The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-04-24
EIGHTEEN NEW SCHOOL
BUILDINGS WANTED
TO Erect This Number About $4,000
viii Be Required by School Board.

The School Commissioners Of Garrett
county were in session in their Office in
Oakland last Wednesday and Thursday.
The first day was spent IN the payment
of bills
On Thursday. various delegations
were heard and petitions were present
cd requesting new buildings in several
sections OF the county. They were as
follows:
District No. /, a new building for
Meadow Mountain school to replace the
one row there.
Another petition was presented from
the same section for new school and
building near the residences of Edward
Railey ana Francis Bittinger.
District No. ?, new school and build
ing IN a section known locally as Trap
Run
District No. 3, new school and build
ing in a section known as the Layman
neighrorhood on the old National Pike.
A second petition was presented from
the same district asking FOR a new
school and building at place called
Blue Lick.
District No. 1, new building i'll a
section known as Dry Run,
District No. ), a new building to re
place the present building on the old
National Pike called the Miller school.
and aeW building TO replace the pres
ent one at Accident. The citizens OF
that neignborhood presented a paper
numerousIY signed pledgng 81, 600 to
| help the county bear the cost Of new
and larger building, the same costing
several thousand dollars. Another petit
+ ton from Hove Run school neighbor-
hood was made asking for a new build
ing to replace the old one now there,
| the new one to be located at a point
somewhat more central IN the popula-
! ton
District No. :, new school and build
| ing at former school house site known
as Bear Range.
District No. 9, new building to take
/ the place of one now rented in the Green
or Mudlick settlement.
| District No. 10, a new building Ia
take the place Of one now rented near
Boiling Spring. Another request was
made by the citizens of the settlement
! known as Bethlehem for new building
| to replace the present one, which is
represented as unfit for the present
needs and which was built years ago by
the people themselves of that section.
District No. II, a new building for
the Gregg school to replace the one useC
there for wears that has been rented
and which is represented as being un-
fitted for the purpose.
| District No. Il, an addition to the
present building at Dodson to supplant
a room now rented for the primary
grades, making a two-room school
building there Another request wa.
made for new building to replace :
building now rented for school purposes
at Maysville. near Chaffee, w Va.
and which is represented as no longer
available for school purposes. A thirC
petition was presented from the same
district for a new building to replace
a rented room now used for school pur
poses In the settlement known as the
Pee Wee Hill neighborhood,
District No. IA, new and largei
building to replace the present one, rep
resented as unfit for the purposes. a
Hutton.
The granting of these eighteen re
quests would mean an additional eXpen
diture for the coming school year o.
about $14, 600 or SIS, 600 on the part O.
the School Commissioners for thest
additions to the educational plant o
the co lnty And the Commissioner
would )e glad to hear from anyone a
their n ext meeting or to hear from any
one pc 'sonally as to the advisiability O
inadvisibility in the grant1ngsof any o