The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-04
| NEW BUILDING
FOR THE SCHOOL
Discussion On Matter by Man
chester School Board.
SOME WANT OLD PROPERTY
A Lengthy DeIiberatlon Ends WIN
Sending it to Commttees-Man-
chester News Items-French IS
Still at Large-HolIday.
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Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,
llO2 Hull Street.
Discussion among members as to the
Feasibility of purchasing old property for
a school to relieve the congestion III the
present schools Or to erect ou1ldinS
rejecting credit upon the entire city
characterized the meeting of the Man
chester School Board last night.
For this special reason the meeting was
called. The outcome of the discussion
was that the Committees on Finance and
Building and Land will meet in JOINT
session with the two committees on
schools from the two branches OF mu-
nicipal government-Board of Aldermen
and City Assembly-and there decide
what to recommendation old building to
be used temporarily. or new building
costing something in the neghborhood
Of $4,000, two rooms of which will be
completed at once so that when the
school session opens IN September ali
children can be accommodated. Later,
when the Board has sufficient money TO
meet the demand, the other rooms can
be added
TENTATIVE PLAN DRAWN.
Mr.. Lipscomb first submitted a report,
as 2. member of a standing committee
looking into the matter. His plan was
to erect by all means n school on the lot
known as reservoir lot at the corner
OF Eleventh and cambridge Streets. The
design for the building, as submitted to
Mr.. Lipscomb by Architect Dimmock,
showed conclusively that the building
would be an ornament to tho city. Two
rooms could be easily gotten in readi-
ness for the approaching session. Whlie
the rest could wait possibly two or hree
years, as the Board saw fit and then
added to the present structure.
Messrs. J. 3. Rudd and J. S. Wake
f3otJ vi M I
plan, giving as their reason that the
McRae property, situated near the cor
ner of Sixth and Porter Streets, was
just such q building as needed. MI
Rudd first spoke on the discussion and
made quite an interesting talk He was
speaking from no selfish motive in ask
ing for the placing OF a building for the
school in the First Ward. but thought
he was doing what he was sent to the
Board to do-that which ne considers was
best Mr. Wakefield spoke along this
strain, saying in part, that unfortunately
the majority Of the people of the FIRST
Ward were poor, and as the smaller
children would be the ones to attend the
school for the next two or three years.
he saw nothing but justice and the bet
terment of the city as whole oy pur-
chasing the McRae property.
Mr. Jones from Ward / was not IN
the hand-wagon with his colleagues, ana
opposed the purchasing of any old prop
erty, but the erecting of q new building
Mr.. Bayley favored this idea Mr. B. w.
Nunnally was slightly inclined to the pur-
chase of "Old Central Church as a site
for the school. temporarily. of course.
NEW BUILDING WANTED
DR.. Rucker favored building new place
for the children. In fact this idea was
in the ascendant at the meeting, though
there were some sharp talks made pro
and con However, it is an assured fact
that the City School Board, the Council
concurring. will never purchase piece OF
property, now decaying, for a building
where children are to be educated. To
save their eyes from bad lights, Mr.. Lips
comb contended should serve to make eV-
cry man vote for a new building. to say
nothing of what good it would do Man
chester.
The Joint meeting of the committees will
be held in the Council chamber Mr.. j. w
Barrett, a member of the Board OF Al
der1nen, was at the Meeting and after
adjournment made an enthusiastic speech
for a new building, contending that there
were many cities not near the size of
Manchester where the high school was
the pride of the place. 1t should be
even SO in Manchester. That it will
be- within two years seems a certain