Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-22
KEARNY SCHOOL
BOARD SAY DOUBLE
PRICE WAS ASKED
Charged Double Retail Rate
When Buying Supplies
Wholesale. a.,

Members of the Kearny Board of
Education have an idea that when the
town buys supplies for the public
schools in Wholesale quantities 1t
should not be charged double retail
prices. This odd notion of the board
was revealed last night just after
Chairman VIII C. ingalls,, of the
finance committee, moved to lay sew
eral bills over In which he discovered
a number Of vagaries, such as a higher
rate for insuring furniture than for
buildings, plumbers time per hour
higher in one case than another, sal
airy bills for a full month before the
month has expired, and a diversity of
prices charged by grocers for goods
needed by janitors. 1t was with the
latter items that most fault was found
by Trustees Walter Brookes and Ger
IRISH Newell.
1T is an outrage" said Mr.. Newell.
ito see how some local dealers have
been trying TO take advantage of the
town in furnishing supplies, n In
stead of parceling out these orders, as
we have been doing, among these local
storekeepers, l would be in favor Of
awarding contracts for supplying these
goods to wholesale dealers who will
give us Just what we order at the
lowest market price"
Especial attention was directed to the
bill sent in by William Hagberg! of
467 Elm street, Arlington. Mr.. Newell
said that the board had been charged
ten cents a roll for toilet paper and
ten cents a box for wax tapers, yet
that he himself had bought identically
the same goods at the Hagberg store
for five cents each.
yet this man went before the e
ate investigating committee, which met
in our town recently, and declared that
the Board of Education never gave
him a square deal. This whole bill of
goods should be sent back to him, and
this board should resolve never to buy
anything more from him."
Invited TO Explain.
Hagberg, who was in the Town Hall
while the meeting was in progress, was
Invited to explain his charges. He de-
clared that there were no errors in his
bill and that everything had been
charged at a fair price. He said that
If the board was not satisfied with the
goods he would take them all back. 1t
was remarked by Secretary John A.
Smith that the goods had all been dis
tributed and partly used. Hagberg said
that he did not think that Trustee
Newell would take advantage of him
and buy the paper and tapers while he
was absent from his store, and he in
sisted that his testimony before the
Senate committee had ~prejudiced the
board against him. This Trustee
Newell resented. Finally Hagberg was
persuaded to AXE back his bill and
revise 1t so as to make the prices
retail"
Trustee Brookes introduced a reso-
luton, which was adopted. after a
brief debate. declaring In favor of the
erection of a modern school building
with twenty rooms and an auditorium
to take the place of old Nc. 2 School,
which is said to be ~unsanitary and too
small. Trustee Newell said that nego-
t.ations were in progress for the pur-
chase OF a site 300x300 feet for such a
school in the First ward. TRUSTED In
gall hoped that the board would push
the project so hat such a building
would be ready next September.
School Superintendent Herman Ores
sci, jr., reported an suspicious opening
of the eight schools, and that the total
enrolment was 1895 as compared with
2,771 a year ago. 1t was decided, on
motion of Trustee George x. Carter to
open the night sessions on October "a
and to nave the school open on Mon
cay, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings of each week,
Appointed school Physicians.
The following named physicians were
appointed as medical inspectors for the
school year: Drs. John w. Reid, Jere-
miah O'Connor, Eugene H. Goldberg,
Morris w. Clouse, Alfred A. Mutter and
Walter r. Rick. John Richardson, on
motion of Trustee Cecil Arnot, was ap-
pointed electrician for the schools with
$50 yearly salary.
The use of the Lincoln School audi
forum was granted to the Woman's
Club for the second and fourth Wednes-
day afternoons of each month. to the
High School class of 1911 for an en-
t~ertainment on October % and the High
School boys will be allowed to use the
Lincoln School gymnasium on Mondays
and Thursdays.
1t was decided TO send to the Town
Council a copy OF a decision rendered
by the State department of public in
struction, to the effect that the coun-
ell had no right to cut out of the ap-
preparation f1xed by the Board of School,
Estimate the sum of $500, with which
to buy O site for another public school
in the Arlington section north of the
Erie railroad and east of Kearny ave
nGe. The estimate board, having hxed
upon $101 800 as being the amount need
ed to build the Lincoln School ana
buy a site for another, the Town Coun-
ell on May 10 ratified this action, but
on u "a the town board reduced the
allowance to 500, 900, the explanation
given being that there was a differ
ence of opinion as to where the scnoot
should be located. State School SUI
pe~rintendent Charles j. Baxter, VINO
sent the opinion, which was the out
come of al appeal of the school board
declared that a recent decision In the
case of Montclair showed that a mu"
ricipal council could not exercise any
discretion in appropriating money Tor
buying land or erecting schoo build
ings. and could only declare whether
the money should be got by direct tax
or bonds.
r.. j. Whyte and George w. McCin-
tick. of Arlington, who are organizing
a branch of the Hudson County Peo-
pies Singing Society, were granted ths
use of the Lincoln School auditorium