Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

HIGH SCHOOL SITE

Since the money was procured from
the sale of the school bonds two
months ago and the work of cXpend-
ing 100000 for the benefit of Tulsa
schools diVulged on the local board of
education what has been accom-
plshed seems peculiarly small, ac-
Cording to a few people who are i'm
patiently watching the advancement
Of the city as well as public school
system, but seeing that committee
work demands more delberation than
the transaction of personal business,
the progress of the board has been re-
tarded considerably.
After the board had been divided
into committees to Jockey along"
with people who had real estate to
sell reported at regular intervals to a
central checking committee whose
duty 1t was to say when school site
could be bought at what WAS consid-
cred a fair price, six sites were ap-
proved by the board ana turned to the
attorney of the board to trace the alb
stracts.
Lots 1 and 6, inclusive, and lots 13
and 1S, inclusive, of block 9 in the
Central Park addition, belonging to
q. Il. Mccullough, was approved at a
consideration of $500; block 4 Of
Capitol Hill addition. belonging to
Vinita c. Crutclfield, negotiating
through FleetwoOl q Jennings, at
$2,100; lot IS of block 20 in owen ad-
dition, belonging to Clabern Mitchell
for 5000; lot IA of the same block, be-
longing to r. f. Henson, for $500, and
lots 5 and l6 of that block, belonging
to II. l.. Ray for $1,000, all taken to-
gether as additional ground for Usage
school were approved by the board
and the attorney and paid for. a new
school site in Eastland addition, be-
longing to j. +. Head Il Co., was also
approved by the board and the attOr-
ney and bought for $4,000. A plat of
ground partly in second South Side
GO0X315 feet, belonging to McBirney
& Stansberry was approved by the
board at consideration of $500 but
has not been finally purchased. It,
however, together with the Central
Park and the Capitol Hill sites will
be bought as soon as the attorney pro-
nounces the abstracts clear
one Is Held Up.
Lot and the south half of lot >
in block . of the North Side, which
was at first approved by the board
as a suitable additional playground
for the children Of the Sequoyah
school was declined later when it was
learned that clear understanding
had not been reached in regard to the
paving tax, but it is thought that the
matter will be satisfactorily adjusted
according to the school board attorney.
A committee is now negotiating with
owners Of the Moore Kirkpatrick adj
dition for an entirely new north side
site for a school to be erected in tho
immediate future to take the place
of he Sequoyah school, which was
1.N- ..
itect last Friday night to be unsafe at
the present time and inadequate If
altered.
The building committee of the board
after looking over several sets Of
tentative plans for grade school build
ings advised the board to close the
deal with architects for building plans
for structures at Cherokee Heights,
Frisco and Centra Park and the board
is advertising for bids from builders
on the construction of these schools
The Central Park building will be on
the unit plan, like all the other grade
schools of the city, and will have six
class rooms and an auditorium. The
Frisco and Cherokee. Heights schools
will have four class rooms and an
auditorium. The plans purchased are
for whole block of school buildings
and should additional units be de-
manded at any time they may be built
by the present plans without delay.
At Horace Mann and at Washing
ton schools plans We're drawn for an
entire block and no new ones are
needed. Building on these two sites
will begin presently to add units
enough to accommodate the rapidly
increasing enrolment at each place.
At Washington there are eight frame
shaCks now in use and more could be
used to a good advantage. Riverview
ls a eomrcn Of lrmmhle and nnNietN 70