The Portland daily press., 1893-11-14
WESTBROOK.
City Fathers Decided to Build a Grammar
School House,

The Westbrook City Council held an
adjourned meeting last evening, President
Cutter in the chair. The first business
was a hearing granted DR.. Barrett from
the school committee upon that import
ant local subject. The subject OF new
grammar school house in the Cumber-
land Mills section of the city is again
being earnestly agitated for the need of
additional Accommodations are important
Some twenty odd years ago substan-
tial brick school house was built on the
corner of Main and Fore streets on a
spacious lot presented for that purpose
by Messrs. Newcomb, Raymond and
Hammond. Last year the city pur-
chased an adjoining lot and it is upon
this site with the possible addition of an
other lot that plans have been prepared
by Architect Stevens for the construction
of a. modern two storied four room brick
school edifice of pleasing design.
There are at the present time one hun
dred and fifty grammar school children
in this district, and the present house
became SO packed that the school COM
mlttee were obliged to hire Browns hall,
near by, where forty-three of the pupils
are very poorly accommodated by reason
of insufficient light,
BY appointment number of mem bers
of the city council and school board met
on the premises yesterday afternoon,
Alderman Lane, chairman of the COM
mittee ON public buildings, representing
tho cifu nr Rorraff ha
school board.
There was a general informal inter-
change of views by officials and citizens
interested.
One idea advanced was to put the new
structure on the vacant lot directly in
front of the present. school house fronting
on Main street, but this was objected to
on the score of providing accommodations
at the earliest practical time.
Alderman Lane presented the same or
der bearing on the question as offered at
the previous meeting.
The amended report OF the committee
was accepted.
1t. was voted last evening to construct
the building as by the plans and specifi-
cations submitted with the exception
of the word !" brick" and Westbrook is
likely to get a first-class grammar school
building next year.
The committee on health reported ali
to be in very satisfactory condition.
Alderman Cloudman recommended the
abandonment of a proposed location for a
sewer. 1t was voted.
The regular financial order introduced
at the last meeting was duly passed the
second and final passage, appropriating
some SIG, 900 tor bonded indebtedness of
the city.
An order appropriating 500 from the
contingent fund for the completion of
/ I,zry 80 T. No.
Leave to Withdraw was reported on the
bill by C. f. Cook for 500 for damages to
his cellar.
On Monday morning about $50 John
Mccullough, who resided in one of the
houses belonging to the Westbrook
Manufacturing Company on Scotch Hill,
was found dead in his bedroom At the
hour mentioned his wife went to his
room and called him, but receiving no
reply, she broke open the door and found
him lying on the bed dead, choked to
death by his necktie, that he had tied
to the bedstead and then in a slip knot
about his neck He had thrown the up
per Part of his body off the bed thereby
bri, sing his weight upon his tie. and
was found suspended in this manner.
Mrs. Mccullough, who was very much
alarmed, called in Mr.. James Smith,
neighbor, who was passinga, and it was
found that the body was cold; so that
death must have taken place in the early
part of the night Mr. Mccullough had
worked in thu dye house of the Vest
brook Manufacturing Co. for the past
ten or twelve years, and during the shut
down had been employed the greater por-
ton of the time on repairs. He was a
man about 40 years of age. His friends
who met him on Sunday say that he
manifested no symptoms of insanity,
hence the cause Of his committing sui
eide is unknown. He has two brothers
residing in the city, and his family con-
sists of a wife and six children, the old
est not over IA years of age.
The weavers began work in the West
brook Mills on Monday morning, hence
the whole force is now employed for
three days in week.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church still continue to draw large au-
diences. This is the last week Of the
| meetings. On Wednesday evening Rev.
| 1T. johnson, the evangelist, will preach
sermon to men only. Tomorrow,
| Tuesday evening, will be a jubilee SER
vice.