Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-04-20

cry SCHOOL BoARD.-A meeting of the
"a was held last night at the request of
w. W. committee on schoolhouses, as 1t was
~, TO be impossible to erect the new
''ii1oC in the time proposed. AL the
gamheTs were present, and Supt. Carne,
r'sn, the committee, stated the difficulty
~. Nd proposed, instead Of using the bricks of
' ap Id building, to keep the schools in it
vii tbe new oGe shall be finished.
Mr. Vincent preferred closing them on the
- fsj smth opposed closing, and thought
:, could pay to pave with the bricks.
Mr. Strauss also opposed closing and
.s-nsst it would cost too much to rent
f'I jaJgs stuart (Col Smith in the chain
,5soped the entire course of the dis.
c..on by presenting the petition of
{ Uhier aad other prominent ctizens
,I,,lc resi :lig in the neighborhood, asking
gst me board reconsider its vote of Friday
lat aud place the building on or near the
.,o,bwest corner Of the lot. He advocated
tse change in telling speech, urging the
b,srd 10; to destroy the lawn and trees on
Nh. corner bur 10 choO-e the more quiet and
G,ttsr location Besides, ne said, the cree
nan Of such building Should not be hur-
red
col Satin replied With much force He
jflpot th;uk The chairman happy in his re
.rspce to he noisy courtroom that Was
m the corner Cf I'VE busy streets here
nai,ber street wss paved Col Stuart had
.en fasl here would be q damp court be-
tween Ire cd and the new building. 1t
woulG ne % feet wide and that wcu,d give
Ill the IN and air necessary. A change of
Ocalion would divide the Fairgrounds too.
Besides. the faIther the house could be
nIaced from the railroad the better it would
s,spl. sIr White. ono of the petitioners,
had Tod him tnat the vibration bad already
rilred his hause, though farther of. Be-
.tlts should wing be needed hereafter
where was it to 20? He had great respect
for the petitioners, but they were suffering
noiniurv, and he had doubts as to the right
Of the board to change the location at
neeiiug called for another purpose.
Mr.. Strauss said his mind remained un
changed by any Of the reasons assigned for
.change and be should vote against one.
Mr.. Vincent had frankly told Col. Smith
that he should change his vote. The house
would be better on the corner, but he was
giluC to ohige the neighbors.
Mr. W. F. Carne said he should have
voted with the majority had he been present,
but further consideration had satisfied him
that it would cost 81 900 to make the neces
sary improvements on the south, should the
honse be upon the corner. Besides, he be-
Iieyed that some day national aid would be
extended to Washington's old school. Our
children would see fuer building arise
about it than we could erect
NJ SUaepav had thnnpht If heat n have
p5siponed the decision until Monday night;
then the board could have acted with more
knowledge and change would have been
necessary. He was not particular as to the
;iie but thought the property holders ought
oba consulted.
Mr. W. F. Carne replied that it would
have only delayed the matter to have done
90 as those petiiiDner would not then have
heeu heard from he, too, thought they
should BIO consulted.
Judge Stuart then offered the following
rtsoIuliou
Resolved, That the new achool be located at or
mar the southern intersection of the lot owned
b7 this Board on Washington str ct, instead of at
NE southeast corner of Washington aud Wolfe
streets
Mr. Strauss thought the board haG. moth.
ipg to do with outsiders it had received
lie trust OF providing for the schools and
must exercise its Judgment in so doing MIR.
Vincent differed with him ; he thought the
petitioners as much interested, or more, IN
de matter than the trustees. T0ere must
bea spirit OF compromise.
Col Smith saw no compromise in the mat
Ter. What injury had the petitioners sus
tanned He was always glad to hear the
trustee from the Third ward MIR. w. +.
Camel aud thought his dream q pretty one,
bur it was merely dream. The people had
! blit magnificent monument TO Washing
too. I, was very uoikely that Congress
would ever build house for ns when it
would not even pass the Blair bill.
Mr. w F. Carne did not object to his re-
marks being called dream, but it was enc
likely to come true Each succeeding gen.
s;alicn vas likely, 90 history showed, to
bOgor the early benefactors of It's nation.
No people had ever failed to do 30, and his
dream was quite as likely to be realizsd as
Mount Vernon Avenue. As 10 the Blair
bill nine tenths of the people favored 1t,
aud the people would, ere long, have their
Way and elect d Congress which would give
Ito them. He suggested that to avoid all
doubt as 20 the proper course of proceedings
'-"lV Vuc WHO udu NUtSu VIII thO n'pJ0.Hy
On Friday move a reconsideration, and MT.
sweeney, saying that he thought the wishes
The people ought to bs consulted, did 50,
apd the motion was carried. Ayes-M essrs,
Bryant W. F. Carne, Fendall. Leadbeater,
;NatOuFy, Stuart, Sweeney and Vincent, ).
Aoe'-Messrs Ailcheson, Mauk!n. Smith
\ aud Strauss, 4
N Sweeney then asked whether the old
house could still be used while the new one
4 Vas being built at the corner. Would not
'ae oundations have TO be too near?
Mr.. Vincent said the matter had not &C.
cured to him. The foundations would be
Sllaln j inches of the old wall aud would,
U course, render it unsafe,
Nj Marbury, having been engaged Wild
: tae Council Committee on Light, had not
i heard all the facts in the case, and would
IKE 10 do so, hsfors voting. Several trus
se' repeated briefly the reasons they had
gwen, and Judge Stuart's resolution was
.l5n adopted as substitute for the recon-
ss'eIed motion. Ayes-Messrs. Bryant, w.