Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-26
Still! IN AIR.
Increased HighSChoo|Ac
C0mnodationS Afar Off.
Adjourned Citizens Meeting
Monday Evening a Lively One.
The Matter will Come Up Again
Monday, June p.

An adjourned meeting Of the quail
ificd voters of the city of Augusta, t.
act UPON the unfinished business of thu
meeting of May II, namely, Article
| of the warrant. which provided for the
taking over by the city Of the proper
ty now held in trust by the trustees
OF the Cony Female Academy, and Ar
tlcle 4, which provided for the eniarg-
ing Of the present High school build
ing, or erecting a new one, was held
at City hall last evening, about 800
people being present, and although
considerable time was devoted to the
argument of the questions in hand it
could hardly be said that much pro-
gross was made, and a conservative
summing up of the situation would
seem to Indicate that anything Of the
nature cf increased High school ac-
combinations, either in the way of an
addition to the present building or
the erection Of q new one were afar
Off
a principal action of the meet
inS was to take the matter Of ascer-
tanning what was needed in the way
of increased accommodations for the
High school, securing plans for the
same, and an estimate Of the cost,
from the hands of the Board Of Edu-
cation and place it in charge of a spe-
cial committee appointed by the Chair.
The meeting was called to order at
1.45, Mayor Plaisted acting as nodcr-
ator and on motion of l.. A. Burleigh
of the Board of Education, Article 3
OF the warrant was accepted The text
is as follows:
8. To consider, and take any ac-
ton deemed proper in relation to, a
certain bill in equity now pending in
the supreme judicial court within and
for the county of Kennebec, which
was returnable at the May 1908, rules
Of said court, wherein the trustees Of
the Cony Female Academy, a corpora
ton. is plaintiff, and the city Of Au-
gusta and others are defendants, the
full text of which bill is to be found in
TIE Daily kennebec Journal of April
p, 1908. Said bill, among other things.
asks the court, in substance, to or
der the present trustees of the Cony
Female Academy to convey to the city
of Augusta all the property now held
by said trustees, the same to be held
by said city in perpetual trust for
the purpose of maintaining the Cony
Free High school under it's present
name. A copy of said bill will be pro-
duced at the meeting.
The foregoing article was easily dis
posed of, but when it came to any ac-
tion Oil Article 4, which carried with it
the question of enlarging the present
in was found to exist the germ of
much strenuosity. The article reads as
follows:
A. To consider and act upon the
question of repairing. improving, en-
largirg or rebuilding and equippng
tho present Cony Free High school
building, or any other school building
in this city; and of building and equip
ping any now school building or build
in5e whatsoever; and of purchasing
any real estate deemed necessary or
advisable in the premises; and of rails
ing money for any or all of said pur-
poses.
The above article was really the Wit
al point of the meeting, .inasmuch as
with it came the question of the appro
priation Of sum of money to carry
out whatever work in the way Of
school Improvement that the meeting
should decide upon. The question was
a knotty one and there was a liberal
amount of discussion indulged in be-
fore anything in the way of a motion
was reached.
The motion was finally placed be-
fore the meeting by Edgar S. Turner
and was as follows:
"rhat the city borrow the sum Of
$4,000 to erect such a High school
building on the present High school
grounds and, so far as is eXpedient
upon the Reuel Williams athletic
field, on 10 years time. payable in
equal annual instruments. and that the
city treasurer be appointed the agent
of the city to contract such loan and
give the necessary security therefor.
said $4,000 to be expended and said
building erected under the direction
of the Board of Education
The motion was seconded. but when
II came to a vote it was necessary to
resort to ballot, and the motion was
lost, 100 to 81.
Hon. Charles A. Milliken then moved
that the matter be placed IN the
hards Of a special committee of five,
to be appointed by the Chair. one Of
which committee should be the chair
man of the Board of Education. the
committee to secure plans and specifi-
cations for a new building, together
with an estimate of the cost of the
building, and to report at an adjourn
cd meeting. The motion was seconded
ana the committee was appointed as
follows. A. w. Brooks, L. A. Bur-
leigh. j.. G. Harrington, c. A. Milf
,,c, and w. G.. RoOthby.
T. vas then voted to adjourn to $50
o'clock Monday evening, June =.