The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28
ESTIMATE BOARD
NOT CONSULTED IN
ACTION ON SITE
More Trouble May Follow in
Long Dispute Over East
Orange High School.
ARLINGTON AVENUE.
LOCATION ABANDONED
Conference Committee Arrives al
Harmonious Arrangement, but
Mayor Discerns a Hitch.

The conference committee from the
East Orange City Council and Board of
Education appointed to settle the High
School controversy made its report to
both bodies last night, recommending
that the Arlington avenue site be aban-
doned; that the White property on
which the board had spent several hum
dred dollars, intending to use it with
the Boote properly next door on the
avenue. be purchased Tor SIS, 500 and
sold as soon as possible. and tina the
Council cease its efforts to carry it's
appeal to the State Board of Educa-
uon. h Council and board accepted
the recommendation unanimously.
When 1t was seen that harmonious
action had been accomplished on all
propositions the Council passed ordi-
nances Resembling Others providing for
obtaining the two pieces of property
in Walnut street, in the rear OF the
school. with the understanding that
new ordinances for obtaining the same
property would be introduced shortly.
An ordinance for an issue of bonds to
purchase the White property was
passed on first reading. The bonds will
probably be purchased by the Sinking
Fund Commission.
Apparently the Couneil will favor the
erection of an addition to the school,
but as no action was taken along this
line by the Board of Education and as
the Board of School Estimate was not
consulted, further trouble may ensue.
school Estimate Board Not Consulted.
A few minutes after the Council ana
board took action last nigh IN the
matter, which has stirred the city to
its depths the last few months, Mayor
William Cardwell criticised the board
in no uncertain terms for agreeing TO
the new action without consulting the
Board of School Estimate.
1t was decided to hold a special meet
ing next Friday night at which an
effort will be made to have the estimate
board consent to obtaining another site
for a school. While some of the oifi-
Gals understood that the citizens IN
the recent mass-meeting passed "A no
ton that a new high school should
be erected, there are members of the
Council who interpreted the motion to
mean that enlarged school facilities
We're to be provided, and that .hese
men will never vote for an entirely new
school is certain. Today practically
every member of the board who voted
for the Arlington avenue site ard is
trying for a denomination is being op.
posed.
Mayor CnrdwelI's Claim.
1t is the claim of Mayor Cardw'll
that the conference committee has lone
what only the estimate board Is pr1vl-
legged to do. Chairman Person, who IS
q member of the committee, requested
last night that it be discharged, but
some of the other members we're of the
opinion that it might be of assist
ance 10 the Board of Education in iron
ing matters out" and the committee
will stay in existence.
There seemed to be a difference of
opinion in the minds of the members Of
the Board of Education, who served
on the special committee, in regd !
to the high school site. The first IN
timation of this came when Commits
sioner Thomas offered a resolution pr
viding for a meeting of the BOARD with
the Board of School Estimate to Oh
tain a site for a new high school. This
Mr.. Crater objected to. He wanted the
resolution changed to read ~"adcgua-e
high school accommodations which
would not bind the committees TO q
new site. and would allow them u Sc
lect the present site in Walnut stree.
Later on in the evening Mr. Thomas
declared tina the Walnut site would he
resorted to only when nc other de-
sirable one could be obtained.