Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-17
:ACT|0NAL POL|T|NS
ENTER DISCUSSION
OF SCHOOL SITE
Republican Leaders Differ Radi-
cally at Public Meeting Held
in Dover.

Dover. Jan I7-Representative cItl
2ens to the number OF two or three hun
sIred met in the Dover Century Clul
last evening, at the request OF the )oVel
Board Of Education. to discuss the bond
ing of Dover special school district loi
new school building IN Dover, and Also
70 discuss the question of site for said
building
The meeting was called TO order by
James Hall Anderson president Of the
Board OF Education. who explained the
objects of the meeting and also announr-
I'D the sum OF money obtainablo from the
School Auxiliary Association, offered by
Mr.. 7. s du pont for new school buildings
70 the amount of S2250O0, provided
Dover special school district bonds To the
extent of ; per cen; on the assessed value
Of the property III said district, which
would amount to about Sl43, 900
Mr.. Anderson explained. in detail, by
drawings submitted, just what was anticl-
mated in the way of y school building to
meet requirements under the new School
Code, and also made II PLAN that the
present schoo lhuldjng could no longer
be used as q school after the neW building
IS erected rs il already had been corr
defnned. He emphaticallv denied that
the present building was 10 he turned over
TO the colored people for = school, as
Mr.. du Pont expected to build an entirely
new school building for the colored
people
Alter = free and full discussion Of the
aft Of Mr.. du Pont and the necessity for
a new building, ] i. Alice, moved that the
gift of Mr. du Pont be accepted The
motion WAS seconded by Mayor \. b
Magee, John b. Hutton and score Of
Others, all admitting that the aid from
Mr. du Pont WAS most generous and theR
vas nothing left but % accept 1t with
thanks,
The question Of increased taxes VIA
considered, and II was announced ~
Chairman Anderson that possibly, with
the bonding of the town % secure the
Gift Of Mr. du Pont, the ta>es would he
increased for the first lew years from %
cents on the 500 assessment, this year,
to 81 or sl.iO on the 500. This. il was
pointed out, would not lc anywhere
nearly as heavy as III other districts,
il being shown that the votC OF Caesar
Rodney Consolidated District Of Camden
and Wyoming was 81 y, and had not
been less than 120 since X va made
consolidated district
The vote on the acceptance MAS unan-
inlous
Chairman Anderson. announced that
the next proposition vas that Of the
selection Of site on which 10 erect the
new building
SITE A CAUSE or CONTENTION.
While everything UP 10 this point had
teen harmonious and with NJ audience
about equally divided politically al
though no POLITICS had heen injected into
the meeting, before the site question
.roee-politics galore broke loose, for
tunstelv however. ali on one sidt---a tac
tional fight among theRepublcans between
s,dvocates of T. Coleman du POnt and
Alfred |. du Pont. with James 4. HlTons.
former Representative IN the CTenerai
Assembly, former Kent county chairman
of the Republican county commlttc~e and
clerk Of the LAST House of Representatives
on ooe side. and State Senator .iaue> Il
Allee, Jr., on the other size
Chairman Anderson had announced
hat Two sites had been considered ~ the
Dover GARD one on North STATE street
from Washington t. William Creers, and
the other IN Cts Beautiful, or the
wilson Harrington ( Cross and. Mr.. ADror-
son stating fha, bo,h 81 these sites had
csAen approved Is II, STATE Board oi
Education IS deS Slrable, and aiso = having
sufficient ground u provide f0r the erec-
tion Of &Ii suitable buildings foT school
purposes under the ner School CD4o
The Wilson Harrington ste viii - cioe.
70 The new Gu l'on, I3o.lot-nl route Is
conts Tnplated
Mr. Anderson also announced two Of hc~
.1tes which had hacn recommended stncc
he Stste Board had passed upon the
6-st two-tvo locations on south Stsle
street, opposite the Nanlove HAYES
property, on the state rcad from Dover 10
Camden, just outside he limits Of the
town of Dover, on . high elevation with
good drainase, light ard sewage. both
Of which had Sufficient land ioI the pur-
poses needed.
Air. Anderson SAID the hoard vas
ANXIOUS 70 have ail the suggestions pos
sibie, IS he admitted the board was as
much at sea over the selection Of q site
as the citizens.
j. Frank Alice advanced the opinion
that the people of Dover would acquIesce
IN what the Dover Board OF EDUCATION cid
N the way OF selecting 4 site and thar IL
the matter W1s entirely up 70 thc members
of the board their final Judgment In the
matter would be accepted STATE senator
James I. Alles. IN advocacy Of the Hsves
Hill SIT. 1sked permission t. read an
editorial which appeared n the stale
Sentinel. Of uheI hs- :, edjlo- and ovner.
several ve,Es ago, on the location 81 hc
echosl building opposite lie Il yee
property on South STAT stree poiTsIng
oaf what n deemed i1ant advantages
over al other location. especially Wnen
the question q the dIstanc. for yhe chi-
dTen n 70 Get 20 the school 4 considered
After comparing the Hayes I'LL ri5a
aid the other sites, Including tin WILSON
HsrTlngton-C STE, lInp.easIne upon
JhC audience the pracoicabIlty of
r-zlectlug the Hayc> Hill site, state Senator
Alice and his father raised The question
a. 10 whether the du Pont Boulevard would
run near the proposed size u "Ci,s
Beautiful
At tins point james ! lilrou> au ayow-
ed l. {. OH POnt advocate. addressed
the audience rs to the absuFci.ty 81 plar-
ing building such as is contemplated
III the southern part of the town when thc
building movement, he contcuded Was
toward the northern part Of the town and
also advocated the placing of III. uew
school building along tho du Poat Boule-
ward
state Senator Alice asked Hlrons where
he got his authority To say there was
any assurance that tic du Polt Bouc-
ward would run by the NisOu-lIarring-
ton-Cross land To this query, Mr.
Hirons quickly replied
Prom such authority as tou cannot
get supposedly meaning Il q
tn Pont
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