Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-17
IEo,A1 DISTRICT MEETING.

le Board of Education Gets EVery-
 thlng.It Asks For-New Buildings
 For the Skinner and Webster Dis
 trIcts-An Additional Appropriation
 For she New School In the Wash
 fnGton District.
 About seyenty-fve persons attended the special meeting of the New Haven school district which was held at Loomis' Temple of Music yesterday afternoon. The meeting had been called for the purpose of acting up- on recommendations made by the board of education to erect new building in the Webster sub- district to increase the appro- priation for the purchase of lot and the erection of 8 school house in the Washing ton sub district, and to purchase lot and erect 8 school house in the Skinner district.
 Postmaster English called the meeting to order at two o'clock and Thomas K. Dunn was elected chairman.
 Hon. J. D. Plunkett was the first one to speak and he set forth the needs of the district. He explained what the board wanted and showed the necessity for sup- plying these wants. He stated that in the district there are 17,S20 children between the ages of and IA, and the total seating capacity of the schools was but Il .9S5. He said he did not mean to imply that all the scholars registered were in the schools, but gave the number actually in attendance at l 13, ,935, and said that the number out of schools between the ages of 5 and IA was ,zS2. He said that as it had been decided l to erect a good brick ten room school build- | ing in the Washington district instead of a wooden one, the $2O,0 900 already appropriat- ed was not enough. He spoke of the over- crowded condition of the Skinner district, and the need of new building in Webster l district.
 The following was offered: That the board of education is hereby authorized to borrow the credit of the district SIS 900 in ad dtion to the sum of $2o.0eo authorized by the dis school house in Washington district. After motion by Edward T. Mccarthy te table the resolution had been lost it was | passed.
 Clerk English then read the following: Voted, That the board of education is hereby au
 ne eo 99 66s H Sf the b lot and erect brick school house of eight rooms in the Skinner district.
 MT. Plunkett stated that there were 27s | children out of school in the Skinner district | After George Hotchkiss, 2d, had objected \ for the second time and Edward Mccarthy \ had made some remarks in which he thought l the board should be empowered to go ahead and spend what money it wanted to and no be calling these special meetings every littl' | WQ1le, the r6SOluUlOQ was passed. Then this was read:
 thorized to borrow on the credit of the district sum not exceeding s5o,OOo with which to erect | upon the site of the present school building. At this point George Hotchkiss arose
 and very emphatically said that all this wa
 8 humbug. Morris F. Tyler offered al
 amendment to the original resolution tha l the building be erected on the site of tn present one. The resolution, as amended | was passed,
 idea of putting ups school houses piecemeal one here and one there. He did not believ l in the board of education calling @ meeting | to get money every year or two. He wanted the board to be given lump sum that woult
 last them ten years and to have it bonded
 Mir Zunder, of the board, stated that h
 thought the indebtedness to be incurred b
 the board by the resolutions then before tn ! meeting ought to be bonded. Mr. McCarth
 then offered the following:
 Resolved. That the board of education be autho
 ized to issue certificates of indebtedness to the
 tent of Sa50O coo running for fifteen years. at rat
 erection of new school buildings ard the dfscharg 1 of the present standing debt; that sinking funt l $15,C00 year be set aside for that purpose, to l under control of committee appointed by th l board of education.
 Morris F. Tyler said the meeting could nc
 order any expenditure of money not include in the call and so Mir. Mccarthy withdrew hi
 resolution.
 Maier Zunder offered the following l Resolved That it is the sense of this meeting th. it would be wise to fund the amount voted at tn
 S of the district of Sse,ooo and also the amount
 ceSsary for the future wants of the district into long bond at a low interest and to create sinkn ! fund to pay off such debt.
 This was passed, and after little furthe | discuesion the meeting was adiOurued