Vol. Il. No. 52 
THE PROPOSED PRIMARY 
SCHOOL FOR MANCHESTER. 
School Committee did not Unite on Architects 
and Matter was not decided at Town 
Meeting. Referred to Another Commit- 
tee. 
At the adjourned town meeting in 
Manchester Monday night, the pro- 
posed new Primary School building 
was the business of greatest impor- 
tance brought before the voters, but 
action on this was deferred because 
of the failure of the School Commit- 
tee to unite on an architect and to 
agree as to the number of rooms for 
the proposed building. 
_ A majority and minority report was 
presented by Messrs. Floyd and Ash- 
_ ley, and Chairman Lane, respectively, 
and after a liberal discussion of the 
question the whole matter was re- 
ferred to the Finance Committee to 
report back to the town at a meeting 
to be held a week from next Monday 
- evening. 
_ When the other business of the 
meeting had been disposed of, Secre- 
tary Ashley of the committee read 
the report submitted by himself and 
L. W. Floyd in which was set forth 
' the steps leading up to the selection 
_ by them of Messrs. Bailey & Cooper 
as the architects of the proposed 
building ; also the claim for a six room 
in preference to a four room structure, 
and closed by recommending that 
$31,000 be appropriated for the 
_ building. 
Chairman of the Committee Lane 
then read a minority report, in which 
he presented plans for a four room 
building by architects Andrews, 
Jaques & Rantoul. Mr. Lane made 
an assurance in his report that the 
building he proposed would cost, all 
complete, with grounds in proper con- 
dition, and three of the four rooms 
furnished, $33,784. 
It was brought out that the commit- 
tee was a unit as regards the best 
of material being put into the building, 
the foundations, the sanitary and heat- 
‘ing arrangement, but they did not 
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unite on architects, or on the number 
of rooms required. 
-Mr. Lane claimed in his report that 
the prospective increase in the num- 
ber of children did not demand 
more than a four-room building. But 
Messrs. Ashley and Floyd claimed 
that while four rooms were required 
for primary school purposes, two more 
rooms should also be added for manual 
training and domestic science classes. 
They said that manual training was 
taught at the present time in the attic 
of the Priest school under poor con- 
ditions, and that it was desirable to 
introduce domestic science, but that 
this was practically impossible under 
the present conditions. 
While Mr. Lane did not deny the 
desirability of these two courses, he 
was of the opinion the new building 
should be used for Primary Schoo! 
purposes entirely—for children be- 
tween the ages of five and eight years. 
Mr. Ashley read anumber of letters 
from well-known men and _ business 
houses, endorsing Bailey & Cooper as 
architects, and instances of some of 
their work were related. Mr. Lane 
said he felt Andrews, Jaques & Ran- 
toul, the architects he recommended, 
needed no introduction at Manchester, 
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ENCIRCLED THE GLOBE. 
Adventuresome Capt. Slocum and his Famous 
Craft, “‘Spray,””? at Manchester. 
Tied to an old cedar pile in the 
wharf at the foot of Ashland avenue, 
Manchester, the famous 36-foot yawl, 
THE “SPRAY,” 
Boat in which Capt. Slocum encircled the Globe. 
the “Spray,” and her adventursome 
Capt. Slocum, who gained fame in 
’95-98 by encircling the globe alone, 
have been creating no end of interest 
the past few days. Capt. Slocum was 
bound from Boston to Gloucester, and 
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SIX-ROOM PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING 
For Manchester, proposed by Messrs. Floyd and Ashley. Cost, $31,000. 
Cooper & Bailey, 60 Congress street, Boston, Architects. 
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