Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-05-02
THAT SCHOOL HOUSE
And Still Another School Meeting
Yet "In the Air."
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Tie legal voters of the village district viii
he Afforded another opportunity Of eonsid-
e-inr that proposed new school house and
matters connected ,lnerewi'h on next Thurs
d,s evening, May 9Th, at 5.$9 O'Clock
Nearly the usual number were present at
,as Gramrner school bnilding Saturday af-
,sruoon al 2 O'Clock agreeable to the call
which vas published in the JorRxAl and
posted.
WIN. X. Smith. Esq. was chosen ,noier-
.,o, and the second article Of the cali.
shieh vas 20 zee il the district viii vote to
ehanze the location Of the new sehoeiiionse
IA made By the district at its annual meet
ing held March 20, is32, from the corner
AZ Chestnut and Lincoln streets to some
,sher place was passed. The third article
"a. to see II the district would vote
to locate the scbooIhouss on Court street
b.ptween sewali and Chestnut streets
III. Mah.r wanted to know the reasons
ubieh the directors had for making this
change.
Director Il. f.. CapeH responded to Mr.
Naher. question, stating IN detail the rea-
sons why the call had been Issued In
,,our.e Of hi. remarks he said that increased
.eltool accommodations were necessary and
the directors had looked around and OBJ
tanned prices on the lots where ct previous
Meeting the district hal voted to locate.
The mice on one Of these lots the directors
had considered too high but deemed il best
IN purchase. since that meeting the owner
Of the other lot had raised the price which
he had gwen the directors to under
.tand he would ask. The directors
had thought this too much
and they had learned Of another lot az in
Dictated Ia the call, which they could obtain
for $50 more than the lots first mentioned
bat which they believed would in the end be
no more expensive owing to tie sewerage
necessary Oh the first location, On the
whole they thought the matter Of cost was
favorable 70 the lot or Court street. There
is present urgent demand for Two primary
school rooms and in a short time if the
population increases as il has there will he
The same demand for two more. He be-
iicyed that ia" primary schools should be
distributed throughout the city while the
higher grades can be kept in the Grammar
school building In two or three years the
directors believed there would be- need of
another school building at Stapleton Capitol
squarr or vicinity.
Nr e. X. Partridge asked why il wouldn't
h. a. yell to locate now wberc tile popula-
ton was increasing as well as on Court
street where it wasn't, and Mr.. Maher
WANTED to know the price for which the
building and lot on the corner of Winthrop
aud Chestnut streets was sold.
Mr.. Nash said that he nor any other of
the present board of directors were direc-
tor. at the time Of the sale of that lot, but
be bclirye,l the records showed that j, was
sold for s,55. 1t was sold after the matter
hal been considered in school meeting. and
the director. had been authorized to do So
They hid been told hy those who made an
examination of the old building that it
would cost too much to repair it so that 1t
would b. safe for scholars. lie thought
this should not at this late date be brought
up to prejudice the present question. We
have 2053 scholars who are entitled to ad-
mission tn our schools, and there are not
proper accommodations for them. Staple
house, which was not he knew. what it
should be- but the district was limited rs to
funds. aud It was with u view to relieve
dis school that the proposed school build
ing vas to be constructed.
Mr. Nahtr didn't think the sewerage was
very good At the Cont street lot, and said
that he hal known the nntcr to be- four feet
deep in tine cellar lie didn't think it was a
good lot. THIS WAS an important meeting,
alid ne thu1ht II Shouh ne ADJOURNED WI
two weeks from Inst Thursday evening. =.
{ Whltrhnu-,. seconded the motion, Mr.
Nash said the motion to adjourn was, he
thought for the purpose of defeating the
building of q new schooihouse. George +.
Weeks moved to amend the motion of
Maher by making the time of meeting May
5th