City School Warrants Cleared for Hotel Site
The Superior Court mandates that school funds be used to settle payments for the controversial Tourist Hotel property.
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The superior court has instructed County Treasurer Reed to pay to City Treasurer Atkins the $65,000 school warrants issued for the Tourist hotel property. An amended answer was filed by the defense, contending that the warrants for this site should not be paid from the general fund, but that a special levy had been made to secure the money for such improvements. The court held that, as the money derived from the levy for improvements went into the general fund, any cost for improvements should be paid out of this fund. Treasurer Reed will not appeal the case.
“The superior court has instructed County Treasurer Reed to pay to City Treasurer Atkins the $65,000 school warrants.”
This dispute over the Tourist Hotel property highlights the perennial struggle in Tacoma over public land acquisition, municipal fund accounting, and school district finances—a conversation that remains central to modern city council meetings.
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