The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-11-14
REFUSE TO SELL
SCHOOL HOUSE
Barre Citizens Voted TO
Retain Summer Street
Property
3
WAS DESIRED r
PARoCHIA s cHooL
g
Voters Favo, 3 Mathew
son School 8 .yground
Pu ase

Barre citizens, in special meeting at
the opera house last night, declined to
sell the Summer street schooIhouse,
which was wanted for a narochial
school; authorized the purchase OF va
cant land opposite the Mathewson
schoolhouse on Elm street for play
ground and voted to issue notes not 70
exceed $4,000 to pay for the balance
Of water bonds which came due last
| year out of an issue Of 100000.
The meeting was attended by less
than l25 voters, among whom were
many women. James Mackay was mod
orator and James Smart was secfe-
tary.
4 On the article to sell the Summer
H street schoolhouse, School Commission \
er William r. Calder at once intro
4 duced a resolution that the city council
be authorized to sell the building on
4 such terms and conditions as the city
council and the school commissioners
Il should deem for the best interests q
the city. James Browne seconded
Stephen Rzzi wanted to. know why
il was proposed TO sell the Summer
street sclioolhouse School Coinnils-
sioner John G. Booth declared that the
school board had been told from time
. to time that the city had too many
, schools, that a proposal was on foot
to establish parocbial school in Barre
| which might take from 400 to 600 chill
dren out OF the public school system
J and that the l07 Summer street school
J children could be diverted te the other
: school buildings He said he under
. stood that Bishop Rice of the diocese
I. insisted on having paroehial school
: in Barre. Therefore, Mr. Booth thought
} liz good business for the city to sell
| the Summer street schoolhouse.
III o. J. Dodge opposed selling the Sum
, mer street school on the ground that
: The third ward ought to have pnblc
3 school building and that the children
now attending that school could not
tbe well sent elsewhere.
On #. Z. Langley's inquiry how many
vacant rooms there are in the city
!, school buildings now, Supr. G. II.
' White. stated there are six vacant
rooms.
Il Looking ahead to the next article in
the warning. Mr.. Rizzi wanted to
opposite the Mathewson school; and
school Commissioner j. t. Marion
J, said there are approximately 500 pn-
q nils IN the Mathewson school and they
have no playground but have been
usipp the uncccupied land across Elm
= street. The school commissioners had
!, Ibaara the land was to be used for
l. puhlie garage and. therefore, the COM
4 hot for a eofpfV
L and good of the children the land ought
Z to be acquired.
it Reyerting to the article in question,
y the sale of the Summer street scnooi,
A. g. Fay stated he understood that
Rev. p. NJ. McKenna had not been per-
sonallv in favor of establishing par
ochial school in Barre but that bishop
"a Rice had been firm in determination 70
institute a parochial scnool and that
a parochial school was coming into
is Barre. ave now have SIX vacant
N rooms in our public schools; we prob
1T ably shall have fifteen vacant rooms
is if the parochial school comes, SAID Mr.
n Fay. He favored sale Of the summer
in street school and thought the children
" there could easily be distributed IN ehe
~ other buildings
he f. L. Page opposed denofninationa'
ct schools and favored the public school
n He didn't think that Barre was on the
ct decline and he thought IN ten years
nd Barre would need all the school puiia'
ings II now has. He favored retainiha
st the school and having some vacan'
4. rooms il need be- Andrey BJorn "p-
ad posed sale of the school.
a w. VI. Messer wanted to know wny
l. - tl.. Ia IN
as school are not diverted to the Summer
n street school, where they could nave
as playground space.
ne At this point +. 4. Langley moved
an amendment to the motion, TO the ei
feet that ii the Summer street schoo
is sold the proceeds be set into SINK
ing fund to retire school bonds coming
ana in 1921. The amendment was &C
Va cepted by Commissioner Calder: Nbei
the main motion was put, the Vos'
at stood 81 in favor OF selling ana q
,e- against; and the motion was declares
he lost.
The Mathewson Playground.
nd ON the proposal to buy the Fitt'
ut vacant land opposite the Mathewsor
ITS school. s. Hollister jackson said mis-
nd take had been made in building tn
tai Mathewson school three stories h'gr
ng that the ventilating system had nevel
IRE been entirely satisfactory, that IN
ikiddies had no ground on which t
play. that they had utilized the yacan'
land opposite but that tl~ssigger boy
drove the younger boys of, that Their
81 was marked danger in the street to tn
475 children in the building. Therefore
he moved that the city council be N
as structed to buy the vacaht land oppo
m site Mathewson school
u. s ID. Allen wanted to know # IN
Al school commissioners had REASONABLE
I'M price offered them; and Commissions
,rd Marion reported they had what the'
he called a reasonable price. j. T. Cal
larhan seconded the motion TO buy
stenhen Rizzi wanted TO know why th
G citv didn't send some CO The children q
" the Summer street school; also wante'
10 know if the city was going TO hir
iS = policeman to watch the youngster
when they play. +. l. Page favore'
II. the playground purchase.
.onl r. s. Currier didn't see how the
~. could put 500 children onto the vaeas
re- land in question; the land Is not sur
abe for = playground; II you look .
- ne nropqrtv-vou see Il is tilted no a