The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-31
WHAT THEY NEED.
Situation of the Topeka Schools
Is Discussed.
Several Buildings in an I'm
finished Condition.
STATEMENT is MADE.
President Mallory, of Board of
Education, Writes.
Much Has Been Done but Much
Is Incomplete.

Rev. F. E. Mallory, president of the
Topeka board of education, today issued
the following statement relative to the
needs of the schools and the necessity
for the issuing of the bonds asked for in
the proposition to be voted upon at the
city election next Tuesday. The
statement is as follows:
To the Patrons of the Topeka Public
Schools:
On behalf of the board Of education.
am handing you this statement, set
ting forth the immediate necessities of
the public schools and giving in detail
sn explanation as to why the board
has asked the mayor to submit to the
voters a proposition to vote additional
school bonds at a special election to be
held on April 8, 1904.
It is hoped that a perusaI of this
statement will lead each patron and
voter to support the bond proposition
and that he will urge all his friends to
come to the relief of the schools.
The proclamation of Mayor Bergund-
thai calls for the following:
For completing the new Quincy
puiiding IN the First ward -; 800
for the North Quincy buiidihg... 5000
For heating and ventilating both
the old and new High school build
For manual training equipment for
the manual training department of
ing in the Second ward ..,.... - 5000
For completing and equipping the
basement of the Potwin school for
manual training Observation-Disclosures. 1900
For completing and equipping the
basement of the Lowman Hill
school for manual training. 10000. 200
For completing and equipping the
manual training ......:..,..::,. 1,5oo
For completing and equipping the
basement Of the Monroe school for
n frlaF1
For removing the old Nickel Plate
building to the Washington school
site and equipping it for manual -
For a school site in the Fifth ward $500
REASONS FOR THE MAYORS
PROCLAMATION.
The board of education has asked the
mayor to submit the bond proposition
for the following reasons:
Tristan emergency is upon tt
board due to the flood in North Topeka
which makes it imperative that the
new Quincy school be completed at the
earliest possible moment, the old build
ing having been damaged by the flood
to such an extent as to make it unsafe
for occupancy. Fire Marshal Wilmarth
has condemned this building and only
tolerates its occupancy because the
board can do nothing until the new
building shall have been made ready.
Second-An emergency exists in rela-
ton to the high school in that the new
building must be equipped with a heat
ing and ventilating plant before It can be
occupied at all; and. in that the heating
and ventilating plant in the old build
ing has been pronounced by Fire Mar
shall Wilmarth as unsafe and danger
ous-sO much so that he insists that
this plant be removed and a new plant
be installed at the earliest possible date
Insurance companies have intimated
that unless this suggestion of the fire
marshal is complied with they will can
Gel their policies. Should this fine
building uncovered by insurance, be
lost by fire, the loss would be a calam-
fly to the city.
Third-The Lafayette building in the
Second ward should be completed anc
ready for occupancy by next Septembe1
at the time of the opening of schools.
Fourth-Manual training having beer
introduced into some of the ward schools
the board has received urgent appeals
from the patrons to extend it to the re-
naming schools wherever suitable base
ment rooms exist. Hence a very small
amount has been asked for such pur-
pose.