The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-08
TAXPAYERS MEETING
ENDORSES $4,000 LOAN

Three Propositions Submitted II
Bond For $4,000 Only; To Bone
For 100000 And To Bond Fo
| Slot, OOG. Second And THIRD
Propositions Overwhelmingly Not
ed Down.
=. Ii, meeting OF The Non-paru
| san Taxpayers Association at the
| Court House yesterday afternoon al
| ter considerable discussion it was
| voted to agree to a bond issue OF
| $40 600 to be used in building add
tons to the Academy School on Mill
street and the Peach Blossom school
on Peach Blossom avenue and IL
take from the present Cambridge
High School the sixth and seventh
grades and put them in these TWO
schools thereby relieving the con-
gested condition at the High SchoOl.
Several days ago Delegate Frank
Robbins presented a bill to the Leg
islature providing for bond issue
OF $25O,000 for building schools IN
Dorchester county, $4,000 OF TINS
amount was to be expended for
Cambridge High School building;
S32500 was to be expended at Hur-
lock and the remainder among the
different districts of the county &C
cording to the amount of taxes pald.
From the opposition that developed
to this bill at once it was believed
solution of the situation was oHefeC
by many who were interested in re-
lieving the situation at the High
School that unless some different
the congested condition would con-
tinue only it would be worse.
After making careful inVestlga-
ton of the situation, getting the Ell
rollment at the different schools 10
Gated within a radius of about eight
miles of Cambridge and after care
fully investigated conditions at the
Cambridge High School Mr.. George
w. Woolford prepared a plan which
local school authorities stated would
relieve the situation for the present
at least. Mr. Woolford's plan when
was submitted to the meeting yester-
day afternoon, was to build tour
rooms to each the Mill street ana
Peach Blossom schools then to re
move the sixth and seventh grades
from the Cambridge High School
building, taking away in this manner
1913 pupils, thereby relieving the
congestion at that building so that'
for the present, there will be ample
room for High School purposes, ana
to close the small schools close TO
Cambridge, many of which do not
have the required average to keep
chem open. and TO bring these pupils
20 the graded schools in Cambridge.
thereby giving such pupils the benent
of the better schools of Cambridge
classes up to the required enrolment
Mr.. Woolf0rd figured that $4O,OOO
would be necessary for this work. In
addition to. this he proposed that
separate bill providing for a bona
issue of 100000 for the building oil
a Cambridge High School be drawn
and submitted to the Legislature, the
money from such bond issue not tol
be available until next year.
After Mr.. Woolford had submitted
this proposition Nh Robert H. Mat
thews. president of the Chamber OF
proposed as an amend
ment that the amount of the second
bill be increased to $4,000 making
q total bond issue of $150,0OO and
that all of these sums be incorporat-
ed in one bill.
After addresses by Messrs. George
w. Woolford Robert H. Matthews.
Dr.. Guy Steele, Russell P. Smith, w.
Laird Henry, j Watson Thompson,
j. w. Scott Cochrane, Fred. H.
Fletcher, James A. Higgins, Charles
Webster Edward S. Phillips, Mrs.
Fred H. Fletcher and Mrs. Russell
F. Smith, the question was calico
and a vote was taken upon the three
First: To bond the
county for $4,000 and no more for
the purpose of relieving the school
situation in Cambridge; Second: Tol
bond the county for 100000 in addi-
ton to the $4,000 for the purpose
of building a high school building
and Third: To bond the county for
$4,000 for the purpose Of build
ing additions to the Mill street and
Peach Blossom schools and the cree
ton of a Cambridge High School.
The first proposition to spend $4O,-
600 and no more was overwhelmingly
the two other propositions
receiving very small votes.