Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-25
EDGEFIELD.
Needing OF the Board Of Mayor and
| Aldermen

Needing OF the Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen.
An adjourned meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen was held last night,
the Mayor and all the members present.
Aid. Morrow from the Committee on I'm
proyements and Expenditures, to whom
was referred the bill providing for the cree
ton OF school building in Edgefeld, re
ported that the views of the committee diff
fered as to how the building should be
erected. The committee were unit as to
the necessity of "a building, but differed as to
the policy of issuing bonds, some Of the
members being of the opinion that it would
be better to purchase the lot this year and
levy q special tax next year in order to put
up the building. He ther efore returned
the bill for such action as the Board might
take.
Mr.. John Frizzell, member ofthe Board
of Education, said it was impossible to &C.
commodate the children in the present
building, and it was for the Board to devise
some means which would furnish room for
the increase in pupils constantly going on.
He thought that it was right for posterity
to help pay for substantial improvements
for the benefit of the school children. Any
such improvement would be of benefit to
those who come after Us and while he would
hesitate about going into debt for other
improvements, he was certainly in favor of
issuing bonds for building a school-house.
Aid. Hales said he was heartily in favor
of providing for the purchase of lot and the
erection of the proposed building.
Aid. jenkins was also in favor of the i'm
provement at once. With such building
the corporation could save in rent $500 per
annum, which would go far toward paying
the interest.
Aid. Cooper was in favor of schools, but
did not think that it would require 10000
for the purposes contemplated. He thought
ST., 900 sufficient. He was opposed to the
corporation having fastened on it the
enormous sum ofS20, 900 for interest on its
bonds.
Aid. Morrow opposed the passage OF the
bill on the ground of financial expediency.
He took the ground that the corporation
could save at least 20 per cent. by building
with the cash in hand. If these bonds were
issued to the amount of $4,000 payable in
20 wears, the interest in that time would
be 10000, and add the $4,000 raised from
the bonds, would make sn expenditure of
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hand could be erected for 900.
Aid. Thompson favored the issuance of
the bonds and the contemplated improve
ments.
Mr.. Frizzall said all this talk about going
on credit did not amount to anything
many men have started out without dol
lar, and by borrowing and good manage
ment and economy have made fortunes
In the remarks of Aid. Morrow he had
made no calculation about the value of the
improvement at the end of twenty years,
and how much interest such an investment
would pay the corporation.
After considerable discussion, Aid. Nor
| row offered an amendment to the bill pro-
viding that q committee of three from this
board to act in conjunction with similar
committee from the Board of Education be
| APPOINTED aud authorized to purchase lot
| suitable for the erection Of school house,
and that they be authorized to agree to pay
| for the same on l, 2, 3, 4, and years time
| The amendment was adopted.
| Aid. Jenkins offered an amendment pro-
viding that of the sum mentioned, the sum
| of SI.5O0 or a sufficient amount thereof
shall be expended in the building of wing
| or wings to the school building in North
Edgefeld now belonging to the corporation.
Adopted.
The bill was then passed on its second
reading, and on motion of Aid. Morrow was
referred to a committee of three consisting
of Messrs. Morrow, Thompson and Horn.
The bill provides for the issuance of $40, 900
in certificates payable twenty years after
date for the purpose of building a school
house. .-...........
Aid. Thompson offered bill defining the
duties of Street Overseer, which passed on
three several readings under a suspension
of the rules.
The two bills to enforce the building of
Filewalks were called up. A vote was
taken on the one introduced by Aid.
Thompson and rejected. Aid. Morrow's
bill was then passed or second reading and
referred to the Street Committee.
TIE Board then proceeded to the election
of Street Overseer. T. S. Blair, Benz.
Craddock, John Myers and James Patter-
son were nominated. T. S. Blair was
elected on first ballot.
The Board then adjourned.