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| The Central School was located on Railroad Street (Central Avenue) and was opened in April, 1893. |
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| Schermerhorn Street was renamed Grace Street. |
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| All school photos courtesy Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland. |
Report of Board of Education.
To the
President and Trustees of the Village of Cortland:
Gentlemen: The Board of Education of the
village of Cortland, herewith present their report of the Public Schools of
this village for the year ending Feb. 3, 1891:
1890 PUBLIC
SCHOOL FUND.
Feb. 4. On hand, $3,003.21
Mar. 3. Received from Supervisor, $93.46
April 15. " " State,
$3,050.81
" " " F.
Place, $4.87
" " " Tax, $3,000.
Total: $9,152.35
CREDIT.
By Payments to Teachers, $6,052.
By Cash in Treasury, $3,100.35
Total: $9,152.35
CORPORATION FUNDS.
(Janitors, fuel, repair, supplies and incidental expenses.)
Feb. 4 Over-drawn, $48.48
" Received from tax, $3,525.
Net: $3,476.52
CREDIT.
Paid Janitors, $686.26
" Fuel, $564.07
" Repairs, $491.05
" Supplies and Incidentals, $733.00
Feb. 3,1891, In Treasury, $1,002.14
Total: $3,476.52
The following is a
list of the orders drawn, showing the names of payees and the amount
of each respectively:
Feb., 1890, Holden & Sager, fuel,
$48.98
" C. J. Carpenter, fuel, $6.08
" Hubbard & Buck, hardware, $.18
Mar., G. J. Maycumber, insurance, $8.26
Apr., C. J. Carpenter, janitor, $41.25
" Frank Place, U. S. maps, $12.65
" H. Roraback, janitor, $21.25
" O. M. Sears, janitor, $45.00
" H. B. Phelps, janitor, $10.00
" J. E. Seager, janitor, $42.50
" Beard & Peck, repairs, $.50
" W. H. Clark, printing, $16.75
" Wm. Swarts, labor, $3.75
" Emily C. Ormsby, furniture, $25.00
May, Frank Place, expenses, $4.78
" Clark & Nourse, repairs, $.75
" Holden & Sager, fuel, $97.78
" J. O. Yates, fuel, $2.00
" O. M. Sears, janitor, $20.00
June, W. B. Moore, janitor, $15.00
" Frank Place, supplies, $25.45
" W. S. Dean, side walk, $27.65
" A. Mahan, use of [musical] instrument, $94.00
July, F. Place, expenses, $7.00
" W. W. Gale, census, $50.00
" C. J. Carpenter, janitor, $31.20
" H. E. Phelps, janitor, $10.00
" O. M. Sears, janitor, $25.00
" J. E. Seager, janitor, $10.00
" C. J. Carpenter, janitor, $10.00
" H. M. Kellogg, hardware, $5.66
" J. L. Judd, repairs, $.75
" Frank Place, salary, $70.00
Aug., S. Bolden, carting, $17.00
" J. A. Nixon, insurance, $37.50
" E. Hilligus, trees, $3.75
" E. C. & N. R. R. Co., freight, $8.16
Sept., R. Bushby, express, $.90
" W. Swarts, labor, $55.25
" Warren Rood, brooms, $2.50
" F. E. Whitmore, paper, $1.40
" H. F. Benton, lumber, $3.96
" Buck & Hubbard, hardware, $4.97
" U. Fire Works Co., flag brackets, $11.35
" F. Place, salary, $20.00
" Wm. Martin, fuel, $107.21
" J. A. Nixon, Insurance, $18.00
Oct., Holden
& Seager, fuel,
$115.07
" F. Place, salary, $20.00
" Allen & Bacon, supplies, $3.05
" C. J. Carpenter, labor, $2.03
" G. H. Nottingham, carting, $4.25
" H. Roraback, labor, $1.25
" Cort. Chair & Cab. Co., rods, $1.32
" Holden & Seager, fuel, $127.25
" Wm. Swartz, labor, $5.50
" J. O. Yates, fuel, $6.25
" L. R. Lewis, repairs, $135.68
" And. Mfg. Co., desks, $205.52
Nov., Geo. W. Roe, painting, $3.53
" W. B. Moore, janitor, $15.00
" W. E. Phelps, janitor, $10.63
" O. M. Sears, janitor, $45.00
" W.
W. Gale, janitor, $41.25
" L. D.
Rindge, janitor, $42.50
" H. Roraback, janitor, $21.25
" Taylor & Schermerhorn, rent, $30.00
" F. D. Smith, hardware, $10.97
" W. H. Clark, printing, $2.00
" Frank Place, supplies, $7.10
" " " salary, $20.00
Dec., H. F. Benton, lumber, $18.13
" Buck & Hubbard, hardware, $22.81
" Frank Place, salary, $20.00
Jan., 1891, O. M. Sears, janitor, $25.00
" " Frank Place, expenses, $4.87
" " H. M. Kellogg, hardware, $14.22
" " F.
