The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-11
PROBING THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Canaden's Lexow Committee Begar
Its Work Yesterday.

Camden's Lexow Committee, consisting
| of Supreme Court Commissioners George
| Black and Samuel Belden, began yester-
| day to investigate the affairs of the
School Board.
When Mr.. Bleakey counsel for the
Committee Of One Hundred, stated his in
| tention of examining into the affairs of
| the board, T. A. Rex who is the treas
urer of the board, questioned the right
| of the Commissioners. He said that the
board was created by an act of the
Legislature; that it was a separate cor
poration, and the money expended by the
officers was not the money of the city.
The Commissioners decided that they
had the power to inquire into the meth
DDS adopted by the members of the
| School Board.
Charles L. r. Campbell testified that
he had made searches at the Registrar of
Deeds office in reference to the trans
fers of property that had been purchased
by the board. The searches revealed the
following
Property on Pine street, near Eighth,
1ooxlOo feet bought from James NJ. Ross
and wife, July 8, 1887, consideration $500.
Ross became possessed of the property
by deed dated June "a. 1887, from An
ttihonye tiSye a; ~ kimbler and wife. considera-
Commissioners that at the time of the
sale of the property to the board, Mr.
F15s pronaasv was nlember me Der Of City Council
EghtR iooxS S6asfnut 6oag9 rrom spee Herman
W. Miller. and wife, December 20, 1881
eeonssid5eration cons lei $1,000; purchased by Miller,
Geed iTe = dgaed 1eeenbep cen I 1851 from Eve
Property at Tenth and Linden streets
feooxlO2 10y y, I feet, bought from Harris Graf
James IL Tne WhitaH, December IL 1887, for
Property on Mt: Vernon street near
from Albert F. Brown and wife. Deeeme m.
ber 81. 1890, for s6.SOO Brown came into
dasd On OF this % BY four deeds
5Ion in each case being 81, making 81
N all. Those who. sold the property to
Mills ms anu MARY a.
Property on Kaighn avenue and Ross
bought from Charles M Ferat ard ~ wife wife
February g. 1892, for So 500. Ferat's deed
Tor the property is dated February 2
* ssg2 u from Annie Brown. The price was
Property on Phillips street near Ferry
avenue, avenue, 2Oy1oo feet; bought from John
Bowe Bower sgd aeeurd wfe M April 6 1874 H for $50
deed. dated April j: 1892, rsaying $50. >
John Hoey stated that he sold a prop
ertv in Mount Vernon street in 1890 to
William H. Jess, Solicitor of the Board
of Education, for $1,000. There We're two
frame houses on the ground. The other
house adjoining, he sold to Mr. Nc
Adams for 5000 Mary A. Mowry said
she formerly owned some property at
Fifth and Mount Vernon streets, IN the
name of Mary A. Mills she sold her
property to Solicitor less in 1890 for
school nurposes, for 5000
Mr., Bieaklev said that he would aban-
don the Investigation of the school board
for one day, as he desired to call wit
nesses who would show that this prop
erty, which was sold for $500 to the
school board. had been purchased few
davs before for 81 900.
During the afternoon City COMPTROLLER
Charles Hollinshead was examined in
reference to auditing bills presented for
printing, and the paymant of $500 year
to Ruilding Insnector William H Cole
as clerk of the Building Commissioner
The Comnli ssioners adjourned without
setting date for continuing examina-
ton