Show PURPOSES OF PROPOSED BOND ISSUE be because e several inquiries equities have been made to us concerning the cosent need for the bond issue proposed by the board of education it 0 la thought do doable desirable able to present to the people the following explanation t ion ati retails are re giyen because we feel g on that rbt t the citizen ill is entitled 1 t led to know duno what has haa been done e with th the funds fund of the county in the erection of school buildings la in may 1916 bonds for fifty thousand dollars were sold for the purpose of erting erecting a build building mir in Para adwan flur one room school buildings and buildings in enoch and summit the estimated costs coats were about as follows one room buildings five thousand dollars two thousand five hundred dollars each parowan carowan building forty thousand dollars arrangements were begun immediately to erect the buildings the four one room buildings at mo me done dena yale sahara and midvalley Mid valley were built during the summer of 1916 at a total cost of four thousand three hundred fifty six dollars and chrity two cents 1356 32 this you will note is about six hun bun dred fifty dollars less lesa than the esti mated cost bids were called for on the other bul dinga but the rise in arises had occurred so that on oct 11 II 1616 the lowest bid that could be had for the buildings build insa at summit enoch and Par olvan was gas a total of 43 00 this thia bid was made on the condition that the materials in the old building at paro wan could be used in the construction of the new buildings the board accepted this bid given although it left no funds for the plumbing and heating of the building prices continued to rise so BO that the allowances made in the general contract for brick bric kand and hardware were insufficient this added 90 to the cost of the building and used up all funds at this point the board considered the ad advisability kimbill ty of not act finishing I 1 t the he parowan carowan building but decided it was more economical to complete the work even at high prices than to lose in interest and depreciation a good part of the forty seven thousand dollars already spent so that the work went on the plumbing and heating was originally estima ted red to cost time nine thom thousand d dollars when bids were called for the lowest figure submitted due to the sudden increase in the price of plumbing P I 1 supplies was for 00 this bid was accepted after the people of parowan carowan had agreed to let act as aa security for money borrowed until the school district could be asked to vote the noces bury ary funda fund totaling the cost coat of the he three buildings we have there for ore the following general con construct for enoch and summit 00 general coo con tract for Par parowan wart 00 E ex tra on brick and hardware for par owan so 80 plumbing heating parowan carowan Pa rowan 00 extras to date at enoch and summit 00 extras at P carowan parowan Pa rowan wan 2132 60 total 50 this thia is s twenty seven thousand dollars over the original estimate is now the only community having inadequate school buildings building the school 13 A not cut satis facto rily lighted and the room rent ed for the primary grades la is entirely unsatisfactory no one in the county can oppose the conten tion that a building in is i needed and in justice should be built it is a question whether it should be built in war times we i have asked for and received advice from experts and from the state school authorities and we are advised to build health is fundamental in corn com life the heating beating is not good and the toilet system is is a menace we are practically compelled to change conditions and it seems most economical to make both charges changes together the proposed bond issue is to do these three things I 1 pay for the completion of the parowan carowan building 2 erect a four room building at 3 build indoor toilets toilet and install a heating plant at paragonah Para gonah astall these are estimated to cost 00 0 1 and 00 respectively ce ively the be present ent proposed bond issue of is asked for to meet these estimated expenditures with this work completed the schools of the county are well housed until increase in population demands more room the people may well oll be proud of their school buildings throughout the district if these improvements are made I 1 po isible |