The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-01-28
THE INDT STRIAL SCHOOL.
TIE BOARD DECIDES TO INDE-
FINITELY POSTPONE.
An Action of the Board w Inch the Chron-
icIe Regrets and Which the People
Will Not Endorse.

eiph last week At the meeting held some
weeks ago the question Of establishing an
Industrial School was postponed until the
meeting in January. This session OF the
Board was therefore looked forward TO
with much interest 1t was confidently ex
pected that with the three offers of Raleigh,
kinston and Charlotte they would estab-
lish the school at one of these points. But
these expectations We're not to be realized.
1t is the first time in the history Of North
Carolina that there was so ausplclouS an
opportunity to do something practical to
give Us skilled labor-and the opportunity
was neglected. The school Is ''indetinltely
postponed, . and the Board has failed to
respond to the popular demand to invest
a few thousand dollars in an institution
that would have given prestige TO the
State, as well as trained young men in
the knowledge of mechanical arts "a knowl
edge much needed.
The Offers Made to the Board.
There were three offers made to the Board,
viz: one from Charlotte, which we have
before published, of 5000 in cash and a
site; one from kinston-not "a big town
but full of live and progressive men, as
evidenced by this Otfer-of $40, 600, and a
site-wc have no particulars of the offer
except as thus briefly stated and one from
Raleigh of So 900, a site IN the city worth
SDUU, lIt OIt EAI)ONllIOI DllIuliS NoltH
between 50, 900 and s., ,000 the use of the
twenty acres Of ground and the free use
of convictS to tear down and remove the
Exposition buildings These were the Of
fers-neither of them were accepted and
the establishment of the school was in
definitely postponed.
Offer Made by the City of Raleigh.
The following resolutions We're adopted
by the Board of Alderman of the city of
Raleigh, at a meeting held on Jan. 1S, 50:
RESOLVED 1st, That the establishment Of
an Industrial School for manual training
is necessary for the Improvement and we'll
being OF onr city and its citizens, as a part
of our public school system.
RESOLVED ed, That the sum of five thous
and dollars is hereby appropriated to es-
tabIsh CT aid in the establishment of such
| Industrial School at Raleigh, n. G.
RESOLVED Sd, That a committee of three
be appointed to notify the Board of Agri
culture If North Carolina of this action,
| and secure such additional aid as may be
necessary, or to offer on behalf of the city,
| said sum of five thousand dollars and such
other property as they may be authorized
to offer on behalf of the Trustees of the
/ North Carolina Exposition and of the
! North Carolina Agricultural Society and
| private citizens to secure the location of a
/ State Industrial School in or adj iacent to
I this ci;y.
/ The committee appointed, &. f. Leach,
Chm n; 7. O. Moring and j. 5. Wynne,
presented the resolutions together with
The following address 10 the Board:
RALEIGH, n. g., Jan. 20, 1886.
! To The Hon. The BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
OF NORTH CAROLINA,
GENTLEMEN: Pelsuant to the accompa-
nying resolutions adopted al "a recent meet
/ ing of the Board Of Aldermen of the city
! of Raleigh. and by virtue of authority of
said Board Of Aldermen appointing the
undersigned a committee to confer with
your honorable body and to make propo-
sition for the establishment of the State
f Industrial School a. the city Of Raleigh,
| we herewith make The following tender to
the Board OF Agriculture
/. The use of twenty acres of land at
the west end of the Fair grounds of the
State Agricultural Society located one mile
west OF the CITY of Raleigh, and immedi
ately on the lines of the \. c. and 4. d
A. Railways worth from 81 900 to 81 500.
?. The buildings of the late State E.,ro-
sition Society, worth as lumber So, 900; or
standing as to be partially utilized
for the Agricultural Farm s., 900. The
gift of this building is absolute, to be used
by the Agricultural Department in any way
it may see fit In connection with the Of
fer of this building we call attention of the
Department to the resolution of the AS
sembly Of 1885 authorizing the Peniten-
tary authorities to use convicts in taking
said building down free of cost.
3, one acre of land in an eligible por-
ton of the city of Raleigh as a suitable
site for the school, worth $500, cost valua-
ton. This offer is upon the condition that
the school is located on it.
4. a gift of five thousand dollars from
the corporation Of the city of Raleigh
In making this proposition to your hon
orahle body, we do so in good faith, with
the hearty approval Of the people of our
city and that of many leading citizens in
, other localities and almost the entire en-
dorsation of the State press, and with the
earnest conviction that no location in our
State can be selected, better adapted to
the purposes in view than our city. 1t is
the Capital Of your State, centrally located
, the headquarters of the Board of Agricul-
ture, convenient of access, as healthy as
any portion Of the state surrounded by
, churches OF all denominations. and where
the youth Of the school will have the ad
yantages derived from the association OF
! representative men filling the executive
( legislative and judicial branches of the
f State government. We respectfully make
this proposition and leave the entire mat
/ ter in your hands, believing it will NEE
n with your careful and patriotic consider
h alton
! G. E. LEACH,
t =. 9. MORING, Com.
+ ]. S. WYNNE.
t These resolutions and this address hay,
Il not before been printed. The CHR0NICL
d thinks the people ought to see what Raj
eigh proposed to do
The Resolution of the Board.
NJ hprpaS np6pr tho nroS-iSioD of 10 IN
of the General Assembly entitled an ac
to establish and maintain an Industria
School, chapter 30s, laws 1885, the dona
= ton by some city or town of the State 9
lands, buildings, machinery OF other ma
u teIials or money TO an amount adeduat