The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-02-15
NEW SCHOOL SITE
PURCHASED
Board OF Education Prepar-
ing To Erect New Build
ing At Elkton

special session on Thursday, Febru-
airy 18th, called at the instance of the
President. This special meeting is
to take the place of the regular
meeting on February IL, 1885. Those
present were Dr.. T. B. Moore, Presi-
dent Mr.. Fred Lewis, Vice-Presi-
dent, and Mr.. J. E. Crothers.
lhe minutes of the regular meet
ing of January 8th were read and
approved, and sundry bills ordered
paid.
The purpose of this meeting was to
consider the purchase of land for a
high school site at Elkton; to fill out
survey quesuonnaire sent to the
Board of County Commissioners in
anticipation OF new proposed Fed
eral Bill of $4,0OO,0OO,0 1000, moneys,
from which might possibly be OBJ
tanned for the erection of high
school in Elkton; and to tentatively
enter into arrangements with an
architect for plans for such building
and for any other business which
might regularly come before it.
The County Superintendent re-
ported that he had received an
opinion on the success in Frederick
and Talbot Counties of legislation by
which vehicles are compelled to stop
behind school busses loading and dis
charging students. The report as to
the effectiveness of this legislation
did not lead the Board of Education
to believe that such legi- "a ion, if
passed, was effective in securing the
desired results. 1t, therefore, de-
cided that it would not ask for such
Legislation.
The County Superintendent was
instructed to inquire from the Cecil
County Mutual Ill -arAnce Company,
in which insurance is carried by this
Board, of the amount Of insurance
on each building With me Company
itself carries and the amount which
they re-insure in other companies, TO-
gether with the names of the COM
panies in which ,-is le-insura Ice is
carried.
The Board of Education then con-
sidered various sites for the location
of a high school in Elkton. After
some elaboration, it decided 70 ac-
cept an offer of sale of tract of
land in Gilpin Manor owned by Oliver
w. Gilpin, as described by plat
submitted by him and attached to a
letter of January IS, 1885 addressed
to Mr.. Daniel H. Garrett. The lines
of said plat and distances of lines on
said plat to be those so set forth for
the sum of $500 and containing
fourteen acres of land, more or less.
This acceptance, is, of course, sub
ject to the approval Of the State
Board of Education.
The County Superintendent then
submitted to the Board of Education
a proposal for the high school to be
erected on said plat of land to con-
tain five hundred pupils. His esti-
mate of the cost of this building was
based upon an estimated cost basis
of $425.O0 per pupil, making total
of $212,500. The Board Of Educa~
ton. however, set limit of $150,00O
as an amount Of money which they
would request the Board Of County
Commissioners of Cecil County to in
clude in the estimate of projects de-
sirable for Cecil County. Said pro-
jects to be submitted to Mr.. Abel
Wolman, representing, in Maryland.
the Federal works. They then met
with the County Commissioners to
whom they submitted this estimate.
This estimate then was accepted by
the County Commissioners and was
embodied in their request to Mr..
Wolman.
The Board of Education authoriz-
ed the County superintendent to en-
ter into an engagement on their be-
half with Mr.. E. William Martin and
Associate, Mr.. Ralph A. LETTERS, as
Architects, of Wilmington, Delaware,
for the building plans for the Elkton
High School.
The County Superintendent, at the
same time of submitting the project
Of the Elkton High School to the
Board Of Education, brought to their
attention the desirability of consid-
ering a building for the colored chill
dren at Port Deposit. The Board,
however, decided that they would do
noting on this matter at this time.
The meeting then adjourned.