, 1866-03-17
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SpecfaI MeettDs-lncFease Of School Ae-
comnudAtlonx-kep and Recon-


SpecfaI lMeetinE-IncFeaSe of School Ae.
commodatlons-Kep and fEecoua-
mendN1lONk.
A special meeting Of the Boatd Of Edncation wa
held last evening IN the rooms OF the Board, La
Sale strcet, the President, Z. n. Holden, in the
chair.
There wert present the following Inspectors:
Ballantyne, BlackmAn, Clarke, Le1Vttt, Ryder,
Steele, Tinkkan,, Wentworth and RunSau.
The reading Of the minutes weHe dispensed with.
The Committee on Buildings snd Grounds who
were tnst1 ucted BY resolution Of the Board. to make
inquiries and report the czpedfency or selecting
snd purchasing grounds Tor school purposes sonth
irack, md NEST Of Haistcd street. reported, thss
theY had eonferred with parties owning tand IN
thai vicinity. and had found fereral lots which
provided. The Committee recommended tho puz,
chase OF lot, Or lotr in the vicinity, villa 'front.'
p[ al sst s6 tses. and depth of al least 80 Feet
erected thereon containing six eleht rooms- The
report tpecined several lon In Walsh's addition TO
| Chicago, which cond BE- purchased for the SUM o.
yesry rental Of onc onzr per foot front and taxed
for The period Of four years. The report WEE Nc
! teptsa. -~,. .s,,,rr,7 tha
naatter Of consiEretInR branch school bn49ms n
| lie western porton Of the Blown seheet assslc9,
recommended h of4 na 9t r. nt ,rsO .ss ii
III Or eight room trsnch building thereon The
anoroxtmste eet1mate Of The building would Be
Ths .sme Committee reported, recommending
,he uurrhsse of lots for school purposes, as follows:
For fhe Franklin dtstxtet, to relsare the Ogden.
Corner Of seaSvtek stree. snd Chicago avenue.
| Aiso lot near the corner of Elizabeth and Lake
streets, to relieve the Washington and Drown
e iss'0 eeethxssf 81 qa.rs9 seeion sssse q e
TtIte1e the MoeeleJ and Bridgeport schools. a lo
near lhe North West corner Of block =, IL shef
nov Used IN lie Wells district when .hs new build
ing shall be ready for Occupation. 4 lot on th,
tonth west eorue. Of section II, Dear ehe corner Q
1ain md TTe}h tee N connection w1t1 ~ ~ r.
tize Of the lota be not ees th,n 1so By 20 ieet
Inspector Blacsznan ttoua the special comraitte,
nrpptnlec to confer with the Ctt} Comptroller VII
| view to ascertain II funds eould be obtained y
couttrnet br7reh school bui!dtnrtito relieve tn
present and pFes.1ns wants for greater school II
1 con1pooda,ton. submitted tho following:
| Tint they hare had N t1tarV1eW With The Cit
Comptroller, and he says he knows Of NO other wn
10 raisc fund.- fur the immediate erection OF sehot
7 bulldogs. except 10 borrow temporarily. mod Il
which hc would have 70 pa7 an interest Of ten ps
CENT per annur1, With tho understanding that III
temporary loan ebouJd b. pad from the proceeds {
On lie 1t of January, 15G7. for the erection {
school build1ngs, CT from The school sund' af
| part from both ~.
the Board ask the Comptroller 10 borrow non x II
I, to time eEch amount or amounts a. r.. tn Ex,r
D needed TO construct such hul4dins7 =; '1r yna su
may deem advisable to authoI'te e. oh ohherestfer ma
hold BY pu1ehase or lea$s* hsso 1e nlsee On tho n
heightened o,~euss9n, = ,oGs sse Pe+1cra! report!
eomnenda1ons sopsas'efn "a a. ~ npeeesstY e1stlng 4
sSai,ion,l ,ehool Recommendation, ,hoat II ths q,
|. her Of chi,drru WHO were snaa1A% :
deetitn1e Of sdnsaa1s1 sss tha an!1oEtaR:
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