Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-25
APPROPRIATION OF TEN
THOUSAND RECOMMENDED
Representatives Of board insist That
Money must be Had to Maintain
Standard. sut Committeeman Say
couaeII is Now Giving All and More
Than CITY Can Afford.

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Although 1t voted 20 recommend an
appropriation OF 10000 to cover part
oi the deficit of s14,S6s IA In the
boards anances for the present school
term, the finance committee CT the
city council last night warned the
trustees that the council is now CIV
ing TO the schools each year every
cent that it possibly can give and that
Hereafter the board must not spend
more than It's income.
The report OF the school board
through Chairman Fred G. Hyins. o.
the finance committee. prec.pitated q
merry row before the council finance
committee. which had met In special
session 10 consider the annual budget
tor the fiscal year beginning July /.
1910. >sIr. Biyins' report contained
about yard or mere figures, show.
ing how the board would nave TO
spend s4s,I5s.ss for maintaining the
schools for this term. The report fur
thcr stated that the cost Of maintain
ing the schools next session. over
and above any deficit now In exist.
ence, will be $4,000 IN round figures
ard that the council must provide
100000 The repor.. further points
cut that the board wiz loose all
tuition fees by anaex Ration and that III
addition to this it must enlarge the
colored school on Thirty.second street
pear Jefferson avenue and must build
q new oclored school or Ivy avenue.
Must Cut Expenses,
Mr.. Ford stated that the board must
cut down It's expenses somewhere.
Counciiman r. Lee Davis charged the
board with extravaganza and advised
the trustees to cut out some OF the
special departments and thus curtaii
the expenses to some extent.
o. .. Bachelor was the next speak
er for the beard. He said that New
port News has lower tax rate than
any ether city OF its size In the State
aud nc advocated that the council ask
the legislature TO amend the city
ehsrter so that tue present tax rate
cccid be increased. He also ventur-
ed the prediction that IL the school
beard went to the shipyard and the
Old Dominion Isnd Company and
stated that the city did net have
crcuga money ON which 10 run Its
schools at the highest state OF effic-
tensy. the corporations would readily
agree to have their assessed values so
raised as to furnish the necessary
nscney for the schools.
Nr. Bachelor then went on TO say
that the maintenance OF good schools
aid more than any one thing to keep
people within the city and TO bring
others here. Mr.. Davis retcrted that
II tie city mad me best schools in
The world and a man with children
going t. the schools let bis job at
the shipyard he would leave town.
schools or no schools.
Trustees Would Resign.
Dir. Bachelor concluded by saying
t:saE Il the council tells the schoo,
beard that 1t must eliminate manual
training. cookiug. sewing. drawing
and music from the schools ana re.
cnss the teachers salaries so tina.
only secnnd class teachers could he
enpioyee for the schools. his resig5a-
non vas N the HANDS CT the council
lie vsntured the opinion that other
members C the school board als0
would resign.
Or. Ford made another speech. II
eecss-ed that the city csrno; afford
70 raise the tax rate ard that the
cosncsi cannot afford to give tbs
schoci board any more money than
y Is giving & at present The
trustees must he said keep With
the boends Of their iacoTae and thcy
must rot think thss they csn sDenc