The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-26
PLEADS
FOR THE SCHOOLS
Urges the City Council to Reduce Water ana Followed
by DR. Coulter-Mayor Again Refuses to Authorze the
Krcher Salary, Claiming 1t is Excessive

1--WE are not mendicants in the
city" said President NJ. s Browning
OF the board oil education to the city
council last evening. and. IL we are
looked upon as such by the council.
| thiak IT time TO have m understand
ing. IF We are not welcome in the
quarters at the City Hall, We will
surely move out think. too. that
many of the differences that seem 10
exist between the board OF education
and the city council come through not
talking enough with each other and
thereby reaching clearer under
standing"
Mr. Browning spoke, In behalf OF
the board of education. regarding wat
er rentals that are proposed TO be
charged the schools by the water
works department. all other members
OF the board being present except Mr..
Farr. The speaker stated that 1t was
the opinion of the board that there
should be no charge 10 the schools Tor
water. inasmuch as the city owns It's
own system, and In saying that the
board fully appreciated the import
ancc of the wGterworIs system, and
the fact that II should make a good
showing. But the speaker stated. II
a rental was to be charged. 1t should
be reasonable.
President Browning stated that If
the rentals for water charged the Og-
den schools were to be compared with
that charged the Salt Lake schools,
the Ogden board would not have TO
pay more than $500 or $500 year.
Salt Lake, he said. had three times as
many rooms to supply with water as
Ogden, three times the lawn space
and grounds. and the city council OF
Salt Lake Is charging the schools
$1,000. In conclusion, he said that
the Ogden board was willing to pay
whatever is right In water rentals and
all that the school revenues would
permit them to pay; and he hoped
that, in the future. there would be
moro heartto.heart talks between the
council and the school board.
Or, Coulter, vice president Of the
board Of education. also spoke to the
council on the question. agreeing With
President Browning in what he said.
adding further that he hoped tho
council would not treat the question
at Issue as a personal matter; that
IL was purely question of one part
Of the city government meeting an
other, and that those connected with
the affair are all officers of the peo-
ple. The schools" he said, are OF
the people, for the people and by the
people," and they should he treated
as such He was willing TO leave
1t TO the people as to whether the
schools were worth anything to them
and whether the people arc getting
anything for the school taxes thoy
pay. He said he did not think It
right that the schools should be
charged for water. but that II they
were charged the rental should be
mlnimiZed.
President Browning Of the city
council stated that the council had no
feelings of dIsrespect toward the board
of education, and that all that the
council desired, was to handle the
wnterworks system OF the city 10 the
best possible advantage for the peo-
ple. He also stated that the board OF
education Is a welcome tenant OF the
city hall building. The matter OF
water rentals was referred TO the COM
mittee of the whole. the council In
that capacity to meet with the board
of education at o'clock next Wednes.
day evening for a final adjustment OF
the issue.
Father Cushnahan appeared before
the council In the interests OF the
Sacred Heart academy, regarding a
sewer tax levy on the property of the
Academy. He stated that the Sis
ters had paid heavy taxes for side
walk paving, sewer and other city
improvements, abuttIng their proper
ty. and they felt that they could not
afford to pay another sewer tax or
Capital avenue. abutting their prop
erty. He stated also that there would
never be a connection made with the
CAPITAL avenue sewer by the academy
and. hence. the school would not dc
rive any benefit by virtue OF the sew
or being laid there.
II was reported by tho city engii
neer that jurisdiction for the Capi