The daily sentinel., 1902-05-17
Important Question.

Important Question.
| To the Cltizens Of School District No. l..
OF Mesa County, Colorado.
Inasmuch az the school board OF this
school district have published = notice
to the effect that the question Of irsuing
sc lool bonds for the purpose OF erecting
| ard furnishing . school house will be
gu omitted at the coming election, May
10, it is but prope, that you be apprised
Of the condition Of the district.
In the fret place the present school
rooms are all crowded to their fullest ca
, pscity and the board is using all Of the
The board has arranged fer manual
training and physical culture teacher
the coming year and it will be necessary
to use one OF the basement rooms, now
occupied ae q school room, for q part OF
this work. Then. too, that basement
room ought to be given over for the use
Of the scholars who attend school from a
distance in the winter time, that they
might have a warm room in which to eat
their dinners, and the census roll for this
year gives an increase Of over 100 pupils
in the district, 30 that from present in
dications it will be necessary to provide
for. at the least, two additional rooms.
The school board have been petitioned
by very large petition to provide for
kindergarten room this year. Then, the
school board have two rooms rented. the
iease for which will expire next year.
This will make it necessary to have five
additional rooms. provided there is no
material increase in the school popula-
ton. Then, the school board have q
very long petition from residents across
the railroad track, in the Crawford.
Mobley and Grand River Subdivisions,
urging the school board to put q school
building 10 that district that will accom-
odate the small children, as parents are
very anxious that their little children
shall not be obliged to cross the railroad
track in going to and from school.
Then, too. the school district has float
ing indebtedness Of about $500 and the
school board have been ordered to con-
meet with the city sewer.
Upon a careful estimation of the cost
OF this matter we find it will take about
816, 900 to meet all the expenses. This
does not provide for any future Increase
at all. and in the opinion Of some OF the
citizens OF the com immunity the school
board ought to. while they are going to
the expense Of issuing the bonds and
other incidental expenses thereto. pro-
vide for at least two and some think four
additional rosms because they can be
built 20 much cheaper in connection
with the other work. To do this will
cost about $4,000 or an additional ex-
pense. above that needed to meet pres
ont urgeut demands, OF 5000. The
school board is now renting two school
rooms at rental cost OF e408 per annum,
besides extra coat in the way OF heating
and janitor cost.
II the expense Of connecting with the
sewer and paying present floating in
debtedness, which Is created by improv-
ing present buildings, shall be provided
for other than by issuing bonds it will
be necessary for the board to increase
the levy the coming year, but il this
matter is done by the bond issue the tax
will not be materially increased il at all.
1t is the desire OF the School Board
that the citizens inform themselves fully
about this matter and be prepared to
vote intelligently at the meeting May 10,
both 40 to whether they wish the Board
to create any indebtedness and as to the
amount they desire to vote. This In
debtedness will In all probability bear
a rate Of per cont The present out
standing indebtedness of the district is
$50. 900 bearing 8 per cent interest.
VIM A. MARsH, Secretary.