The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-07-27
ARRAlGNMENT
BYGRANDJURY
RESENTED
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troversy in which personalities were
used freely, as is becoming the Gus
tom in the board lately, the motion
was lost. Commissioner John Eisele
stated that he thought there were some
grounds for the finding of the late
body.
When Commissioner Varlev, Of the
schoolhouse committee. presented a
number or resolutions. the commission
ers were all attention. The first read
was to reject the bids for excavation at
the proposed new Manual Training and
Technical High School because of ir-
regularities, and then the bids for the
erection of the building, which were
nearly twice the amount appropriated
for the work and over which there was
such stormy committee meeting sew
eral nights ago, were taken up and
rejected because of excessive cost.
This will mean that the architect, Ma
than Myers. may not receive any fur
ther payment for the preliminary draw
ings, plans and specifications On the
building, the understanding being in
cases of this kind that when an archi-
tect submits plans that meet the ap-
proval of the committee 22 per cent.
shall be his share for the drawing and
preliminary plans, with the addition. of
a like amount when the work is fin
ished, per cent. all told Commits
sloner Eisele, at the recent committee
meeting, stated that the architect esti-
mated on the building and advised the
board that the work could be done for
the $4,000 on hand. After the dis
posal of the high school matter the Lin
coin School was taken up and resoh-
tion requesting the Board of School Es-
Inmates to furnish an extra appropria-
ton of $46,0OO in addition of the $780,
900 granted for this work when the
budget was prepared and the bonds is
sued, was passed.
As in the case of the technical high
school, when the bids on the building
were received by the schoolhouse COM
mttee, it was found that the aggre-
gate of the lowest bids for the erection
of the building were 80 per cent. more
than the total appropriation. The pro-
vision was added TO this resolution
that in case the Board of Estimate
refuses the request the committee be
authorized to expend the $4,000 now
on hand to the best advantage. All
the bids for work on the Burnet Street
School were rejected, those within the
amount appropriated being irregular
and the others too high to be con-
sidered.
Quite an argument was brought
about when the resolution defining the
position of the board in future pur-
chases of school sites was taken up.
The resolution provides that COM
mittee of three disinterested citizens
shall pass on the property and then
confer with the schoolhouse commit
tee. Commissioner Frank Crissey asked
the chair what was meant by the
term "disinterested.' THAT is very
elastic" said Mr. Crissey, land / do
not understand its full meaning; do
you mean that the men ON this adj
visory property committee be commits
sioners or not?"
Commissioner Varley, chairman of
the schoolhouse committee, answered
the commissioner from the Sixth
Ward stating that by "disinterested"
1t was meant men not connected with
the educational body. The resolution
was passed, but the doubt as to who
shall appoint the committee remains.
The committee will recommend to the
committee, who In turn
will formally recommend to the board
after investigation.
Commissioner Claude e. Scattergood, |
chairman of the text book. committee,
made a resolution to adopt the four
book Modern Music Series. and then
moved that this be laid over until the
next meeting. 1t was on this ques-
tion that bitter fight was expected
last night. and this was the main
reason why number of the commits
sioners Travelled from the sea shore and
mountains to attend the meeting. At
the meeting of the committee on June
20 the Board of Examiners recommend
ed that the National Music Series, now
in use in the schools, be retained, and
the committee unanimously voted to
continue the series, with only one alb
sentee, DIR. II. A. Glatzmayer. When
the committee met early this week they
rescinded their action of the previous
meeting and ignored the recommends
tion of the Board of Examiners, adopt
ing the Modern Music Series of the Sill