Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-10
$t32OOo VOTED.

Everything i'm the Call Favorably Acted Upon at the Center School District Meeting.
 The action of the electors of the center school district at the meeting held in City hall last night, must have been gratifying to the members of the board of education and district committee who had been puzzled to know what to do with the school children for the past few years. Now they have an opportunity to enlarge the Bank and Bishop streets schools. an appropriation for a site for the new high school building and the money to erect it. Residents of Washing ton and BaldwinFstreets were also made happy. being voted tower and clock on their school. It was the intention of many who favored the other resolutions to defeat the passage of the resolution asking for the clock on the Washington school. but the people of that section got wind of what was going on and went to the meet ing sufficiently strong in numbers to force the meeting into granting their petition.
 School Clerk Thomas J. Moran called the meeting to order. John L. Sake was appointed moderator and immediately read this resolution:
 Voted, that the district committee Of the Center district be and the said com- mittee is hereby authorized jointly with the board of education of said district to select suitable lot or site for an addi- tional high school building on said site ana erect A su.laS..1 : -;t1iO1 at early A date as practicable at an expense not to exceed $s5. .0O0."
 John Fitzpatrick thought the amount too small to purchase a site and erect a building which would meet the require. ments of the district and offered an amendment making the amount $125, 900. P. Holohan made vigorous fight against such an appropriation. and stated that by the time the work would be com. pleted it would cost $50 900. He ap, pealed to the meeting not to bankrupt the city.
 Rev Dr Anderson offered a resolution making the amount $100, 900 and defended the subject of additional school accommo dalton in a brilliant address. Others who spoke in favor of the resolution wert | Green Kendrick, Doctors Hayes and Ainckley. J. O. Whiting and Captain Wolff.
 A motion to lay Dr Anderson's motion on the table was lost. After considerable discussion about parliamentary usages Nil | FitZpatrick's amendment making the amount $l25, 900 was overwhelmingly de feated. Dr Anderson's amendment o $1O0. .OO0 was then called up and was car i ried with an almost unanimous vote. The following resolutions were then passed:
 Voted. that the Center school distric l committee be and hereby is empowered tC erect a six room addition to the Bishor street school. said addition not to exceed in cost $2O. GOO.
 Voted. that the district committee pro vide additional accommodations at the Bank street school at a cost not to exceed $1O,OOO.'
 The following and last resolution wa then read as follows:
 Voted, that clock tower be erected or the Washington school building and clock placed therein. cost of tower an( clock not to exceed E.. .000."
 When the meeting reached the Wash ington school matter Dr Cook wanted t. adjourn and P. Holohan wanted the reso lution tabled, but the supporters of tn measure were not to be triied with an, the vote was put and carried. pr AndeI son doubted it. but the meeting djourne it being plain that the vote had been vol by big majority. The following vote w also passed.
 Voted that the district committee emK owered to make such temporary loan from time to tune as may be necessary { carry out the fur'g ing votes at AS low rate of interest hs k possible" "
 The total am uat appropri tied wa $l32 01O