The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-19
TO ASK COUNCIL FOR FUNDS
Board Asks Council Provide $4,000
Sanctioned by People at Once and
Will Seek Further Building Funds
In Annual Budget.

The building of the Washington
school is indefinitely postponed and
with all action in regard to contracts
rescinded the members of the Board of
Education in special session on Friday
night, decided to wait until the City
Council had taken some action to pro-
vide funds for the construction of the
school. The board will not ask that
the question of issuing bonds in the
sum of one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars be submitted to the people at
a special election. This action, taken
at a recent meeting of the board, was
rescinded at the meeting on Friday
evening. The board went further and
rescinded the action by which the
council had been asked to raise sixty
thousand dollars to secure the compile
tion of the proposed building Instead
of this action the board voted to ask
the council to proceed at once to raise
the seventy-fve thousand dollars which
was voted by the people at the last city
election This is to form the neuclus
of the fund for the construction of the
new school and the remainder of the
money needed will be a part of build
ing fund which will be included in the
next budget Of the school board to be
presented to the council later In
the year. The cmount of the fund
to be asked in the budget will be
decided upon later.
The acGion of the board makes i'm
possible the construction of the large
school planned under the recent con-
tracts. With but seventy-fve thousand
dollars and only possibility of getting
it the hands Of the board are pretty
well tied up and it is not improbable
that the whole action of former. school
boards in connection with plans for the
school will be re-opened. Members of
the board will await the return of the
superintendent Of schools that she may
have part in the consideration of the
important question. With assurance
that no time can be lost in the delay
for the summer months-it would be
impossible to complete the building
before next September anyWay-the
members of the board will give the
widest possible consideration to the
whole problem of the new school.
1t is possible that after this consid-
Grafton the plan will be made to change
the type Of building for the north side
of the city or the site may be
changed to some point on the west
side of the city.
Members of the council may not be
willing to aeceed to the request of the
board for the issuance of bonds in the
sum of seventy-fve thousand dollars
at this time. It is doubted if the coun-
Gil could legally take such action with
out formal plans and specifications be
ing made for the proposed school
wherever it is to be. The council may
urge the members of the board to ask
for the entire sum needed for building
purposes in the next tax budget. With
a considerable sum of money in the
city treasury and with economic con-
servation Of funds it is thought that
it would be possible to raise the
amount needed for new school without
bond issue and without any considerable
increase in the mill taxes of the city.
IF this appears to be possible it is
highly improbable that the council will
consent to any further bond issues
without a backing of referendum on
the part of the voters of the city.