The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-07
VOTE TO ERECT
SCHOOLHOUSE
'8-rOOm Structure at Gospel
Village" Authorized
AT CITIZENS MEETING
Bond Issue Of $4,000 Is Also Authorized.
Citizens Vote Also to Purchase
the Common" for Park
Purposes.
AT CITIZENS MEETING

The erection of an eight.room school
building at Hill and Camp streets and
the purchase Of the Common" in front
Of the site flor not more than 81 ,000l
provided legal title can be given, were
authorized BY the citizens meeting at
the opera house last night. The new
building will take the place Of the wood
en- and poorly equipped building which
is now located at the intersection Of the
two streets mentioned.
BY this action also the plan Of the
school commissioners for a public play
ground ii completed. since the city
Is now enabled, partly by vote Of
previous meeting, to purchase all the
several acres Of land lying between Elm
wood cemetery and Hill and Camp
streets, the purchase Of which was held
Up because one of the owners, w. Fl.
Richardson, refused to sell unless the
city acquired the title TO the Common. =
II is the proposal TO place the new struc-
ture where now stands the little cottage
belonging TO the Bolster estate, while
back Of the building, on the Bolster prop
erty, the w. + Richardson property and
that Of Ayerill brothers, a playground
viii Be constructed In order to buy the
land and erect the buildings, the citizens
a. F-.
This was done by small number OF
voters Homer G. Ladd was chairman
of the meeting and City Clerk Mackay
was secretary.
The purchase Of the Common from
the Congregational church was first con
sidered and the deed Of the land, passed
in 1907 for thirty dollars, was read It
showed that Nathan Carpenter conveyed
the land to "Chapin Keith, John Dodge
and others, their associates, proprietors
of the meeting house near Ezekiel
Woods dwelling house" some three
acres.
Whether the Congregational church
could now give legal title 10 the
land was next discussed, and the atlirma
tive opinion Of City Attorney Carver was
read There was some objection To the
purchase Of the land by the city, and
John I. Callahan moved That The meeting
adjourn for q week. The motion was
voted down, however A. b Lane moved
that the article authorizing the purchase
be adopted W. H. Messer moved 70
amend BY making the price not to exceed
{ 600 instead OF 81 500 as ii the warn
ing S. D. Allen moved to amend the
amendment that the city purchase If a
legal title can Be secured Thus amend
ed, the motion passed.
On article three, s. d. Allen moved
that the school commissioners be au-
thorized to erect school building at
Camp and Hill streets. No opposition
What size Of building was the gist of
the next article; and Commissioner
Woodruff explained the probable cost Of
an s.room building to be s39,0as tinelud.
ing the land for site. playground and
the e6ommonl and for a 4-room build
ing S26643 with chance 10 build on
four more rooms at total expenditure
of about $1,000 mere than an original
s-room bmldingl.
Then followed a long discussion of the
needs. The commissioners declared that
a 4.room building would be filled as soon
as completed, but they did not profess
to have the prophetic eye sufficient to
say what the growth Of that section Of
the city would be in the next five years.
Certain they were, however, that the
Church street building win have to be
replaced and also the BeckIey street
buildings and they did wish to cover up
those demands, leaving Il to the voters.
The voters, on motion Of James F. Hig-
gins decided 10 favor Of eight rooms.
Commissioner Woodruff, on the read
ing Of article five, moved that the city
bond for the payment rather than to
issue its notes, and the motion was car
ried after T. G. Rowland had stated thar
the city's bonded debt Is verv low and
the city would probably be able to do
better with bonds than with notes.
Then came the question Of determining
the kind, amount rate of interest and |
the time payable Of the bonds and while |
the somewhat knotty question was being
considered A. b Lane moved that the /
previous vote to bond rather than issue
notes be rescinded There was a major |
ity in favor Of resembling. but Chairman
ladd ruled that a two-thirds vote was
necessary; but he said that he would I
await appeals from the chairs ruling. |
No one appealed, although there was
protest from w II. Messer and q. Her.
bert pape.
The situation having reverted to the !
decision to bond, Mr. Howland moved
that the city council be instructed to is-
sue $4,000 coupon bonds at a rate Of /
interest not 70 exceed four per cent,
5000 payable on September is, 1912, I
and the same amount each year there. 4
after until the issue is paid up. The I
motion was carried, with no opposition,
and the meeting adjourned al ten o'clock. I