The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-10
TO HAVE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
DEMAND OF NINTH WARD CITi- zENS GRANTED BY FINANOIERS,

Fully 600 at Hearing Last Night-Peo-
 pie Favor SIxteen-Room Building
 Much Discussion and Difference of
 Opinion as, to Best LOcatiOn-Physi-
 clans Make Strong Plea for Money
 for Milk Inspection.
 Fully 400 people appeared before the board of finance last night in the pub lie hearing given by that body in the making Up its allowances for the vari- ous departments for the year 1907. By far the greater number of these were present from the Ninth ward to urge the board to appropriate money for a new school building in that ward, May or Studley as president of the board explained at the beginning that the board was fully aware of the need of the building and had determined on granting the request of the citizens. The discussion, therefore, turned to the size Of building wanted by the people and the location.
 Frederick J. Orr was the first speak CT. He said that in his opinion it would De unWise to erect a ten room building because the number of children of school age was constantly increasing and that a sixteen room building would be fully occupied in a short time. He thought that the board should appro- priate sufficient money to erect large up-to-date building The unsanitary condition of the present building, he said, made a new building imperative.
 $. R. Avis, president of the commit tee of ten, stated that although the present building had been condemned by the school board in 1894, the board had been forced to continue It's use. There are enough children in the dis trict now, he said, to fill a twelve room uilding. The taxpayers, he also stated, would rather pay more taxes than be without the new building He favored some point north of Division street as a good location for the new building and said that he knew of a lot of an acre and half on Winchester avenue that could be purchased for $40O0. The people, he said, were anxious that the building should be away from the rail- road tracks.
 Mrs. D. E. Tillinghast gave a very comprehensive view of the situation. She said that the children in the dis trict at the present time would fill a fourteen room building, and that it would be only a matter of a year or two before a sixteen room building wuld be filled. She felt that the peo- pie were very modest therefore in their request for sixteen room building. The children in the Gibb street school, she said, were subjected to unnecessary conditions and that especially on rainy days. She gave into the hands of the board from the Mothers club, the Womans Civic club and several private citizens letters which heartily endorsed the sentiments which she had express ed She emphasized the need of kin dergartetn and large play grounds in connection with the new building.
 Judge Sheldon followed Mrs Filling hast He said that he favored the cor ner of Ivy street and Winchester ave- nue for the new school building The people of that district, he said, wanted as god school accommodations as, those of other dtstricts of the city.
 Opinions as to the best locality for the school varied. Some expressed themselves a,s fayorlng the Shelton ave- nue side of the railroad while others wished 1t to be situated on Winchester avenue.
 Prof c. H. Kent of Yale said that the west was ahead of the east in the matter of school buildings and he ex- prei1sed the opinion that the support of schools was far more important than the support of our excellent charities.
 Mayor Studley stated to the people that the board was desirous of giving the people the best building at the low est price possible and that in obtaining meana to grant the request they would consider not only the matter of tax ation but bond issue. He thought that two buildings would be needed eyentu- ally. He also advised the people to visit the new Scranton street school building and determine how it met their ideas of their needs.
 Anthony Carroll took occasion at this juncture to resent the remarks made by the mayor with reference to the Scranton street school building and said that it was a reflection on his work as inspector of the building, He thought that the people of the Ninth ward were making a mistake in asking for a sixteen room building and that they should ask for twenty room building instead.
 Another matter which came up for considerable attention at the hearing was the appropriation of $1,12O for milk inspection. Some of the best known physicians of the city were pres ent to urge the appropriation. Among these were Drs c. J. Bartlett, Daggett, H. E. Smith, Max Mailhouse, c. J. F'oote, and Bishop, Prof. Yandeu Hen dorson of the Yale medical school Dr.. Julia Teele, George L. Fox, County Health Officer Hoadley, Dr. J. w.. Seaver, Prof, c. F. Kent and others. All ttated that better inspection of milk would lessen the number of ty- phoid cases that would prevail in the city.
 Mrs Herz, Miss Anna Bacon, Mrs Ely an dothers of the Women's Civic club were present in behalf of an ap-