Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-24
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL

A special meeting OF the city coun-
Gil was held on Friday evening and a
full attendance was present, with
Mayor Marquardt presiding.
G. d. Jones, president of the board
of education of the city of Wausau,
made statement to the council rela-
tive to the needs OF our city as re-
CARDS school facilities, as worked out
by the board. Mr.. Jones showed that
the situation in our city is very seri-
Gus. 1t was thought by finishing the
uncompleted rooms of the Grant
school, would provide fairly for the
school population of the west side for
some time to come. There was great
congestion in the schools east of the
river: that 225 children could attend
school only one half day the past
year and this number is constantly
increasing, and must be much larger
next year on account of rooms in the
High school building now used by the
grades, are to be used next year
strictly for High school purposes. Mr..
Jones spoke of the permanency and
growth of the Industrial school and
that the plan presented last year by
the board was the wisest and best
plan for providing the city with its
needed school equipment. He said
| further:
"It is fair to say that in our, judg-
ment it is not absolutely necessary
for the entire proposed central build
ing to be erected Immediately, though
that would be of great advantage.
AS an alternative we recommend that
the site for the central school build
ing should be. selected and obtained
at once, and that the first unit for
that building should also be con-
structed at once. The remainder of
the building could await later de-
velopment.
Another solution is the enlarge
ment of the Longfellow school build
ing. We. believe this solution wouAd
only be temporary. In our judg-
ment it is inevitable that the needs
of this city require the construction
of a central school building in the
near future, as we have previously
recommended. But relief for the
present can be obtained by enlarg-
ing the Longfellow building. If this
is done we recommend that eight ad-
ditional rooms be provided there, with
a suitable gymnasium and all the
equipment needed for such a school
With this we present for your con-
sideration tentative plans of our pro-
posed central school building COM
plete. These plans are also suitable
to show the portion of the building
which could be first constructed, il
that should seem best to you, and also
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suitable building on the LongfelloW
school site. We appreciate that if we
were to construct the central school,
building at this time the total cost
would be considerably increased ovel
our estimate of last year, and we alsC
appreciate that the suggested en-
llargement of the Longfellow schoo
building cost more now than two
years ago. From the best information
we can obtain the entire cost of thi:
enlargement of the Longfellow build
ing would be about S55,000.00 Thi:
estimate has been made to cover tn,
present of building material and Ia
bor.''
1t was urged that a joint confer
ence be held as soGn as possible b
the mayor and common council witt
II the city board of education. Afte
remarks by Mr.. Jones and S. B. To
Dey, the date of such conference wa
fixed for the evening of July 26th
at the city hall.
1t was voted that a special election
be held on the 18th of August t
vote on the issuance of bonds for tn
building Of bridges proposed. Tn
resolution passed is as follows:
Whereas, the common council o
the city of Wausau and State of Wis
consin, has, heretofore, declared it
purpose to raise money by issuin
the bonds of said city in the sum O
seventy-fiye thousand dollars for tn
purpose of creating a bridge buildin
fund for the construction of needle
bridges in the city of wausau; and
whereas, it is necessary to provid
said funds for the construction @
!. such, bridges and it is the purpos