Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-29

dividing the two school properties that
the city has not secured title OF as yet.
That lot would, of course, not be a
stumbling block, because if we could
not get 1t for a reasonable figure we
could take ii over by condemnation
proceedings.
HLoOiSiBg Rt the subject from every
viewpoint, I cannot for the life OF me
understand why the old school board
was SO short-sighted ma to buy that
johnson avenue and Alpine street prop
erty. True, Il only cost $4,000. but
more money will have TO he expended
to get site with sufficient ground to
enable the establishment of recreation
grounds around the schOol-house. Sure
Iy II WASN'T because the city got n
realty bargain, for there Is nc street
running on Clinton avenue where
higher realty prices prevail than upon
johnson avenue.
Having expressed an opinion against
the Johnson avenue site, are you in a
position to say what site you would
favor?''
whole Board Fsyors Clinton Avenue"
Again I think I am expressing the
unanimous sentiment of the commits
sioners when / say that n Clinton ave-
nue. site, or one very close to Clinton
avenue, would be considered Ideal, pro-
vided, of course, all other features
could properly be reconciled," replied
President Guild, "the most important.
naturally, being the price. 1t is all
right to talk about spending another
100000 for a site, but where is the
money coming from? We haven't got
it on hand for that purpose, and we
couldn't get it till next year, when the
new tax budget will be prepared, no
matter how badly we wanted it. Public
sentiment has 10 be pretty strong
nowadays before additional burdens
can be placed upon the taxpayers
"The Clinton Hill people want il,
but the rest of, the city is to be reck-
oned with The Clinton Fill people will
come TO our meeting tonight and
almost demand that we select site
IN Clinton avenue, but they do not
show us where we are going to get the
wherewith. If the school board gets q
million-dollar item in the budget there
Is an awful howl from the taxpayers
who do not carefully consider the city's
condition. To select a Clinton avenue
site like the one suggested means an
other 100000 and that's one-tenth of
the million that the taxpayers howl
over. Yes it has been suggested that
Newark is such rapidly progressing
city and that an item of 100000 should
not stand in the way of such bene-
ficial Improvement at this time, but as
the taxpayer has been educated to so
understand the situation. The location
of the new $350,000 High School Is an
important matter and / am satisfied
that the present board will not go on
building the schoolbouse until the
proper site has been decided upon"
"I'here is no question about the
necessity for the south side high
school, is there?"
Not the slightest, replied Mr..
Guild. when the question of new
high schools was first discussed 1t was
the prevailing opinion in the board
that south side high school was more
of necessity than the East Side High
School. At the outset every member
OF the board was of that opinion, cx
cept Dr. McCabe. II was a question of
which was the first to be constructed.
and we investigated the subject thor
oughly.
south side Most in Need of School
1.-THE conclusion reached was that
every commissioner except Mr.. Prieth
thought that the most urgent was the
east side. Even the Clinton Hill
people themselves admitted that the
boards judgment in proceeding With
the east side school frst was right
It's no easy task to ges Increases N
the city's budget
The present school board took Office