The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-02-26
SAUk CENTER
GIRLS SCHOOL
State Board of Control Decide to
Locate Training School in
WelIeS' Town.
More Accessible to Large Cities Of
State, Where Incorrigibles
Come from.

Unexpectedly the state board of
control last Friday selected Sank
Center as the location for the new
girls training school, says the ST.
Paul Dispatch. The vote on the Sc
lection was two to one, and if talk
counts for anything, the settlement
of the question is not to be without
trouble for the democratic majority
on the board and those of the admin
istration responsible for the selec-
ton.
S. w. Leavitt, the lone republican
member of the board, voted against
Sank Center, Elbow Lake being his
choice, though he voted for Cam
bridge.
He based his objection on the fact
that Stearns county, in which Sank
Center is located, practically has two
state institutions already. and to
give it third would not be fair to
other portions of the state.
In all fifteen towns and cities COM
peted for the new institution but
fourteen of them received little con-
sideration in the final selection.
Seven of them offered free sites
and the other advantages which they
thought more than offset a bonus.
The towns and cities competing were
Albert Lea, Brainerd, Cambridge,
Lindstrom. Dawson, Dodge Center.
Elbow Lake, Hutchinson, Litchfeld,
New Ulm, Redwing, Redwood Falls,
Sank Center, Shakopee and Waseca.
There were other places which
eyinced desire for the institution,
but they did not offer sites.
The settlement of the training
school site question was Unexpectedly
brought up late yesterday by Mr..
Ringdahl moving that resolution
of Jan. 8 relating to the location of
the school at Sank Center be taken
from the table. It prevailed. To
this Mr.. Rosing offered the following
amendment:
Provided further that the city
council pass an ordinance permitting
the state of Minnesota to connect its
industrial school for girls mentioned
above with the city sewer system,
and, provided further, that the city
of Sank Center extend it's sewer sys-
tenn to the southwest corner of the
site offered in section %
Objection was Immediately made
by Mr.. Leavitt, who held that the
amendment was not fair. Other
sites not having had the privilege,
he thought it should not be accorded
Sank Center. In the vote which
followed, Mr.. Leayitt was in the
minority.
! Repulsed here. Mr.. Leavitt offered
another amendment, substituting
Elbow Lake for Sank Center. He
argued that the site there carried a
finer quality of soil, that it had good
water and drainage and was conven-
lent to railroad tran sportation. Fur.
Their, from the standpoint of scatter.
ing the institutions so that all
portions of the state might be bene-
flied, Elbow Lake. he contended,
being the only applicant in section
of the state entitled to consideration
should receive the award.
The site selected for the school is
163 acres in extent, of which Is acres
are cultivated and the rest is wooded
It has half mile frontage on Sank
lake, and is considered ideal in re-
spect to healthfulness and beauty.
The site is close to the tracks of the
Great Northern and Northern Pa.
cific roads. The site is donated free
to the state.
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