The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
Board OF Education Starts a Move to
Build a New Building on South
Side.-0ther Plans.
MORE ROOM IS NOW DEMANDED.
Three Plans sfor faction are Suggested
Sogart's BilI;Held up by the Board
Other Business OF the Session,

The machineryiwhich will result in
giving adequate school privileges to
the children of the South side was
started at the meeting of the Board of
Education Tuesday night, and by the
opening of the regular winter term
next fall it is expected that a new
building will have been built on this
side of the river.
The crowded condition of the schools
on the South side of the city has made
the demand for new building an i'm
perative one, and the members of the
Board will at once 'start:to work to pro
vide for its erection. Three plans to
relieve the crowded condition of the
schools have sbeen Suggested. To re-
place the Durkee school with a new
building, to build an addition to the
Deming school or to build new build
ing to the.westsof that school.
The trend of the school population
of the city seems to be toward the
westward and the growth in this sec
ton has been an abnormal one. All
the schools in this section of the town
are crowded with children and many
are being sent to the schools on the
north side of the river because their
own schools are filled to OVERLOOKING
The general opinion among the
members of the Board seems to be in
favor of building new building on
the site of the present Durkee school.
This is a historic school site and the
people of the Second and Third wards
demand school building in this Sec
ton. Should the Durkee building not
be rebuilt or replaced with new build
ing it will be necessary to abandon the
school at the close of the present year
as it is unfit for the occupancy of the
children. The members of the Board
plan to build an eight room building
and an effort will be made to distribute
the cost of the building so that it ca n
be paid for in two or three years and
in this way the city will not be ilcon-
venienced in a financial manner by
the erection of the building.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board was long one and considerable
business of routine nature was tran
sacted. The members present were:
Commissioners Jacoby, Howard, Lar
sen, Truax, Tarbell, To1f, Saftig, Har-
rington, Treinen, eraser and Super
intendent Baker. DR.. H. H. Lane and
William Treinen have qualified as
members of the Board and have been
assigned to the same committees as
their predecessors.
The Teachers committee reported
that Otto H. Lowe, of the Oshkosh
normal had been employed as princi-
pal for the Durkee building and the
appointing nt-was con drmed.
Resolutions on the death of August
Meiser, former mem Der of the Board,
were presented by Superintendent
Baker and adopted by the unanimous
vote of the Board.
The bill Of Peter B. Bogart for the
installation of the heating and venti-
1ating plant at the Weiskopf school,
called out quite a discussion among
the members and it was decided that
the bill should not be paid until the
system as installed by Mr.. Bogart was
entirely satisfactory to the Buildings
and Grounds committee.
An hour of the Boards time was
taken up in the discussion of the pur-
chase of set of relief maps for use in
the schools. The maps are seven in
number and are offered to the Board
for a hundred dollars. The matter was
referred to the committee on supplies
to be reported on at the next meeting
of the Board.