The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-16
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
THE CLIQUE DID NOT STAND TO-
GETHER ON SELECTION OF SITE.
Bids ON the Addition 40 No. "A Citi-
zens Meeting Held in the
Eleventh District.

The School Board held long session last
night, much OF the evening being taken Up
by the discussion OF suitable site for a
school building in the northeast part of
the city. After much wranglfng over the
different propositions Ii was voted to delay
the purchase of site until the next meet
ing, which will be held Tuesday night. The
committee on buildings and grounds urged
the board to purchase the property at the
corner OF Fifteenth street and Park avenue.
This ground cen be bought for about $500.
A building in that locality would relieve
the crowded condition of schools Nos. %, II,
q. 10 and %. sixteen-room building has
been proposed. President Martindale was
not in favor of purchasing this ground. He
asked Commissioner Vonnegut TO take the
chair and made speech on the question.
He favored buying seven lots Of Z. +. Clay
pool. at New Jersey and Fourteenth streets.
Mr.. Martindale said the lots could be bought
for $4,000. He believed this point was near
er the center OF population in the district
and there was three or four times the de-
mand for building there than at Fifteenth
street and Park avenue. Commissioners
Blackledge, Hendrickson. Vonnegut and
members OF the committee on buildings and
grounds opposed the purchase OF the higher
priced property. They said Ii wasn't ques-
ton or population at this time. The board
should look out for the future; The city is
rapidly improving in the northeast district
and the new building should be erected as
far northeast as possible.
Commissioners Roth was In favor of buying
Tie cheaper property. He said the children
on the North Side could afford TO walk the
extra three or four squares as we'll as
those of the South Side. West of Meridian
there is but one school building. He wasn't
IN favor or putting up an expensive build
ing either.
a common school building as we'll as US down
on the South Side," he asserted, with en-
p99asis. p9 Commissioners Logger was s, in favor
building. He knew of a site at Madison
avenue and Raymond street that could be
bought for 300 This proposition. with the
night. The Tuesday night meeting has been
called to consider bids for a four-room ad-
SOn MeTs as 80 oo%s Tae Os S WEE
ma %aches +, ~ CO, silS stsss =. &C. RsR- S1P-
liam Jungclaus & Co. sl4.S7O; p. Clements.
Sli,l30; L. Lohrman, $500; William Krass,
sl4,495; Salisbury & Stanley, Sl3,Sl. The
latter bid be accepted. but the majority of
the commissioners asked for time to 'view
the plans and estimates.
The attorney for the board reported the
settlement of the litigation involving school
property included In the territory annexed
the boards favor The attorney further re-
ported having investigated the proposition
TO appropriate $500 for the aid OF the In
dianapolis Free Kindergarten. The attor-
ney held that this could not be legally done,
as the kindergarten Is not under the control
of the board. The finance committee. in its
report on this question, regretted that the
board could not do something for the kin
dergarten in a financial way and recon-
mended the appointment OF committee to
confer with the board of managers of the
school. The president appointed on this
committee Superintendent Goss, the assist
ant superintendent, Miss Cropsey, and Com
missioners Vonnegut, Blackiedge and Russo.
The board received an invitation to the
commencement exercises of the Industrial
Training School, June s.