Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Attendance Was Not Large But some
Important Business Transacted.
old Members Reelected.

old Members Reelected.
The annual school meeting held at
the Union School building last Mon
day evening was quite contrast TO
the one of last year in point of at
tendance, there being only about one
quarter as many out. At the open
ing it looked as though it might be
pretty tame affair but considerable
life and spirit was developed before it
adjourned.
First Director Gooding read his an
nual financial report showing cash re-
ceipts and expend lures. which wds
quite lengthy and was given in con-
densed form in these columns last
week and hence need not be repeated.
The Board recommended the raising
of 81, 800 hy direct tax, providing a
new boiler was To bc pure hased for
heating purposes and a boiler house
erected, otherwise the amount could
be cut down some.
A motion was made by L Hubbell
that the Board be authorized to eX-
pend $1,000 for such purposes and after
considerable discussion it was finally
adopted with the amount cut out Civ
ing them full power to exercise their
own judgement.
1t developed that the present boiler
was purchased quite a number of
years ago to heat the old part only,
since which time the addition has
been built and the steam pressure
which was not calculated to go above
five pounds as normal state had
been carried up to thirty TO try and
upon it. II is now proposed to take
ii out of the basement entirely and
build brick boiler house between the
Central building and the primary
building, installing therein new
boiler large enough to heat all the
buildings.
Geo. W. MoultOn introduced a mo-
tion that the Board be authorized to
pay the sum of $500 towards the con-
struction of sewer from the school
house through Liberty st. to the river
This also brought out lot of discus
sion. Romaine Robinson said he was
in favor of not only sewer for the
school house. but complete sewerage
and water systems for the entire city,
bonding for such amount as might be
required TO obtain them. |. l.. Hub
bell thought north siders as much en-
titled to sewers as residents of some
other part of the city w. b. Travis
thought it was badly needed but his
structed in advance of general sys-
tenn generally prove useless when the
time comes for that, and thought it
more profitable financially to wait.
w. +. Hetherington wanted to know
where the water was to be obtained
for flushing it. which was unanswered
Upon being put to vote the motion
was carried by good majority.
| The election of members of the
Board for three years each to succeed
Mrs l.. X. Webster and Frank H..
Hudson, whose terms expired, result
ed in the reelection of both. The
first ballot stood Mrs. Webster 20, f..
Chapple %, Mrs. Lapham 3, X. Robin
son !, DR.. Pinkham |, total A.. The
second ballot gave Mrs Webster 27,
f.. Chapple %, Mrs. Hubbell |, total
81. Only one ballot was necessary
for the election of the second mem
ber, resulting: f. ii. Hudson 26, f..
Chapple IL, Ellis Ranney 4, scattering
!, total As.
|. L. Hubbell brought up the point
as TO whether it was strictly legal
and according TO law to vote upon the
amount of tax to be raised by voice
or whether il should be by ballot.
The Moderator started to look it up
but the crowd was impatient and
someone made motion to adjourn
which was prompt vcarried