The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-15
THE LICK SCHOOL.
Reasons Why 1t Has Not
Been Built.
NO PROSPECT OF A START.
Residuary Legatees Will Not Pay
Accrued Interest.
NO PROSPECT OF A START.
ABOUT DR.. COGSWELL'S SCHOOL.
Trustees Want to Lease 1t Tempo
rariIy, but There Are Obstacles
Against Immediate Action.

The School of Mechanical Arts which
James Lick. the philanthropist, hoped
would be founded in San Francisco with
$40. 600 of his money is as much matter
of uncertainty as ever.
At meeting of the School Directors on
Wednesday night a resolution was intro
duced and adopted with a view to estab-
fishing the California School of Mechani-
cal Arts" A committee was appointed to
confer with the Lick trustees and impress
upon them the importance of immediate
action toward founding school of manual
training in this city.
There have been two serious obstacles in
the way OF carrying Mr.. Lick's wishes into
execution with regard TO this school. The
trustees of this special beQuest have been
only TOO anxious TO see the school in work
ing order. Indeed with some Of them, and
particularly with Horace Davis. 1t has
been a fad. or something very nearly so.
Mr.. Lick named Horace Davis. A. S.
Hallidie, Horatio Stebbins, j. Ii. B0alt
and j. o. Earl as trustees, giving into their
control S540,000 for the school. Some years
ago this committee bought lot at Six
teenth and Harrison streets for site for
projected buildings. To the minds OF hese
gentlemen the way seemed clear for I'M
mediate action, but when least expected
obstacles presented themselves. Mr.. Davis
dwelt Oh them yesterday when discussing
the manual school question.
"Ws have the railroad, Claus SDreckels
and Mr.. Center fighting US" said he. six
tenth street. where our lot is located. is
the only street running without break
from the park TO the bay. AT Harrison
street IL is proposed TO raise the grade sew.
eral feet. The railroad people, Claus
Spreckels and others are Interested. as
they want the grade raised. which is a
very good thing, only we wish to see II
settled. We don't want TO build and find
ourselves ten or twenty feet below the
street, nor do we care to raise the ground
and eventually see the street as many feet
below US.
Then the Supreme Court has rendered
such decisions that we cannot make a
move. We must erec buildings before we
can get a dollar from the Lick trustees.
And the residuary iegatees named by Mr..
l. ck-the Academy OF Sciences and the
PiOneers-won't give us the interest on our
bequest. Lick made a mistake. He put
two conflicting interests together in his
will: one the residuary legatees who nat
urally would like to continue the estate
indefinitely. as il would keep on giving
them profit on the resl0uum.
THE other interest is that which would
like to have the will put into execution at
the earliest possible moment
"Now the California Pioneers and Aca-
DENY of Science have delayed progress,
and Ii remains with them to show them
selves broad minded and men of public
spirit by helping us.
I'VE did not want to buy the Cogswell
school. but We have considered the idea of
leasing 1t for some time until we could
learn our needs and be in position 10
Ia Ike further action toward building per-
manent school. This. however, is as far
off as ever. We don't know when we can
lease the Cogswell school, and all because
of the tangle and the attitude OF the resid-
uary iegatees."
DR.. Hardness. president of the Academy
of Sciences, declared that the academy was
passive. and did Dot and would not sta nd
in the way, and he also said that the
Pioneers were in the same position exactly.
The delay was caused by the Lick trustees,
who. however, are law-bound in different
directions.
The plan of the proposed school is simi-
lar 20 the system of Eastern schools of
manual training. 1t will contain a high
school course, hut instead of taking Latin
or Greek or a modern language, pupils
will give six hours a week to manual train
ing in woodwork, machinery and other
branches OF mechanics.