New Britain herald., 1928-01-11
REMINGTON BOARD GOES INTO ACTION
Finamisrs Will Act ou Fire
 Hose and School Funds

A special meetlnS or tHs IlHdHce board will be held Friday evening according to an announcement by Chairman G. Ernest Root. The meet ing promises to be an important one because two matters will be taken up which have been before the townspeople for the past several months.
 The first of these concerns the purchase Of fire hose for the New ington Volunteer fire department. It is understood from relia ble informa- tion that the board will in all probability approve an appropriation sufficient to cover the purchase of the desired length of hose for the department.
 The subject of fire hose first came up at meeting of the finance board held just before the annual town meeting in October. The Are depart ment had requested an appropria- tion of $500 for hose and when the board voted. 1t was a S.3 tie vote. No action was taken. The matter was again brought up at the annual town meeting and long and heated discussion ensued. by which it was brought out that some voters were not in favor of the appropriation. Nevertheless. vote was passed ask ing the finance board to reconsider it's action and, If possible. approve the appropriation. The board did re- consider the matter but voted the appropriation down. The subject then hung fire until December when the board. of its own accord, felt that some action should be taken to
 relieve the situation, The fire depar-
 ment had been without good hose, and still is, and a great deal of III 1 feeling had been aroused. At the
 boards December meeting. plan was proposed whereby the Center and Maple Hill fire districts and the town would bear one-third of the i expense. Neithep of the three has approved this plan. It is understood that the Maple Hill fire district will
 not approve it. at its annual meet i ing on January 25. The board will 1 therefore hold it's meeting at which this matter will be taken up. Should the board approve an appropriation
 covering the purchase of hose. the
 matter will probably be brought to
 a close immediately.
 The second important Item to he
 taken up will be the building pro
 gram of the school board The se-
 lectmen have agreed that an emer.
 gency exists because of the crowded
 condition of the schools and have
 requested the finance board to con
 sider the program, The school boa I'd
 will present four plans to the fl ! nance board whereby the erecting ot
 an $ss.ooo high school unit could be
 financed. The plans also cover the
 possibility Of purchasing the Ma i hony property at the south end Of the town and the erecting of d small i school building on that site.
 The first plan calls for .o-year bond issue at 1-2 per cent to cover the cost of erection Of building al
 the Center only. This plan would mean an increased tax rate Of IS
 mills. The second plan. If adopted would mean the purchasing of the Mahon property and the erection Of high school unit which would all be financed by a similar bond issue
 IL would increase the tax rate IT. mills By the third plan. the high school unit would be erected and f. nanced by bond issue, the Mahon property would be raid for m cash, and a email building erected on the Nahon site, the cost of which would be taken care ot by 5 year notes. i The tax rate would be lncreas SO d thereby, c,s mills. The fourth plan IS similar 10 the third except that all three items would be financed by the same bond issue and would in
 crease the tax rate by ls mills. All four plans are designed to re 1 lleve the congestion in the schools by opening several rooms in the Center school for use Of, the ele- mentary grades and eliminate the transportation of children to the Junction school The program also calls for the abandonment of the town hall for school purposes and also the portable building st the Center.
 1t IS not known which. If any, plan the finance board will approve at Friday nights meeting. It is pos slh}e that another meeting may be necessary before the board can make q decision.
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