El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-18
SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN DECLARES
SCHOOLS ARE IN BAD" FINANCIALLY
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the 1856. 600 and We have s245, 900 ex-
pended to the first day of June Sub
tract the mayors own estimate OF the
school receipts for the year slfO,dOV
(the mayor fails to include in his cal
culation the county apportionment and
the, amount received from tuition, thus
making discrepancy between the fig
ures given in his report and the re-
eeipts Indicated above of nearly $4,000.
We then have a deficit on the first OF
June of s743o0. Adding to this the June
expenditures estimated at $4,000 we
have a deficit of $4,000 on the first
day of July The discrepancy between
these figures and those given above as
my own estimate is due to the fact that,
aS 1 have said, the mayor neglected to
include in his estimated receipts several
items amounting to about $4,000. 1t
must be borne in mind that this estimate
is made upon the hypothesis that every
cent will be collected. This was not
done last year, nor during any previ-
Gus year so far as I know
The Mayors Own Figures.
Taking still another view we may ar
rive at the same conclusion. The mayor
saws: THE schools have issued $780,
026.77 in warrants since June, 1909. OF
this amount the treasurer has retired
s116,493.5S, leaving a balance of S1S,-
543.I9. from which deduct s1S,6OS-01,
cash on hand, leaving $60.935-1S, with
about Ia percent of the school taxes de-
Iinquenf So you can see how griev-
ousIy the schools have been misrepre-
scented by individuals who evidently
were sincere" In this statement the
mayor admits that there was on the first
of April a deficit of practically $4,000
with about Is percent of the city taxes
uncolleeted. The total amount of city
taxes was S123.7O0. ct is somewhat less
ion, 1(1@
quite SOS, 600, 0OO) Now Is percent of this
sI23, 900 is approximately s1S,500.
Worse Than Expected.
Deduct this from the $4,000 and we
have a balance Of $4,000, which would
still remain if all taxes had been col
lected on the first of April Adding 70
this sum, $4,000, the $4,000 for the
two remaining months Of school. we
have again $4,000 deficit on the first
of June. instead of the first Of July. II
figures as given by the mayor are ac-
curate, the condition is even worse thar
has been reported. This I think is the
most accurate view. since all my cal
culations have been based on the suppo-
sition that every. cent from every source
would be collected
Another Viewpoint.
Looking at the matter from still an
other viewpoint. we arrive at the same
result. The mayor says: Eliminating
s35,4O7s9 cost of permanent improve
ments, leaves a balance of S160,61S-SS
cost of maintaining the public schools
for 10 months, and deducting same from
$1,000 school appropriation leaves s1O,-
0S112 surplus" This surplus is correct
If the mayor would eliminate the $685.
O0O and count only 10 months of school
Deducting this $4,000 surplus from the
$4,000 yet TO be expended during the
two active months of school. and we
have balance on the other side of the
ledger of $4,000.
Adding to this the $4,000 expected
expenditure for the month of June. we
have $4,000 on the wrong side of the
ledger Add to this the s35,500 .'elim-
mated" by the mayor. and We have s7s.