The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-09
School Board Finds Short
age Finances Makes I'm
dertal<ing Infeasible At
This Time.
COMMUNITY PATRONS
AGREE TO ACTION
Cottage Hill Sent Deleea-
ton to Board Meeting to
Urge Construction Of Two
Room New Building.

Dormitories for the Smith Hughes
agricultural school. at Roberts-Gon-
zaiez viii not be built this year. The
board Of public instruction has ar-
nounced that the body win be IN =
noie IN the expenditure or $50. 900 n
time warrants. authorised by the 1919
session OF the legislature. and The Roh-
erts- Gonzales community has come -
the rescue. They offer to wait Tor
dormitory space II the brick 1. n,r-
chased In the very near future :.
guarantees Of work which win Iater 4.
zone. Ihe board viii oraers' a., -
proximate 1880 worth of brick -
.ake care Of the situation. The Iov~st
oio recently submitted Tor the con
$4,000. scnooi y
IN plea for an Increase over -.
c.s sv0 Iuna allowed In the budxet for
's.s1 se HiiL a. ~. Rudd protested tbc
~ =. - the board 81 buying bricks -
-. 'u'1 ne said' while the people OF
- immunity y suffered for acn,ooI
80 we can not have school 4
90 opsn SIR ne said. 1t IL better
tnan to let $4,000 worth - brsc,~s 80
IDLE at Roberts -Gonsalex NJ 80.
Wa corrected here on ~ r,-..
which he had evidently mi-ra.-.ss
The plan provided for the n,..,~s..-
"a one-room school 1t Coft.~~ rrs,s
with the proviso that residenf. - -.
community should add another ~ns-.
aI their own expense. II ~. n...s
round this impossible OF accomnit-h
ment-
John n. Pace registered . ..r.-
Kick against the provfrion ...s.-
tnat the board had previousIv ~~-s
on record ~ condemninr the. ,.~.ct,.-.
oI building one-room schools ~ Iii,
vote my convictions or vii, r.s,--
from this board tonight" he s.sd 4.
was explained that the BUDGET ,or
cottage Hin was made up beSor. 49,.
formed. ois was
4. Pace also fought the provf.sor
.nae tne contract should not snectfv
.ne length of time for compIetfor !,
'ne extra room on the ground. th..
~ member or the board would roy
Eve o. such q plan In his own prI-
Ine motion finally taken ana vot.a
! upon navorably provided that ~.
appropriate $1,000 for the cor-
. - uction OF q two-room bufIdfno -
niii, one only to be reonsr.A
- completed by the partfes an
the contract, at this time. tha
o.ner 20 pc completed when need~d
rians ana specifications VIII b 49,
saoeo upon at conference between
N. y willis. architect for the bo@rr
Ano citixens Of the community
-ontract VIII be entered into ~vith
'i.I&ens of Cottage Hill, giving bond
taxing OF the school census In rer
'acoia ana Escambia county wfu r.
an Within q very short time. IL 60
'ofoance with the provisions az -.
aew compulsory attendance law FOR
Ine board OF public instruction. III,
oday probably name both = cffv ..~
rural truant officer. Compenaaf1or
VII also be decided upon 1t ! sDeci.i
Meeting.
Applications for the rural foh -.
made last night by Representative =
s A. Gates, Of Ferry Pass: r.. Men-
ock. Of Bluff Springs: A. ]. Watror
{ McDavtd: J. f. Rigby. d. ". Rrdn
Paulsen, former probation offIcer
nd r. M. Merritt
Three bids for = two-room nchocs -
dive were submitted. but action ~.
cen deferred They were from the
'ensacola Construction comuamv. a.
~: the Southern Construcfion oom-
any, e4.e8s. and Hall = Price. aa.e
An additional TRANSPORTATION tr1,rar
I'LL b ordered for the uso of rurnl
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