New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Plafnvine News PORTABLE SCHOOL
 WILL BE ERECTED Town Meeting Appropriates $500
 to Cover Expense THREE TEACHERS TO LEAVE
Chairman Freeman Accused Of Us- ing "steam RoIler'' Tactses-Ex- pect To Fill Vacancies at Once Lightning Strikes Housc-Briefs.

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 Lightning Strikes House-Briefs.
 Adopting recommendation of the school board, the voters at speclal town meeting last evening, after a lively debate in which B. A. Free man, the chairman, was accused or using steam roller tactics, passed a resolution authorizing the erection of one room portable building to be constructed at an expense not in excess of $500. Efforts to have a temporary arrangement made to ac- commodate the school children until such time as the actual needs of the town are more apparent were turned down The voters also declined to listen to a proposition for the erec- ton of a four room addition to the
 Grammar school building, erected a few years ago, and by close vote their action concurred with the school board
 The meeting was enlivened by re-
 partee between S. P. Williams, John s. Larson and Chairman Freeman,
 rulings made by the later savoring of ''railroading," according to the
 men who openly disagreed with him. The chairman attempted to cut off debate on the amendment to the original resolution, advancing the claim that it was futile to discuss it.. His attitude was displeasing to some of the voters and they were rather sharp in their criticism of it.
 1 Lack of interest in the proposition advanced by the school board and the humidity kept the attendance down to such an extent that less than thirty votes were cast on the first motion presented. When the resolution was passed in it's amend. ed form only sixteen of those present expressed themselves regard ing it. The vote was nine to seven The meeting was called to order by First Selectman w. J. Johnson. Ed ward A Freeman was chosen chair man and S. S. Gwillim was named to serve as clerk.
 Rev. F. U. Grant, representing thu school board, gave statistical re port showing the needs of the school
 He gave figures to prove that whei l the fall term opens the present ac comm odations will be inadequate ant 1 1t will be necessary to do somethint
 to relieve the threatened congestion Tie polIIod out sever dI way N@A ihiONN ing the problem. The kindergarten might be discontinued, an addition
 built to the present structure, a new
 school building erected in some other part of the town or the pupils in the
 upper grades put on one session.
 He declared that the purchase of
 a portable building is considered by the school board as superior to any of the above suggestions. He es- timated that a building of the type desired could be put in position for about $700 The building would be f heated from the boiler in the Cram 1 mar school building and there will be no extra ordinary expense for install ling equipment as the board proposed to purchase set of desks for one room anyway If the new building was erected the desks would be used for the extra rooms and should no
 additional accommodations be provided
 new desks would be purchased to re- place the old ones now in use.
 MT. Grant admitted that he could not tell how long portable building
 would serve the town, but he thought
 it would satisfy the needs of the
 school children until such time as the
 town is ready to go to more expense