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Show "It ll.. I I I H Sclicpl Doard Steps Vck ca Building E:causc cf Lack cf Funds... r At a meeting of the School board yesterday yes-terday it was learned -that there In not money enough in the hands' of the treasurer treas-urer of the board to build the new Eighteenth Eight-eenth ward achoolhouae, which will cost about J120.000. Less than half that amount Ife F!lable flt th,a The awarding of contracts for the erection of the building build-ing was postponed Indefinitely. tIH r. a,dlfcu8slon, the matter was re-S re-S to Messrs Geoghegan, O. W. Moyle, William J. Newman and A. A Glauque as a committee, to see what can be done, i!po.rt.0J teachers and schools was IS.a- Ji stated that to keep up the hiirh grade of teachers it had been necessary I'.iI?"6 thelr "alaries, which had fiold th Pr capita for la for the maln-s tenancy of the pupils to til.28, or 90 cents more than that of 1901. The cost of matn-Tenanc? matn-Tenanc? of the schools for the year ending .w,,.eKrolLe1 ln,tne and high S.h9 ! nd school supplies cost fcrfL'S.ll. or 76 cents per capita, 1 he school population is so rapidly increasing in-creasing that room cannot be provided for all the puolls, and half-day Sessions for beginners are Increasing in number. |