Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-21

! The voters Will be asked at the com
ing school election to authorize the
purchase of a school house site some
Where Ill the west aGla OF tbs city. ct a
cost Of not to exceed $500, and to in
crease the regular levy for school
house purposes from $4,000 to $4,000
III order that the school board might
begin the erection Of new ward
school building for the west end OF
the city.
Has Option on Lots.
F.! The school board has optioned four
lots fronting on Main street at the
! Thirteenth street corner. and is seeking
options on other desirable school house
| property in that end OF the city. If
the necessary legal authority is given
by the voters a site will be purchased
this spring, and building started be-
! fore fall, altho it may not have more
than one or two rooms finished for use
during the coming school year. 1t is
estimated by the board that an in
crease of $4,000 in the school house
! fund. above what was asked for and
obtained last YEAR, will take care Of the
new building operations as fast as the
! 'i!tiiNH IL az lGaiiS AoSuVNi III NciiSSA ~
ton. The money for the site is al
ready OF l,a:,d.
Cummings Makes Statement.
;. statement of the beads plans ard
Intentions is submitted to the voters by
Mr.. B. F. Cummings. member Of the
board as follows:
To the voters at the coming school
elections: AS member OF the school
I IL aI TO Sta
TO the pubic as to why we have asked
for additional money for school house
purposes. and TO explain the questions
submitted to the voters. At the COM
mencement of last year we had on
hand in ;,,e school house fund s20.65.
/ We received from the taxes levied last
year for schoo! house purposes. for
which a special request was made By
the voters. s9,615 making a total Of
credits in the fund of s9.635.65. That
money we had used as fellows:
Paving interest on school house
bonds s3.15o.0o
Interest on overdraft s1.61
building material, lumber. etc. 212.09
Iron fire escape on high school
building ........ 5b5.oV
Drinking fountains in all build
ings .... 173.o
New seats 21e.o0
Paving on East Main street =. 1o4s0
Paving outstanding warrants
from the year before. being
the last of the warrants is
sued on manual training
building 2,42Z.94
s6.72546
This leaves a balance on hand in the
fund of s2,91o.19.
Now as to the matters upon which
We ask the expression of the voters a.
the polls:
First, We need new school house
very badly to take care OF our school
population. We have large number
of pupils in the west end and no school
house to use The board has been
compelled to carry the pupils to and
from the school houses on the street
cars. This costs in round numbers
about $500 year just for transporta-
ton. The cars are crowded and are
somewhat dangerous. On cold winter
days there is often a long. cold wait on
the part of the little children for the
cars. No one realizes what that means
so we'll as the parents of the children
who are compelled to go to school in
that way and those who live in that
part of the city who have observed the
groups of little children standing
sometimes as long as twenty minutes
in zero weather waiting for the cars.
AS 4 matter OF humanity this ought to
be eliminated. AS a matter Of finance
the money expended for transportation
will much more than pay the interest
on the investment for another school
house.
Realizing this necessity the board
has canvassed the ground for snit-
able location. No site has been deter
mined upon. However. the board has
an option procured from the MARSHALL
town Improvement Company on the
four lots at the corner of Thirteenth