The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
BUSHES THROUGH
SITE PURCHASE
School Board Gang Buys Moeller
Property and Cinches Deal Despite
Protests From Taxpayers.

With most unseemly haste, the
board or education. or rather. eight
members or II, constituting a large
part OF the gang. rushed through the
purchase OF new school site at
Clark'ave. and Porter-st.. Thursday
night, under a suspension of the rules.
Then. TO clinch IL. they again sus-
pended The rules and defeated 4 mo-
tion 10 reconsider.
This is the site selected for the new
school to be known as the William
{. Maybury, SO christened by the
board on motion of Inspector Leon.
ard. The purchase Was made in the
face Of protest signed by "a taxpay.
ers residing on Clark-ave., which the
board practically ignored by ordering
that II be received and placed on
file"
For a site at Clarkave and Porter
st. the board asked originally Sl4.,
This was cut To $4,000 by the board
OF estimates on the theory that the re.
duotion would force the board TO pur
chase Kit farther westward, where
residents Of the district assert "a
school is more needed. But the gang"
for some reason not apparent. was de-
termined on buying the Clark-ave.
site, even If they had to chop of a
few feet. and they would brook no In
reference. OF course, Mayor Brett.
meyer can use his veto, but In that
event the gang undoubtedly would try
TO pass IL over his head. The only
hope OF the taxpayers then would be
Injunction proceedings, and 1t Is un.
derstood that some OF them are SER
iously considering such a move IL IL
becomes necessary.
The site purchased has a frontage
OF III feet on Clark-ave. and 159 on
Porter-st., and the greater part OF IT
is owned by William F. Moeller, coun-
ty treasurerelect. The price paid was
81 500. Inspector Goldberg asked that
the matter be laid over for two weeks,
and under rules his objection. ordinar.
| lily. would have been sufficient to hold
up the deal. But Inspector Leonard
was instantly on his feet with a cry
TO suspend the rules" and suspended
they were.
Inspectors -Kumrofsky and Cary,
who are usually lined up with the ad-
ministration faction, could not stand
for the gang methods and voted with
Goldberg and Numford against the
suspension and against the purchase.
| The eight members who voted for the
| purchase were: Leonard, Snitgen,
| Hutton. Hely, Henderson, Miehm.
Shivers and PRESIDENT George.
On Inspector Cary's motion. the new
school 10 DE built in the Eighteenth
ward will be named the Conrad Clip
pert, and the school to be erected In
the vicinity OF Burns and Goethe was
christened the John F. Nichols. The
old Nichols school at Broklyn-ave. and
Elm-st. Is now used as a carpenter
shop by the board of education.
The claim OF Martin Scholl, Jr., for
an additional sl,003 for mason and
steerw ork on the Cass High school
addition, was referred back 10 the real
estate committee and the corporation
counsel. Malcomson & Higginbotham
and Smith, Hinchman & Grylls were
re-engaged as architects and engin-
GERS respectively. for another year,
without opposition.
| The board accepted the designations
OF the following teachers: Miss Re-
becca Pattison, who will be placed on
the retired list at the end OF the term;
Elizabeth Sparkling, George ". Pottls
and Mrs. Dudley.
These were appointed: Zelda Pal.
mer, Barstow school; Essey A.
KIumph, Newberry Nellie McAsey,
Chandler; Florence G. Dillon, Central
High James G. Lake. Cass High:
Anie w. Wolverton. faculty of the Nor
NAL Training school; T. 8. Rees. as
sistant in manual training.
The board decided to purchase adj
ditional land adjoining the Tilden and
Fairbanks schools for $3.50 and 81.
see, respectively The Land viii be
used for Fairgrounds.