Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-23
EDUCATION BOARD
Will Purchase Additional Land
 Near Webster School.

The board of education held an in teresting meeting last evening. Mayor ThOms presided and full board was present. Regarding the proposed pur- chase of land adjoining the Webster school for additional school purposes out of the $3O,OOO appropriation for building. City Attorney Kellogg sent in an opinion that it could be legally done. So the board will go ahead as soon as possible with the project.
 Chairman Chase of the committee on school houses and hygiene reported that the heating apparatus in the Washington school had been inspected and found strong enough to last a few months more. There is no danger, any way; the worst that can happen is that the fires in the boilers may be ex- tingnished by the leaking water. Commissioner Loomis reported that the heating and yentilating systems in the Mulcahy school are out of order, the first because of defective ther- mostats and the second because the electric current is not suitable to the motor. An expert will be invited to inspect the heating apparatus and give his opinion as to the cost of rectifying the defects.
 Commissioner Loomis held the at tenti0n of the board for the ensuing twenty minutes with reports on defec- tive sanitaries in most of the school buildings. Even in the Griggs school, where he expected to find conditions excellent, he was surprised at the sit uation It was extremely bad, to say the least. The Bank street, Walsh, Clay and other schools were in the same boat. He did not approve of the present system at all, notwithstanding that according to his colleague, Chap man, 1t is said to be the standard and in use in all the schools in the state of Massachusetts, which schools are supposed to be the best in the country. It would be an expensive job to install better system, but it was Commis sioner LoOmis's idea that it would pay in the end. On motion of Commission CT Mcdonald it was voted to have the committee on school houses report an estimate at the next meeting.
 This question of sanitation disposed of. Commissioner LOomis stated that he understood that the plans of the Bank street school. prepared by Archi- tect Jackson and for which he woud credit the city with some S1,4OO were they used in the additional proposed ac- commodation, were, he understood. in the possession of Architect Asheim. who had no right to have them. It was his idea that to save this S1 400 fr,< t1,1. f hn yo1l t<x Architect Asheim to work on plans for the Webster school and let Mfr Jack son go ahead with the plans for the Bank street. There was no use in paying double for the same piece of work, he said. Mayor Thoms agreed with the commissioner on this.
 Commissioner Mcdonald remarked that he had heard the walls of the school were not strong enough for an- other story. The matter was finally disposed of by Commissioner Monagan moving that the proper committee see Architect Jackson about the matter.
 Commissioner Loomis still held the floor. He said that Mr Lynch living in the vicinity of Forest park had com municated to him that his 10 year old boy had been refused Webster school. which he has been going to for some years. and ordered to attend Bucks Hill school. MT Loomis thought this rather hard. Bucks Hill school was three miles distant from the boys home, whereas by taking a car he could reach Webster school in few minutes. Commissioner Loomis was informed that the boy lives in the Bucks Hill school district and his father consequently does not pay taxes for the Webster school. It was voted that if the boys father wished to pay for his tuition in the city schools he could attend the Webster school.
 The contract for school supplies was given to. the Waterbury Blank Book Co.
 An application from William John Mulvey for janitorship was filed.