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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Townspeople of Pelham Vote Down Bond Proposal at the First Prospect Hill
School in 1891
I previously have written about the first Prospect Hill School in Pelham
Manor that once stood on the lands located at 212-22o Jackson Avenue and
966 Plymouth Street. For a brief history of the school and a early
photograph of it, see:
Monday, January 9, 2006:
The First Prospect Hill School in Pelham Manor.
Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog transcribes a brief report
that appeared in the January 26, 1891 issue of The Sun, published
in New York City. The report indicates that Town taxpayers met at the
little school on January 25, 1891 to vote on a bond proposal for
improvements to the Town's highways and roads. The bond was defeated "by a
large majority".
"Will Not Bond the Town.
PELHAM. Jan. 25. -- The taxpayers of the town of Pelham held a meeting on
Saturday night, in the schoolhouse in Pelham Manor, to vote upon the
question of bonding the town for $90,000 for improvements to the highways
and road purposes. The meeting was largely attended by both men and women
property owners in the town. A vote was taken, and the proposition for the
bonding of the town was defeated by a large majority."
Source: Will Not Bond the Town, The Sun, Jan. 25, 1891, p. 3,
col. 7.
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