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other appropriations we have al- 
ready made, I don’t think it ad- 
visable for the town to vote one 
cent for this purpose this year. It 
would be well to refer the matter to 
the next meeting.” 
Hor .jotanley: — derhaves always 
been interested in this matter. We 
want water privileges. The best 
way is to have plans for the park 
completed. I have thought out a 
plan: of driving spilings and have 
them banked up with planks from 
the spiereto. Bear street, and irom 
the pier to the old dam and _ have 
half tide in there all the time. Then 
we could utilize the filling. It will 
require a great deal of material to 
put the park in the proper condition. 
We can make a saving of at least 
25 per cent. when we have plans 
for the whole rather than appropri- 
ating a little at a time for a num- 
ber of years. Then bond it; we 
have only three or four years to run 
on the present park bonds. This is 
the cheapest and easiest way to pay 
for it. I object to doing anything 
this year. |] know the material can 
be put in at less cost than we can 
eairy it there. ) Theremane2 better 
ways than wheelbarrows or dredg- 
ing machines.” 
On motion of Mr. Stanley the re- 
port of the park commissioners re- 
garding the improvement of the 
Beach street park was laid on the 
table and the commissioners were 
authorized to present plans at the 
next meeting for the full improve- 
ment of the park. 
On motion of G. S. Sinnicks an 
additional appropriation of $200 
was made for maintenance of parks. 
Selectman Swett read the report 
of the committee appointed to ob- 
tain an option on purchasing land 
adjoining the stone crusher. The 
committee recommended that of the 
several lots there the town buy the 
M. E. Gorman and J. J. Welsh lots, 
and that $1600 be appropriated 
therefor, stating that these lots 
were the most favorably situated, 
and that this was a key to all the 
surrounding lots. 
W. C. Rust: ‘I have been looking 
over the land and am satisfied the 
offer is the best we can get. The 
other lots are not so good.” 
The report of the committee was 
accepted and the recommendations 
adopted on motion of Mr. Rust. 
F. K. Swett moved that $750 be 
appropriated for building a new 
plank walk the entire length of 
Magnolia avenue. 
John Baker: “Why not build a 
concrete sidewalk? The planks 
last only two or three years.” 
Supt. Kimball stated that the 
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whole matter had been gone over 
seven years ago and the committee 
in whose hands the matter was left 
at that time considered a_ gravel 
walk, concrete and plank walks, 
and they reported that the interest 
ci the money required to build a 
gravel walk would build a new 
plank walk every five years. The 
street is very narrow and would 
hardly permit of anything but a 
narrow plank walk. 
Giles Grafts said he had> looked 
the walk over and considered it un- 
safe for the public to travel over. 
The motion was carried. 
Supt. Kimball moved $100 be ap- 
propriated for the care and -im- 
provement of the Wenham old 
road, so-called. Carried. 
Fred J. Merrill called attention 
to the Him street «Mmprovement, 
stating the wall had been built ac- 
cording to instructions of the town 
the same length as the layout called 
for, but, as was thought best, it 
was not built on a line but curved. 
Sufficient material was left to com- 
plete the wall and he moved that 
$300 be appropriated to finish the 
job. Carried. 
F. Kk. Swett moved $200 addition- 
al be appropriated on account of 
Common, Wharf and Dump, the 
same to be used in constructing new 
walks on the Common. 
Art. 15, “To see if the town will 
purchase a lot of land for school 
purposes and erect thereon a school 
building, and appropriate money for 
the same,” was taken up. The mat- 
ter of land having been decided at 
a previous meeting, it remained for 
the school committee to present 
plans for a building and for the 
town to accept same and appropri- 
ate money for the building. 
A majority and a minority re- 
port was read by W. H. Ashley and 
E, A. Lane, respectively, both? of 
which will be found in another col- 
umn. 
When Mr. Lane had read his re- 
port, Mr. Ashley again took the 
floor. He stated that the school 
committee had agreed that the best 
material should be put in the build- 
ing, and that it should be built on 
a granite foundation. He said, also, 
that the school committee wanted 
.a kindergarten and would have it 
later if they had room; the manual 
training was conducted in the un- 
finished attic of the Priest school; 
that the committee had considered 
introducing domestic science. If a 
four-room building is put up only 
three grades will be provided for, 
manual training will remain where 
it is and domestic science is killed 
for the present, he declared. He 
read several letters complimentary 
te Bailey & Cooper, the architects 
the majority of the committee fa- 
vored. 
F. P. Knight asked if it was not 
the idea to have a building for in- 
fants, and if the domestic and man- 
ual training departments were in 
the new building would it not do 
away with the object in view? He 
asked if the committee had not re- 
ceived any recommendations from 
the superintendent. 
Mr. Lane stated that Mr. Fish 
had recommended in his report that 
the town build in the near future a 
four-room primary school building 
and take the younger children out 
of the Priest school. 
Mr. Lane moved the whole sub- 
ject matter be referred to the appro- 
priation committee for them to re- 
port at an adjourned meeting. 
Samuel Knight: “I am sorry to 
learn there is any feeling between 
the members of the school commit- 
tee. We can’t afford to decide this 
matter hastily. It seems to me it is 
first necessary to decide on the ar- 
chitects. The majority of the com- 
mittee have erred in one _ point, 
namely, how we shall pay for this 
building. I am a firm believer in 
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