The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14
Protest Against Failure Of the
Board of Education to Keep
Alleged Promises.
MARTIN EXPLAINS WHY
SCHOOL WAS NOT BUILT
Report of Special Committee on
New High School Architec-
ture Is Received.

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resenting the residents of the north
bench appeared before the city board
of education at its regular meeting Tues
day night and presented a resolution
| adopted at mass meeting recently held
| protesting against the failure of the
| board to erect "A school building be
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, which
was promised al the time Of the BOND
| issue election held January ~, l9lU.
| The resolution furthermore requests
| that the board give the residents of the
north bench some definite assurance
that the school viii be built.
On behalf of the delegation Of resi-
dents, w. c. Hurd,. chairman of the
delegation, in presenting the resolution;
which was referred to the buildings and
grounds committee, declared that no
steps have been taken thus far by the
board as he asserted had been indicated
at the time Of the bond election, On
motion of II. T. Van Pclt it was de.
cided that the delegation should meet
with the buildings and grounds com
mitlee when the matter is considered,
and later the finance committee, also,
was added.
Boards Explanation.
c. S. Martin explained that the .rea-
son why the board has apparently gwen
the First ward more than the Fourth,
is because in the neighborhood OF l1O0
children were thrown upon ITS hands,
which the board was compelled to take
care of ''It would indicate. SAID
Mr.. Martin. "that in our building the
Longfellow school. the needs of the
Fourth ward have amply been taken
care of, wherens in the First ward we
have not yet supplied the need of build
Ling requirements.
The delegation presenting the resolu-
ton consisted of w G. Hurd, T.. M.
West. l.. L. Goddard. Peter B. Erskins,
A. W. Swenson. John 5. Bollo, Lee
Wright, \. II. Kemoton, julius Gesse-
manu. William Service, John \. Chris
tensen. w. II. Bramel, "A Higham, j. D..
Harrison, Albert Merrill and o. j.
Swenson. The resolution follows:
Whereas. At a special election held on
January %. 1910. the qualified electors
OF Salt Lake City school district author
ized the Issuance of school bonds OF said
district in the sum Of 100000; and
Whereas. The board OF education OF
said Salt Lake City in an address 10
prior TO said election and for the pur-
pose OF procuring the authorization of
said bond issue. among other things made
the following statement and promise
IF you shall. by your votes. authorize
the issuance Of the bonds. the funds will
be used in the following manner;
with the S200.O0 school building
will he erected between Ninth and Tenth
avenues. and another one In the south
eastern part Of the city.
And whereas. The need of school
building on the north bench In the local
ty above named is Imperative, and al
though said bonds were voted almost a
year and half ago. no steps have been
taken TO erect said school building, but
on the contrary. the board has indicated
an intention To divert the whole Of said
100000 for use elsewhere: now. there
fore. be 1t
Resolved BY the undersigned residents
and property owners Of the north bench
in Salt Lake City. that we do respect
fully but most emphatlcally, hereby
voice our protest TO the board of cduca
ito nof Salt Lake City against the divert
ing of said funds To other localities and
the failure 10 build a school house on
the north bench as promised. and that
we do hereby respectfully request some
definite assurance from said board that
said school house will bc built according
TO promise.
Hot Discussion Followed.
Following the reference of the reso-
luton 10 the buildings and grounds
committee Mathonihah Thomas dis
cussed the matter with the members of
the delegation in the office of Superin
tcndcnt ID. II. Christensen. 4 heated
discussion resulted, during which Mr.
Thomas assured the members of the
committee that il was and Is now the
intention of the board of education TO
erect building at the proposed loca-
ton. Mr.. Thomas submitted figures tol
show that while the school population
in the Fourth ward had increased but
81 during the last school year, the in
crease in the First ward aggregated
1903. Mr.. Thomas furthermore declared
that the per capita value of school fla.
cilities in the Fourth ward amounted
to $l4J,02. while in the First ward it'll
was but S55.93. Members of the dele. /
CATION, however, contendeds that the
board had promised the building at the |
time of the election. and that it should |
have kept its word. Mr.. Thomas gave
assurance that IL would keep its word. !
The residents of the north bench will |
hold another mass meeting at Harper S |
store, corner of street and Ninth ave.
nue., Tuesday evening at & clock to
take up the question further,
On the recommendation of the build.
ings and grounds committee, the board
of education Tuesday night let the con.
tract for the erection of the new Uintah
school on Eleventh South between Sixth
and Seventh East streets to Oliver
Hodgson for u bid of ST. 900. The
board also adopted the recommendation
of the committee that the plans for the
new Uintah school be changed TO in.
clude an assembly hall. book room and
store room at an additional cost of ap,
proXlmately $1,000. Mr. Hodgson was
the lowest bidder.
Arnold G, Giauque and Superinten
dent of Buildings Il. A. Folland, who
with Architect Chesebrough of
the George W. Eldrcdge company, archi-
tects for the new high school building.
who have recently returned from trip
over the country made in the interests
of the new high school, presented re
port OF the trip, which was received and
filed. Numerous valuable recommenda.
tions were contained in the report. and
these are now being embodied in plans
which will be presented to the board of
education at a special meeting to be
held next Tuesday night
The report included a brief synopsis
Of the trip and the points and school
buildings visited, and the block build.
ing is the one which has been agreed ,
upon as being the best. The report rec.
that the buildings should have
4 capacity for taking care of from 12,- /
700 to $4,000 persons. and that all study $
md class rooms should be located on tn.
outside of the building to assure proper ]