Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-09
INTERESTING FIGHT
FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
Ashby Blader and James
Bayne Elected After Sew
erai Ballots
TAX BILL UNCHANGED
Several Changes and Additions Made
ia Annual License Bill-Bill Post
ers Increased From $40 TO $500.


The city school board wants city
.cure:l to appropriate the sum Of
$4,000 fer a new school building
ana improvements to the other schccl
buildings. grounds etc. The mem
ocrs cf the city school board last night
appeared before joint session of
The city council and urged the neccs-
s:ty of the proposition and James
Bayne chairman of a special Dcard,
making the report fer that commit
zee stated the report has the unanin-
Gus Endorsement of the board. In thcir
report they recommended the cree
len Of an additional school building
on the high school grounds to harmon
ize with the present building and to
contain s;x:ccn class rooms; an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for improve
merits at Washington schoo! for boys,
sanitary arrangements. grading
grounds etc. and $500 for improve
ments at Lee school for girls on
Prince street.
The present housing facilities n
the schools Il was set forth are en-
:irely inadequate OWING 70
he large number Of qupls IN the va
rious class rooms. as high as 13l be-
;ng taught in the first grade. II
conditions are TO he improved, i: was
rec:tcd in The report, additional hous-
ny facilities are needed and more
o,aycrounds. It also was explained
hat # compulsory education becomes
operative the present Schac!s VIII be
far ;ehind in their ability 10 meet the
s,.ua;:on. In both branches Of coun-
ci: the paper was referred to the JJhns
committee on schools and finance.
An interesting race for srhoc!
hoard from the second and third wards
resulted in a victry for Ashby B!aden
ard James Baync.
Tie selection Of trustee from M:
se:and ward first was taken up.
Councilman Downhsm nominated Ash.
BY Baden: Geunc;ln,an .Wattles, Mss IS
Rose NJ. MacBottald and Councilman
Rf.5en. Mrs. Charles N. ShepperS%n.
The vote was ny ballots follows,
Firs., Baden. 10; Macdonald, 10;
shepperson, 3; second. Biaden. y;
Macdonald, II; third, Bladen, II, Mac
Donald. 10; ShcpperSon. ,; fourth and
last ballot. Bladen. 13; Macdonald 10.
TIE election Of trustee from the
third ward, which has been hanging
fire for several weens next came up
Nominations were made as follows:
James Baync, ;rcumbent. nomnated
b. Councilman Desmond; Percy T..
CErt nominated by Councilman Bag
rcst and Mrs. Frederick J. Paff non!-
mated by Councilman Sullivan
Ballots taken follow: First, Bayne'
12; Gift, s; Paff, 3; second, Bayne,
l2; Gift II; third andNast. Bayne,
IS; Gift. 8; Paff, /.
The annual license law was-repart-
ell and adopted with number Of
minor changes, ard few additions
made 10 the law. The license OF Oh!
posters and photographers was raised
from 500 to 5000. Dealers IN tea, COT
fee and spices who sell from house TO
house was fixed al S1Go; tax on phy-
=:c;an. the license was reduced frcm
s75 to $50 and S25 on physicians Tor
he frs: two years practices. Law
vers were reduced from SO to s'o'
License On penny in the slot ana
weighing machines was reduced from
so TO S.. On each baker other tran
steam bakers the License was increaS-
ed from s35 20 SIS. A tax Of 500 on
dealers who wholesale near beer was
added. The annual lax ora1-
nance fixing the tax on rsa! estate q:
TWO dollars on the 500, with five per
cert discount if paid By September l.
1921. ard five per cent penalty II n&'
paid by December /. 1921 ard SIX per
cent damages assessed if not paid oy
January /, 1922, was read and adept
ed, The only change is the elim!na-
ton of the three per cent allowed dur
;rE certain period.
Councilman Ruben directed atten'
ton to arrests made by the police tot
traffic violations at King and Atre1
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