The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-14
TAXPAYERS MEETING.
First Precinct is in Favor of Borrow
ing


mere was an enthusiastic meeting
OF the tax payers of the FIRST DreciIi,I
IN the annex Of the Ninth ward ,,,Nat
ing house last evening. at which rho
-Iatter before the people n the school
:. tSS.ioil was thoroughly discussed 7
- VacAIIlster was chosen chairman and
T.. w Wilson secretary Nr JcaiIis
Ter stated the object ~ TIE nIeatin,-.
Said II would be bad policy +, cIoSa
the schools till the proper time and *
- leu deeu the board Of education from
tlle ChafSe OF eNtravaga ice and Waste
lie had made careful exantuatior7 ne
schools SNi Va me
Mr.. McAllister then read g communi-
Sdtlon from j. b. MOreton. clerk of tI,e
BOARD, showing that the school bosrd
Knew at the beginning that it would
De snort OF funds before the close 90
IN, me year: Ii estimated the shortage to
De $Sf,lOO it is but $50 600 So t,oF A.,
Doaii is $500 within its estimate IT,
SIX years S,l34 pupils have been added
- the schoot population of Salt Lake
"iIlle the assessed valuation of the
~ 1oPerIy mas been increased but Iittie
ne increase Of pupils in 1900 was $50
NhiIe the increase of teachers y,-aS h,1t
Ltteeh- Mr. Moreton gave many otbe,
1acts and figures to show the ra,fC1 In
1850 OF the school population: the
necessity Tor the additional $50 600 and
the injury to the schools thai yyoni,t " ~
SUIT II they We're forced to close sf
weeks before the proper time
-. rank q stephens was presented to
the audience, but excused himself from,
discussing the problem. as E,ofe - ~.
cooper was present. He said. however
that he was heartily in favor of bor'
going. 90i'ooiS
Professor Cooper's Address.
Superintendent Frank b. Coona-
S so. w WITH deep earnestness on the sub
the funds had come about IN, - III
causes; the pupils have increased IN
NUMBER 70 per cent Ia five wears while
the revenues have increased bU+ : nor
M ana IL the schools are to be kent
up 10 the standard of five wears agr
more money must be furnished bv The
people. DS 'ie
i can show the board of education
-lCW 70 run the schools for $50. 600 less
than they are now expendiDe ascb
year, Mr.. Cooper said; cit can cut tba
salaries OF its teachers Is per cent. and
the thing is done; but it must be re
memDered that Salt Lake is now paving
shaIier salaries than any city anywhere
around IL Another way is to cut down
TIE number of teachers and crowd 100
csthdren INTO room where there are
now nIty' or still another way is to
have a shorter school year
Mr. Cooper then said that the schools
might be likened TO a nall. and tbaf
While the gSaduates were passing ont
of the upper end OF the hall the IittIe
children were entering IT the lower
end; that If the outlet We're blocked
there would be congestion. confusion
ana disaster About 500 children will
enter the schools for the first time newt
fal- the speaker then showed that the
revenues Tor school maintenance for
this year amounted to 1927. 600. and that
the $4,000 to be borrowed would in
crease this amount to $4,000. Next
year the city tax wiz be S23600O. and
the county FAX Of $4,000 added will
raise this to 1922 O00 50 thai after de-
Quoting the $50. 600 to finish this wear
there viii be S262, 900 for next year. He
said that TO close the schools now would
take the spirit out of both teachers and
pupils; L would prove to be q calamity
and be 100 bad for the fair fame of salt
Lake. He was loudly applauded at the
close.
y. L. Redmond moved that il be the
sense OF the meeting that the PROPOSE
ton TO borrow carry at the polls and
that those present do all in their power
TO see that it did carry. The motion
was adopted unanimously
r. w Wilson mOves. that a committee
Of twenty-five be appointed to get out
the vote on election day. This carried
and the following were appointed. II
Y. Van Pelt, w. II. Clark, Mrs. w S
Giesy. q. r. Cleveland, b. r. Redmond
w. r Hill. Charles Morrison, f. w.
Wilson. $ r. Hammel, A B. Farley
Mrs. ". d. Gaby J. 3. lIoreton. J. d.
y. McAllister. II. Spiers, Mrs. clara
Riley, Mrs John Sands. Miss Laura
Chase a II. WOoley, J. +. Branting
=. 3. CritchlOw, Mrs. John Busby Mrs
Harry Gushing, Granville Gillette. Mrs
John NJ. Young. Mrs. James Myers and
Mrs. II. T Duke.
Delightful singing was furnished for
the evening by quartette composed OF
Misses HERNIA Tyler, Connie McAlIister,
Julia Jones and Lottie owen. and a
hearty vote Of thanks was given the
young ladies at the close of the meet
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Fourth Precinct Address.
The Fourth precinct committee has