The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-20

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NIGHTS on packed our suburban street
ears Ut Oh hOurss Ana today. we cam
not ana must not blind oulsG1v6S 70
az new conditions We shtsdd.sr
our attention is called to the
ted tenement houses Of our
cities. and wonder why some
eentrated effort Is not made 20
olih thems yet We c0mplacently
HOW our one thousand surplus
eh6oI children TO go unprovided for.
iadaIed together in buildings totally.
UNIT for school purposes, badly.
lighted. poorly ventilated and unsant
ltary When we stop to think that
II least four hundred Additional
children are arriving at the scho5t
age every year and no steps taken TO;
alleviate the present state of affaffs
il would be absolutely criminal neg
Iect on our part to withhold our con-
sent and appreciation from this for
ward movement. so let US see what
additional na;xfmum burden the bond
issue would put upon each OF us.
The school board is asking for the
sum of ss15,OOO-
This amount has been arrived att
only. after the most careful invest
cation Of the present and future
needs
The assessed value Of taxable prop
erty in this district is nearing the
$17, 0oO, 900 mark.
40 pay the interest on the bond
It would be necessary to make an
additional levy of about ten cents
on the hundred dollars, and to pro-
vide sinking fund for the payment
of the bonds, levy of two or three.
cents more. So If you are assessed
for $1,000 it will cost you about $40
a year; and If you are assessed a.
$4,000, it will cost you about $12.ef
year. How many of us are unwill-
ing to contribute this sum to the ed
ucation Of our children?
If any man thinks this is excessive,
let him try the experiment Of send
ing his boy or girl away to some 9th:
er school, and he would soon realize
the difference in the sum expended
And. we must not forget that while
the interest on the bonds will see1f
large for the first year or two, the
amount wiz gradually decrease, as tn
bonds are Itqufdated, and in ten
years entirely paid on.
Now while we cannot expect
build for all time, we must at leas
expend sufficient money on these nev
buildings tsat in ten years the fnge'
OF scorn will not be pointed at GU
EFFORTS.
Our business men are contempla'
ing an advertising campaign for tho
purpose of inducing manufacturers
to locate here. What have we to OF
fer them or their employees in the
way OF educational facilities? No eau
tious, thinking man wants to elect tc
live in town where his children
would be huddled like sheep; so 81
we have any civic pride and want :.
lend helping hand to the efforts
ma1y by the business men, let us vote
TO have more schools and better ones
We must not condemn our children
or our neighbours children to sit TO-
SIX AouFS udy IOT nine months G.
the year in an atmosphere to which
Or. Mcclelland has SO ably caIlet
your attention, when we know thai
Tor paltry sum we could have then
enjoying the privileges of every mod
ern apparatus for good light, fresh |
lir, proper temperature of heat and |
cold, to say nothing ofyrhe improved
Methods Of teaching and instruction
hat accompany the up-to-date schoo
And above all, do not he
frightened away from the polls b,
He man who whispers graft" Thu
'ubtect, 600. has had careful consid
ration, and every safeguard will be
lsed to see that the public funds are
lightly expended.