The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-02
AGAINST
BOND ISSUE
FOR SCHOOLS
CONTINUED from First page,

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1t was decided to ask City Counsel James
r. Nugent for an opinion as to whether
the Board of Education could go on with
the work on the Lincoln School by cutting
off the assembly room and the gymnasium
and building only the classrooms, leaving a
place for the construction OF the other
rooms to some future time.
Before the meeting of the Board of Esti-
mate there was some question as to Its
legality, but as 1t was understood that the
request TO issue the extra bonds was to
be refused, Mayor Haussling-called the
members to order. 1t was said THAT the
board could only meet according to law
between May Is and June /.
DR.. Herman B.. Glntzmayer, a member OF
the Board of Education and like of the
Board of Estimate, announced that he was
opposed to the issuance of any new bonds
for the Lincoln School.
ut would establish a bad precedent" he
said, because architects would continually
exceed appropriations. / object to the
course" He spoke of the proposed new
technical high school in the same way.
Alderman Patrick H. Ryan agreed with
what DR.. Glatzmayer had said. I'm May
we granted the full demand of the Board of
Education and the members seemed
pleased" said he. Now we are called
upon to give nearly as much more. If the
architect for any school submits plans In
calling for a cost in excess of the appro-
prlations / think that he ought to draw
new ones"
In explaining his stand in the matter
President Mcintyre said that he did not
desire an issue of bonds, but that the
Board of Education was DESTROYS only of
having the Board of Estimate know out
Of courtesy that the money was going
to be used for a purpose other thai that
for which 1t had been previously appropri-
ated. He said he thought the Board of
Estimate had been generous in granting
$4,000 for the school.
Alderman Ryan at this point tried to
bring the High School discussion forward
but Alderman Slnnotl put a crimp on his
plans by objectlrg to the Mayor that the
High School was not a matter of dis
cussion Just then. 2
NSchool Commissioner ]. Edward Smith,
who was the advocate of the proposition to
get permission from the Estimate Board
to build the school minus the assembly
rooms. then took up the cudgels.
unfortunately" said COMMISSIONS
Smith, 'the resolution of the Board of
Education to this Board of Estimate has
not been drawn In such a way as to bring
up the question as to whether we can go
on with the school without the assembly
room. We need a school in that locality,
and the citizens do. An assembly room is
not needed, but the classrooms should be
there"
After the commissioners appeal for the
construction Of the school, minus the as
sembly room, Chairman Varley o issue
with him.. II think the commissioner is
a little bit off in asking this of the Board
of Estimate. We have always had the
privilege he asks. We can build the school
as we see f1t."
The meeting developed into a heart-to-
heart conversation between the City Coun-
sci, Comptroller J. Harry Bachelor, Presi-
dent Mcintyre and Commissioner Smith.
The City Counsel would not commit him
self on the subject under discussion, but
Messrs. Mcintyre and Smith took decided
stands on the right of the Board Of Edu-
cation to use the appropriation for a
smaller school building. President Nc
Intyre claimed TINT the Board of Edu-
cation had no reason in the world for
asking the Board OF Estimate to sanction
the use of the money for the proposed
smaller school.
The contention of Commissioner Smith
was that the Board of Education had en-
tered into q contract with the Board of
School Estimate to build a twelve-room
and assembly room school with the $4,000
that had been given It. Mr.. Mcintyre said,
however, that it was his opinion that the
State school law said that the Board of
Education alone had the right to spend
the money and use It as it saw fit, accord
ing to circumstances The dispute was
getting warm whereupon the Mayor placed
DR.. Glatzmayer's motion of long ago be-
fore the board. He and Messrs. Sinnott,
Ryan, Glatzmayer and Mcintyre voted not
to grant the extra issue of bonds.
Before the members adjourned Alderman
Ryan asked the board what would become
of the large sum of money that Mr..
49,. a. nooNotooI IIIoh Gobno1 orohf-
tect, had collected on the plans he has
already submitted.
some of our city officials might put In
a bill for a years salary in advance" said
Alderman Ryan, "if the architect were al
lowed TO keep their fees"
President Mcintyre advised Alderman
Ryan that the plans would be altered tc
come within the appropriation and the
same architects do the work.
1t was suggested that the school house
committee then go into session and con-
slider In general the situation that now
confronted them. The discussion between
, Messrs. Mcintyre and Smith tangled mat.
ters greatly. and the first thing that the
commissioners did upon convention was
to pass a resolution calling upon the city
counsel to give a written opinion as tt
whether the board could go on building
the schools II such a manner that they
could be completed when the money wa:
available in some future time. In leaps and
bounds the discussion went to the new
High School. MI. Meyers was present anc
told the commissioners that he would dc
all in his power to bring down the cast Of
the building according to the plans tina
he has already drawn. He said that h'
wanted explicit Instructions as to VIVA
was to be cut out and all sort of thing
In answer to questions as to what coulc
i 10 omk Of the building md what rOulf