San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-08
JOHNSONSCHOOL
TRADED BY CITY
FOR NEW BLOCK
Mrs. c. E. Hoff Vigorously
Opposes Trade and Mrs.
Guerra Not Voting.
RAISE TAX RATE
Take Slice Off Old School
and Give Rest With $685.
600 for Electric Park.

A school tax rate of GO cents on the
500 valuation was fixed by the San
Antonio school board at an adjourned
meeting, Wednesday afternoon. At
former meeting of the school board
letter from Commissioner of Taxation
Pfeiffer was read in which the Commits
sioner informed the board that the
assessed valuation of all property in
the city was S1S0019, ITO, and request
ed the board to fix the school tax rate
as soon as possible. The rate last year
was 30 cents.
In confOrmance with the promise
made by the school board during the
bond election campaign last year, the
rate was not increased by more than 10
cents. Nine cents is to care for the in
terest and sinking fund on the $1,000
900 bond issue voted last year, and the
remaining cent is for maintenance.
Approximately one-fourth of the
school tax is necessary to meet the de-
mands of the interest and sinking funds
required by various bond issues. The
total maintenance tax is Al cents, and
the tax for interest and sinking funds is
16 cents.
As a result of the proposition present
cd to the school board that met as 4
committee of the whole last Saturday
afternoon. whereby the Electric Park
site would be given 10 the board for
49,, 900 cash and for part OF the John
| son school property, Guilbeau and
Flores streets, the school board author
lied the trade at the adjourned meet
ing, Wednesday. The Electric Park
site will be held by the school board as
a prospective site for the erection of
senior high school when the need for
another senior high school becomes i'm
peratiye.
Mrs. HOn Opposes Trade.
The proposition as presented anew
by an agent for George Rumbaugh,
owner of the property, calls for the pay
ment of $50, 200 cash and the transfer
of the johnson school property, with the
exception of a strip 30 feet wide by go
feet long to be retained by the school
board, in exchange for the Electric
Park site. The property retained by
the school board on Guilbeau street will
| possibly be used for central storeroom
for school supplies, it was indicated.
| Funds for the cash consideration will
not come out of the S2,O0O.00O voted
| last spring, 1t was explained.
Mrs. c. F.. Hoff vigorously opposed
! the trade and voted mo" when the ques-
ton was demanded. Mrs. Henry Guerra
stated that while she did not oppose the
plan, she would prefer to have time to
, investigate before she cast her vote. She
did not vote. DIR. W. II. Hargs, Mrs.
Il, ron Eastburn. J. X. Beretta and
Herbert peairs voted in favor of the
proposition.
Buy Some More Space.
! In all cases the lowest bids were ac-
cepted on work for the pruitt avenue
| junior high school. The general con-
tract was given to J. c. Dielmann whose
| bid was S129,07J.50. The lowest bid
on the installation Of a heating plant
was that of West and Gutzeit for S00S5.
The lowest bid for plumbing, SS,S36. was
also submitted by West and Gutzeit.
Electrical work was granted to the
Travis Electrical Company, whose bid
was $500.
| At the first meeting in March, plans
for five Junior high schools will have
been completed and the school board
will be able to call for bids on that date
! Phelps and Devices, school board archi'
| tects, informed the school board. Should
bids be called for at that time, siz
junior high schools will be opened by the
beginning of the school term next Sep
TENDER. the architects said.
Although the school board members
asserted that they did not know from
where the money was to come, the!
voted to purchase tract adjoining thu
Travis school for $4,000. Mrs. HOf
asserted that the school board appeared
to have plenty of money and urged tn
purchase of the property.