The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-04
s. z. Vincent, Spokesman for
Body, Says Improvements Are
Immediate and Imperative and
Burden Should Be Distributed
SCHOOL FACILITIES
ENTIRELY INADEQUATE
Board Takes Ground That Is
suance of Serial Bonds Will
Provide for Much Needed I'm
provements and Will Not
Cause Heavy Burden by Big
Jump I'm Tax Rate

Samuel e Vincent, acting for the
Board Of Apportfonment and taxation
today issued a statement relative to
the boards action yesterday in favor
ing a $50O,00Ol bond issue for schools,
streets and sewers improvement. In
the statement, Mr. Vincent declares
faat the needs for which the bond Is
sue Is favored are immediate and i'm
Perative, and that payments for the
improvements should be extended
over the period Of enjoyment thereof
instead of saddling the increased bur-
den upon taxpayers in one year.
The statement of Mr.. Vincent in
fun. follows.
IT was q very serious situation
which confronted the Board of Appor-
fsonment, when the estimates for the
ensuing year came to be taken up in
detail by the various sub-comn1ittees.
-.As those sub-committees progress
ed IN their Investigations they found
that there was need for some action
cu1 of the ordinary For Is or more
years. the city had been falling to
provide adequately for the growth
have not been given the attention
they deserved until the situation has
grown acute and it has become abb
goaute1y necessary TO make special
provision at once for them. Streets
have gotten into such a condition that
they too must be improved with no
ers partially built. Before lateraA
can be built TO connect with them,
thsr@ l. need 6f more work. and until
those lmt@FaEE are connected the city
can not coESos one dollar OF thS|
many which win be available inFznedi-
ats1y the construction Is carried for
To meet all these demands was not
possible by direct taxation Such a
tax would be burdensoTne and unfair
ana, when added to the amount need
-
the city. would assume proportions al
most staggering
A-xsk &c was the duty of the board to
devise some method of meeting the
situation That was very plain to the
members OF the several sub-comnit-
tees who had been given plain evil
rive at some conclusion. the entire
board was called into session yester-
day afternoon and at that time every
phase Of the situation was carefully
and thoroughly discussed.
The uItiraste decision was to do as
any man would do in his own busi-
ness provide for things that would
he Of future as well as present bene-
n By a plan that would bring the
time for payment into the future as
well as the present To do this, the
board presented TO the board of al
dermen a resolution calling for the
issuance OF serial notes as follows:
rnKS and completion of buildings now
under construction, 5000, 900.
For sewers, completion of certain
trunk sewers now partially built, $780,
COO
s'For streets. replacement of present
pavement on q number of streets, all
under a five year guarantee, S200, ,000
Each OF these issues is fully war
ranted by conditions In proof of that.
let Us consider the situation in the
schools for example
1t has been agreed by competent
authorities that 10 to 42 children is
rk7e maximum number which can be
efficiently taught by one teacher in
one room In the Bridgeport schools,
we find in different sections from so
70 SO children herded in one room
They are not cared for properly, they
simply can't be.
This is due to lack of room We
have portable buildings to help out
in the effort TO supply adequate room.
These building are loosely built and
place TO place as immediate and in
siEeent need arises for them They
are makeshift and poor one. Yet
with all this attempt to furnish school
facilities there are many children who
can attend school only one-half the
time There rs not room for them all
Our citizens should understand and
stand ie Is to agree that it must be
remedfed and as the board of appor-
tfonment does understand it it agrees
with the Board of Education that it
must be remedied without the loss of
any additional time
we know and have known for. some
time that as fast new schools were
buEIT. they were filled Immediately
upon completion School population
has Increased wonderfully. fast as is
shown by the following enumeration