The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-12
Important Meeting of the Trustees
Held Last Evening.
THE INDUSTRIAL HOME
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO Sc
CURE THE BUILDING.
Desire to Locate the High School
There-President Baldwin's Views
Purpose of the Bill introduced
By Congressman King-Commit-
tee Appointed and Instructed.

The board of education has deter
mined to make an effort to secure the
gift from the federal government of
the Industrial Home building on Fifth
East street for high school purposes;
or, failing in the endeavor, the board
will second the efforts of Utah's delega-
ton in congress to obtain the property
for the state and negotiate with the
state for its use and occupancy by Salt
Lake Citys high school. Such was
the conclusion reached last evening by
the board of education, which met in
special session at the call of President
Baldwin. All the members, except
Moyle, were present.
In announcing the purpose of holding
! the special meeting, President Baldwin
stated that prompt action seemed nee
essary, from the fact that the press
dispatches made mention that on Wed
nesday Congressman King had intro
duced in congress a bill ceding the In
dustrial home to the state of Utah.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
On Critchlows motion the rules were
into a committee of the whole. Critch-
low was made chairman.
Wilson stated that he had had some
correspondence on the subject with
Senator Rawlins, who had announced
his Willingness to do everything posi-
bic to promote every consistent wish of
the school board, but the senator had
given no assurance of congress making
the desired grant for the high school.
The chairman of the committee on
school buildings and grounds also said
that he had requested Senator Rawlins
to ascertain if it were possible for the
board to obtain a lease of the Indus
trial home, and on Monday he received
a telegram saying the secretary of the
treasury had declined to make a lease
A letter of explanation was on the way
but it had not yet arrived here.
THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.
President Baldwin said he did not
know what the states necessities were
but possibly it was wanted for state
offices, thereby saving $1,000 a year in
rent paid to Salt Lake county, until
the state capitol is erected. He be-
lieved that if the state authorities were
consulted and their concurrence Sc
cured the grant would be made; or, if
congress could be convinced that the
necessities of the city schools were
greater than those of the states insti-
tutions, the school would be given the
preference. Tha president expressed
the belief that the great need of a suit
able nigh school building would not be
satisfied for ten years yet. unless some
sort of an arrangement, like the one
under consideration, were consumma-
ted. The financial limit would not per-
mt tne raising OF an adequate building
fund for years, if the needs for grade
school buildings were to be cared for
IN MS opinion it was worth the effort
to persuade congress that it should
make the city school system a gift of
the white elephant on Fifth East street
ana owned by the government 1t
would cost little money to defray
the expense of the gift-seeking cam
palgn, and he thought it might be ad-
visable to send a delegation on to
Washington.
THE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED.
Young moved that the committee
on buildings and grounds be directed
TO confer with Governor Wells and the
other state officers, and with Utah's
congressional delegation, to ascertain
the Feasibility OF procuring the gift of
the industrial Home, and if the desired
grant cannot be obtained for the board
to ascertain on what terms the state
would lease it, if the state becomes
possessed OF the property, or from the
wilson suggested that it would cost
about $4,000 to put the vacant struct-
ure in suitable condition for the use of
the high school
UTAH CAN'T EXPECT FAvORs.
Critchlow was of the opinion that the
city schools could not get the building
as against the state. While disclaim-
ing any intention of speaking c n arag-
n
ators Rawlins and Cannon and Repre-
sentative King, he reminded his col
leagues that Utah was not in very high
favor with the present administration.
sui 1t would not be like asking con-
Sress to make an appropriation of
money. However he said he believed il
to be an oppOrtune time to begin ne
gotiations for the right of occupancy of
the home by the high school,
Young suggested that the poor quail
lty OF a large portion of the public
lands coded to the state by the govern
ment could be used as an argument for
the cession of the home to the state.
The committee should become possessed
of al available information in the
premises. and then decide whether the
board should help the state get the
home or strive for it for the high
schools use.
CHANCES ABOUT EN
Newman believed the school boards
chances were equal with the state. Some
strings could be pulled on the state
officers, but he would favor mourning
no expense on the board in making the
best possible pull for the plum.
Young's motion of instruction to the
was then put and carried
by unanimous vote
AS matter of form, the committee
Of the whole arose, and on President
Baldwin again taking the chair. Critch-
low reported the result of the commit
tees proceedings to the board session.
The meeting was then adjourned.
NEW LIGHT SHED.
Relative to the moving cause of the
by Congressman King in
congress on Wednesday of the bill to /
,ede the Industrial Home to the state /
Governor Wells stated last evening, in !
'eply to question by a Herald re- +
porter, that nothing the state officials /.
had said or done called forth the eff /
'ort. The bill had been introduced in .
pursuance of a memorial to congress 8
~ the Utah legislature, adopted last
spring. The purpose of desiring the /
grant was stated in the memorial, and (
also in the bill to be for I
| state school for the deaf, dumb and /
blind.
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