New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-02

ssPf n the ass ter 4 months y6eh FSre naturally!
you ter tie owner you want 1t for city purposes.
you tEls give r nSiiti9us value; ana al the
avoid ths competition which might often give tbs
city the advantage. instead Of the disadvantage.
in buying.
ar. Stevenson also sent & note 70 Nr Rogers
s1p!nia'ng p transcript Of certain extracts from
the last meeting OF the Board of Estimate which
tic Controller made reference. The foregoing
statement OK M Grout is recapitGlation Of these
minute relative % the acquisition or -te for
school in Ea.t Eighty ninth-s..
The Controllers Office sro made public yester
day report by Mortimer J. Brown. appraiser Of
resi estate. n which he says regarding buildings
leased by the city for school purposes.
Roebing-sJ- nesr Fillmore Place: Brookiyn-The
sore floor needed cleaning and chicken houses were
In the YARD. The resolution asking for the re-
nev7l az she lease was ArslIy rescinded.
The villa. Prom oitior Park. kiclmond-Had an
unsafe piazza. ana Inadequate means OF escape in
case o. IRE. Thsse were reIne1ie6 and the lease
St Nichoias-ave. and One-h,Indred- d-afty-ffth-
st--Was lr = tenement house with thirteen fam
room. tEere vere ISIS pupiis: that the rooms were
not properly ventilated. and. il thought. could
not be. They were originally intended for stores
Resolutions approving The lease passed, on
the understanding that repairs be made.
Metropoltan-a,e.. Queens-Had a cespool in the
yard. which had not been emptied in hve years.
and the cellar bottom WAS Of damp earth. The de-
fects were rernedied. as required by law, and the
40 225 East 0ne-hundrea- and-tenth-s:.-Tho De-
lartmert * health Iaseo seEeTat ohJcetlons 10 m
q this building for school purposes and states
cleaning ana repairting: that the ceiling in the
rear classroom ~ the second hoor had falen down
ano the laths are exposed: that the flushing ap-
Taratus n the toilet Is Of repair; that the
ward is not properly drained and that tie surface
wate- instead OF GischarginG into the sewer. flows
into the cellar; that they had some Of the boards
IN the cellar removed and the sell beneath was so
damp 20 have me consistency OK paste; that inc
On rnfness Of the cellar was marked that Il was
necessary Keep fire to dry q out, and that the
first floor class-Oogns directly over The cellar
This The property in which telephone com
rnjnicatiur. ourportiuE 10 he from the Board OF
Education. informed ne thot 'hc building was put
in rr1per condition for school purposes as required
by tie DEPARTMENT Of Health. Nr. tarrel, the
owner came into the once and told me that II mad
been done 7 requested the renewal Of The lease
The comm ssioners adopted a resolution.
arte~yvard ascertain. eli that The repairs not ons1
al not Asea made ~ the time the lease was ai-
proved. r.t work had been done on II. and
rt the children formerly attending the school nad
Potter and Steirwav aves.. Queens. and Vernon
ave Queens not yet acted on by Commissioners
n ne Sinking Fard. the Board Of Education has
contested the renewal = the leases. IN the former
rIace The Buildings Department lied ooJoctitils
i5-,tu e.lcr time She ur0ner repairs are Ilia1c
7ez state they fled OBJECTIONS against TINS prop
s--v on November s 1872. and the same coudii:o
evsst today aS existed then They state. fuI1n'r-
r--~e that \ reuor+ "a copy 81 which was attached
- t1,sE- reror'. was served on the Board - Eau
--fr-- that IRE escaDeS and other means OF egFeSs
erouI6 10 placed upCD the front OF the naollls 20
axe III orc window OF ca ch classroom