El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-19
EDUCATION
In Ell PASO
The Chamber Of Commerce
|. g. |. Committee
TAKES UP THE QUESTION
A Hope That the Corner Stone OF d
High School Building May Be
aid In Iune

The Chan Der of Commerce commit
tee on pu bile Improvements and insti-
tutions ct yesterday a5ternoOn at the
rooms of the Ell P.so club and or
gsnized. and outlined plan of work.
TT ere were present Messrs G. J. Emer-
son. John Julian, J. A. Merrill and W.
q. Tu' tie: absent, Messrs. r. G. Light
body, John Sorenson and Richard Ca
pies.
On motion, Mr.. Merrill was elected
en- hartman of the committee
In taking the chair Mr.. Merrill
made few remarks in re-
ference to the work ahead of the c"T-
mittee. In It's duties we're includ d
the streets, parks and the pu nlic
library When be arrived at Ell Psso
last summer, with the recollection of
the nil cradle side walks here ma lie
him sick at heart. But like every
body else here, he had become harden
ed to the sight.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr.. Merrill then spoke of the pro-
posed city high school. a he thought
an admira BILE site for it would be found
In the block west of Buckler square
He referred to the various al eyed IT,
ties to the square that con6icted with
the city's, and he believed hese differ
cot claims could ali be gathered in and
qu,t-claim deeds secured from the
ella msnts. leaving the city free to deed
the square to the school board for high
school purposes Then the city could
issue bonds for 500, 600 To erect band
some, commodious building. Tue
bonds, pay able in thirty years and
bearing per cent interest, would sell
above par. When they matured they
could be replaced with new bonds,
probably with q reduction of the rate
of interest to per cent. Thus the
real cost to the city, as far as 1t is nec
-,-arv to look ahead, would be but
$4,000 per year.
Mr. Merrill was of the opinion that
this .um would be realiz ID from tut
ton fees for out-of-town pupi who
would be drawn here by the advan-
tages tffered by really excellent
high school. If. however, the tuition
fees fell short of the interest payment,
it was to be noted that such school
would bring maoy families here to re-
side in order to educate their chill
to the high school.
Several members expressed concur
rem e in the views of Mr.. Merrill.
w 81. Tuttle called attention to th q
fact that Ell Paso in point of educa-
tiOnal inst tu;ious was far behind
many OF the smaller eighboring
towns, such as Ros swell, Albuquerque,
Las Cruces and Tucson. ALI these had
colleges or institutes of higher educa
tion while Ell Paso had not even a high
school worthy of the name. A fin.
high school would be long step to-
wards securing the location of a college
here.
The chair was of the opinion that
the matter should be looked into at
once and it might yet be possible to
lay the corner stone of the new high
school building at the meeting OF the
State Teachers' Conve ton in June
Messrs. Merrill and John Julian
we're appointed sub-com mittee TO
look INTO the matter of the titles TO
the ground. and Messrs. Csples, Em-
erson and Soren-on sub-com mi tee to
look after eide alike.
The park question was then taken
up and Mr.. futile thought that some
thing mig ht be done with Wa, hingt ton
park. The idea was favorably re-
ceived and r. G. Lightbody and Mr..
futile Apo nte1 subcommittee to
inquire into the matter.
The committee then adj burned sub
j ect to call by the chair.
COMMITTEE MEETING CALLED.
The irrigation commit ee will hold
Its first NEE ing tonight at Z 80 o'clock.
at the Office of Hon. Felix Martinez,
corner Of Mesa avenue, ON Texas
street.
The Immigration committee will
meet Tue-day night At 1880 O'Clock, at
The office of the Chamber of Commerce,
No. 8, Little plaza. /
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