The Portland daily press., 1895-11-25

sR. I. DAVIS MILL CO., St. Joseph, No. |:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oooocooo,e.s,xs,1oc
existed in Boston schools, over which
there was an agitation.
Mr.. lllsley said some Of the Boston
schools were rotten with diphtheria.
Mr.. Baxter said that the practical
proposition was to complete the laying
OF the pipes, allow tho trough system to
remain for the present, and put in new
water closets, getting the school ready
to reopen two weeks from Monday.
MT. Thaxter thought that If Mr.. Hutch
lnson got those water closets in within
two weeks, he would have to work more
expedltiously than ever plumber did be-
fore in this town. Mr.. Thaxter favored
letting such extensive repairs go over
until they could be done wisely and with
deliberate plans.
Ex-Alderman Stevens said he believed
| in getting
THE BEST TALENT,
out the architects, civil engineers and
plumbers OF Portland were, in his opin-
Ion. equal to any, and they had given us
school buildings as good and safe as any
IN the CITY The superintendent and teach
ers We're also the equal OF any.
Mr.. Thaxter said he..thought there were
many extrayagancies in modern ideas of
sanitation. To plunge headlong into
these repairs now would be a wasteful
use of public money.
Thomas l.. Talbot, ESQ.,, said he thought
| it would be wise to have some definite
statement in writing from the board Of
| health.
Alderman Randall read from the addit-
ional recommendations Of the board of
health wherein they called for closets
like those of the High School, also slate
urlnals and change of radiators. The
committee had gone ahead in accordance
| with these additional recommendations
Mr.. Libby thought that the plain way
was to continue doing as the committee
had begun.
Mr.. Stevens expressed his urgent desire
that the school be opened as soon as pos
sible. in one week, if possible, and if not,
in two.
Mayor Baxter said the board of health
| had acted consistently and wisely
throughout.
Councilman Illsley said that this was
AN ONE-SIDED HEARING.
He thought new time should be set
and new hearing held. And he wanted
the schools in the eastern part Of the
city attended to. There seemed to be a
disposition to get the Butler school re-
paired and then quiet the whole thing
down. That was the burden OF Mr.. Lar
rabee's argument.
Both Mr. Libby and Mr.. Thaxter dis
| claimed that there was any such inten-
ton. Both wished all the:school houses
attended to alike.
After short recess Messrs. Libby and
Thaxter and the other remonstrants
agreed in waiting two weeks..for the COM
pletion of the water closets.
DR.. Cummings of the board of health
said that the board held to it's first re-
port that the present system, if the drains
were properly repaired, was safe and
sanitary. The amendment embed led by
the second report was made to allay the
fears of the citizens in that locality, and
the recommendations were in accordance
with sanitary progress.
DR.. George Way, who was present, said
that il these repairs were made in But.
Ter school the same would be demanded
in Chestnut street school, which was
worse than the Butler street schools.
TX Councilman Edgar E. Rounds
thought the boys side was all right.
DR.. Cummings said that the closets on
the boys side did not work right and
never did.
Mr.. Rounds said that he had put tho
closets in, acting in cooperation with the
board of health, and they were all right.
Mr.. Brownson said hat an examina-
ton of the drains in Chestnut street
school had shown several leaks.
DR.. Way said that the people of Chest
nut street school wanted as much atten-
tion for their school as for any other
school. merit being con sidered in each
case. Chestnut street school was worse
off than Butler school.
Mayor Baxter said that there were
workmen enough in the city and work
on both school houses could go on at
once.
Alderman Randall moved that the com
mittee report in favor of going ahead and
repairing Butler school exactly in accor-
dance with the recommendation of the
board of health, putting in both new
urinals and water closets.
To do this work will probably require
three weeks.
A special meeting of the city govern