New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-21
THE COST OF SCHOOL SITES.
THE NUMBER WHICH REMAINS TO BE- ACTED ON
"A REMARKABLE CASE.

THE Nr,aBER WHICH REMAINS TO BE. ACTED ON
"A REMARKABLE CASE.
TIL. commission which has the appraIsement Of
the school site at Washington, Carlisle and Albany
sts IA now taking evidence on the value OF that
s,te The building Is to replace the present school
IN WasbnVtopst that being shut of from the heht
by the ccy ated roads which are both In front OF ~
and in ia rear The site has been estimated az
s77 600 bv the Board Of Education. and 1t Is not
thought that the award will exceed 100000
Tho awards as to four Of the eighteen Sites no"
before the commission have been approved by mo
Supreme Court, and five sites yet renisin " 10
awarded by the commissions. In addition there are
thirteen school sites now before the Hoard OF Eauca-
ton awaiting its action TO be referred 10 COMMISSIONS
for award Fifteen more sites have ooeh Soie't o'
by the ward trustees for new buildings one Vi 'ho
school trustees said yesterday that, at inc rao U.
cost on the awards already made, the amount "ooiu
exceed the estimates Of the Board by ~ Toast S'oo'
600. Commissioner +. W. Devoe said that IL "oRea
"A though Il WAS going TO cost S2oO0OO to secure
site and build q schooLhouso In New-fork IN tho
future The services OF the commissioners on us
awards already made have cost the city upwAu VI
AGO. OO Of which about 10000 has been nor sdVer
Using.
Perhaps tho most remarkable case among inc
trustees awards Is that relating to the site IN rory
frstst, between seventh and Eighth ayes. ms
4, lot 90 by 100 feet Tho trustees OF the Twenty
second Ward selected It more than year ago. anu
Il was offered to them for $4,000. some decay &C.
Cured In arranging for the purchase, ana Dy INC
time the money had been Appropriated By the hoaru
of Education the owner advanced his pricc sooo'
This compelled another delay, owing to tho forms fd
lowed by the Board In its purchases, and "hile IN"
negotiations were In progress tho new sfauIte re-
qurng all sites to be condemned by commission
went into effect and negotiations wetr drOpFch.
The site went to a commission for appraisal ana the
committee placed the value at $4,000 The awari
has boon made by the commission and It r. $4,000
At the Corpors alton COunSers Office It Is said that
this Il a remarkable increase. 4 protest has been
entered against II and tho officials VIII max" another
alton OF the claim The expenses op the com
mission will reach about $1,000, making tho total
cost Of the site TO the city 10000, when II coufi
have been purchased a little more than year ago
fgr $1,000. 1hcr + rccorl. the commissioners
say Of the low figures having been PLACED by the
owners on their property, but the i0ari ot Educanoh
IN dealing with private owners was surely able W
SECURE d written contract Tho lot Il one of sercrai
and the present owner, woman purchased II from
the owner who Offered It originally TO the Bosrl OF
Educ ailpi In the testimony before tho commission
che produced a check Dr 10000. which she swore
vs, the sum paid for the lrt. II wAH An Uld piece
which She claincl s,oIl~l the shape OF Ter property
and II Oh this testimony that the award Wa
placed al 80 900