Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
Residents Of the Southeastern Por.
tion Of Town Have a Grievance
Against the School Board.
Object to the Site Selected For the
New Arson School, and Ask a
Few Questions.
Board Didn't Expect to Please Every
One and Acted According to Its
Best Judgment.

the new school building on the south |
side. to be erected next year to take
the place Of the old Arson school, did
not hope to please all the residents of
that portion Of the city, because their
experience had taught them that this
would be impossible. Since the publ
cation of the boards choice of piece
of land there have been mutterings of
discomfort from various quarters, and
Mr.. Head, one OF the owners of an adj
dition recently plated on the south side,
informed President Turner that an in
junction suit might be commenced to
restrain the district from erecting the
building on the site chosen.
Now comes number Of residents of
Gated In the extreme southeastern por-
tion of the city, with a vigorous com
plant. which is set forth in communi-
cation to the T.-R. They claim their
rights have not been recognized. Mem
bers Of the board, however, in discuss
ing the matter, say they acted Accord
ing to the dictates of their best judy
ment in their selection and aimed TO To-
cate the school where 1t would be ac-
cessible to the greatest number. The
new site is in about the center of pop
ulation, east and west, of the south side
territory, and Is three blocks nearer
Woods addition than the present build
| ing. II Site farther east had been
chosen a location In a slough, or else
| still farther east on the second hill,
would have been necessary, and this
would have placed the building far
away from the populous portion of the
district. The communication of the
Presidents of Woods addition follows:
| Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. S.--Editor
Times Repu blican-Dear Sir: We see
| by your last night edition that the
school board has selected a location for
a new school house on South Third ave-
nue., within $50 feet of the city limits.
Now we want to say as citizens, hav-
Ing been living in a portion of the city
known as Woods second addition of
| Marshall for a number of years, our
children have been deprived of school
privileges; also there are several fam
Il lilies who have been sending their chill
Idren to the country school east of town.
but they have stopped that. We have
petitioned the board time and again for
4 school privileges, but 1t has paid no att
tention TO our petitions, and now has a
tendency to spend money on another
school house and not provide US with a
lschool. Why is this? And why are we
not entitled to a school and school
! privileges? Is 1t because our children
8lare not born with silver spoons in their
4 mouths and that we have to work in the
glucose and other factories? Is 1T say
ling that our children shall not have the
benefits of an education?
i Some of the board say there can't be
a school house built for few children
In a small portion of the city and In al.
tout of the-Way part of town. Well, we
have by correct count 100 children in
this portion of the town and we have al
correct count over thirty houses occu-
ipied, and at the rate houses are being
built we will have sixty houses and six
|ty families in this portion of the city
soon. What are we going to do? The
members of the school board say our
children CART go to the Woodbury.
school. Now that Is twelve blocks ane
more from our portion of the city. I dc
not ask any one to take my word for 1t
III live on the corner of Eleventh avenu,
[ and jackson street. That is sever
!, blocks south of Main street ana tn,
. Woodbury. school is five blocks west o
Eleventh avenue, and there are tn,
/ Iowa Central, Northwestern and Grea
Western, with their network of side
tracks, for the children to cross and re
cross to go to the north side. Now doe
lit look reasonable for US to send chill
dren, and especially small children,
across all of these tracks2 What cal
8 we do? Why should a school boar,
!. detected for the wants OF the people b
8 so unjust to portion of the city an
serve the Will of a few whose interest
s are in having a school located on thei
grounds?
Why is the school board SO short
!, sighted to the interest of the people tina
: III goes out to within $50 feet of the cit
limits and locates a schoolo Why Re
cause they say there Is portion of tn
city south of Center street not in tn
8 limits that In some future day shall be
d come the city. Are we building schoe
g houses for the country, when childre
: in our own city are deprived of schoc
6. privileges? Why not leave the scho,
where il is nowe 1t probably will b
more satisfactory. Shall we bull
3 school houses on q high hill just b.
: cause II Is a nice location? We Nigh
:. want q fifth ward to our city, but W
would rather have a school for gu
: children than have n schooi house on
> hill away from any scholars; and as ia
2 as the stencil from the glucose factor,
II is nothing to the stencil of the pack
Ing house. We in the south part don
:. notice It, Some of the largest taxpay
ers of the city are interested In this POI
: ton of the city and does 1t look rigt
: that the school board shall set Them
: selves against us and have no interes
: in the wishes of the taxpayers? Sha
y we build school house next to a brick
e yard which will never be built up an
: which is SO bad on account of tn
u smoke?
: for one say no, and all in this poi
n ton of the town will join in with M
You can see by these names:
NJ. c. T. Wolff. d. f. Arnold, Fran
: T. Wilson. j. II. Hulse, T. II. Robin
s Frank Bingaman. VIM. Suffer. F. SUI
e ter, T.. T. Morrison, F. F. Youngbloo
y L. Draeger. Ernest Draeger. Milf
Z Turnke, G. M. Mcbride. 7. A. McBrid
H. w. D. Richeson. w. O. Ackley. j.
Fluid, M. T. Costello, John s. Burke.
. lCook IL q Hanson William Dudihke