The Jersey City news., 1899-12-15
gR. LONGS SALARY.
Board Of Education Asks the
Finanoiers to Appropri-
ate Funds.

There was much said by at least tWo
=, .,,,,e,,s of th.s Board of Education at ITS
meeting last evening in expressing tneii
indignation at what they believed 70 pc
unjust treatment of this Board py the
BOARD of Finance Recently the Boaro Oh
Education requested the Board OF FINANCE
to appropriate to the credit Of the former
Board a sum sufficient ($6,50O to pay tne
fees dues to C. Il. Long, archltect Oh ene
new No. 20 School building and the salai-
les of Supervising Engineer Henry ). col-
Inns. now deceased, and Inspector =. M
Ford. stating only an approximate
amount.
1,be BOARD Of Finance considered the re-
ouest too indefinite as to the amount re-
quired and directed it's Clerk to noti1y the
Board of Education that the statement
was indefinite and that biiis GOVERNS
these claims should be presented 10 the
former Board as they become cue. ouch
notice was received by the Board Oh Eou-
cation last evening.
Although the demand Of the Board OF
Finance seems not unreasonable the
Chairman of the Finance Committee, the
author of the request made on the Boaro
of Finance, made an address yindlcatins
his Board and denouncing the Board OF
Finance. Director Lewis produced the
minutes Of the former Board to prove that
Mr., Long was appointed architect and his
COMPENSATION fixed by that Board, He
thought the Finance Board should have
honored the request made without the
least hesitation. He charged the Finance
Board with being an obstructionist. d.
rector Lewis concluded his remarks by
offering a resolution requesting the
Board of Finance to appropriate s6,92464
to pay the architect and claim of the SUI
pervising engineer and $40 to pay salary
of the engineer for SO long time as that
amount would cover.
Director Ward differed with Director
Lewis in his opinion as to the action OF
the Board of Finance. He thought it
bad policy to antagonize that board,
which had all along acted fairy with the
Board of Education and almost without
exception granted its requests He saw
nothing really wrong in the present re-
quest of that board and believed it
would furnish all the money needed as
the work progresses
Director Witt contended that the Board
of Finance was justified in its action ana
he had no doubt 1t was taken under legal
advice. The question is, he said whether
it be the Board of Finance or this
BOARD of Education which is an obstruc-
tionist standing in the way of these men
getting their money or whether it is not
better to give in to the Board of Finance.
In order to reconcile the two boards and
cause no antagonism he offered as
substitute for Director Lewis resolution
a resolution requesting the Board OF FL
nance to appropriate for the payment OF
Architect Long, ss727.74; for Henry j..
Collins. supervising engineer, $3.50, and to
c. NJ. Ford, inspector, $3l5, making total
or 81, 1929.
President Mulvaney gave a severe
scoIding to the Board of Finance, charg-
ing it with not keeping its faith and
failing to keep the promise made to THIS
Board. The Finance Board had acted
towards him like big man towards
smaI boy. Yet while he did not agree
with either Directors Witt or Ward, that
the adoption of Director Lewis resolu-
tion would make this board an obstruc-
tionist. he would vote for Director Wits
substitute as the Financiers had lately
promised to pass that, but there existed
a doubt about their granting that OF
Director Lewis
A vote was taken and the substitute OF
| Director Witt adopted by vote OF seven
to three, three absent. Those voting in
| the negative were Directors Birdsall, Cul-
ver and Lewis.