, 1900-05-08
DISTRICT MEETING
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mediate steady increase Of the
SchooI population. II is very probable
mat we snail need Two additional rooms
during the coming year, which will
nave 10 De rented. This Is a contin-
gehcy anticipated by the board to the
extent thal II Will not be unequal TO
ne emergency should 1t arise.
II Is well 10 understand at once that,
from present indications, 1t will be
nut il snort time until a new building
Will De hdlspehsaDle when tina time
arrives the site Will have been al
ready provided Tor, as we have now
srNen-elghths OF a block in the north
rFh part or the city available for that
purpose. IN all probability provision
VIII nave to be made for two more
teachers during the summer, but they
Will not be assigned to duty until it
Is absolutely necessary.
In pursuance OF the action OF an ad-
Journed special meeting Of the electors
OF inns district, held July "a, 1899, GER
tain repairs n improvements were
made on the a Side school building
during the summer vacation, the re-
suits OF which moust be a source of con-
graduation to the-taXpayers and pupils,
hu'h OF whom are directly Interested.
he most important feature of the i'm
proy"ments authorized by you was the
construction of four large ventilating
shafts, by means of which the base
ment rooms, concerning the sanitary
conditions OF which there have been so
many complaints in late years, have
been brought to such a state of perfec-
iion with regard to heating and Yentil-
alton that they are hardly inferior in
this respect to any other rooms in the
building. The radical changes made
in the plumbing of this building have
added materially to the comfort and
health of pupils and teachers. Your
action in this matter was undoubtedly
well timed and your instructions hav-
ing been economically carried out the
money has been well expended.
Both the East Side and West Side
school buildings are now in excellent
condition and will require little If any
repairs for the coming year. Aside
from the expenditure ordered by the
July special meeting, which amounted
to $l,6I1.60, the cost of repairs for the
year was comparatively small, being
| lint StgU M Nett her nf flpSp items are
properly chargeable to the pupils, rep
resenting, as they do, additional assets
of the district.
Notwithstanding the unusual mild
essary to expend more money in the
purchase Of fuel than during the severe
winter of 1889. This is explained by
the fact that there are now in the out
buildings some very expensive plumb
ing fixtures, making it necessary to
keep up a fire night and day to prevent
them from freezing, an added expense
that we have never had before. There
are also one and one-half inch coils
placed in the ventilating shafts, which
must be heated to a high degree in or
der to create the draft necessary TO
eXpel the foul air from the basement
rooms. These added demands have
called for the extraordinary consump-
ton Of fuel as compared with former
years.
AS provided for by our last legisla-
Iture. free text books have this year
been furnished the pupils in our
schools, together with all supplies nee
Iessary in schoolroom work, the cost to
the district being $~3,7O0.91. This item
is to be included among the assets OF
the district and 1t is well to say In this
connection that the years experience
has demonstrated the success Of the
free text books experiment, this class
of school property being almost with
out exception in excellent condition.
The total exenpditure for the year
was 500, 1868. OF this amount the sum
Of Sl4,S6i.17 was for salaries, the re-
mainder, s7.532.S1, being for text books
AMI supplies. permanent improvements
and repairs. fuel, insurance and inter-
est.
The item of s~3,70O.91 for free text
hooks and supplies, with the addition
Of the S1,671.60 for repairs authorized