The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-21
The Adjourned school Meeting.

The adjourned meeting of the Rutland
Graded School District was held at the
Town Hall last evening.
The meeting was called to order by Gen.
VIM. Y. w. Ripley, moderator, who said
that at the last meeting the trustees had
been instructed to receive and examine
plans and to present them, with estimates
Of cost, TO this meeting. Mr.. Haven would
explain in behalf of the trustees. Joel M.
Haven exhibited large plan of the vii
,age, and said that the trustees had exam
ined lot called civilians knoll, which
is 40 rods from the south line of the dis
trict. The land is not in the market, and
abe cost can only be estimated. 1t is prob
able that the land and building suitable
for six hundred scholars would cost s43,-
0G0. The school lot at the corner of West
and Church streets is nearer to the geo.
graphical center of the district than Will
liams knoll. The lot is too small for a
large building, having seventy feet front
on West street and being two hundred and
sixty feet deep. The adjoining lot on West
street belongs to Mr.. French, has seventy
feet front but is not as deep as the
school lot, being only one hundred and
sixty feet it can be bought for $4,000
The adjoining lots on Church street belong
to Benjamin Merritt and Mrs. Bates, and
can be bought for $4,000 and $4,000 re-
spcctively. These lots, with the present
school lot, would make $4,000 SCI. it,, or
nearly an acre, and would cost 50, 500. The
cost of building and land would be about
$48,000. The present high school lot is
the nearest the geographical center, being
only three hundred rods from the most dis
tant point in the district.
1t has front of one hundred and eleven
feet and is three hundred and fifty feet
deep. The Morse lots adjoining have a
front of seventy feet and the same depth as
the school lot. They can be bought for
$500 and with the present lot give nearly
an acre and half. A plan has been pre-
sented for charging the present high
school building, giving ten school rooms
and large hall for $4,000. Such build
ing would accommodate all the scholars
east of the track and all high and grammar
school scholars west, and dispense with
the school buildings on West street, Green
street and Woodstock avenue. These
could be sold for ten or twelve thousand
dollars.
In examining the records we find that
there is a claim in the deed of the high
school property providing that if high
school is not kept there the property shall
revert to the grantors. The trustees make
this report and recommend the enlarge
ment of the high school building. The
report was accepted and ii. c. Tuttl'
moved that the recommendation be adopt
ed. After discussion, Rev. DR.. Harris, VIM
Y. w. Ripley speaking in favor of adop
ton and DIR. Woodhouse and Miner Hllard
in opposition, the meeting voted not t.
adopt the recommendations.
A motion to adjourn was then made ant
loet.
Miner billiard introduced resolution
that the trustees be instructed to close al
contracts with the end of the school year
as regulated by law; also that they be in
structed to publish report in pamphlc
form, giving an inventory of the propert.
of the district, the expense for the yea
and list of the scholars; that no other pam
phlet or catalogue be published at the eS
pense of the district, and that this shal
cost not over fifty dollars,
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. billiard introduced another resolu