Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-06

Real Estate Men Decide to Oppose
School Bond Issue.
SOME MEMBERS DO NOT VOTE
ResOIutiOa of A. p. Turkey f. Adopted
by a Vote of Nine 60 seven
of Those Present and
Voting.

The Omaha Real Estate exchange Wed
nesday endorsed a resolution against the
proposed school bond Issue of $4,000. Six
teen members Of the exchange voted on the
resolution and Of these nine were for IL
and seven against. A considerable number
Of members did not vote.
The resolution adopted was written and
offered by A. p. Turkey, who thus has once
more ended debate in the exchange by get
ting resolution of his architecture put
through The exchange had before Il on
the same subject resolution offered by
W. II. Green. This, like Mr.. Tukey's was
against the bond issue, but more vigor-
ously worded.
report from its committee on bond issues
and this report favored splitting UP the
bond issue into high school and grade
school propositions.
The committee believes with unaninity
that the high school should not be added
to at this time, but that at least two new
grad -ohools are necessary. Therefore, the
committee did not wish the exchange to
vote against new school bonds in entirety.
Turkey Resolution.
The resolution by Mr.. Turkey which car
! ried, reads as follows:
| After listening to a very full and free dis
cussion OF the school bond proposition by
| mem bers OF the Board of Education and
others this exchange has reached the fol-
lowing conclusions:
FirEt-That the bonded Indebtedness of
Omaha has increased more rapidly during
the last decade than the population of the
city has grown within that time Hence the
/ per capita Indebtedness of the city has
reached an amount that we think demands
second-From all that has been said we
think that members of the board have been
| very nearly beyond their endurance, ASKING
for new buildings and expensive improve
ments beyond the power of the board TO
demand the board has been induced to ask
for a bond issue of $4,000 and in asking
for this issue OF bonds We believe the mem
bers of the Board of Educatyon are strictly
honest and perfectly sincere in so doing.
Third-We are not convinced that this
| proposed issue of bonds is necessary al
this time. We believe that a rigid and
thorough redistricting of the city would re-
lieve the congestion in most school build
ings. This would require strong hand on
the part of the superintendent and the
Board of Education, but we think It can
and should be done at once.
We think also that any bond proposition
seeking to distribute faVorS among Variou.
sections of the city for the purpose of car
1 rying the high school bonds deserves to bi
building should stand upon its own merit!
and not be linked with any other. w,
think, also, that the tendency in the bes
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number of studies taught in high schools
rather than to increase the same.
While not wishing to crticise the board
we feel that the buildings erected in thV
last few years have in some cases beer
too expensive buildings for the locations
and have cost the district excessive
amounts, particularly in architect fees anC
various other ways, 1t would seem to u!
that the board would save money for tn,
district by having one standard plan TO
which they owned the plans and specified
tions, and build plain and substantial
buildings and let the superintendent o
buildings superlntend the construction o
same! b.
therefore, Resolved That IT is the judg
ment Of this exchange that the proposes
issue of $750,000 school bonds should be de
feated. and that opos Eequest TO issue schoo
bonds should be made at this election
Many Vacant Rooms.
w. T. Graham, chairman, and F. A
Creigh. L. D. Spalding, F. d, Wead an
John L. McCague constituted the commit
tee on school bond issues. Their repoI
concludes as follows;
Your committee finds from school az
thorities that there are approximate
thirty vacant rooms which could be utilize
by a careful readjustment of the grad
school boundaries as such adjustment
redistricting has not been had for almos
ten years.