Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-07
02,201 IN POCKET
OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
Directors Hear Annual Report of
Treasurer W. McIlhenny-
Sinking Fund in Banks

Harrisburg's school district began
tho new fiscal year July 1, 1915, with
a general balance of $102,201.6s in its
pocket. $10.7s6.2S in the teachers re-
tirement fund and $6.S44.s4 in the
Shimmell building fund. These are
only a few of the figures shown to the
directors last evening in the annual re-
port OF George W. McIlhenny, treas
urer to the board. Here are a few
more figures OF interest to indicate the
financial status of the School Board:
General receipts, s676.704.75, of
which S423,373 was the income from
real estate taxes. s7.316 in personal
taxes. sSS,000 in temporary loans,
from State appropriation; reimburse
ment for fire at Technical high school,
S260.55, and rent of Tech, $225.
The expenditures included: Teach
ers' salaries, 260.012.75; janitors,
S27.243.63; textbooks, $20,064.49; sup
plies and fuel. S25,267.99; interest on
bonds, S45. .441.33; temporary loans,
SS0,5O0; retirement fund. $6.S9S.55;
Public Library. $4,000; sinking funds,
SAP, 1866; a total expenditure of
S674,503.O6.
Sinking Funds Invested
Sinking funds were invested at 3 per
cent in the following banks July 1:
SitiSSnS S1ttSoo.oOt 0lAlH
$11, ,499.999; Commercial, $4,000: East
End. S11, 1,SS3.27; Merchants National.
$15,965; Union Trust, S40,199.99; Me-
chanics. S14,206.96; Security Trust,
S6.S66.66: First National, S20,535.45;
Union Trust (not invested), $4,000.
Collection of school taxes during the
past year by City Treasurer o. NJ.
Copelin cost the board S6,636.72, rep
resenting the l per cent. allowed for
the money taken in during the first
three months and the 5, per cent. on
what was taken in thereafter in penal
! ties. The board this year will elect its
own collector. who takes office jan
uary 1, 1915.
Koons, Repairman
c. H. Rooms was reelected general
| repairman and Thomas Koons was
again made his assistant. For each
man S6 per month was set aside for
car fare. At the Shimmell building a
new cleaning system will be tried out
the janitor will be allowed $100 per
month. from which he will have to
pay salaries of his assistants. Prac-
| tically the entire staff of janitors was
reelected
teachers designations accepted in
cluded Misses Maud Robertson, Zella
H. Book and Helen E. Keller. Miss
Elizabeth Garner will succeed Miss
Robertson. Mrs. Ellen Luce was re-
SicSlSu dlleT d year ) IeaNe Oh absence
From the substitute list the following
We're elected regular teachers: Misses
| Catherine Balsley, Mary E. Burk-
| holder, Margaret d. Clancy Marian s.
Gougler, Elsie NJ. Dixon and Rebecca
| Shoemaker.
Want Plot for RevivaIs
The board decided to buy about
/ $1,000 worth of books and to paint
/ Central high school.
At the next meeting a report will be
received from a committee consisting
of the Rev. DR.. w. n. Yates and d. D
Hammelbaugh, secretary, as to what
| disposition should be made of the
empty plot at Third and Reilly streets
To date the youngsters of the neigh
| borhood have used it informally as a
! playground; repeated requests have
been received by the board for the use
of the plot as a place for festivals
| etc. Now an upper end church wants
it for revival purposes.