The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
NO NEW BUILDING
  Board of Finance Turns Deaf Ear to Board of Edu-
 cation.
NO MONEY FOR LATTER
Will Have to Wait Until Time for Submission of Yearly Estimates
 for More Cash.

The school building question was dls- cussed at length last night at the meet, Ing of tho board of finance Colonel Isaac Illman of tho board CT education, c, S. DeForest Professor Bacon and E. l.. Warden of tho Associated Civic societies were present to speak Tn lav- or of tho proposed Increase In the ap- preprlatlon for the purchase Of addl- tlonal land on the site for the new man was the first one to speak lt9 stated the reasons for tho change m the original plans of the board of edn- cation in regard 10 this school The board wants Si00O for this lnnd, as II has come to the conclusion thai 10 build a twelve-room building Is not feasible The present plan Is to build two. story eighteen room building, recent school fires proving the great desirapll- ity of three story school buildings
 The attitude of Mayor Martin and the other members ot the board ol finance showed concluslNely that lhe board of education can expect hut llt- tie of the present board. In response to Colonel Gilman, Mayor Martin said, Representatives of the board of educa- ton came her and asked this board for an additional appropritlon some time ago. lt was granted. And Ill our granting 1t we yiolated, at least teeh- nlcally. the law, Now you want SIOJO more for additional land, and 10 cap tha climax you ask for enough money to build, instead of twelveroom build ing. an eighteen room one. This means you want S4i,0UO more than you origin ally asked for.
 Colonel Gilman admitted the Mayors contention in regard lllegality of the action of the board of finance In jug gllng the city's finances when they ask. ed for the appropriation In Janaury
 Following Colonel Cllman c. ;, pe- Forest spoke. After complimentlng the board for its open-minded attitude, he emphasized the statements of Colonel Ullman But Mir. DeForest dwelt on the assembly hall question particularly He gave the statistics of the lectures given by the Associated Civic socities the past winter in the available school halls throughout the city, and made | plea for one In the building in Welch district. whenever built, saying that more interested had been manifested n that district than In any other In conclusion MT DeForest expressed the hope that when the time for making out the estimates arrived, provision for new school buildings would bt made.
 Professor B. W. Bacon, the chair. man of the lecture committee was the next 10 be heard He said substantially the same as MT. DeForest.
 After Professor Bacon F.. l.. Warden spoke. The latter told of the congest. ed conditions he knew existed in thC Welch district ana asked mat tne boar see ft to favor the board of education as far as possible.
 Mayor Martin then stated his position and the boards on the school building question In substance he said that tho board was in favor of approprlatinp money enough to build as many build ings as needed, but that as there wai no money provided in the estimates o the last board the present board wai helpless We are powerless at thC present time to do anything fin the ap propriating line" The mayor expressed his wishes very strongly on the subject saying he approved everything the gen tlemen present had said. and hlmsel believed 1t would be true economy t' build an eighteen instead of twelv' room building.
 The matter will probably go by de fault. The board of finance took m action md will probably not do so.
 The board of education has no enough money for even a twelve roon building now. and when the time fo the estimates for 1909 rrfves will in al likelihood put in It's estimates enougl money to put up an elghteen-roon building.