Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-04
NO CHOICE FOR
SCHOOLS CHIEF
BOARD TOO BUSY ADJUSTING
BONDS
Lively Scramble for the Issue, Which
viii Result in Enlarging Much
Needed Facilities for
Education

General anxiety as to who will be
named school superintendent was not
allayed by the board Saturday, no
choice being announced.
The subject goes over to the next
meeting as unfinished business.
Nearly score of petitions for APP
plications for bids on the Los Angeles
district school bonds were received by
the county board of supervisors at the
court house during the week, and it
Is expected that when the bids are
opened February 10 there will be a
general rush for them and the dis
tressed condition of the overcrowded
schools be relieved within few weeks.
The lack of funds with which to
erect and fit out proper school build
ings has caused a famine in the edu-
cational line in Los Angeles for two
years and during the last few months
the crowded condition of the schools
has been such that many of the chill
dren have been allowed only to at
tend school half a day at time. in
order that all might receive some
schooling.
Rows Delay Bids
The bids for the sale of bonds should
have been opened months ago, but va
rious rows over the legal phases of
the case have caused trouble, and as
result the children have been the
ones to suffer for 1t.
The first appeal for issuance of the
bonds was made when the board of
education was compelled to erect
shacks and shanties in the old Ma
sonic grave yard in order to accom-
modate the children. Then other
shanties and temporary school build
ings were erected in other parts of the
city, and finally the proposition of is
suing district bonds was made and
voted upon.
1t was finally decided that high
school bonds amounting to $260,00O and
grammar school bonds amounting to
S5200OO should be issued. But i'm
mediately war was declared between
the county supervisors and the city
council. The latter body wanted to
handle the money. claiming that the
funds were for city schools, but the
supervisors contended that the money
was for the district schools, and the
supreme court sustained their position.
Await Certificates
For several weeks, however, the SUI
pervisors have been unable to take any
action in the matter because no report
has been made from the bonds certi-
fiers, Dillon & Hubbard of New York.
This report and certificate, making
the bonds marketable. is expected
within few days and then the bids
Will be made ready. The date for the
opening of the bids has been set for
February 10.
AS applications for details regarding
the sale of the bonds have been re-
ceived from firms in all parts of North
America, it is expected the bonds will
not have to go begging.
The first work to be done by the
school board as soon as the bonds have
been sold will be to erect buildings in
the Rosedale, the Vernon and the
Boyle Heights districts.
AT present the Rosedale school and
the East First street school is in a
greatly overcrowded condition, and
halliday session are observed in many
of the grades to give all the pupils a
chance to attend school.
The proposed sale of the bonds was
discussed at n meeting of the board of
education yesterday afternoon, but
nothing definite was decided upon.
Only reports of general character
were made at the meeting yesterday.