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The School Of Music

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
August
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

It is due to the stockholders of the School of MuhIc Building Assoclation, and to all citizens Interested In the project, that a statement be made giving the reasons why other locations were rejected, and the lot, No. 7 Maynard st., owned by the Tatüon heirs, was purchaeed. This is especially true since there has been some adverse criticism from persons whom the directors tfclnk have not glven the matter & eareful consideration as themselves. For obvious reasons the boar -i it extremely desirable that School OÍ Muslc should be located near the University and also near the streel car line. The following properties were taken into consideration and the advan tages and disadvantages dise;: 1101:1 every n.mdpoint: Dr. W. II. JackBOn's property, corner of Liberty and División sts., prlce $10,000, on account of location, was not considered satisfactory for the purpose. ;ír. C. H. Worden'a residence and adjolning lot, corner of William and Thompson Sts., .rice $9,000. The board á only the vacant lot at $3,000. could not purchase this without buying the entire property. This would burden the association, or the directors as individuals, with a residence v.-orth $0,000 to be disposed of. Mrs. Margaret R. Clancy's residence and adjoining house, corner William and Maynard sts., price $8,000. The lot on which the smaller house la located would have been entirely satisfactory, but could not be purchased alone. As in the case above, the direetors would be obliged to sell the residence valued at $5,500. The properly of -Miss Rachel S. Smith, 16 S. State st., price $7,000, was ir.ed; also lot of Mr. J. E. Beal, next to Newberry hall, price $6.000; the residence of Mrs. W. D. Smith, west corner North University ave. and S. Thayer st., price $5,500; also lot of Dr. Winchell estáte, on opposite corner, which could not be purchased separate from the entire property; residence of lirs. Mary Whitlng, south east corner of William and Maynard sts., price $5,000; also residence of Mr. S:ira Andrews, southwest corner of William and Maynard sts., price $4,100. The house belonging to Mr. O. L. Matthews, on the west side of Maynard st., between Liberty and William sts., price $2,950; also the property, X.. 7 Maynard st., belonging to the Latson he'rs, situated on the east side of Maynard st., price $2,000, were both taken into consideration. The directors had about $12,000 in subscriptions with which to purchase a lot, erect a building of ampie dimensions, to include hall, office, a number of teaching rooms with deadened walls, sufflclent not only for present use, but for the future growth of the school, to maintain a guarantee fund, and also to purchasean organ, pianos, and whatever furnishings might be necessary Had the board - whatever the sum subscribed - purchased property at $4,000 to $6,000, which would only be available as a site, it surely would have been subjected - and rightly too - to the censure of persons of good business judgment. The association was not organized for the purpose of buying ind selling real estáte, and the directors, tkerefore, would not be authorized to enguge in such an enterprise. Certainly the directors, as individuáis, could not be expected to assume such obllgatlona tor the association. This, consequently, would exclude the properties of Dr. Jackson, Mr. Worden and Mrs. Clancy. The prlces asked for the properties of Miss Siaith, Mr. Béal, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Whiting and Mr. Andrews, were deemed altogether too high for the purpose, is the lots only were available, the houeea themselves being of no consequence to the association. The last two properties, viz., that of Mr. Matthews and the Latson I wi iv the only ones which the directora could afford to purchase with the fund rlbed. The one selected is, howevi r, only about 250 ieet north from the corner of Wllllam and Maynard sts., whcre the board wis extremely arutic is to lócate the building. It is only íliis sanie distance from the street car line. and convenient to both Universiiv and High School. .Probably the attendat the school would not be affected one per cent simply from the building beng located 'n any one of the sites named. After a thorough and careful canvass by the board, consisting of Messrs. H. S. Dean, Ottmar Eberbach, E. 1'. Mills, Moses Seabolt, L. l. I, ;. F. Allmendlnfcer and A. 1. Noble, also by the direct I A. A. Stanley, all were well pleased with the location selected, and the decisión was unanimous.

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