The Portland daily press., 1878-04-02

The Bracket street school house is brought
to the notice of the public again by an article
in this mornings PRESS over the well known
initials of "N. d." who claims that the school
rooms were, at the time of his visit, "entrely
free from the slightest faint in the atmos-
phere'' He claims in fact, that every one
whose attention has been called to the subject
is mistaken. himself excepted. Now is it pos
sible that N. D. is a deodorizer? That the at
mosphere iu the school rooms is free from
faint when he is present, aud at other times so
bad that no one before has pretended to deny
the fact that the air in that school house is i'm.
pregnated with disease, and that some of the
children attending that school have been made
sick by it, and the health of the others endan-
gered SO that they have had to be taken out of
school? That point has not been denied be.
fore, but what the remedy should be has been
the question agtated; whether in the present
state of our finances we ought, or can afford,
to build new school house, or to repair the
old infected building, which when repaired
and made suitable for school house will not
be large enough; and where and how to get
the money to do either have bsen the points
discussed. Now, then, if the twelfth juryman
is mistaken, and the eleven obstinate jurors are
right, and consequently the school house ought
to be repaired, or another, or what would be
better still, two moderate cost school houses
built, where shall we get the money? The
Mayor very properly informs US that we have
hot the money, and are limited 10 amount from
hiring, until we pay part of our indebtedness.
Now, the suggestion L wish to make is if we
have not the money, and are not allowed to
hire for necessary purposes, We fortunately
nave property that we don't want, don't need,
because it is of no profit whatever, that will
bring money. 1 refer to the city farm, with
out the buildings. The same can be cut up
into house lots which would be eligible and
| salable, on which houses would be built. that
| otherwise will be built in Deering where lots
| can BIZ had at a price for which this farm land
| can and ought to be sold, thus adding the land,
as we'll as the houses, to the taxable property OF
| the city.
Two streets running through the city farm
| parallel with St. John street, would furnish
| splendid and durable lots on which to build,
| that would be IN demand.
The sale of this land in the manner above
mentioned will furnish money to build school
houses, and add to the taxable property of the
| city. The labor that is now expended on that
farm without profit. can be used where it will
do the most gooi, probably on the streets
Mr.. EDroR- AT last we have an opinion
on the troublesome Bracket street school
house" question. ''what is an opinion All.
ter physicians, architects, builders and scienti'
fic experts 10 heating and ventilation, have ex-
amined the subject and given their ideas, with
singular unanimity in D." has condescended
to leave his favorite topic and turn his mind
and poke his nose into this subject, and Tue
public havs the result of his Investigations 10
your issue Of yesterday morning. After Inc
the subject had been discussed for weeks IN tne
newspapers, and the school authorities nae
Cleaned out the vaults, and exhausted all tn'