Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
ALDERMEN SLOW ABOUT ACCEPT
ING A CEMETERY.
school Committee Report Against Buying
the Hickok Property nnh Favor tho
Erection of IA New school House
Aboilshing Policemen's Fees.

subject TO the approval of the fire ward
ends. The bond of Michael Mckenzie as
policeman was presented and approved
THE SCHOOL HOUSE QUESTION. d
The committee on schools made the fol-
lowing report:
THE committee on schools to whom
was referred the purchasing Of the Hick-
ok property for school house or houses
as recommended by the school commits
sioners in their communication of July I, .
1888, would respectfully report that they
have considered the same and would sub
init the following report to your honor .
able body for approval: That tho lIick-
ok property we deem unwisc to purchase
Tor school purposes and do not think it
good business Investment and in our
judgment it is not central enough to les
sen the present strain i'm our school
houses as the school commissioners adj /
nit the largest number of pupils come
from the second and third wards AS these
two wards represent about threc-fifths of
the school children in this city, we would
suggest that a school building on the
property now owned by the city, corner
of North and Murray street. The lot is
100 by 1870 feet and is centrally located
between the two wards. The present
building is unfit for any teacher or pupil
to remain in during school hours and has
been so for a number of years. We deem
it wise to erect on this property a six or
eight room building at a cost of $4,000 or
$4,000. This would relieve the strain on
a. tlic O'"'r scnool HouSeS III 'i'e Guy,
w "le III coui 81 vi eieCtlou the -NoI III anu
Murray street School cnlIdfeh can De &c
co'i'Uuateu IN ,he otar hose rooni' ",''ch
we tlIhk Will hoId lVo or ~ ana II place
in the near vicinity could be rented for
the accommodation of the rest. This and
a moderate school building in the south
part of the city III the near future We
,H'l.h NouIu supply 'he heeu oI 'he pun
Respectfully submitted,
John X. Kelley
d. 'Opu'H'
0cnooI comm .i''.
N'der'la" onea referred TO the Iac' llal
t.u'i'"cI VI ci'i|eHs H"u PtrS9sH 'HV'4
SrINrS III laNCl VI ne" H,sH School
pul,nne, put ne uiu no. tnlnh 'ie t,IS
touIu aIIoru such structure AT thIS
''ile' ouuslhs iio"i ti'e way III Wh'CH ~
cent AUTHORIZATIONS Tor schooI nuilul''sS
mas neen eNcee"qu' an APPROPRIATION o'
'"S NiO''"u III " iiiSl, 7'Ilool "OuiH NV an
/ 81" 'NpeHui'."e ol at leaSt 94-g'V"'' ne pe-
! HsNe" III euucatloii anu "ouiu thio" ~
o"H'"NIeS ~ us I''" puL IL snoulu De cai
~" U'i oi' DuH'"'SS PiH4NIPies' i'e Id'
ers OF 'he hoh-reslueht pupiIS IN the high
S'Ho"l WIN no. ponu tHtiI own 'o"HS "
n'"lu Sv"ooi houses "uu Hi'u IL c"eaP,i
10 SEM ume'r cnilureh mere LOT us 70
cuucate. me VullIoIi AT me Flbh Sc.Ool
S'ouiu we l".S'" 10 Sfo y! 60, " Srui' l"r
NoItH a'Id MuiIdY stieetS uiSlIcl SrtHeu
. 10 p' ''Ie iho7t cro"ueu anu tI'e puIiulHB
. llere Is III such cohull!oh lHdl no pupil
from ldshlohanie "ard "ouid enter H.
ne sur anu fio"@ru nose houses are
called assets anu ne thougHt lney
Coulu pe put 70 Sonic use III SOWING tHls
pIopiem OF schooi Accommodations
I Inc report Oh the committee was uHaiIl-
/ was tahcH'
GREEN ,tOr-,-r, C,t7NfETtpy
ne matter OF the transfer OF the Green
Mount cemetery 10 the city was then
taken up. Inc cemetery COMMISSIONERS
j. II. Holton, a. T. Grinnell and II. w.
Alien in "A communication recommended
that the city take the cemetery, admitting
mat there seemed to be no other alterna-
tive. Or. Grinnel spoke in the same
strain CITY Attorney Taft expressed the
opinion That the recent purchase by the
trustees OF the association or adaiuohai
land with the trust funds was illegal; that
the trustees We're liable Tor the amount
or money SO expended ana that II the city
should take the cemetery II sh0u'd aeciihe
nap also spoke of the legal aspects of the
was not called on TO support "A cemetery
for the people of Winooski. Eight out OF
ten of the adults buried there in late years
have been residents of Winooski. Com
missioners Holton and Allen also spoke,
The former said that it was difficult
matter to get at the law in case when
one lawyer said one thing and another
one, equally good. said Just the opposite e.
DIR. Grnnell said that the entrance to the
cemetery was OF dangerous character,
. Whcroupon the city attorney declared
that people who were sober found no
danger there. Some other pleasantries OF
this KIND followed until the report was
finally accepted. The resolution offered
by Alderman Harrington at the last meet
ing Of the board, accepting the cemetery
= from the trustees, was taken from the
table ana MI Harrington OBTAINED uhahl-
nous consent to Withdraw inc same;
rms leaves the question JUST "here II
was before IL was referred TO the cemetery
commissioners Win no provision LOT HF
| settlement Inc aldermen 40 not Wah'
the cemetery unless the CITY Is oohgeo 10
!, take II ana Cl'y Attorney Iatl IS OF inc
opinion that the city cannot take the re-
Gently purchased lana because the Nus-
tees of the ASSOCIATION cannot convey IL