The Newtown bee., 1900-07-13
TALK AND TALK BUT ACCOMPLISHED
NOTHING.

TALK AND TALK BUT ACCOMPLISHED
NOTHING.
The adjourned meeting OF the Center
school district was held at the school
house Thursday evening Of last week.
Several measures were presented and all
of them were either side-tracked or voted
down. The main object in adjouroing the
meeting from two weeks ago was to al
low the district committee time to con-
slider the recommendations in the princi-
pals report. The committee were pres
emit last Thursday evening and reported
The first item in the report was the grad
ing of the school grounds. The estimate
given on the cost Of the work was 1925,
without figuring on q fence. A number
of the voters present expressed them
selves as being opposed to the measure,
claiming that the grounds were all right,
that they were worth more as play
ground for the children than they would
be il graded and kept clean. Others
were of the opinion that the district
should have the lawn in front of the
building graded and seeded, and then
kept moved. This would only be in line
with the way property ia kept up on the
street where the school stands. When
the vote was taken the opposing eide
proved the strongest, and it was declared
lost. The next business was the matter
of putting in running water. The school
we'll, 1t is claimed, is one of the worst on
any school ground in the state. An es.
innate was furnished by the committee
Of what it would cost to put in public
water, having stand pipes with hose con.
nection in case of fire and in each room o
faucet snd wash bowl. The estimate
footed up $3.50. Before this was voted
| on, the question as to whether it was
legal to pass any measure, involving
this amount Of money, when nothing
had been said in the warning regarding
it, raised considerable chin music with.
| out throwing any light on the subject on
vote. The project of putting in public
water in the school building was lost.
The next on the order of business was
the question of putting in fire alarm
system which could be rung in from any
| room in the building. This question was
| side tracked by a resolution requiring
that the school doors should be kept un-
locked during school hours. 1t was
claimed by those in favor of the resolu.
! ton that the doors were kept locked at
| all times and that the lives of the chill.
dren were being endangered thereby, in
case of fire. This question, like the
others, had strong advocates on both
sides, for of course all were unanimous,
in 30 far as the locking of the doors were
concerned. II it had been shown that
that the doors were actually kept locked
the motion would probably have been
passed. There were grave doubts, how
ever, as to whether this had been the case
and as the principal, who is responsible
for the locking ofithe doors, liz they were
locked, awas not present at the meeting
1t was claimed by some that 1t would be
unfair to him to pass such a resolution
without giving him an opportunity to ex
plain. The motion was toned down
some by an amendment, but not suffi
GENTLY to suit the opposition. And it
was moved to lay the amended resolution
| on the table. This was carried on q
| rising vote. It was then voted to ad.
journ. The meeting was in session fol-
nearly two hours and nothing whatever
was accomplished. Probably another
meeting will be called by the committee
In the near future. The question Of
drinking water for the school children is
one that demands attention. II the
water from the present well is unfit for
use, then we should either have a new
well or else put in public water. The
project Of digging . new well would
hardly meet with favor, provided 1t IL
shown that the public water lie pure. Be-
sides, II this public water is put In, the
building, little extra apparatus will en-
able the committee to provide for fire
protection inside. just what will be
done in the matter II the committee calls
another meeting, not even the angels
know. It is too bad that the ques tion
Of grading the school grounds In front
was lost. This street Ii one Of the
prettiest in town. Property all the way
along 1t Ii kept In A No. l shape; lawns
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