The Jamesburg record., 1897-07-03
Our Citizens Asked to Bond the
Jamesburg School District
for $1,000.
ALL SHOULD COME OUT.
The Date is Thursday Night, July 8th-Tht
Voting Place is the School Building.

w. w. Walker, Cranbury. S3,96l ~
Louis Rue, Freehold, $500 90
A. Brewer g. Son, Freehold. 1859 90
J. B. Gordon, Freehold, 4,664.00
F, H. Pownall, Jamesburg, 3.675.00
w. H. Soden, Freehold, 3,645.00
JOINT BID-SCHooL AND HEATING.
F. H. Pownall, Jamesburg. S4, 5000
BIDs-HEATING AND VENTILATING.
Frank H. Pownall, Richmond Boiler,
S949.63.
Frank H. Pownall, with Steel Boiler.
$76se3.
Frank H. Pownall, Cranbury System,
S51S So
J.V. Denise. Freehold, Twin System,
81, ,22OOe.
J.H. airing. Freehold, Page System,
$1,000 90.
Stephen Ransom, New York City,
81 5000.
Seward Eng. Co., New York City,
81. .Os3 90.
The contracts were not awarded and
bids will be held until after the special
school meeting.
The Board then made Budget of ex-
penses and prepared notice of a special
school meeting, to be held on Thursday,
July Sth. at Z O'Clock, p m. at the public
school building.
The Budget OF expenses calls for Sal
ary of Principal. $500; fncidentals, 500;
Text Books, S75; Total. 1915. A propo-
siton is also made to issue Bonds OF the
district for the sum OF $4,000 to pay for
the re- building. enlarging, heating and
furnishing of the town school.
A vote on the Budget showed every
member of the Board of Education in
favor of every provision in it.
After settling these preliminaries the
Board ordered the Clerk to call the special
meeting. They then adjourned to meet
So, at last, it has been settled that we
are to have school meeting to decide
whether Jamesburg people really will
vote to improve our town school. This
at least justifies the statements that have
been made at school meetings for several
years past, when the Township refused
our request for the school which the law
commands we should have.
And we believe our people are really in
earnest and will prove that Jamesburg is
only another name for progress, advance
ment and enlightenment. This projected
school building, while none too large, is
planned with the idea of providing &C.
commodations for pupils for years to
come. AS a matter of fact, however, it
will not seat comfortably. when COM
pleted 800 pupils. So it is easily seen
that the Board have not asked for any
thing extravagant.
Now, after the district has voted to
Bond they must decide the number of
years the bonds are to run and the size of
each bond.
A number of people have declared
themselves willing to have them run ten
years, other say fifteen years and small
number say twenty years. Probably the
l5-year plan will suit best. On this plan
we could pay off one bond of 800 in
1898, and thereafter pay bond OF $3.50
each year. Or make the first bond $45O,
payable in 1899, and the plan works out
just the same. This makes the bonding
no burden to the taxpayers and on the
contrary really furnishes nice, safe form
inx e. ,tx4 t,nu
omoney to put out at interest. 1t 49,
therefore, probable that most OF the
bonds will be taken by local investors.
AT all events there will be no difficulty
IN dispOsing of the bonds, for BOND
brokers of the large cities are already
writing about them.
Let every parent at once rouse up his
nextdoor neighbor and see that every
voter is at the meeting on Thursday
evening next. There are children to ed
ucate and dire need of better school ac-
commodations and If parents don't take
interest enough to vote for better
school, then they will have only them
selves to blame. The wives and mothers
should stir up their husbands and BROTH
ers and see that the children no longer
are allowed to grow up in ignorance.
Come out and vote for good school--it
Is one of the constitutional rights OF your
Clilslran