El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-04
MANY TURNED AWAY
From the Mexican School
On Account Of Lack Of
Room. and 1t Will
Be Worse.

A full board was present at the
regular meeting of the school trustees
last night. The most important ques-
tion with which the board had to deal
was the matter OF providing accom-
modstions for the children who want
to enter school.
The total enrolment on the fret day
of the school year was 1908. This is
about 200 more than we're enrolled on
the frat day of the last school year.
The pressure is greatest in the Mexi-
can school, where, as the superinten-
dent reported, there we're 2l9 children
in one grade. Over fifty children
we're turned away from the Aov
school yesterday, and MIR. Putnam
predicted that q greater number, per-
haps two or three times as many,
would be turned away today.
Increased accommodations we're pro
| vided this year for 25O, but it Is eviden
that this number does not nearly re-
present the increase in the, school
population. There is considerable com
plsist from parents q bout their children
having to 60 too far to get to school.
The distances in some cases are great,
owing TO the fact that certain grades
only are provided for in. certaja build
ings.
Il WAS decided by the board to leave
the matter OF providing for the increase
until next Monday night, but mean
while the internal committee of the
xr;n 81 h,,i
aud try to devise come practical
scheme for relieving the situation.
The matter Of the states reduction
of the city's school population returns
| was taken up. Mr.. Putnam lad
preps red statement showing how Ell
| Paso's growth has been increased
within the past year by certain special
conditions, and giving reasons why
the four percent basis OF increase as
applied to other towns in the state
should not be applied to El Paso. MIR.
| Putman's statement is as follows:
1. Owing to the scarcity of water
in the river during the past year, q
great many families who have former
~ lived in the valley of the Rio Grarde
above and below the city, in New
Mexico, Old Mexico, and Texas, have
left their homes and come to the city
20 get employment.
?. The past year, the mining inter-
ests of this whole southwest section
of the country have lad an upprece-
Idented development. The shipments
been far greater than ever before dur
ing an equal period Of time. Ell Psso
is the commercial center of vast Sec
tion of mining and stock raising coun-
ttry. Hundreds Of families are living
here. while the fathers are two or
three hundred miles awsy mining.
stock raising or engaged in some other
kind OF business to gain . support for
their wives and children In Ell Ps.o.
g. A statement from labor
bureau in the oity has been made to
the effect that over 1900 men whose
families live in the city have been
sent out the past year to engage in
work on railroads and ether enter
prisee.
h, 4. We have cert fed statement
from the city clerk that he issu. from
May 81. 1899. to Apri, 30, 1900. 80
building permits. (AllowlnR ole child
to the family, this item hloLe would
al most account for tie exc. 90 of this
years. enrolment over that of last
year.)
| Real estate men in the city all
declare that there have been practically
no vacant houses In the city during the
year, and at times they have been
absolutely unable to meet the demands
for residences.
6. A representative Of insurance
: companies doing business in Texas,
who has recently been sent here to re-
wise the FIRE insurance map of the city,
| declares IN his report tb at Ell Pnso has
! bad the greatest growth during the
past two years of any city in II g state.
! I. To provide places for all who
are expected to apply for admission
| into the public schools the cemins
I term, the board of education has emp
| loved five additional, teachers spd rro-
v!ded seats for two hundred and Il fly
| children, and still 1t is dou, tful
v he,her We shall be able to furn!sh all
! with places.