The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-27
Board Of Education Decides To
Defer Building New School
on the Southwest Side
TOO HARD ON TAXPAYERS
Board Decided to Yield to the Sugges-
lions Of Finance Committee Of City
Council and Defer All Action On
New Third ward Building

The Board Of Education at it's ad-
jjourned meeting held at the city hall
on Thursday evening formally decided
that no action would be taken at this
time for the building Of new school
in the southwest portion Of the city and
the tax payers will have rest of at
least year before the big drain for the
erection Of the school is necessary,
The action was not aiken until after
the matter had peen thoroughly dis
cussed and it was presented TO the
Board in such manner that the ma
jority of the Board was won over to the
proposition to defer the building.
Alderman Charles T. Jeffrey had sent
a strong letter to President Craney of
| the Board stating that as chairman Of
the finance committee of the Council
he was speaking for the committee and
the Council when he urged the Board to
| reconsider the action of bond issue
for the school and defer action for at
least another year. In his letter Mr..
Jeffrey stated that it had been shown
to the Council that many families were
| leaving Kenosha and that for this rea-
son there would not be as many children
TO take care of next year as there had
been this year and that it was the opin-
ion of the committee that the Board
could find some way to get along for
another year and make the issue Of
| 6o
President Craney of the Board was
strongly in favor of the erection of the
new building and his efforts were warm
| ly seconded by Commissioner Walter J.
Frost of the Third ward and Commits
sioner Williams of the Fifth ward. The
north side commissioners were nearly
all against the immediate erection of
the school and they were led in this
opposition by Commissioner Saftig.
Attorney James Cavanagh of the Fourth
ward made a common sense argument in
which he stated that there was no doubt
but that there was demand for the
school but he stated that at the present
time when it was difficult to obtain
/ AioAOy, GuG DUdlu SHUu1u u1dhS dH Ell
fort if possible not to place anything
but absolutely necessary taxation on
the people. When the matter was final
1 y voted on there was but one vote
against the plan to defer action.
4 It is just possible that the demands
on the city for the coming year will
not be SO great as they were for the
4 present year and that the City Council
/ will find way to provide money f0l
] the new school without making a bond
issue necessary, If sach a plan couad
be arranged it would be more atisfac
tory to the Board and probably to Che
taxpayers. While the individual tax
that would be necessary for the school
would be small the conditions at sthe
present time would make any addition
to the taxes of the small property
holder a burden.
Little other business of importance
was taken up at the Board meating.
The Board decided In favor Of an ann
ual audit of the books Of the Board
and to this end vote was made to
authorize the clerk to pay the share of
the expense assessed against the Board.
After the usual routine business the
Board adjourned.