The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-05
Voted For Brook Street
School Building
AT Al COST OF $500
A Lively City Meeting, at Which One
Speaker Accuses School Board Of
Bringing Before 1t Figures Doc
tored to Suit Purposes.

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After voting down d motion To ali.
thorize and instruct the school com
missionefs to erect b two-room addi--
tion To the Brook street school building,
and also voting down b motion to erect
4 four-room addition, the city meeting
last evening turned about and voted To
authorize and instruct the school com
missi0ners to erect tWo.Toom addi-
tion, and also voted To authorize the
city council to borrowS6, 800 to pay TOR
the same.
The meeting organized BY selecting
Homer q. Ladd for moderator H q.
Woodruff, president of chs board of
school commissioners reported, praeti-
cally, the report made by him lit the
last city meeting, recommending d two
room addition to the Brook street build
ing. a motion was made that the re-
Communications of the school committee
be accepted and the board authorized
To erect d two-room addition. J.. N.
Aiarr opposed h two-room addition and
favored a foT-roon and II, Al. Walker,
the architect explained the two plans.
q. "A. Smith stated there was no city
or town Ia the state with So good i
reputation for its schools as Barre, and
ii was because We have allowed our
school department to run our schools.
He believed the school department knew
best what was needed bit Brook street.
VIM. Jack was of the same opinion,
Abram Mann did not see the necessity
of any additional building and i Il.
Robbins thought at the Brook street
building had been erected with the ex-
press purpose of building a four room
addition, four rooms should be added,
After some further discussion the mo.
tion was put to a vote and lost.
J. p. Marr then moved the schoaE
commissioners be authorized and ina
structed TO build four.room addition
and that they secure plans for the
same from the architect who planned
the original building, and in case of a
failure 50 TO do, to report back to
another city meeting. Mr.. Marr, Al
bert Halyosa and w. H. Messer favored
the motion, Mr., Messer stating that
for reasons Of their own the board had
brought in figures on 4 four-room adj
dition that were reasonably high
Halvosa wanted TO know what Messer
meant
School commissioner Stuart said the
board did not make the figures. but
they were those submitted bY contract.
! ors who bid on the plans; School Conn
missioner Collins wanted Air. Messer to
explain. School Commissioner Gordon
thought Mr. Messer ought to explain
Oh withdraw his assertions. Others M
sisted that Mr. Messer explain, and he
arose and stated he wished to cast no
diseredit on the character Of the school
board, but tie board stood three to
one in favor Of a two-room addition
and It was clearly evident 1t was biased
in its ideas and figures.
School Commissioner Gordon further
stated that the original plans for the
Brook street building were not madue
with a view to four-room enlarge
ment, and he was on the school board
at the time the building was erected.
The school commissioners had recom-
they believed It the best thing that
could be done. After some further dis-
cussion the motion was lost BY vote
OF 20 to rs. and motion to adjourn
was also voted down.
Albert Halvosa moved the board be
authorized aud instructed to erect d
four-room addition to the Brook street
school building, and Alex. Milne moved
an amendment that it be two.ro0ms.
The amendment was carried 81 To 40
aad the motion to erect two-room
addition was carried 81 to 80 1t was
voted the city council be authorized to
pledge the credit Of the city for funds
TO erect the same and the meeting adj
journed.