The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
WOULD FORBID
THE USE OF
SLINGSHOTS
Board Of Education Wants
Barring Ordinance Passed.
DeStructivenesS Cause.

Following the action taken by other
cities the Board of Education last night
adopted a resolution asking the City
Council to pass an ordinance prohibit
ing the use or sale of slung-shots, the
schoolboy's delight.
Since the earliest times the slung- shot
has won fame, but the modern boy, in
stead of Staying giants, etc, destroys
windows and does other damage. 1t Is
to prevent this needless destruction OF
property, especially in the schools, that
the Board of Education will ask the
Common Councils aid.
Commissioners j. Edward Smith and
| George w. Courier introduced the resolu.
ton. IT was pointed out that small boys
had broken fourteen windows in the Bel
mont Avenue School within a week recent
| ly, using "beanshooters" or slingshots a.
the weapons of destruction. Commissioner
William c. r. Kirsch said that one
OF the teachers In tho school had been hi
by missile from n slingshot while teach
ing class.
Upon motion OF Commissioner Shape
chairman of the evening and drawing
schools committee, a resolution was passed
fixing the tuition OF nonresident pupils in
evening classes as follows: Manual train
ing So; cooking, S.; stenography, $3.50
Mr.. Shape said that several applications
for entrance in these classes had been re-
celved recently from non-residents.
Two warrants issued by the board, one
In 1899. the other Ia 1903, have not been
called for. and It was agreed last night
that Secretary Robert ID. Argue be author
lied to sign vouchers for the warrants and
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fund. The first warrant was payable to G.
S. Giffen, was dated November 10, 1899, and
had not been called for.
The heating and ventilating aud the mo-
tor and motor wiring equipment of the
Hamburg Place School were accepted, as
was the ventilating apparatus ar the Bur-
net Street School, and final payments were
ordered made. The board also ratified the
purchase Of the properly at 137-139 Clinton
place from Eliza Brown for 81, 700 and the
Belmont avenue lot from Gottfried Kruger
for 5000
In committee considerable discussion was
Invoked by communication from Assist
ant city Counsel Charles Myers, stating
that Jacob Kanouse, owner of the prop
erty at Clinton place and Hawthorne ave-
nue., had decided to accept S2,s50 for the
two lots desired for the Hawthorne avenue
addition. This was $3.50 more than the
valuation OF the committee aud was eX-
planed by the statement that kanouse
had employed an architect, at an expense
OF $3.50, to draw plans for building to be
placed upon the property.
There was nothing doing in the COM
promise line. however, and after an an
nouncement from Commissioner j. Edward
Smith, warmly seconded by Commissioners
George W. Courier, that the property
should not be bought at such a figure il
was referred back to the law department.
figured in the action taken by the Grand
Jury last summer when Il investigated the
transactions of the School Board. Al that
time Kanouse demanded $4,000 for the two
lots. The two adjoining lots, owned by
Eliza Brown, were purchased for $1,70C.
Meet me ii MILLIONS. 15s Market st--Adv.