New Britain herald., 1925-04-08
DISCUSS MERGING SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Council and Faction Representa-
 tiVeS Have Long Debate
ANDREWS OPPOSES PROJECT
Fire House Project to Be Decided
 by Notcrs--Baptist Church Easter Song Conccrt-Building Lines Es-
 .ablishcd-NIrs. Amelia Case Dead

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 Consolidation of the Twelfth School district with the Third dis trict met with opposition last night at the city council meeting. Dis trict Chairman Howard Andrews stood alone against the proposition, which had for it's proponents at the meeting, David Y. Clarke. Jr., and Miss Irene Clark. Judge s. Rus sell Mink represented the Clarks and presented the merging plan to the council. He said that the plan proposed to give the Third district additional grand list property of $75,000, which represented about 40 voters in the district. The situation in the Fall Mountain district. Judge Mink declared, had reached a serious stage and had become practically a deadlock over building propositions.
 AS the council members were all ready familiar with the battles of the last few weeks which have been fought in the Fall Mont bungalow at the meetings, called by the dis trict chairman to consider the ad- dition to the old school or a new school. 1t was not necessary for Judge Mink to rehearse the feuds, which have famed for some time and which recently eliminated in the arrest of and not guilty verdict for two of the district property owners.
 When Judge Mink had concluded his request to the council to effect the merger of the two districts, a question arose as 10 the possibility of the city taking a hand in the matter and Corporation Counsel William N. Derosier was called upon for an opinion. The city attorney declared that the merger might present obligations of an entangling nature and said that some years ago, when a merger of the eighth and first districts took place, Chair man Newell Jennings of the First district studied the matter carefully and finally went to the legislature before the move was made.
 Offhand without looking into the various statutes on the matter, he doubted that the council could &C., complsh the result.
 Andrews Opposes
 District Chairman Howard An drews informed the council in reply to a question by Judge Mink that he was in favor, provided that the Third district maintained a school in the Twelfth district so that the Fall Mountain pupils would not be compelled to resort to the incon- venience of bus transportation up and down the mountain. He assert ed that he did not feel like asking the Third district 10 take over the present school, which was not as good a building as the one his father kept his pigs in" Nothing has been done in the line of prog ress on the securing of plans and estimates, he declared, for either a new school or an addition in the district so that the people hardly Knew what was to be done. He re- iterated his statement, of several school meetings ago that new school could be erected for $5,OO0.
 Parents Want School
 Its not the people with the chil- dren that are hollering about taxes. it's the people without children" as- serted Mir. Andrews. "The people with children want a good school" He continued to tell of the district dissension on the school building project, saying that one side in the district favored the children while the other favored the pockctbooks. He said that in 30 years only 30 mills in taxes had been laid. Some years no taxes were laid so that if the district had done its duty like other districts in laying a minimum tax each year, there would be no difficulties as at present.
 Don't you think, Mr. Andrews" said Mayor Wade al this point. that the Fall Mountain people would oh- jeCt 10 the higher taxes of the Third district"' Some Of them would ob- ject 10 any tax at all" replied the chairman from the Twelfth district committee.
 Judge Mink asked MT. Andrews if the agreement had not been that Judge Epaphroditus Peck, who had represented the Tober family in court a few days ago when they were tried on illegal voting charges. should appear at the council meet ing and support the merger plan as that scheme had been determined upon after a get-together meeting of district leaders Mir. Andrews de- nied that it was any move on his