The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-17


A well attended meeting was he,A
at the Mckinley public school, In
Mechanlcsburg. yesterday afternoon,
by supporters OF the bond issue. This
was the third OF the series OF meet
ings being held Of the different
schools to interest the parents and
pupils and friends OF the schools In
the proposed bond Issue.
The meeting was called 10 order
at O'Clock and Mr.. w. j. Hfls
was called on TO tel what the schools
need aud what Il Is proposed to do
with the money to be received from
the bond issue" He spoke OF the
crowded conditions OF al the schools
aud how some of the rooms had APP
proxlmately 30 pupils and OF the poor
condition OF most OF the buildings.
He said that. Notwithstanding the
crowded schools. the board Is facing
a condition OF a probably large in
crease IN membership; for. under a
law passed by the last legislature, Il
Is obligatory on the board 10 employ
truant officer, whose duties IL VIII
be TO see that all the children OF
school age attend the schools. He
said u the Official did his duty there
would be coo TO 500 more pupils IN
the schools. The board has postponed
complying with this provision OF the
law, on account OF the conditions OF
the schools. but IL has been warnea
by the state authorities that the
states appropriation wiz be Withheld
unless II Il complied with.
lie then cited the condition OF the
lee building, at Fourth and Ohio
streets. and said Il is unfit for use.
aud has. In fact. been condemned az
unsafe. II will take S22, to prop
erly replace the building The Lin
coin building, for co,orcd pupils. Oh
South Eighth street. Is another OF tht
buildings needing urgent repairs. and
Il viii require 5000. Neither OF the
buildings has even the sanitary sewer
connections. and the board has been
notified they must be Installed. The
Franklin building Is without heating
equipment and Il is impossible IT,
properly heat II with stoves. This
will entail an expenditure OF $4,000
lie then told of the inherited deficit
OF $4,000 from the OLD board and
how. having to carry II prevented the
boards borrowing very much more
money with which to operate the
schools.
"The money from the bonds will,
then" he added, "be applied as fol-
lows:
To pay on deficit of the old
board ........... SZV,OVV
For the Lee building ......, $4,000
For the Lincoln building 49,. 5000
For the Franklin building $500
A iotal OF ..............$52,500
Need New School.
"ln comparatively short time we
shall have TO erect ward school TO
relieve the Washington building. out
on Broadway, There are In excess of
thousand pupils there, and II ii Is
crowded too much now, what viii II
be within a few years? The board
proposes 10 erect a building some
where west of Fountain avenue to re-
iieve this condition, and do Il some
time In 1910. The colored schools
are badly crowded. too. and the board
finds II Will be necessary 10 build an
other ward school for them The
building west OF Fountain avenue will
cost approximately $4,000 and the
colored school building about $4,000
This would take $4,000 OF the ba,-
ance of the bond issue and leave $l3,-
600 for any unexpected demands.
I'VE propose to Issue $20.g00 of
these eonds IN November, thisN year,
and the $4,000 about June, 1909.
We would rebuild the Lee bn1lding