of the board
of education the mistakes herein men,
toned would not have occurred.
That the new Macy street school now
rnv1 A~kx nkA
school property. That the erection of the
Olive street school at the present location
was In direct opposition to the necessities
OF the school district, and the condition of
the present school and site Is depiorable.
That In many other instances in the CITY
the roofs of the new buildings are in q
poor condition. That the foundation of the
new Second street school building is un-
satisfactory and almost dangerous.
We would call your attention to the re.
cent report of the city health officer, DR..
Powers. in which report he sets forth that
the heating and ventilating apparatus
which was placed in the new buildings
by the past city council, at cost Of S22,-
465. or thereabouts, is absolutely useless.
and conditions Of said buildings unsanl-
tary. ~ '-~
We would call your attention to the fact
that this present board Of education. since
In the filling in of lots, erection of pavilions
and FENCES ETC., for the new buildings,
These statements should have been in.
cluded In the contract price of such new
buildings. and the present board can little
afford to use money for this purpose when
the same is needed for the maintenance
of the schools,
In view Of these facts we feel that the
present city council should leave the re-
sponsibility of erecting new school build.
ings, the purchase of school sites etc., to
the superintendent Of schools and present
board Of education, as they are more con
versant with the actual needs of the de-
partment than your honorable body could
possibly be.
We would further state that we do not
consider that this is proper time to raise
the quetion as to who should disburse
these funds, but that the bonds should first
be voted on, and, II carried. an amicable
adjustment of the matter can be ar
rived at.
The real necessity of providing for ad
ditional school facilities is the first con-
siderattcn, and e.ery days delay simply
adds to the embarrassment of this depart
ment.
Although the motion had been car
ried without debate and without a dis
senting vote, as soon as the result was
Director Braly suggested
that there might have been undue haste
and thought that the matter should
have been more fully discussed, In this
view Mr.. Braly was seconded by d.
rectors Conrey and Davis, and, on mo-
tion of Director Webb, seconded by Di-
rector Bartlett, the vote by which the
motion was carried was reconsidered.
A lengthy discussion followed. Di-
rector Braly was not in favor of the
board having anything to do with the
of the money, and thought
this part of the business should be at
cended to by the council Directors Con-
rey and Davis were not prepared to 60
70 the same lengths as their colleague,
out thought that the board should have
some say in the matter. The other men,
oers, 1T Is needless to say, favored the
board handling the entire business.
AFTER - the members had expressed
themselves another vote was taken. /
after Director Webb had urged that
mere should be unanimous vote on
he proposition, and that II any member
'esired to make any changes or altera-
ions they should state them at once.
and the motion was again carried
Messrs. Braly, Conrey and Davis vot.
ng in the negative. On motion Of Di-
rector Webb. seconded by Director |
Poor. the special committee was then |
On motion Of Director Webb. reootd.