The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-31

BOARD SEC'Y. GIVES
HIS SIDE OF STORY
Sobiesh School Water Sup
ply Creates a Big Stir in
West Hammond.

Children attending the SobiesA pub
lio school in West Hammond are still
carrying their own supply of drinkin &
water with them. Resumption of the
schools regular supply of city water
viii De whenever the plumber assigned
10 the case locat es the trouble and rem
edies it. The time is uncertain.
such is the hope held out by Adam
stachowicz secretary Of the board Of
education of the South district. in dis
eussing the schools trouble this morn
ing. He deplores the Inconvenience to
which the thirsty kiddies are put, but
says his orders 10 the plumber were to
get the water running as soon as pos
sible.
The plumbers delay, he says. is due
to the fact that ponds OF water cover
the unimproved street down which the
water line leading TO the school is laid.
The plumber has no pumping outfit cap
able Of draining these pools and so can
rot do any c1cavatns over the pipe lire
until the water evaporates or soaks
away into the ground. With no rain il
should be possible to stSrt work before
long but rains are uncertain things and
ray keep the matter complicated for
4 long time. The school viii De in seS-
sion until June. 50 II IS certain that II
the pipes are frozen they will ba thawed
long before then and there will be plenty
Of water before the end Of the term.
even though the plumber Is unable to
dix up the line
Mr.. Stachovicz brands as untrue the
assertion which was made that the
beard had refused 70 reimburse the jani-
+ For frE, ~ fer
would show if h. carried water in
buckets TO the school from his horne.
The reason the janitor quit carry .-ing
water. he says. was the wastefulness
on the part of he children. Whether
II was Just pure devinshneSs on the
part Of the children or whether they
were put up to 1t by older persons. he
does not attempt 70 say. but the fact
remains that the youngsters would take
drink out OF the dipper and throw
away what was left in it. The result
vas that = bucAetful OF wafer lasted
only short time ana the 5antor refused
to carry any more
The secretary Of the board Of educa-
ton is of The opinion that the thirst or
the pupils is not as great as 1t has
been pictured By some Of tn. patrons
and agitated by some dissatisfied per-
sons. namely What he calls the high
toned Americans" who live down to-
v ards the Country Club and nearest the
Indians state line. These people, he
says. object to sending their children
So far 70 school and asked TO have an
other house built nearer their Part Of
town. This. he says. is up 10 the county
board Of education and the district body
has nothing to do with IL.
The Sobieski site has been greatly
enlarged of late 50 that the grounds
now cover an entire block of forty eiEht {
lots. Mr.. StachowIcz i. Of the opinion
tnst a new. modern school house Will
be erected there soon which will be a
credit TO West Hammond Maybe by
that time better water connections can
be had and a real sewer laid, thus elm
mating many of the present objection
able features from a sanitary stand
point
The sobiesId school affair has created
quite a stir in West Hammond. Many
Of the patrons have called up the city
authorities on the matter. asking that
some relief be afforded through channels
other than the school board However.
it is purely a matter for the board to
handle, it is said. and the others Will
not interfere unless gross negligence Is
shown on the part of the board