The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-01-08
THE NEW
HIGH SCHOOL,.
Wilmington, Del. Jan. 7. 1901.

" WI, i'I's jan. .. IVA
On two different occasions re-
Gently, have noticed IN the DAILY
REPUBLICAN that tine Board o. Pub
lie Education in Wilmington would
come before the General Assembly
at lis present session, with bill
to increase the bonded debt of this
city 5000, Tor the New High
School Building, now nearing COM
pletion and that the present Legis-
lature would not do anything to
help the Board out of the hole it
has gotten into. Again, in your IS.
sue of this date Tread the following
statement "There will have to be
some big missionary work done by
the Board of Education, if they eX-
pcct to get the appropriation of
5000, 600 from the Legislature. Sew
eral Republican members are say
ing unkind things about the New
High School and swear that they
will not vote to give the Board one
dollar" The writer Of these arli-
cles, as he is, from the tenor OF
them, one and the same person, az
they are SO very similar in form and
detail. assumes to know that the
Board OF Public Education of Wiz
mington designs and intends to ask
the General Assembly at its pres
ent session. to increase the bonded
indebtedness of the city OF Whining
ton $500, 900 to complete and equip
with necessary school furniture and
apparatus the High School in VII.
mington, necessary to be placed
therein TO open sad school at an
early day Where this man, who
wrote the articles ! have above
quoted, received the information
tn at the Board of Education OF this
city would ask the Legislature now
in session to issue bonds for 500, 900
for and increase the bonded debt OF
the city for that amount to complete
aud equip SAID High School, can
not conceive. lie surely did not re-
ccive that information from tho
New Building Committee, or from
any Of the other members Of said
Board OF Education, IRON the TACT
that no such proposition has ever
been discussed in the meetings OF
said Board, neither has there ever
been any motion made. or rcsolu-
ton offered in any OF the sessions
OF the Board for sucn purpose, and
1t is not now, neither has it ever
been intended by said Board, to
ask the General Assembly OF this
State at its present session, to in
crease the bonded indcbledmcnt T.
the city OF Wilmington one dollar
tor the purpose Of procuring money
10 complete and .lully equip the
High Schoo! Building necessary tor
the opening of the same for pupils
therein. The Board of Education
OF Wilmington does not intend to
ask the General Assembly now in
session to grant the said Board any
franchises or privileges, that viii
increase the taxes OF any property
holder in Wilmington one dollar Tor
the payment Of erecting and fur
nishing said High School Building.
That there will he certain lcgislas
ton asked for by said Board at the
prca2nt session OF the Legislature,
and that a bill has been duly pres
pared for that purpose Is true; and
that it is such a bill, that do nor
believe that any Republican or
Democratic member Of either House
OF the General Assembly will cast
his vote in opposition thereto, as
not one cent increase Of taxation
OF our citizens for the High School
Buildings completion and furnish.
ing thereof, oil anything else TO i'll
crease the bonded debt Of Whining
ton will be asked for at the present
session of the Legislature by the
Board of Public Education of Vii
mington X. C. FRNM.
a member OF sad Board OF Pub-
lie Education.