The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-26
To the Qualified Electors of
Salt Lake City School District:

On August l. 1898 the board of education issued
series of bonds aggregang 1925 000 bearing interest
board to levy annual tax of Of the bonds issued
Tor the purpose Of creating sinking fund to redeem the
bonds AS only be provided for annually it
would take fifty years raise sufficient funds pay off the
bonds that were issued The board has each levied this
tax and with the received purchased its outsand-
ing bonds The board has always been able to purchase
the bonds Of the particular series that the tax was levied FOR
but the result is the same, bonds the of the
retired each year There will be left nredeemed
on August l OF this series Of 1S9S $4,000 1t will be
will be in default the maturing bonds and under proper
procedure levy would have to be made in sufficient amount
would be to refund the bonds
At the time 100000 was voted in 1910
by the qualified electors Of Salt Lake City school district
announced that the proceeds of the sale Of the bonds
oud be spent s9Ostantia in the following manner Two
school buildings and erecting two grade school build
s Of bs Gne IN e
for and building high school and making additions
$450000 for the site and high school building, and
$4,000 for technical building the old grounds When
the plans were fully worked out it required an expenditure
approximately $3.50 to erect suitable building
technical work at the old high school grounds and supply
the with proper equipment.
The growth Of population in the southern and south
eastern parts of the city required the erection of two grade
school budings-he Whittier and Hawthorne-nstead of
one originally contemplated was COM
PEELED to part OF the money which had contemplated
other grade school building Part Of the first unit Of the
Ensign school also constructed the north bench in
far as fuHds would permit
used in building additions to the Longfow and Jack
buildings and used part payment Of the Jefferson
contract
Under these circumstances the board has sufficient
with which to complete and equip the high school
building 1t will require approximately 100000 for this
purpose The added school population in the southeastern
part of the city, by annexation and by residents will
erection of another grade school building that
part of the suitable site and building will require
approximately 100000 The first unit of the Ensign
should completed originally planned by the board the
building Poplar Grove should be enlarged build
ing should be built such locality to relieve the Poplar
Grove building. This would ell the building
of 1914 in addition to the bonds if carried.
It will absolutely necessary take Of the
now AS the bonds for the completion of the
high the Of sites and
schools these be marketed until late in s year
early in next so board may take advantage
best conditions for bonds during such period but
has best to make for procuring
and constructing another grade building rather than
cur the expense of another election the future
since there interest bonds until they marketed
(spned A. D. M'MULLIN,
r. H. BRADFORD
J. T. HAMMOND.
". j. BARRETTE
L. M. BAILEY,
G. M. SULLIVAN,