Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-25

Last Friday evening, April 10Th, il
pursuance to published call, the cleo
tors of school district No. 1. met at the
court house in Medicine Lodge 'for the
purpose of considering the best dispo
sition to be made of the school building
and also TO consider size and cost of new
building to be erected, and the purchase
of additional grounds" Director Aber
of the school board presided apd Clerk
Rouse acted as secretary. The attend.
ance was not large, but those present
were enthusiastic in the cause of educa.
tlOn.
y dozen motions were made, some OF
them carried, some were not even con-
sidered; others were so amended that
the movers did not recognize them; but
two motions were finally agreed ON and
adopted.
One. that the district board be auth
oriZed TO sell or dispose OF to the best
advantage possible, the old house and
erect on the site the new school build
ing.
Another motion carried was that the
school board confer with the city coun-
Gil, the property owners east and south
of the present school ground and the
trustees of the Presbyterian church and
ascertain, LIST, if the council will agree
to vacate Walnut street from First to
Second avenue; ID if the property own
ers east and south of the school grounds
will sell for reasonable consideration
part Of their lots; Sd, if the Presbyter-
ian church trustees will exchange the
north end of their church lots for that
part of Walnut street east of the church
to be vacated by the council. The
school board was instructed to report
the result of their inquiries at an adj
jOuned meeting to be held Friday even
ing, eth inst.
In the course of the discussion dur
ing the evening, it was plain to see that
the people would be satisfied with moth
ing less than frst-class school build
ing, one TO cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000; and it was also evident that
they wanted more ground for the school
house yard. If it can be done to the
satisfaction Of all parties concerned,
Walnut street will be moved 40 feet
further east and the present street, di-
rectly east of the school grounds will be
enclosed for additional school yard; the
Presbyterian church will be asked to
trade the north half of its lots for an
equal amount of ground now in Walnut
street, and the north half of three lots
west of the church will also likely be
purchased. The school district will
buy and donate to the city sufficient
land on the east side of Walnut street
to allow that thoroughfare to run
straight from Second avenue to First
avenue. AT present there is log" of
20 feet at the Methodist church.
The district board cannot be too care
full in deciding on plans and cost of
building, and if they are the careful
business men we believe them to be,
they will study well before spending
the money of the district. 1t would be
a great misfortune if the district had to
pay for another worthless and insecure
school building before the obligations
for the old one had been met.
The material In the old building will
be worth more money to the contractor
for the new one than anybody else, and
the board should keep this fact in view.
There will be "howl'' if the old struc-
ture is torn down and the brick sold as
trash.
The adjourned meeting will be held
next Friday evening. April 9th, at the
court house.