The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-27
NEW BUILDING
To BE ERECTED
Salaries Alone VIII Call 10.
$4,000 Over Last Years Ap-
proPriation-Fight Will
Be Made to Secure
Marshall House
for Library.


Of the board OF school trustees are work
ing ON estimates OF tie appropriation
which Viii De asked i'm the annual bodg p
for the maintenance ana betterment az
the public school system. Trc matter
has become "a complicated problem now.
inasmuch as under tle terms of extern
sion OF tie corporate limits. tne rcveuue
derived from Tire now territory mlst b..
expended therein. aud. in addition. On,
city must e.Pend n stipulated sum am
nually. u IS conceded, of course. tha. "a
much larger sum viii be needed for rr
maintenance o. tho schools since Oh.
numoe- has been greatly .a-ress-d.
Material Increase.
Last year tile school trustees asked tUe
Council FOR nearly S25Q. ool for aH pur-
poses. including a now building for the
Valley school bat the Council approrgi-
ted only about S16o. go0 0l &C. trino less
OF this sum $4,000 was necessary to
meet the annual pay-rou of principals.
teachers jauitors and otac- employees
while $4,000 more went, tn special re-
pairs and improvements 20 Tie plant The
sum of $4,000 WAS set aIart for the man
ual training and Kindergarten WORK. and
$4,000 more for general expenses
AI these items must bo materially in-
innate rhe item 81 pay-rol alone will
be Increased hy over $4,000 or ten per
cent % last years appropriation.
Special repairs and Improvements VII
demand much more than the sum cred
tied 10 that account last wear and il
SIS likely that the Board VIII again ask
for sufficient money 20 construct now
building FOR the Valley school. Exten-
sive repairs and expenditures viii bc
necessary IA TIE county s. huol-o1ises -o.
Gently acquired rs the cit.- 70 make them
habitablc and as comfortable as the other
city schools Heating plants VIII prob
aoiN have 10 be- put in and other changes
made The item Of general expense Will
necessarily he Increased also. and il is
likely that the manual training and kin
utIsaTten work viii lie introduced in the
new Incorporated city schools
While the school officials have not COM
pleted their work. IL is assured that the
request Tor funds Will exceed $50 90. and
that II viii be difficult 20 DO with much
less. Some of this will come out OF the
revenue derived from the new territory.
Still After Marshall House.
II Is altogether probable that the school
trustees VIII endeavor To dissaude the
Council from adopting thc recommenda-
ton OF the Finance Committee that the
John Marshall house be delivered 10 the.
custody Of the Bar Association. The
library. and Offices for school officials. and
until recently It had been expected that
the historic old mansion would le pur-
chased for this purpose
1t IS pointed out that the Joint resolution,
OF the Council appropriaung Ss4 100 out ol
the proceeds OF a $4,000 bond sale for
the new high school building. authorized
by ordinance approved April Il lg06. that
said sum should De placed to the credit Of
an account 20 be known as Site for New.
High School Building" and TO bc drawn
upon by order OF the Hastings Court d,
the proceeding of the city OF Richmond
vs. the Jefferson Club and others.
AT that time it was contemplated that
the Marshall house was To- be acoiiir.f b,,
condemnation. whereas. now il is to no
purchased under an option.
Whether it was the intent OF h.
Council in the Joint resolution arrror,ri
atng money for the purchase Of mis-
property % provide that all nronort,,
bought Herewith was TO be a n.rt ~
the High school plant cannot be dofor-
mined Just yet Tie school authnrifios
so understood and Construed tho rcsoiu-
tion
Efforts will be made 10 induce tb.
Council 90 purchase tho property ana
devote II to educationaI purposes. in
stead OF leasing it at nominal expense
to the Bar Association