New school planned for High Street

A petition is in circulation requesting that a special town meeting be called to consider the matter of a purchase of the site for the new school house, $40,000 for the construction of which was appropriated at the recent financial town meeting.

The site favored by the School Committee and by many other citizens is on High street extending south from the corner of Court street to the Advent Church, a frontage of about 170 feet. The depth of this lot, extending to Narragansett avenue on Court street is about 110 feet.

Long experience has shown that parents prefer to send their children to the school houses in the central part of town, and that for various good reasons it is good policy to group school buildings as much as possible at one favorable point.

The purchase of this site can be made for between $7,000 and $8,000. The School Committee figures that the loss to the town in taxes on this property will be only about $40 a year, as the present assessed valuation of the land is $2,800. And the tax on the buildings will not be lost as they will be moved to other locations and taxed there.

The proper location of the new building with reference to its efficiency as a center of education is, of course, the first consideration, but when such a location is combined the added desirable feature of improving the appearance of the town, it would seem to be the part of wisdom to accept the opportunity presented.

In a progressive community, the chance to remove the unsightly and unsanitary buildings now occupying the High Street line of the proposed site, south of Court Street, should be considered as more than compensating for the small investment and loss of taxes.

The proposed site is at present the most ill-appearing spot on the entire line of High street and the opportunity to get rid of such an eyesore on a residential street should not be neglected. The benefit to the appearance of the town in that locality will be worth much more than it will cost.

Editor’s note — This became the Reynold’s School.

Colt barn work resumed

Work has been resumed on Col. Colt’s magnificent North Point barn on the road leading from Poppasquash Road to the shore.

Work on the barn was begun a year ago. The exterior walls are of stone and preparations are now being made to put up the frame for the roof that will be covered with tile.

The interior of the barn will have all the latest appliances for housing cattle and imported horses in the most sanitary manner. The structure, when completed, will cost over $100,000.

Sumptuous quarters will be afforded for Col. Colt’s percheron draft horses. These fine animals were recently purchased in Glen Falls, NY, for breeding purposes and are in the charge of Phineas T. Crapo, superintendent of North Point Farm.

The new barn will also house the fine breed of jersey cattle that Col. Colt also owns.

Probably Guilty in March 25 Killing

John D’Ottone, charged with killing Domenicia Tozzo on Saturday night, March 25, and who had pleaded not guilty at previous hearings, was adjudged probably guilty in the Fifth District Court yesterday morning and bound over on $15,000 bail to await the action of the Grand Jury.

D’Ottone and Tozzo were in a saloon on Bradford street when a quarrel arose and they were ejected. The fight resumed on the sidewalk, when Tozzo received a shot in the abdomen, and died in the Rhode Island Hospital early the next day.

D’Ottone was captured in Fall River just before a steamer sailed for New York. He denied that he was D’Ottone, but when taken to police headquarters in Fall River, admitted that his name was D’Ottone and said that he heard a shot fired but did not know who fired it.

Dr. A. R. Longfellow, medical examiner of Providence, testified that the bullet wound caused the death of Tozzo. He exhibited the bullet, apparently from a 38 calibre revolver, which he extracted from the body of Tozzo. Arthur Deslauriers, who was the interpreter when D’Ottone is said to have admitted he shot Tozzo, testified that D’Ottone told him that he shot Tozzo.

House on the move

Preparations are being made to move the house recently purchased by Joseph Milone from Col. S. P. Colt from the corner of Hope and Court streets to the corner of High and Congregational streets. Mr. Milone has recently moved the house that stood on the corner of High and Congregational to the rear of his lot to make room for the new arrival.