Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-04
Council Bluffs
No ACTION ON NEW SCHOOLS
Board Declines to Endorse or Oppose
the Levy Of Tax.
TERMINAL BILL IS ENDORSED
Buildings on site at Oak street and
Broadway sold TO l.. r. Fable
for Fifteen Hundred
Dollars.

While declining to go on record as being
opposed to the two propositions to levy
1 1900 for the erection OF a ward school on
the old high school site and $4,000 for a
four-room addition to the Twentieth avenue
school,, which are to be submitted to the
voters of the district at the school election
next Monday, the Board OF Education at
its meeting last night adopted a resolution
declaring itself not responsible for the
propositions and not advocating their adop-
ton.
The matter was brought up by Member
Reed. who expressed the opinion that the
public should be given to understand that
these propositions did not emanste from
the board and that the petitions having
been filed in accordance with the law, the
board had no alternative but to submit
both propositions to the voters OF the school
district at the election next Monday.
Member Killpack said that while as an
individual he would not vote for either
proposition, he was not in favor of the
board going on record as being opposed to
them. Like Mr.. Reed, he said he was of
the opinion that arrangements could be
made whereby the necessity OF an addition
to the Twentieth avenue school and the
erection of a new ward school on High
school avenue could be obviated.
At the same time the members Of the
board without exception conceded that pro-
vision for the establishment of the eighth
grade in the Twentieth avenue school
should be made.
Terminal Tax R~esoIutiOn.
At the suggestion of those interested in
the passage of the railroad terminal taxa
ton bill, now pending I'm the state legisla-
ture. the following resolution was adopted
and copies of same will be sent to State
Senator Saunders and the representatives
from Pottawattamie county:
Whereas, A bill is now pending before the
committee on ways and means OF the Iowa
state senate providing for a more equitable
ably fair assessment Of terminal property
OF the railroads, which bill IL known as
Into the senate by Hon. C. G. Saunders,
senator from Pottawattamie county, and
Whereas, TIT school districts of the state
OF Iowa do not receive their fair and just
apportionment of the assessed value of rail-
road property within the respective school
districts, and
Whereas, The location of large railroad
terminal properties within the school dis
trlcts results in additional burdens upon
the taxpayers and that large sums Of
and necessary for the proper schooling and
education OF the children of the employees
Of railway companies within such school
districts. and
Whereas, The best authorities on taxation
and those who have studied the problem OF
terminal taxation recognize In the bill a
more fair. just and equitable distribution of
assessment valuation of the railroads, and
Whereas, The proportion of trackage of
a railroad throughout the state is about in
proportion to the general distribution of
its property. and the proposed law will re-
suit in the great aid and assistance to the
schools of this district and an equalization
OF unjust burdens of taxation upon our
Taxpayers; therefore, be II
Resolved, That the independent school
district OF Council Bluffs does hereby earn
estly request that our senator and repre-
sentatives In the general assembly support
this measure to the that. the taxpayers
OF our school district shall have their just
and fair measure and proportion for taxa
ton purposes of the assessed valuation OF
railroad property within the school dis