ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1925.
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1 vmXam f fUa eAlAfirtn nf r i ltrVi crhonl Site, we believe the voters of the Roseburff school district should
view the matter from a progressive viewpoint and not confine their selection to the minimum needs of today
alone. .
We believe the purchase of a small additional tract of ground will fail to meet present or future needs of the
schools and it is not in the interest of economy or efficiency. To build on the additional ground would house high
school and grade school pupils in the same building, which is not advisable,, particularly from a standpoint of
discipline.
To us the Bellows tract offers the best opportunity from almost every standpoint. It offers ample ground for
future school growth at a minimum of cost and provides room for all the various school activities. If this tract is
purchased we will not soon have the school ground problem to face again and this at a less expenditure for ground
than with the temporary expedient of buying a small tract of high price land adjoining the present building. It
will also'provide future ground for grade school facilities when needed in that section of the city which also is not
far distant.
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We offer the following comparative features of the two locations.
BELLOWS SITE
The price for 1 1 acres of land is $8250.00 or at the
rate of $750 per acre, which is a less price than rnany
single lots are selling for in an adjoining tract.
The new building can be constructed of concrete
jvhich is materially lower than the cost of pressed brick
and will save the high cost of brick laying.
- The dirt from excavation could be left on the same
tract and build it up and thus avoid any drainage cost.
The railroad crossing is less hazardous than an ordi
nary business street crossing and a guard is on duty there
at all times.
Pupils attending high school are from 1 4 years of
age upwards, and they are capable of looking after their
physical safety.
No additional expense would be required for janitor
work 'more in a new building than in an addition because
a janitor can only handle a certain amount of work and the
building of an addition would require another janitor any
way. Four walls would be required on the new addi
tion or all the present light from the north side of the
building would be cut out.
CENTRAL SITE
The cost for additional ground is $9000 for three
small lots. This is the price with the present owner re
moving the buildings now thereon.
The present architecture would have to be followed
in constructi6n of an addition and the cost would be much
higher because of the present high price of pressed brick.
The dirt from excavation would have to be hauled
away from the premises by team for disposal at an in
creased cost over excavation on the Bellows site,
The noise of railroad trains interferes with routine
school work at the present high school. Why add to this
inconvenience by adding more school rooms there.
If only an addition to the present building is built,
when more school facilities are needed in very few years,
at the present growth, additional ground will then have
to be bought at much higher prices. The present heating
equipment is not satisfactory and a new boiler would have
to be added while the heating pipes would cost as much
as in a new building.
The price of the land for any other central location proposed would be so high that the cost would be
prohibitive. "
The bonds issued for the cost of the proposed site and building will largely be paid for by the generation of
children now attending the schools and we believe they are almost unanimously in favor of the West Side
location.
Further, the committee of 45 citizens appointed by the school board to investigate the matter of a site, after a
careful examination of all sites and considering the prices of the various tracts, voted by a majority of two to one
in favor of the Bellows tract. Let us us e foresight in our decision.
LLOYD L. CROCKER
O. L. JOHNSON
MRS. S. L. KIDDER
H. B. HUDSON
MRS. WILLIAM BELL
.WILLIAM BELL
J. E. PICKENS
G. C. FINLAY
S. L. DeLAPP
A. C. SEELY
F. 1 1. CI IURCHILL
11. B. CHURCH
V. T. JACKSON
B. R. SHOEMAKER
G. V. WIMBERLY
J. E. RUNYAN
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