The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-31

idea of school and playground com
bined. He wanted the committee to
decide on the size of lot required for
the building needed and then adver-
tise for offers of suitable lots. He add
ed that the district would be foolish to
stand for the holdup of 100000 the
price asked for the Hines property
The town has got to develop to the
south and no more public buildings
should be erected north of Elliot
street.
l.. E. Holden agreed with the pre-
vious speaker in the matter of divorc
ing the playground idea from the
school building and it was then moved
to lay the matter on the table.
Mr.. Austin then moved that the ar
ticle be dismissed
A. p. Simonds asked what grades it
was intended to include in the pro-
posed new building and Chairman Os-
good replied that the 4th, 5th, 9th and
seventh were intended to find quarters
in that building as it was the intention
to turn out those from the Main street
school to make room for the extension
of the high school.
Principal E. B. Smith offered the in
formation that the school census show
ed there were 9S8 pupils in the district
and that 48S of them were north of
the brook and 500 south, showing the
l.children were pretty evenly divided as
1 to location north or south of Whet-
stone brook There are two elemen-
tary schools south of the brook
and only one north of it. He
would like to see another building
erected so that it would not be nee
essary for the high school pupils to
sit two in seat
Mr.. Holden wished to know if the
committee was not looking especially
for playground site in connection
/ with a school building to be erected al
some future time, question that call
ed forth the comment by the chairman
of the meeting that the Civic Improve
ment league had considered the matter
of a public playground and had now
on hand some 500 to devote to such
a cause.
Mr. Simonds agreed with Mr.. Aus
tin that the playground proposition
ought to be divorced from the school
house idea, which caused Judge Mar
tin of the school committee to ask fol
the reading of the vote which create,
the special committee, to prove thai
they were elected to consider both.
l. W. Hawley hoped that the repor
of the committee would be referres
back to that special body and be ex
tended and with recommendations n
the annual meeting of the district.
Judge Martin here said that there
was not a member of the commtte,
that had not expected that the articl
would be dismissed, but he pointed on
that if BrattleboTo IS to follow oui
one scheme Of educational advance
ment it is necessary for the voters t
dig down into their pockets to provide
proper facilities for certain phases o
educational work, such as domestic sci
enee and manual training. If, on tn
other hand, the parents of those VIII
; desire that class Of education, pay 70
it, the question is an entirely differen
one. He seconded the motion to dis
miss the article.
The chairman here took occasion t
ask if there was anyone in the ROOF
who remembered where Whetston
brook went to in the flood of 1876!
delicate allusion to the low land o
/ 1 iODb obAtCt " III was uDb IlAlcoCh -
! many of those present.
Sanford A. Daniels said that tn
! Hooker property on Main street coul
, be taken by condemnation proceeding
! for the price asked by the owners {
. the. property on the hill.
: w. II. Bracket did not believe
! having the special committee di
charged. He wanted the committee r
, tanned and the owners of property col
! WINGED that the village would be will
/ ing to pay once and a half what prol
: erty is worth, but not willing to pa
! $4,000 for property assessed at 5000
!, and which was valued by the apprai
! ers of the estate at $4,000.
= Mr.. Austin said he wished the cor
mittee to continue and the motion
! dismiss the article was then put an
carried.
= Mr. Hawley then moved that the I
e port be re-committed to the commits
4 with instructions to report at the a
y nual meeting 1t was so ordered an
= the meeting adjourned.