Putnam patriot., 1926-03-26
VOTE TO APPROPRIATE
 S3O.O0O FOR ADDITION
No Objection to Building Addi' ton to Putnam State Trade
 School
Committee to Report on Matter of
 Issuing Bonds

With approximately one hundred voters in attendance. including a few women. it was voted. at the special town meeting. Monday evening. ta build an addition to the Putnam State Trade School X sum not exceeding S30.000 was appropriated therefor B. D. Bugbee and the members Of the board of seleetmen. (. F. Pierce Nil- liam P. Warren. and Edward Girard were appointed a committee to iuvesti- gate the matter of issuing bonds To cover the floating indebtedness of the town and to report at an adjourned meeting. Monday evening. April & All votes were unanimous. No olfe spoke against the motions and no one voted No when the aye and nay vote was taken.
 The meeting was called Co order by Town Clerk David Flagg, who read the call Judge NJ II Geissler was elected moderator. Judge L. II Ful- Ter led the way to discussion of the proposal by making a motion that the money be appropriated.
 Archibald Macdonald. Jr.. said that he thought before the vote was taken that some one with knowledge of the situation should explain t se that those present not familiar with the sit gs.icn might vote iHtsiiiEentiy
 Outlined Procedure
 H. J. Thayer, a member of the com mittee appointed to investigate thc needs of the addition, outlined the pro cedure up to the present time. 4 pub lie meeting was held for open discus sion and all were favorable. This led to the committees recommendation that the addition be built.
 Charles L. Torrey told of the dis Erussion in the meetings Of the school board and of the appointment of the committee comprised of the building committee of the board, Messrs. II. J. Thayer, S. M. Wheelock. and John Bulger. and three from outside the board Messrs. R. D. Bugbee Alexan- der Gilman and William P. Warren. to investigate the needs of an addition. He also told of the congested condition of the trade school and high school and said that if the addition is built the trade school will remove such of ifs departments as now occupy the high school building and this will make room for the high school pupils and should amply provide for the growth of the school for from twelve to fifteen Vfars. He also alluded Co the financial as well as the educational hcuefi, af tHe trade -tHsaH ayins hat approNi mafele sf504e year k ex- pended by fhe school in Putnam.
 r J. TrInd zr.- supervisor of state trade schools. uas called upon and told of being at meeting twelve years ago when if Waz first proposed Co have state trade school iu Put nam He said that the problem Wis Putnam's problem and that he could add nothing of value to what had al ready been said.
 Votes Unanimous
 The vote was put to build an addi- tion and was unanimously carried. as was the vote to make the necessary appropriation. Mir. Torrey nominat- ed the same committee that made the investigation and report to be a build ing committee, with the exception of H. J. Thayer, Mir. Thayer asked to be relieved of this duty.
 When the matter of issuing bonds was taken up Mir Torrey said that he did not think the item in the call could be acted upon by the meeting as fl would require short investigation to determine the amount of the floating indebtedness of the town. He spoke of the debts for building the addition to the Israel Putnam school, the me morial bridge, and the appropriation just made, as among the items of the floating indebtedness. He thought that the bond issue would total around S75 900. and said the purpose of issu- ing bonds was to save on interest ae= count and to make provision for retir- ing the bonds wear by year. He sug- eested that the meeting adjourn Co a time when the committee could make the report Selectman Pierce said that the report could be ready in two weeks. and adjournment was taken to TWO weeks from the date of the pres ent meeting. at the same time and place
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