The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-05-04
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Members of School Board

the City Superintendent and the City
Clerk that the overdraft in order t.
complete the present school term tx
the end Of the school year will be
between $11 10000 and $12,500.00.
Now in order to be absolutely fail
let us give the present school board
credit for the amount of the over
draft which was left by the former
school board, the amount Of which
was $3326.92. Let us deduct this
from the amount Of the overdraft
which the city records show the pre-
sent school board will have, 81, ,O72.-
90, and still we have an overdraft
for the present school board which
will amount to $7476.41 at the close
of the school year 1922, to which
must be added the additional bills
which will come in.
Let us go even farther in order to
be more than fair to the present
school board.
Let us deduct from their present
school costs the amount of the bills
which they say were saddled unto
them by the former school board, the
amount of which was $874.64, and let
it be remembered again that these
bills were for supplies used by the
school board this year, but which
happened to be ordered by the form
er Superintendent, but were delivered
to the schools during the summer
vacation for use this year, and we
still have an overdraft for the pre-
sent school year amounting to
$6,S71.76.
Now Mr.. and Mrs. Taxpayer do
you think the Times has been fair
enough. We have allowed credit
for the former school board over
draft, we have allowed credit for all
the bills of the former school board
which they contracted for, we have
credited them with every nickle
which they claim, and still we have
an over draft of $6S71.76, and mind
you there will be other bills that
must be added to this for the schools,
must have SUPPLIES for the next
thirty days which they have to run.
Now let US see how this compares
with past year over which the pre-
sent administration has made such a
howl. .s
- The 1922 school board had total
receipts amounting to $55,171. 67 and
an overdraft amounting to $3326.51,
or total expenditure of $58, ,49S.18.
The 1922 school board had
total receipts amounting to $685.
IL. and an overdraft amounting to
$11, ,O72.92, Or a total expenditure of
$66, ,432.03.
Now deduct from this the overdraft
of the former school board of $3325.51
and we have total school cost this
year of Ga, Jos. 80, to which as we
said before must be added the bills
which will come in from now until
the close of the school year. We
have only taken the bills on file
and the teachers -jaintors wages.
The economy school board cost the
taxpayers $63, ,105.52, while the school
board which the present administra-
tion charged as being extravagent
and wasteful cost the taxpayers $685.
498.18, or a difference Of $47O7.35.
This statement may open the eyes
of even the members of the school
board and will probably be revela-
ton to the President Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Anderson. They have. accused
the Times Of riding the school board
and giving figures which we could not
back up. We sincerely hope they
do not doubt their own City Clerk
and their own books, for if they have
another source through which they
obtain their figures we would be
more than pleased to have the source
of this information. If the school
board has set of records for their
own use other than those open to
the public and which are contained
in the office of the City Clerk, then
possibly the Times is mistaken, but
if the figures which they use are the
same which are open to the tax
payers. and we have no doubt that
they are, then the figures in this
article must be taken as correct. Mr.
Bryan and Mr.. Anderson, Mr.. Swan.
by, Mr.. Haugen, and few others to
the contrary.
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