The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-17

sidered that it would affect the de-
velopment Of the upper part of the
harbor he had decided to vote for the
new bridge
Later when the board voted to rec
ommend that bonds for a new High
School be included in the regular bond
issue. without fixing the amount, Mr..
Goodsell was opposed to the PROPOSE
ton. He then asked that he be re-
corded as voting mo" in relation to
recommendation Of all bonds.
1t was B. D. Pierce. Jr.. who started
the ball rolling relative to school
bonds. He introduced a resolution
that 1t be the sense Of the board that
in the relation to the issuance of $780,
School be left to the Board Of Edu-
cation.
LET use be sure about that" re-
piled President Phelan. 1--WE may put
this board on record as saying that
the town has no power in the matter
searched for the matter in the char
ter but could not find anything that
would settle the matter. Allan W..
Paige said he was not prepared to tell
what the law was. but he had an
opinion that the Legislature had in.
creased the powers of central school
districts. In order to settle the mat
ter. B. D. Pierce. Jr, moved that the
city attorney be asked to give an
opinion to the board.
In less than a quarter of an hour
City Attorney Thomas M Cullinan
was before the board with the opinion.
He said: I'm my opinion the Board of
Education has all the powers that for.
merly resided in the town. AS far
as the issuance of bonds is concerned.
the power is vested in the Legislature.
1 have no doubt that the Board of
Charities, which is an appointiye
board, could ask for bonds if 1t so de-
sired ANY citizen or citizens can ask
for bonds. 1t is for the Legislature
to determine whether they shall have
an opinion upon the matter that wo',l7
have a bearing upon the issue. My
opinion is that the Board of Education
has the power to act in the matter of
new school buildings
Upon hearing the opinion Mr. Pierce
of Mr.. Paige.
S. E. Vincent said: ''As understand
the matter the School Board is about
equally divided upon the matter of
bonding ard upon remodeling the
High School,
Mr.. Paige said: ct have talked this
matter over with Auditor Heating.
and I must say that I agree with
him. IF a new High School is to be
built. he says that the present High
School building should be preserved
that t the proposed 100000 bond issue
asked for is only expected to pay for
the building. They have not provided
for the purchase of land. # this
building is necessary for the future
growth of the city and development
Of the children of the city it is a
worthy cause.
cit appears to me that the amount
the School Board will require will be
more like 100000 than $300,000 We can
commit ourselves at this time to the
construction Of suitable High School
to meet the demands for years to come.
We can commit ourselves to the
amount later on. I move that we
recommend that the matter Of bonds
for High School be included in the
list of bonds already voted upon"
The motion was carried.
Zalmon Goodsell who went on rec
ord against all bonds on hearing this,
said: 81 have thought all along that
our present High School was in good
condition and equal to meeting the
demands for the next five or ten years.
If the School Board has gone ahead
with the issue of bonds it is their bus
mess and not ours"
George w. Jackman asked the audi
tor if due care could be taken if the
bonds were secured In one issue to
prevent the recurrence Of the hap
penings In connection with the last
bond issue when the Congress street
bridge took about all Of the issue.
Mr. Heating replied: eff the amounts
are based specifically in the bonding
bill. the amounts for each project will
not be exceeded
In the matter of the appropriations
for street grading and new macadam,
B. D. Pierce divided the appropria-
tons into special appropriations so
that it is specifically directed where
the money is to be spent. The divis-
ion of the appropriation is as fol-
lows:
Street Grading-SpeciaI,