Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-21
BROWN LOT CHOSEN.
A Good Location Hut Q Small Lor
 Selected For the New High school.

or educatlon and the district committee which was held last night for the purpose of deciding on site for the proposed new high school building. was attended by all the members of both boards and was an interesting session
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schlegel appe red before the meeting in the interest of the Kingsbury lot He said it contain ed about fl GOO square feet and that all the grading and teIracing necessary to put it in good shape could be done for from $500 to $1 600
 Dr Hayes asked if tbat would include the building of retaining wall. and MT SchI.- gel taid he dId not think such w,ll would be needed and if it were 1t could be built for S30n. but he thought the ter racing would suit all purposss He also stated that if the meeting should decide to purchase this lot he would try ard get MI kncsbnry to bear the expense of grading
 Chairman Mulcaby could not see wher. the 4.O00 square feet came in. and the tgent was not prepared to furnish com plete details. heca"se of the absence from town of F Kingsbury.
 Judge Cowell introduced the site at tn, junction of Maple street and Cherry nvenue fir Mrs w. A Dougherty, price s25, ,0OO Judge Cowell also enumerated the different places which had been su9ot sted as sit. g for the new courthouse and D. Hayes said NIT Parsons would take S1 00U off hls price, making his lot SIG O0O
 Mir Gallond suhmitttda statement from H Hart. agent for the Spencer lot, to the effect that the price would be reduced from $23 GOO to S21 500
 The chairman read telegram from D H Meloy. dated nt Lyme, in reference to the Brown lot on East Main street. offer ing 130 feet front and ZOO feet daep for S25, GOO and AS much more as the district needed at the same rate. Dr Mcdonald asked if anyone knew the dimensions of the HefferI an lot Chair man Mulcahy said it was published in one of the papers, the DEMOCRAT. He also had the measurements from the bid of the owner.
 While this talk was going on there was a call at the telephone and Clerk Moran put his ear to the trumpet and turning around said: "Someone at New Haven wants to speak with the chairman" Chairman Mulcahv refused to be spoken with through the telephone at that time and requested Mir Moran to take the mes sage. It turned out to be Mir Meloy, who wanted to know if his dispatch had been received He was informed that it had, and was now before the meeting. At the | request of the chairman MT Meloy was asked if he would make his offer 140 feet front instead of 130 for the same price He said he would Chairman Mulcahy said he had talked with A number of peo pie during the day in reference to the different sites and that all bad some fault to find with the different lots, | except the Brown site.
 Dr Hinckley thought it was not desir- a Tln for 1rh r. close to other large u ldings Itwouli bring too many children on the street in that | locality and in case of an epidemic such | crowdine would be dangerous MT Wells asked the chairman what ad ] advantage he thought the Brown lot with 2S,000 square feet for S25. GOO had over the Spencer lot with 30,OO0 sqra-e feet | for $2l 000.
 The chairman said he was not advo- eating any particular lot aud perhaps | neither of the ones referred to would be his choice.
 pr IIinckley said it had two advantages over the Spencer lot. It was high and dry | and m order to reach it you did not have to pass by horse hospital with the smell of deceased anim ,ls under your nose Dr Hayes thcuIht Il is was a cruel blow and asked J ] Mcdonald. who lives ID that neiehborLood, WLat he thought about 1t Mir Mcdonald sAi 1 he passed through PhHnix avenue every day and never WAS bothered by all Offtn~ive smell frcm that source
 Mir Gallond asked if the comm tee on sites had not made an unanimous report in favor of the kingsbury lot No one seemed to be able to answer this question
 On motion it was decided to proceed with an informal ballot
 Mir Wolff: Before we commence to vote should like to state that heard an effort was being made to swing all the democrats into line in favor of one lot. If that be so I know nothing about it. We know nothing about politics in those boards after cleo ton day and for God sake keep it out of this meeting"
 "Amen, chimed ln Judge Cowelt and pr Hayes.
 Continuing Mir Wolff said: ''Of course don't know whether there was any truth in 1t or not. but I saw it in one of the papers that such action had been contemplated |"
 MT Mcdonald: "Was that article signed:"
 Mr Wolff made no reply and 2Ir Begnal asked what paper he saw it in.
 Il saw it in the American" replied Mir Wolff
 Mir McDonald: "Oh, it must have been the fellow who stood in front of the trolley car that wrote that kind of stuff"
 Finally the meeting started in to take an informal ballot for choice of site with this result: Kingsbury lot 1. Spencer lot ?, Parsons lot ?, Brown lot ?, Reffernan lot ?
 You sse," said the chairman, "there Is no choice as yet
 Mir Begnal: Under the circumstances Mp oh So many new cites have been suggested to- night. and no doubt there will be more. that thlnk 1t would be we'll to wait little longer. It is serious matter and we ought to move slow"
 The motion was not seconded and the meeting commenced to take an informal ballot On this count the votes stood as follows: Hefiernan lot 2, kingsbury 4, Spencer ?. Parsons l. Brown 1, White l On the third ballot there were seven votes tor the Brown lot, three for Kingsbury's and one each for the Heffernan and Spen cer lots
 On motion of Dr Hinckley it was made formal and unanimous.
 The vote is nothing more than an ex- precision of opinion and shall not be bind ing until ratified at future meeting. Tn following were appointed to make all nec- csHAAS AEdUAEloS AbOut lue lduu Auu report at meeting to be called later: Chairman A. Mulcahy. Captain Wolff. J. NJ. Gal lond and ThomAs D Wells.
 AS far as can be learned the selection of the Brown lot gives general satisfaction The DEMOCRAT would suggest however, that the whole lot be purchased, CT some day an unsightly barn or shed may be built alongside of the school that is to be, and when it is finally decided to buy the place to get rid of the nuisance the price will have advanced. We remember an in- stance of e somewhat similar nature
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