The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-04
PALATKA'S VERDICT
ON SCHOOL BONDS
viii be Announced Next
Tuesday-An Important
Question.

Question.
The freeholders of the Palatka spe-
cial tax school district, which includes
Palatka city, Palatka Heights and
East Palatka, will be called on next
Tuesday to say by their votes whetn-
er or not the district will issue $780,
600 in bonds for the purpose of pro-
viding modern schools and equipment
to the children of the district.
The improvements contemplated by
this proposed bond issue are
A modern two-story and basement
high and grammar school for the city
of Palatka to cost, inclusive OF all
modern equipment such as desks,
blackboards, chemical and physical
laboratories, departments Of house
hold economics with its equipment,
etc, $4,000. .,,.
A one-story frame school building
in Palatka Heights to cost $1,000.
A one-story brick school building
in East Palatka, furnished, to cost
$4,000.
A one-story frame building in East
Palatka to cost $1,000.
Additions ito, and remodeling and
refurnishing of, colored school buiid-
ing in Palatka city, to cost .Sl3,OOo.
When this matter of school improve
ments was first called to the attention
of the people at a mass meeting held
in this city it was unanimously agreed
that the matter of school needs be left
TO a committee of two sub-dlstrlct
trustees. Messrs. H. A. Davis, ID. W.
Ramsaur, and F. D. Wattles, who
worked in conjunction with the county
school commissioners
The result of the laDors of these
gentlemen are the recommendations
which embrace all of the above men
toned improvements.
These results were published in the
naners and have been discussed. The
mans for the proposed high and
grammar school for Palatka, the most
;n,nortant and costly item of them all,
were for several weeks on exhibition
in the windows of tne Alderman
Stewart store. They were generally
commended. If there was opposition
i did NOT then take any active or de-
firitn form, The reception was such
as to lead the trustees to believe that
their recommendations had met with
general approval.
Finally the bond election was cali
ed. then when it became too late to
rectifv or change any or the recon-
mendations, opposition began to be
heard, That is unfortunate, especial
lv in the case of Palatka, whose most
t}ying need is better school facilities.
If MIGHT have been the part of Wis
dom had the trustees planned a less
evnensive school building for this city,
or separated the amount and provided
for two buildings. The News can see
where good citizens might reasonably
differ on this matter. But it is too
late now to make a change; the cleo
tion has been called for the splendid
school building which all will admit is
none too good for this Gem City, Of
Palatka.
The men who made these recon-
mendations are among the cleanesr,
most progressive and highly respect
ed citizens of the city. They made a
ough investigation OF the subject
If school buildings and their recon-
mendation is the result of this tho
rough study. We all have confidence
in their patriotism and earnest desire
to do what seems for the greatest
good to the greatest number. They
are not cheap men; they are not Civ
en- to carelessness or to taking things
for granted; they go into things care
fully and with the honest desire to
get the needed information. No one
questions their ability or patriotism;
why then question their conclusions
10 turn down this bond PROPOSE
ton next Tuesday would mean that
a whole year must elapse before an.
other school bonding proposition could
be submitted. The law requires that
much interval. 1t would require still
another year to get school.