Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
Both Sides of the Shohone School Question Discussed by
Leading Citizens Wbss Have the Welfare of the
City and District foremost in Their Minds
TAXPAYERS SHOULD Be WELL INFORMED
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Go to Polls Monday yandyo HonetC Convctio

at the same time. In case the new
location is voted, school will go on in
the old buildings the same as usual un-
till the new building is completed, then
the transfer can be made from the old
buildings to the new.
''The people on the north side of
the tract object to having to send
their little ones across the railroad
track, where trains are frequently
passing, to school. If the new location
is voted the board will have sufficient
means at command to build the new
building large enough to accommodate
all of the pupils on the south side of
the tract in the new building, then the
building on the north side will be fitted
up to take care of all the children on
the north side below the seventh grade,
so that none of the little folks win
have to cross the tracks in going to or
from school, 1t will eliminate a con-
dition that has been causing some little
trouble.
! ''It is a fact that the new location
as proposed is not so central as the
present one, but it is only three blocks
farther for any of the children to walk,
and no further for many of them. Any
child who is physically able to attend is
also able to walk the extra three blocks
and many of them viii be better off
for the added exercise. We have
pupils now who walk in two miles and
seem to enjoy it.
''The main thing to consider, how
ever, is the expense. To add to the
present site, as before stated, will
cost SIS, 900 or $50, 00O The new site
costs US nothing. If we use the new
location. after the new building is COM
pleted the old buildings and grounds
can be sold for about SIS, 900 which
added to the cost of the grounds for the
present site makes total of close to
$50, 900 that the tax payers of the dis
trict will have to pay if the present
location is retained and added to.
1T is claimed by some that the block
on Knob Hill is too rough and rocky to
be suitable for the purpose. This is
not the case While some of the land 1
on the Hill is almost solid rock. the |
one in question is almost free from
surface reefs and lays as level as any
block in town, the present school loca-
tion not excepted With only little
work it will make fine play grounds
and beautiful location. Contractors
tell me it will cost no more for the
new building on Knob Hill than on the
present location
Personally | have little choice in the
matter, bnt | would like to have the
voters and tax payers of the district
look into the matter carefully and then
come to the meeting Monday and say
by their ballot which course they
think best for the district to pursue.
While Judge Fuller believes the pro-
posed change the best thing for the dis
trict, many of the business men feel
otherwise. Attorney Disney voices the
opposition as follows:
] cannot see any good reason for the
removal of the school house from its
present location to a block on the so
called Knob Hill Addition TO Shoshone.
AS a matter of economy it is certainly
not wise to do so. The cost of the ex-
cavation or the ground for basement
for the new building viii out cost ad-
ditional lots upon which to place the
building in its present location. III we
build school house 80 feet by 100 feet /
snd excavate moderate basement. ,
that is one, say 9 feet deep, we viii /
have to remove 2000 cubic yards of ,
rock. This at the low figure of $500 /
per cubic yard for the excavation will I
cost $1,000. But this not all There .
viii have to be water pipes. drain and ,
sewer pipes, and many excavations i
made all at A greater proportionate
cost. Also road or street must be a
tut througe the rocky ledges before it b
will be possible for the school children
20 make their way to the proposed site d
If the new building. This viii all be
,ery expensive. Even if this expense f
should be borne by the village rather o
han the school district YET it is the f