Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-25
THE REFORM SCHOOL,
Ohio County Offers Choice Of Six
Farms,
OR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH.
Tina State Commissioners to be Notified al
Once.
MEETING OF THE BOARD, YESTERDAY

II liberal action lon the part OF Ohi'
county will avail anything, we will &c
the State Reform School.
At Yesterdays special session of tn
B,srd of Commissioners, the Clerk was In
strueted TO offer the State Commissioners
cboiee of six Ohio county farms, or in heT
If either ofthem ten thousand dollars Il
cash and Superintendent of Schools Nor
gan President Of the Board, will be a
once notified Of the action of the Commits
siOners.
The special committee appointed at 9
recent session of the Board considered
seven Ice cations, and laid them before the
Board, in its report. These locations were
as follows: The J. @. Hervey farm, 100
acres: the John Z. Sisson farm, l5O acres
the Peter Delaplaine farm, 274 acres; the
Henry Hall farm, 20 acres; the Samuel
Niece farm, 123 acres; the Kimberly
ferm- of - acres, and the Steenrod
farm. of &c acres. All these farms are
close 10 the city, easy of access by railroad
and nike. and either one would make
very desirable location for the proposed In
stitution. In addition TO the farms In
cludsd in the above list, the Knox farm,
of 4O acres. was suggested at yesterday s
meeting. but nothing definite was done IN
rsgard to it. As has been stated IN the
REGISTER heretofore, the State Commits
sion Is not disposed to seriously consider
anv offer including less than 100 acres OF
land. and for this reason any farm OF
less than that area must have enough pur-
cbssable land adjoining to bring 1t up to
or over the desired size. Several OF the
farms On the list submitted to the Board
Yesterday are of less area than 100 acres,
but in nearly every case adjoining land
can be purchased at a reasonable figure.
There was quite long discussion among
the members of the Board as to the merits
and price of the various localities suggest
ed. 1t was agreed by all that the school
would be a very desirable institution for
Ohio county, and the disposition was gen.
eral that if $40, 1000, or Its equivalent IN
land. would bring the school here, the
county ought to make the offer. 1t was
understood all the farms included above,
with one exception, could be purchased
inside the Sl0,O 600 limit, some at cOnsid-
erably less figure, but in one or two In
stances the necessary additional land TO
make M the 100 acres desired, would run
the cost up to $4,000 or S13,0OO The
exception noted is the Kennedy farm, the
cost of which, including enough adjoining
land TO make 100 acres, would be Sl6, OOI
or S17. 600. This is higher than the Board
is willing to 60.
The Kimberly farm is perhaps the most
desirable of the lot, being situated
directly on the B. 4 o. road,
and very close to the city. Thi;
farm is controlled by the Crescent Build
ing Association, and is held at S., 600. II
contains u acres, and lies well. The ad-
Joining land, owned by Hugh Clark, car
be purchased at a low rate. When the
Commission was here, a week or ten days
500. this farm was discussed at great
length, and all the members expressed
their approval Of it.
After deVoting a good deal of time to an
earnest consideration of the matter, the
Board agreed to offer the State Commits
sioners a choice of the SteenrOd, Hervey,
ID slaplaine, Sisson, MCGEE or Kimberly
farms, or in lieu of either of them $40, 00C
in cash, as an inducement to locate the
school here.
The indications are very decided thai
one of Ohio county's offers will be selected
Certainly, the State could not do better.