New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-20
rouR AWARDS ACCEPTED.
unr THE BOARDS ESTIMATES TOO Low'

.r~ccrSruoS THAT no MORE SCHOOL SITES BE
APPRAISED TILL TIE LAW BE CHANGED
49,. nrrsentatIon by The Tribune yesterday Oh
s...s IN connection with the awards Una. arc oe'"e
mo Tho Commissioners apprsising school slt"s
IA the effect of calling attenuon - &C. ~ the
IN ro,nts of the city yesterday. III '"o
.r,on Counsel the hearings on the apptsSen, II
~. .,,es arc attended by Charles ~ ha''ie'
a.,erdav that the defect seemed 10 oo III .,o
...,rte which was unnecessarily cohpir' 49,,
.n,v vay I'm which the BoaN can avn" ,aa.,,rro
oraisements under the law" ne saul ho Ioc,,-
the Selection Of sites, and at the hc''" Soyoro,
,st,,re next winter the statute can U" o, hv tho
az the awards have already D'ch I,,n,hassd,
eourt and these sites VIII nave w sas C,urt
Nv Harris added that the eopo o.
.i' I, number VI III
800, ,,o cxnensrs of the Commissioners ~
b. thouch, the estimates Of the Bostu % ,,,. oyon
an the vaIue of the lots were rd'cuIou'' ,.,a, ,h,
the committee OF the Board OF Eau'S ,hoso 8c,rcs
,hsv wcrc so lie DID not know ""''0 -, ,on
had hsen obtainel but he could ma Nv -, -. ,,,Io.
values Of the property. The CT! hn Comm and
ss experts Benjamin p. FairVhlii' -, ,ho hos,
~, Ct,oud who are recognized as AIMING 'ho w.
Hif' o"o' - os,ate In Now.York ana their Vaiua
eAper's VI ,,r, old were not at the low injuries VI
the Board OF Education. . A., poar, % Eauca-
=, r.o,oi IN the estimates oil INC boa'u VI i1
,,on Robert NJ. Galway. 'ha'iiia" ~ "o o.
tou' - willie admitting that the estimates were
.s IN .om. instances p,lhaFS too low' dehl"'
Wv, our 80, excessively So After the estimates
s 80. rods e, said he, they were submlacd 10 lax
Co.nn.,ooer c, leman. and were approved OF reNi>"
- h,m that they are not excessively 10" Is SHOWN
49,. Goo, ,ha, that some OF the first awards which
- Cor,r,.sIoners made did not var! great deal
-. ,ho a. Inmates OF the Board and In two iustauce ID
it rero lower than the estimates
So committee on Sites yesterday selected iour
-, 49, sres I'm connection with which awards have
made and confirmed. They are four OF inc
a., wards being the lowest. and on lots In neishoor-
10 where new schools most urgently he;Nei
NJ. In JonIsou-ave. for the Spuytcn DuyN'i schoJ
a iot i+Oxl1O fst. III" estimate wa To'uOo diIu
sion on this site 81, sos, which brings the COS
~ the 10, 10 S5455. second Is az lourt a'r.
md On-hundrNl- and fifty seventh ST. I1N2oo ie& on
a'bIch the estimate 10000, III aWalN Sio -
re size at Thirty eighth.-t ssd sccondavc was cs
mated at RlJ 300 the award Is S21IOo, the cAleh>rs
% gg4 total So6.4yi. This Is the greatest lhSr as
in the four awards which have been connrin a. pu
he committc, concedcs thai their estimate ma! naE'
ieen 100 low In this tlSi2nCe. The fourth lO j
At seventy. tffth.s and ThirIave 2SN,0O iec, ne
Estimate was S2l 600 the award s22oOo AMI inc
expenses are g. ga total S&4,"A. ,.,. -,
iHe Board OF Education approved TINS sclecunh ol
the committee and adopted a resolution ulreuhS ny
Cnptrlller TO issue school bonds covering the Wla
smonnt Of these four lots. Tor their putchaS"
N no seen The committee says that II viii mol
sgyee 10 any OF these eXtravagan estimates ana 'ha
IN sIcb case the Cummis> ioncrS who have mace the
ADVERTISEMENTS Will 60 unpaih.