The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07
Proposed to Throw Buildings
Open for Night Meetings.
Question of Expenses the Buga-
boo of Board.
RUNNING FAR BEHIND.
Large Sum Represented by Out
standing Warrants.
Will Be More Careful in Pur-
chase OF Supplies.

After struggling INTO the place OF
meeting all the way from half past Z
/ o'clock to Monday night, nine mem
I bers of the board Of education finally
/ got down to business and suddenly
awoke to the somewhat startling reali-
cation that the board is going into debt
with amazing rapidity.
Bills for october amounted to $685.
97S7S, and included number OF items
that the supplies committee could not
account for, the purchase of the goods
not having been sanctioned by the com
nittee. The teachers payroll tOtaled
! 81, 515.65. The amount allowed for sup
plies was $14, S52.53.
we are running in debt said Judge
Carver, and 1 don't know where We
are going to come out. Wen have to
be careful" This was said when u
recommendation was made to light a
number of the school buildings SO that
it will be possible for the patrons to
hold evening meetings.
DR.. Magee: we now have S72 900 in
outstanding warrants. Oh, we are go
ins IN the hole fast"
Mrs. Evans: The people are bearing
the tax and I don't think they will
feel in good humor for paying unless
allowed the full privileges of the build
ings.
DR.. c. B. VanHorn: Z don't see the
philosophy of not using the buildings
to the fullest extent
No action was taken on the lighting
question other than to call for the pre-
paration of an estimate of the cost Of
the installation of the lights. The pro
position will be discussed at another
meeting.
Too Much for Supplies.
Mr. Penwen called attention to the
irresularity in the manner in which
supplies have been purchased this fall
For some time it has been the custom
of the teachers and principals TO MAKE
acquisitions tc superintendent G. e.
Starr who passed upon them, ana tii2
supplies committee which is responsible
for the purchase of requisites has no.
had an opportunity to sanction these
purchases or at least has not done so
There are lots OF things lying
around here that are not really need !
ed asserted Mr.. PenweH, and you are
having more for lumber and other sup !
plies than you need to pay. Let's 10
this business as we would do our pri-
Atchison: 1.-The rule is bad-it is u
ciOus.'
Penwen: Since I have been in bust |
ness in Topeka have always
heard the board criticised for buying |
their supplies Unfortunately"
The result of the argument was that |
it was decided that in the future the
chairman of the supplies committee |
must sanction and purchase all sup |
plies other than those for the janitors,
which will be attended to by William
Conry. the engineer of the board
The German-American bank was
chosen as the depository for the funds
OF the board this bank having been
the highest bidder among a half dozen
or more bids opened The bank VIII
pay 3ls per cent on daily average bal
ances
The board put its foot down on the
practice of smoking in the Harrison
school building by the foreigners who
attend school three evenings of each
week. Complaint has been made that
it is impossible to air out the buildings
sufficiently well to eradicate the odor
before the children attend school in
the morning.
Frank Curry and Charles Lung |
strum. two residents on East Tenth |
avenue, asked the board members tor
sign a petition to pave the street from |
ana the request was granted, although |
it is an unwritten rule of the board .
that petitions or protests are not to be
signed by the body. The Parkdale
school is on this street
The insurance companies are de-
handing that the school board have
their respective policies rewritten /
They claim that under the law, as II /
stands at present the rate on school
ings. and they want the value of the /
fixtures stipulated in the contracts, so .
that they would receive a higher rate +
The lawyers on the board. Judge
Carver and Judge Atchison, did not
think that this ruling would apply to
policies already written THE insur-
ance men have been trying to raise the
rate for five years." and Jones. land
believe that this is just scheme to
that end.
The discussion ended with the de-
cision of the board to carry their own
Insurance on the fixtures in all build
ings aside from the manual training
and high school buildings.
Il would like to see the board lay
aside money for a sinking fund, SAID
DR.. NIagee, chairman of the insurance
committee 1--WE could insure all the
ourselves. I am getting tired
of the differences we are having with
the insurance men,.
1--WE lost the baby shrieks the nurse
maid Heavens, Why don't you hurry
out and speak TO a policeman" It's no
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