Arizona republican., 1909-12-19

| were supposed by the owners or agents
 to be available for school purposes, and i after carefully considering all of them
 has decided to recommend the pur- | chase of the following property:
 The block. owned by Mrs Pemberton on west Adams street between Seventh and Ninth avenues, comprising an area of about three acres. for s13.000; the
 block owned by Lysander Cassidy and
 Judge Phillips between Fourth and
 Fifth avenues. and facing on Mont
 gomery avenue. at s2.1O0: the tract
 owned by Mrs. George Hageman. com prising somewhat less than two acres.
 at the southeast corner of Seventh and
 Van Buren streets fronting north on the Tempe road). at $l3,500: a block
 in the East Evergreen addition. be-
 tween Third and Fifth streets and
 fronting on the Mcdowell road. owned
 by E. J. Bennitt and company, at s5.-
 900. The only matter undetermined
 in the minds of the board is the loca- tion of the building for the coIored chil- dren. It is proposed to give the colored people modern building and they will be consulted as to the location and. so far as practicable, the board will try to satisfy them in that respect
 The principal building to be con structed will be on the Pemberton block on west Adams (north of the public library). On this block the board will construct d grammer school building equipped also for domestic science and manual training. at an ap- proximate cost of $75.000l z on the Cassidy block no building will be con- structed at present, but this tract will be held for future use and when the demands of the southern part of the city call for if building will be con- structed. In the east Evergreen tract which is about acres in extent. the board proposes to construct a modern building for the smaller pupils at a cost of si0.o00 or s12.0OO
 The Hageman tract has a large brick house on it, which. with some remodelling, will serve for the pres ent as a ward building. In purchasing this tract. the board was prompted bv careful consideration of the future needs of the city. The fine building the Pemberton block on west Adams will. it is estimated. meet the require oh e'C W VStOih iidil OI tflt cltN for grammer school, and when the Central school block is sold and abandoned, grammer school on the Hageman tract will provide for the eastern half of the city-the two schools being somewhat more than mile apart. It is not expected that the building will be erected on the Hageman tract until the Central build- Ing shall have been sold When that building is sold. money will be avail able for erecting on the Hageman tract fine grammer school building.
 The board has received an offer of S100.090 for the Central school block. but has no legal authority to accept 1t. nor is it inclined at present to lay the matter before the public, as it is be- lieved the block will sell for still more than this offer. The immediate needs of the city will be amply provided for by the construction of the building on west Adams and the building on Me Dowell7 road in the East Evergreen addition In that locality and in the Brill addition, there is great amount of building going on. Churchill school. which is the nearest. is already inadequate. and at the beginning of the next school year. when it is expected