The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-19
Board Of Education Asks the CITY
Council to Raise Large Sum
to Build New School
WOULD DEFER THE PAYMENT
Plan of the Board Would Make it Pos.
sib1e to Spread the Cost of New
School for Third Ward over
Period of Five Years

The President and Secretary Of the
! Board of Education this morning sent
| to the City Clerk communication to
| the Common Council asking that the
Council take steps to raise money for
the building of a new school IN the
| Third ward of the city, and as the
amount to be asked for the school will
be large, the Council will be asked to
provide for il oy the issue of bonds.
| The amount of bonds asked for is
$50, 900.
The Board has as yet made no plans
for the new school, but it s~the plan
to have it started by the first of Janu.
/ airy so that it can be completed by the
time for the opening of the schools in
1908. The work of the Board at the
present time deals simply with the
question Of raising the funds neces-
sary for the completion of the new
building. Tn the letter it is stated
that the Board had expected to have
plenty of room for the accommodation
of the school children for another
year, but that with the opening OF the
schools it was found that there was
far from enough room to accommodate
the pupils. That every room in every
building in the city was filled to the
doors and that there was no way to
| accommodate students at the present
time. The letter stated that the Board
had already purchased site for a
school on the southwest side of the
city and that it was the plan to erect
twelve room graded schools which it
was thought would take care of the
pupils of the city for the next five
years. The proposition to issue bonds
was accompanied by a suggestion
that the bonds be issued so that $4,000
would be paid off at the end Of each
year so that the burden of paying for
the school would be spread over FIVE
years. With this plan the Council, it
was stated, would know that the an
nual appropriation for school pur-
poses for the next five years would be
in the neighborhood of $3.50 and
they could prepare the tax levy in ac-
cordance. The Board suggested that
the entire amount would be available
the first of January of next year, and
that the remainder of the money be
available in July of 1908.
The Council will take up the matter
at the next regular meeting. At the
time the Durkee School was built it
was planned to issue bonds for the
construction of that school, but after
the Council had agreed to issue the
bonds the officials of the First Ma
tional Bank consented to advance the
money needed until the city could Sc
cure the funds by tax levy and the
bond issue was called off.
1t is not thought that the plan for
the issue of bonds will meet with any
serious objection when it is taken up
by the Council, as all of the mem
bers Of that body appreciate the fact
that the appropriation of $50, 900 for
building would make the taxes for
the coming year abnormally large.
There is some doubt as to whether the
Board could demand the appropriation
for this year, but should the Council
decline to issue the bonds the Board
could make a demand for the amount
for next year and the city would be
forced to provide the money.
The demand for the school in the
southwest portion of the city is an
imperative one and it is certain that
something will have to be done at
once.