D. Smith, hardware, $38.67
" " A. S. Brown, brooms, $1.10
" " F. Place, supplies, $2.20
" " Maxon & Starin, fuel, $58.65
" " O. M. Sears, janitor, $20.00
" " W. W. Gale, janitor, $41.25
" " L. D. Rindge, janitor, $21.25
" " H. Roraback, janitor, $21.25
" " H. E. Phelps, janitor, $10.63
" " W. B. Moore, janitor, $15.00
In
looking over the amounts paid as shown above, it must be borne in mind that at
the beginning of the spring term, 1890, to meet the demand for more school room,
the white school house on Church St. was rented and a school opened therein. Another
item of expense not anticipated by us, in making up our budget for 1890, was a
change which in June last we decided to make, to wit: to consolidate our highest grades at the cobble
stone school. To affect this, new single seats and new heaters were purchased
and sundry repairs made. This change cost us about $400, but the results thus
far have demonstrated the wisdom of the division.
We desire
to call the attention of your Honorable body and the public generally to this:
however much we may patch up the cobble stone school house, the fact still remains,
we have outgrown it. It is utterly unfit for a public school. The child's garments
cannot cover the full grown man. The great need of our village is a large commodious
central school, sufficient to accommodate all pupils above the fifth grade with
a primary department for the children residing centrally. This will make sufficient
room for children in primary grades, now deprived of school privileges. Every consideration seems to demand it. With such
a school, Cortland will take its place in fact, as she does now in theory, as one
of the foremost educational centers in the commonwealth.
The
following is a list of the schools now in operation, with the names of the
teachers in each respectively:
Cobble
stone or high school—Miss Bennett, Miss Hunt.
White
school house—Miss McGowan.
Owego
street school—Miss Turner, Miss Cole, Miss Lyman, Miss McNamara.
Pomeroy
street school—Miss Williams, Miss Fairchild, Mrs. Rice, Miss Snyder.
Port
Watson school—Miss Van Bergen.
Schermerhorn
street school—Miss Knapp, Miss Wright, Miss Myers, Miss Cleary.
Dated
Cortland, Feb. 3, 1891.
THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
Village Election.
NOTICE
OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Notice is hereby given that the following is
an estimate of the moneys deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees of the village
of Cortland to be raised by tax for the ensuing year, and the several purposes and
the amounts required by each:
ORDINARY EXPENSES.
For Normal
School bonds, principal $4,000.00
For Normal
School bonds, int. $866.50
For Fire
Department, itemized as follows:
Services
as janitor and engineer, $600
Fuel, $250
Electric
fire alarm supplies and repairs, $300
Ordinary
repairs, $200
Seven
companies C. F. D., $700
Salary
chief engineer, $100
Emerald
Hose Co., bunkers, $50
Hitchcock
Hose Co., $50
Subtotal:
$2,250.00
For
salaries of village officers, $1,500.00
For
contingent fund, $1,000.00
For lights
for streets, $3,500.00
For highway
fund, $5,000.00
For water
hydrant rental, $3,500.00
Total
ordinary expenses, $21,616.50
The foregoing ordinary expenses are raised
by tax upon the taxable property and inhabitants of the village of Cortland for
the year 1891, pursuant to the resolution and direction of the Board of Trustees
of said village, as authorized by the charter.
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.
Resolution No. 1.
Resolved, That the sum of $6,300 be raised by a tax for
the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the Union schools of the
village for the coming year, itemized as follows:
For Teachers' wages and supervision, $3,700.00
For Janitor's services, $600.00
For repairs, $1,200.00
For supplies and incidental expenses, $700.00
Total, $6,200.00
Resolution No. 2.
Resolved, That the additional sum of $3,000 be raised by
tax to defray the current expenses of maintaining streets and crosswalks,
$2,000.00.
Total ordinary expenses, $21,616.50
Total special purposes, $8,200.00
Total, $29,816.50
The two resolutions (above set
forth) to raise tax for special purposes will be submitted to vote by ballot
at the next annual election, pursuant to the requirements of the charter of
the village.
There will also be submitted
to the voters at the next charter election, to be voted upon by ballot, the
following proposition presented to the Board of Trustees by the Board of Education
of said village, as follows:
Resolved, That a sum not exceeding the sum of $30,000 be
raised by issuing bonds or otherwise (as the Trustees of said village shall deem
best) for the purchase of a site and erecting a new central school building in
the village of Cortland.
DANIEL E. SMITH, President.
JOHN HODGSON,
CHARLES T PECK,
CHARLES H. PRICE,
Trustees.
(269w9)
Cortland Schools, Grip’s Historical Souvenir of Cortland, page 96: http://tcpl.org/local-history/documents/county-history-CNY/Grips_of_Cortland/grips092-107.pdf
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