The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-30
NEW EAST ORANGE SCHOOL CUT DOWN IN PLANS.
TO ELECT NEW CAPTAIN FOR ORANGE SOLDIERS
KNOCK OFF A ROOM
OFFICIALS CHANGE NEW
SCHOOL PLANS.
East Orange Board Considers 100000
Appropriation Is for Erection, Not
Furnishing-May Cause Hitch.

The East Orange Board of Education last
night decided to lop off the north end Of
the east wing on the plans for the pro-
posed Lincoln School in the Fourth Ward,
that city, to meet the demands of Mayor
William Cardwell and the Board of School
Estimate that the building be erected for
500. COO. thereby having eleven rooms In
stead of twelve, as projected by the board
and instead of thirteen as provided In the
plans of Architect Peel. 1t was not done,
! however, until several members set forth
their views on what the citizens of East
Orange demanded in the way OF school
facilities.
1t was announced by Commissioner Ar
thur A. Richmond, head of the building
committee, that the Beard of School Esti-
mate figured that the 100000 appropriation
included the erection and furnishing of the
school, but Mr.. Richmond submitted min
utes of meetings of the City Council, Board
of Education and Board of School Esti-
mate. coupled with an opinion from City
Counsel Jerome D.. Gedney that the 100000
provided only for the erection of the
school.
1t was a special meeting of the board.
and Immediately after it convened Mr..
Richmond proceeded to give an account
of last Friday nights meeting of the
School Estimate Board. He stated that
the original request of the Board of Edu-
cation was for $4,000, but the Estimate
Board made It S100, 900 for the erection of
the school," The Council confirmed the
amount of $l00, 900 for THE erection of the
school," and the City Council did likewise,
but a subsequent ordinance called for the
expenditure of the money for erection and
equipment.
The contention at the meeting of the
Board of Estimate Friday night, said Mr..
Richmond, was that the Board of Edu-
aa 4 - aL4rlA ~ - - -aE
nance. Mr.. Richmond consulted MIR. Ged-
ney yesterday, however and the latter
held that the Board of Education should,
and 1t was its duty, to expend the 500, 600
only for the erection of the school," The
opinion, by the way, was spread in full
upon the minutes, at the earnest solicita-
ton of the speaker, with no opposition
Mi. Richmond stated that after 1t had
been understood that only 500. 900 would :
be allowed the board thought 1t was a
pity to cut down expenses in the way of
inferior construction, SO the most feasible
plan offered meant the cutting off of the
east wing on the north side of the build
ing, leaving the end toward Maple avenue
as planned. The school would be so built,
he said, that the wing could be erected at
any time. There would be ample room for
the pupils, and the architect believed that
by taking off the portion the board could
economic on the heating plant by several
thousand dollars, and also economic on
several other features, leaving a reduction
of about $4,000.
do YOU think that II a rich corpora
ton was building this school instead of
East Orange that it would do this?' asked
Commissioner Coulter.
mo, | dc. not" said Mr.. Richmond, but
the Estimate Board will not grant any
more money and was very firm in the
matter"
''These men will not be held responsible
for the erection of the school," said Presi-
dent Thomas, land when the time comes
for any objections they will crawfish
away. The whole thing is, to use a slang
expression, we are up against it."
tory as economizers," said MIR. Coulter.
Mr.. Richmond then introduced a %resolu-
ton calling for a revision of the plans. to
allow for the change, and for the reception
of new bids, all the former ones to be re-
jected. The resolution passed, and the
building committee will try and get in bids
at the meeting of August II, If possible.
Mr.. Thomas said he hoped work would
begin quickly, as residents of the Fourth
Ward believe they We're cheated out of a
erected In the Fifth Ward.
In the call for bids MS advertised last 1t
was specified that a certain style of lath
criticism was voiced. Last night Mr.:
Coulter brought the matter up and said it
was not fair to direct criticism against the
there by the architect, who said it was an
inadvertance. A resolution was then
adopted that the particular lath might be
used or any klnQ equally as SOOu. HTeSi-
dent Thomas said he did not mind the
criticism.
We have got some people in this town
who are ~eternally fond of trouble" he
said, land II we keep up answering them
we will soon be in the ~madhouse. / have
no use for these miserable inuendoes.
Mr.. Coulter said he always courted criti-
cism. but he wanted a square kind, and
was not willing to stand for something he
was not responsible for.
Another resolution was then passed not
- r1onffnn NV y no xsa nnHffrr1or 10fh
in the call for bids, on motion of Commits
sioner Sill, and it passed. Former Com
missioner Watson is in the company whose
particular lath was set forth in the specii-
catinnS-