New Britain herald., 1925-03-14
sS85,OOO SCHOOL | BUILDING PROGRAM
Board Recommends New FaCiIi.
 ties in Three Districts

An additional school building pro- gram calling for an appropriation of ssS5,o00 was presented to the school board at Its meeting in the Walnut Hill school yesterday afternoon by the committee on school accom- modations, with recommendations that steps be taken to secure this amount as soon as possible in order 10 relieve badly overcrowded con- ditions.
 Of the amount. $325,0OO is esti- mated as the cost of new school in the Lincoln district. where property has already been secured on Steele street. A like amount is fixed for the erection of building in the Monroe district with a further $35,- GOO for purchase of land on the northeast corner of Vance street and Shuttle Meadow avenue. An addi- tional S?0o,000 for the new East Side school made necessary by ris- ing building costs. is also included. It was announced that the archi- tectural competition to obtain a de- sign for this building had been very keen among the local architects and that Henry F. Ludorf had won and was recommended as official archi- tect.
 The special report of the commit tee on school accommo odations which vas presented by Chairman Joseph NJ. Halloran was as follows:
 At meeting of the committee on school accommodations, held Fri day, March 6, 1925, the following action was taken:
 Voted: To recommend that the committee on school accomm oda- tions be authorized to engage the services of Henry r. l.udorf as the official architect for the new school to be erected in the eastern sec- ton of the city on the Smith D'An- sclo plot.
 Voted: To recommend that the committee on school accommoda- tlons be authorized to take all nec- cssary steps to secure tho appropria- ton of the following amounts Of money for providing additional land and buildings for school purposes:
 To complete East Side school s2oO,Ooo.
 Purchase of Monroe district plot, s35,DOo
 Erection of new school, Lincoln district, s225,ooO.
 Erection of new school, Monroe district, s3:5,oOo. Total, sSS5,ooo.
 Voted: To call the attention of the school committee to the further need of school building on the yiets lot at an early date.
 Voted: To report as follows with reference to the acquiring of land for the Monroe school district:
 "'The committee on school accom- modations beg leave to report that in our opinion the committee of the consolidated school district of the city of New Britain adopt the fol- lowing resolutions:
 Resolved: That it Is deemed 8 dvisable to acquire the following described land with all of it's appur- tenances as q site for a school build ing, or buildings. for school yards md school play grounds and for all other school purposes, namely;
 "'All that parcel of land with ali thereon situated in the city If New Britain at the corner of Shuttle Meadow avenue and Vance street and bounded northerly by land of William H. Caldwell, J19.25 feet more or less and land of John Hill l25 feet partly by each; easterly by and Of John Hill 37l3 feet more ,r less, and by the west line of Vance street 460 feet; southerly by Shut le Meadow avenue 4o5.9 feet and westerly by land of Arthur UpSon ,2S.47 feet. all as shown by red lines ,n map attached hereto; said land t Is believed, being owned by Mi 'hael and Eva Arneth, Mrs. Mason, 1 Emil H. E. Vogel, Fred H, Book, 1 Anna K. Louis w.. and John J. and l 'harles E. Hipp. Antoinette BoIlerer md William H. Caldwell, and further. i
 Resolved: That said school site | 5 hereby selected and adopted and | hat the committee on school ac. i on behalf of the choel district endeavor to come to n agreement with the owners of he land ss to the price to be paid herefor and that if they are unable 0 come to such an agreement, that he matter be referred to the corpor- ton counsel. with instructions to cquire the said land for school pur- oses for said city in accordance with he law
 Lincoln School Parents Protest
 A delegation Of about 3o parents rom the Lincoln school district was iten a hearing by the board in rder that they might elaborate on he petition of protest which they ad sent to the city officials Mem. CTS of this delegation spoke. attack ng the present building from every ngle. Louis W. Young acted aS hartman. He said that, inasmuch as le Lincoln school was built in 1882,