The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
WILL ASK FOR MONEY
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO APPEAL
TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR HELP
APPROPRIATION IS NEEDED
To Make Necessary Repairs and
Erect Additional Buildings and
Annexes-MoneyC Can BE Secured
Under the Additional One and q
Half Mill Tax Levy Recently Au-
thorized.

The board Of education will. at it's next
meeting, ask the city council for an ap-
preparation of SOC. 600 with which to relieve
the crowded condition of the city schools
by erecting several new buildings and
placing the necessary repairs on the pres
ent buildings
Under the additional one and one-halr
mill tax levy recently authorized by the
legislature the comptroller will issue GER
tlficates of Indebtedness for so per cent
of the levy II authorized by the confer
ence committee, and the money credited
on the current school year appropriation.
1t Is the Intention Of the board how
ever, to ask that the $4,000 appropriation
be made when the budget is made I'D
July LIST and paid out Of the general
school fund. and rely upon the proceeds
OF the additional tax levy to run the
schools for the last half Of the year. In
short, the board will simply ask per-
mission to use this amount of money out
of the school fund and pay 1t back the
first of the year when the returns from
the sale of the certificates OF indebted
ness are made.
Comptroller McCardy ind President
Zimmerman, of the school board, have
held several conferences regarding the
matter and the conclusion has been
reached that the appropriation can be
anticipated In the manner stated, IL there
is reasonable assurance that the confer
ence committee Of the two municipal bod
les can be depended upon 10 sanction the
outlay in the end. The matter is being
canvassed by President Zimmerman who
a nj ha aF
the school board, which will be held the
first Wednesday IN May
AS there Is a crying need Of more room
all the schools and several of the build
ings are unduly crowded, necessitating in
some cases the rental of stores and build
ings for sittings. Both Comptroller Nc
Cardy and the president of the school
board are agreed upon the method of pro-
cedure In the matter, and the school
board will act accordingly.
The appropriation asked for will be dis
tributed thus:
Two new buildings ............ S25, 900
Two new anneXeS .................. 5000
There is need of thirty new rooms, as
some Of the schools have had to resort
10 halliday sessions, but as this is not
possible in the case Of the upper grades
has to instruct four score and in some
cases hundred pupils when fifty is con-
sidered a fair allotment for single
teacher
The first, eighth, sixth and tenth wards
are the localities which have suffered
the most from crowding and the board,
In the case of the eighth ward, has given
up a half dozen rooms in the Mechanic
Arts high school for the accommodation
OF the Madison school pupils, but even
then the condition is but little relieved
well-known school official said yester-
day that he doubted If there was city
in the United States that was suffering
as much for the want of school sitting as
st. Paul. The board with the limited
means at It's disposal, has been unable
to build any additional buildings during
the last four years. but the school system
has continued to grow with no provis-
Ion for the increasing surplus. In the
city of Duluth, where the number of
children enrolled is less than half that
of this city, the board maintains thirty
schools, or about fourteen less than st.
Paul.
The matter Of repairs Is one which has
confronted the board for several years
as very serious problem. Up to four
years ago it was customary to spend an
nually $4,000 for this purpose, and since
then the board has been limited to less
than $4,000. Some Of the buildings are in
deplorable shape and they all need more
or less repairs.
It was estimated yesterday at the sec
retary's office that $4,000 could be profit
ably expended in putting the old build
ings In shape. Some of the roofs will
have to be replaced and the item of
plumbing in some Of the schools will be
no small consideration. The walls all
need kalsomintng, the Easements white
washing, floors must be replaced and the
buildings thoroughly renovated.
If the plans of President Zimmerman
and Comptroller McCardy are carried out
1t will enable the board to make the i'm
provements before school takes up next
fall.
1t is the intention to build new build
1ngs In the first and eighth wards and an
nexes in the sixth and tenth wards