El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-08
School Boavd Secures Four
Blocks of Ground in Alex
ander's Addition; to Vote
on Bond Issue.

I meeting held Wednesday night decided
/ en- the building, site, and authorized
! the drawing Of warrant for the sum
! OF $500 to be paid as earnest money
/ on the purchase price. That amount
I VIII be- paid the grantOrs Thursday,
and will be part of the S2S.650, the
| entire sum agreed to be paid for the
4 property
In Hill Section.
/ The property embraced in the trans
! action are blocks So, SO, 6S and 81,
! Alexander's addition. The land which
: Is IN solid body, with the exception
i OF the 1ntersecting street, is bounded
on me north by High street, on the
I south by Cliff street on the east by
Ange street and on the west by Vir-
glnia street
As an evidence of its sincerity in the
matter the school board will make the
payment OF the earnest money Thurs
day, and according to the terms of the
agreement when the abstract of the
property after examination has proved
satisfactory, the sum of $4,000 cash
VIII pc paid to the owners. The school
BOARD from the date of the signing of
the oeeo mas two years within which
70 pay the unpaid balance of s1&56O.
mere is to be no interest
The property in this instance being
LOCdleu on a rldge commands a view of
lne city and Juarez. 1t has an eIeya-
lon 1IDn equaI 70 half that of the mesa.
Inc ridge extends on Virginia street
70 nevada street, there being A slight
rise between Nevada and High street
Virginia street being on top of the
rage, and Ange street below, if If ie fbe
intention to grade the propertv fo a
grace approximate to the two streets
IN THIS connection through the accents
broaddus and LeBarOn who handled the
property Tor the 20 odd owners fbe
sellers guarantee to have the s-radine
oone at maximum price of S12 9S0
"A satisfactory bond has been reoufred
~ tHe Doard from the property owners
70 see that this work is carried out If
was agreed that the amount sDecified
or the grading for that matter vs.
optional with the school board. and If
Nc gwen the period Of one year in
@hlch 70 decide as to whether or NOT
the grazing contract should be followed
out In the event the board elects 10
R pave the grading done. a PAYMENT of
49, i 70 De made on the contract. and
me remaining S92S0 is to be paid with
IN Two years after the date of tbe Do
SISIon- me school board is not barred
y me contract IN looking around to
80 .I-e eHe work can be done cheaper
Torrance -Oi us per-
The cutting down of Virginia street
ana pudding Up towards Ange street
grading work. Broaddus and L Rar ellS
I've agreed to furnish a satisfactory
Dond 10 complete the GRADING eTo1,15
Sle BOARD decide to accept the hid
George LeBaron was present TVedrI, .
day and concluded the arrsnere71e1f.
TelatlVe to the deal
Two Blocks For Campus.
with the purchase of the site 1oca-
ions Tor the new high scbooI boTa
already been suggested If has 49, !
proposed TO place the building on fine /
extreme western boundary of the nroD- 4
erIy and face it directly east. making
trade with the two west blocks SIie-Tf1,- /
higher than the two east blocks T. !
was also suggested that the buiIdin9
; fiio uIo De placed on the north line OF /
me property facing south The two I
south blocks then to be graded a little
De!oW the northern ones. permitting fbe |
building to overlook the plavgrounds !
or campus The latter position aDDeared /
TO meet with more favor
That two entire blocks should he de-
Voteu exclusively to campus purposes /
was the opinion, OF the board It is the
-LLCentIoh - reserve enough ground to 4
SaId &c Il -,seball diamond, a football I
nero, ana { n ample track. The play
GROUNDS VIII so be laid off that tenn 4
porary seats can be constructed at little 1
cos[ ana IN time may become perma- /
nent nXtures. and result in the accom-
pnshment of the scheme to esta bIfsb 4
a regulation stadium
me plans for the structure itself |
pave not been formulated. A rein |
forced concrete structure consisting of !
Jhree stories and basement is favored !
II IS planned to erect a building which /
nay De added to at any time should
lhe necessity for more room arise
VIII Cost S25O,OOO.
The building with the grounds com
ppdete IS expected to cost close to $3.50 /
UUV and when finished it is said would /
surpaSs anything in the entire soufb
west in the way of a school bui1dino
me new high school viii have the
erect OF RELOCATING the present high
sc3ooI to the elementary class Then /
only the eighth grades will he enter ]
tanned in the high school IF ofber
pans are carried out, the high school /
may be made a ward school
70 erect the new school a bond 1
issue VIII be necessary. This the cifv
VIII nave to order. and then il will he
put 10 vote of the citizens The mem
Ders of the school board stated that /
ne tl,ey olo not entertain any doubt on
the score Of the bond issue being car
Iled whenever it is submitted They
Salo Uhat every one they had talked TO
expressed himself or herself as being
m Iayor with the plan of building the
School Finances
Last year to build the East FL Paso
schooI there was a $50. 600 bond issue /
Cut OF this amount the board expects to
save enough to make the PAYMENT of |
$4,000 due when the deeds to the newly
acquired property have been passed on |
r u MaSquelette. Of the firm of
AaSquellette & Robinson. engaged in
making an audit of the CITY school
books. was on hand Wednesday night |
Ar- MaSquellette reported to the board !
mat the report Of the audit would be /
CduS Dy saturday night, at which time
le would turn it over to the board He
briefly stated what would be included |
n the report chief among which was
he suggestion that the board be fur
llshed each month a statement of the
lssets and liabilities. The main feature
II the system he said that was to be
following the report would
'e the arrangement whereby the ac-
counts could be so handled that the
'ills could be charged UP in the month
n which they accrued, and not have to
'e carried over as had been the case
n the past
The auditor stated that the county
chooI land funds were being investf-
-ated for the purpose of ascertaining
he exact amount of earnings, and to
etermine whether or not the FL Paso |
chools have been receiving their proper
proportion in this respect
In response to the question whether
e thought that one man could take
are of the new system of bookkeeping |
nd also do the purchasing. Mr.. Mas
uellette replied emphatically that one
nan could not do it He then proceeded
0 tell the members about the amount
work they had placed on the
houlders of F F. Sawyer. which en-
allied the necessity of his being out