Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-07
PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPOSITIONS
Three Important Matters to Come Up TO
Action Of Voters.
SPECIAL TAX OF $1,000 IS PROPOSED
Plan 20 sell woodbury. Property ID
Great western Railroad and Get
Rid of Old High schOOI
Building.

In addition to the election Of two mem
bers Of the Board OF Education and q school
treasurer, three propositions will be sub
mitted to the voters at the school election
Monday.
The first proposition IL, shall a tax OF
IS, 1000 be levied for the schooihouse fund,
so much thereof as may be necessary to be
used In the erection Of an addition to the
Pierce Street school building?
The Pierce Street school is overcrowded
and inadequate to the demands of that sec
tion OF the city. For lack Of room IL has
been impossible to accommodate seventh or
eight grades and pupils Of these grades liv-
ing In the neighborhood OF this school have
been obliged to go to either the Bloomer
or the Washington Avenue school. The
board is planning to erect a four-room ad-
dition to the school and thus to provide for
the seventh and eight grades In this build
ing.
The second proposition is to authorize the
school board to sell the Woodbury. school
property, which is needed by the Great
Western railroad for Its right-of-way. The
school was closed at the opening OF the
present school year, but residents In that
vicinity have requested that IL the prop
erty Is sold the proceeds be used In build
ing another schoolhouse In the locality.
The third proposition Is to give the
school board authority to sell the old High
school building and the two lots on which
it stands, the proceeds OF the sale to be
placed in the schoolhouse fund. When the
new High school building was opened the
old High school was transformed into q
ward school and ever since parents of
the children compelled to attend there have
been complaining. The board finally de-
termined that the old building was I'M
suitable for a ward h 1t is believed
that the building will not fetch more than
1t will be worth to tear 1t down, except in
the event Of the city and county purchas-
ing 1t as an isolation hospital for con-
tagious diseases.
Precincts and Polling Places
The members Of the board to whom the
matter was left have not yet announced
the clerks and judges for Mondays cleo
ton, but Secretary Ross has prepared the
list Of polling places. For the purposes OF
the election the independent school district
of Council Bluffs is divided into six voting
precincts. TIL precincts and voting places
are as follows:
The First precinct consists Of the First
ward OF the city Of Council Bluts,. Ia, and
M x Il ALOA VA AAAO ~
nous 20 said weird and lying without the
limits Of said city. h polling place viii
be at the Wheeler & Hereld building, lsa
The second precinct consists Of the Sec
onG ward of said city and the polling place
will be at Minnick's livery barn, 6O6 West
The Third precinct consists of the Third
ward of said city and all territory of the
school district contiguous to said ward and
lying without the limits of said city, and
the polling place will be at the Cole-Brels-
ford Hardware company building, 4Oh
South Main street.
THE Fourth precinct consists Of the
Fourth ward of said city. and the polling
place will be at Macrae's livery barn, ~
South Main street.
The Fifth precinct consists Of the Fifth
ward of said city, and the polling place
will be at the county voting house., corner
OF Fifth avenue and Twelfth street.
The Sixth precinct consists Of the Sixth
ward of said city, and the polling place
will be at the voting house on the corner
OF Avenue B and Twenty-fourth street.
The polls will be open at a. m. and close
at 7 p. m. Women will be permitted to vots
on the proposition to levy q tax for the
erection of an addition to the Pierce street
school.