Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-12

Holding Committee Meeting After
Regular Monthly Session Last
Night-Architects Are Rebulked for
Taking Plans Away from School
Jensen Agreed to Return Them.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the school board meeting at 10
o'clock last night the commissioners
held short committee session and
agreed to accept the plans of John
H. Dayto- for the central grammar
school and those of Jens K. Jensen
for the school at Kennedale park.
AT the meeting of the board 1t was
decided to hold the committee ses-
sion after the adjournment. Com
missioners Seaman and Stack, when
vote was taken on the matter at
the formers request, replied in the
negative, but the motion was car
ried.
Commissioner Larson brought up
the subject of the committee meet
ing and said he thought some decis-
ion should be reached on the plans.
Commissioner Stack said that he did
decide on whose plans were the best,
when they had only been gone over
once. Mr.. Larson said that he did
not want to come down and attend
sessions three or four times a week
and was in favor of settling the mat
ter. Commissioner Seaman was not
In favor of the committee session,
and asked that vote be taken on
the question.
Just what was done at the private
session is not known, as the reporters
were excluded before 1t commenced
1t would seem, however, that the
majority of the board must have had
their minds made up on the matter,
Uefore hand, as the session was not
very lengthy. When the commits
sioners left the high school last night
they were met at the fire house by
Mr.. Dayton and Mr.. Jensen who asked
about the result.
Commissioners Seaman and Stack
did not favor either Mr. Dayton's nor
MIR. Jensen's plans and it was under
stood that President Bradley was on
their side. If he was, he changed
his mind last night and went over to
the other faction, as he voted for the
committee session with Commission
ers Larson, Moore and Arner.
Mr.. Dayton and Mr.. Jensen went
to the high school this morning and
asked Superintendent Shull If theyi
could get their plans. He said 'yes,"
according to Mr.. Dayton, and they
took them away, believing that they
had a right to do SO. Commissioners
Seaman saw both architects later and
admonished them severely for their |
action and ordered them to return |
the drawings to the school at once. !
Mr.. Jensen said he thought he had
been awarded the contract In open
meeting, and said he would take the
plans back. Mr.. Dayton said he
would consider the matter.
AS the board will hold an adjourn
cd meeting Monday night, the plans
of both architects will probably be
officially accepted at that time.
Details of Plans.
The plans for an eighteen-room
central grammar school prepared by
Architect Dayton call for three
story brick building with terra Gotta
trimmings. 1t will be Sc feet high
and 67x134 feet on the ground.
There will be large front entrance
and two in the rear, the latter being
for the pupils. Besides the eighteen
class rooms there are special rooms
In which to examine students,
and teachers rooms.
The building will also have a fire. j
proof hall extending from the ground
to the third story in which the pu
pills could all congregate in case of
fire and be safe from all danger un-
til they had time to leave the build
Ing by the two large fireproof stair !
cases. The main entrance will front
on Barracks street The rooms will
be 24x32 feet and will accommodated
forty-two pupils each. 1t will take ]
five months to erect the school and ;
the approximate cost will be $52,-
600.
There is special ventilating sys-
tenn shown on the plans and the
are all inside of the class
rooms ,
The plans for the Kennedale school
which were prepared by Mr.. Jensen.
call for a sixteen-room building, al
though only eight rooms will be
finished at present. The part which 7
he plans to build at present, can be !
erected in about four months and :
will cost between $21 600 and $22,- I
300. The entire sixteen-room build :
ng when finished will be two stories =
high and will be almost square. 1t
will be of brick, with terra Gotta /,
and the part to be built :
1t present, will have a frontage of =
sighty-three feet on Neville street !
md depth of seventy-nine feet. The
)1ans show q center entrance and one !,
IN each end. The rooms are 2S by
10 feet and will hold 40 pupils. The
,ost of the entire school. when the
sixteen rooms are finished. will be :.
lbout $4,000. r
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