Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-26
]D SCHOOL BOARDS PLANS
Unsuccessful In Its Effort to
Borrow From Banks.
[ATUS OF HIGH SCHOOL MATTER
fork May Not Be Resumed
Until Next Year.
Iobability That the Matter VIII Rest I'm
Iii the Legislature Can BE Appealed to
lor Authority to Borrow Money and Issue
Bonds to Complete the Building.

notwithstanding the fact that ad-
tonal school facilities will be needed
hen the public schools reopen after
ID summer vacation the first of next
bptember, the Board Of Education, so
n as is known at present, will not be
Bis to resume work on the now High
bhool this year, and 1t will be neoes-
&ry to make other arrangements to
ecommodate the additional children
ho will apply for seats at the opening
the next school year, just how this
|fllculty will be met the members of
be board are unable to tell at this
me One or more buildings may be
knted and utilized for school purposes
btil the new High School building
kn be completed. .....
when the erection of the building
as begun it was expected that it
Xould be ready for occupancy by the
st of next September, which would
bve put matters into such shape as to
tcommodate all of the applicants at
bat time and, it is believed for several
psrs thereafter. 1t was intended to
lake provision in the building for I'll
tDt uleh Ethooi 6Choiutc aDd hI5b
lose in the fifth and sixth grammar
ades, which would have meant
bur-year term in the high school. Ii
|as estimated that there would be
bout 900 scholars in these classes, and
|ilh 300 children in the new building
rearrangement would relieve the
resent crowded condition of affairs all
yer the city.
Some of the members think there is
NJ possibility of completing the school
boms before the beginning of the next
= I'M and allowing the auditorium to
main unfinished until the money IS
hand to do the work. Ii this plan
build be followed out the immediate
eeds Of the board could probably be
let with less expense than would be
fquired in temporarily fitting up
buildings which might be rented while
oEody would suffer If the auditorium
build not be completed for five years.
ust how this can be done is not
apparent and no feasible Elan has yet
klggested itself.
Up to the present time the board has
Expended about s9), 600 on the building
hd is in debt to the contractors about
1000 and to the Union National Bank
the extent of 1000, money loaned.
chairman Turner of the committee on
ew buildings is authority for the
tatement that about 800, 900 will be
equired to finish the building accord
hs to the present plans, while it could
e finished, with some alterations in
ans, for about $4,000. The new
nildlrg fund is exhausted, however,
nd nothing can he done until it is
fnlenished. According to the report
Nbmitted by the finance committee at
be meeting on April 9th, the balance
the building fund amounted to
44l. 10, which is exceedingly insignifi-
ant when compared with the loan of
u, 900 from the Union National Bank.
10 more money can be added to this
und until next August, when the
nnual appropriation of 800, 600 for new
buildings will b0 received from City
Council. This will afford no relief,
owever, as it is to be paid to the
nion National Bank on account of
he recent loan. A fund Of $1,000 can
be created next fall, though, as the
BOARD has power to transfer Sl0,0
Tom the current expense to the new
pudding account each year, when such
ranstef is necessary, and during the
Ginter about $40, coo, which will he re-
eiyed from the State fund can be
pdded to this appropriation, swelling
ne new building account to something
Ike S30, 900.
The finance committee recently made
fn effort to secure loan from the
banks, but as only two of the banks
nanifestod willingness to advance
noney for the purpose tho project fell
lroueh, and it has about been do
fded to allow the matter to rest until
he next session of the Legislature,
Then that body will be asked to
authorize the board to borrow money
Fnd issue bonds. and, in view of the
condition of affairs, members of the
board believe this authority will be
eadily gwen.
Meanwhile the members will not sit
Nth their hands behind them and il
fny plan presents itself which will
Dller relief before the meeting of the
ieneral Assembly it will be taken
advantage of. The committee has dis.
fnssed the matter of making propo-
Bition to the A. 8. Reed Il Bro. Co. tc
he effect that tho company take the
building temporarily, mortgage it and
lnsh it, the board to take the
structure off their hands when il was ir
position to do 80. One of the mem
pers is authority for the statement thai
,le matter was discussed with A. S.
need of the company, but SO far as i;
hhoWn, he has not expressed himself il
the matter.
Mr. Turner, who is chairman OF thu
iinance and new building committees,
Speaking Of the matter, said tht
condition of affairs was simply the le
suit of unfortunate circumstances
before the erection of the building
vas begun it was admitted that new
lisn school was needed, and, while ;
SluO, 900 building could have been pu
v, one could not have beer erected
.ol the money that would give salts
'action in all respects.
AT Mondays meeting of the boart
Mi' Turner called attention to the fac
.lat there Will probablyI be deficit a
Us close of the curi ent fiscal year il
.he current expense fund, and in orde
70 make the deficit small 1T will b.
well for the members To eSeIcis
economy in asking for expenditures 70
WORK, &c., at the various schools. ii
oased his calculation on the pay men
=, money for salaries and bills durini
Mareh, which amounted to S14, AS. 81
aau s1iG as the expenses for April and Ma
VIII DC paid out of the appropriation
rom City Council for the present tisca
!eai, the amount will probably b
Twice as large as that Of March, o
a59ut S2S, 1910. to which should b
;;uaed the salaries of the manual train
as Instructors, $3.50, making a gran