Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-07
\ New School building.

When George II. Wittg takes II
public Improvement in his head he
never stops until he Gets it under way.
He has become convinced lately that
the school building, No. l. is too small,
too uncomfortable and too unsafe for
teachers and pupils, and knowing the
County Commissioners would meet
Tuesday, he started out early Monday
morning with Il petition. Henot only
got los representative names, but he
enlisted the active cooperation of
quite a number and the project went
booming.
At noon Tuesday the following
gentlemen, armed with the petition,
went to Cumberland and filed into the
commissioners office, with examiner
Weimer at their head:
G. III. Nittig, John n. Benson,
Rev. A. e. Haverstck, John Chambers,
f c. Beal! w. G. Boughton
Bernard Stern, Ii. |. Harman
H. b. Shaler, u. J. i5ctz,
J. b. Wright, Arthur Baker
w. r. Percy, George ]. Conner,
Peter Iemmert William Thomas,
+. \. Michael, A. A. Doub,
w G. Devecmon.
Mr.. Weimer made statement eX-
planning why the School Board was
unable to accompany the delegation.
Frank C. Beali then presented the
petition, accompanying it with a most
pleasant address.
The petition is rs follows:
To tue honorable tie Commissioners Of ANcgany
County.
We, the lln ersignad citizens of Frostburg,
patrons of the public schools and taxpayers,
beg leave to submit to you the following
petition:
That you appropriate to the use of the
School Commissioners of Allegany county Il
sum of money liberal and sufficient to be ex-
pended in the erection during the current
year of new brick school building in
jFroSthurg, large cOmmOdiOus and comfort
able, adapted to present and future needs, and
commensurate with the legitimate demands
of our prosperous community.
We also beg leave to submit to your con-
sideration the fact that the present frame
building, erected more than twenty years ago,
is insufficient IN size to accommodate our chill
dren, that it cannot be comfortably heated,
it is VIGOROUSLY dangerous in emergencies of
fire and Storm and that il is runous II
health from its want Of approved methods
of artificial ventilation. We respectfully re-
quest that the earliest possible consideration
be gwen to our petition, in order that
building may be completed before the be
ginning Of the next scholastic year.
Other addresses were delivered by
John Chambers, A. \. Doub, b. Stern,
IL. B Shaifer and Rev. a. c. HAyep-
stick, all conculring in the Imperative
need OF new building at once.
President Schiller responded by say
ing the commissioners appreciated the
situation, but they thought the dele
cation should have approached them
through the school authorities. How
ever, their appeal shonld have proper
consideration.
1t is understood the Board will meet
again next Wednesday, when the mat
ter will be further discussed by the
memorialists and commissioners.
Mr.. Wittig says he never saw u
petition more carefully and generally
read and more cheerrully signed, u
fact manifesting the earnest and uni
versal demand for a new building.
The commissioners should prepare
for an edifice costing not less than
500, 900, to be begun the very next day
after the scholastic year closes. With
such building, located upon the
prettiest site in the county, We would
have an educational establishment
challenging eomparisoH wiDb anything
of the kind anywhere.