The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-12-06

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People You May Know.
Mrs H. A. Martindell and daugh-
ter, of Trenton, were recent guests of
Mrs. A. C. Barber.
Mrs. McGill, of Bound Brook, was
Sunday visitor with relatives in this
city.
Mrs. James Brown and daughter,
Miss Mary Brown, of New York city,
were over Sunday guests in our city.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel f. Moon
spent Thanksgiving Day in New York
City.
Miss Jeanette Studdiford, of Mont.
clair, was the recent guest of relatives
here.
Miss Victoria Narducci spent Satur-
day and Sunday with friends in Phila-
delphia.
Elton Stockton, OF Philadelphia was
an over Sunday guest of his brother.
J. Hart Stockton.
Colonel and Mrs. Horace Reading,
of Stockton, spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs George r. Kline.
MIR. and Mrs James Studdiford, of
Ola Monmouth street, Trenton, spent
Sunday with relatives in this city.
Albert S. Even, draughtsman in
the Brooklyn navy yard, has been
spending the past four days with his
grandmother, Mrs John l.. Coryell.
After visit OF several days with rela-
tives at Hopewell, Mrs Theodore Stout
and son Roy, returned to their home
at I43 George street Sunday evening.
The following answer to the Board
OF Education has been made:
The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE
CRY OF LAMBERTvILLE, N. j.
Your communication of Nov. 10th is
at hand, and is perhaps entitled to the
courtesy ola reply.
Our position seems to be misunder-
stood.
We believe that the hill site is the
best suited Tor location of high school
building
We believe that the ball ground site
is unfit for that purpose.
We believe that for reasons of econ
omy the high school should be located,
upon the hill
We have been unable To ascertain
that your Board has any comprehen.
sive plan with estimates of comparative
cost. We proposed to submit such
plans and estimates.
he inspection OF the plans for i'm
proven ents OF third ward school was
merely incidental, being the first ques-
ton that was brought up, and we were
distinctly told that we could not have
that plan or other Information in DOS.
session of the Board without authority
from the whole Board The fact that
these plans and specifications have
been left with Mr. Arnett, one of the
members of our committee, was en-
tirely immaterial because they were en-
tirely useless unless we were to be per
milted 10 take up the whole question
Systematically.
We were told by the president of
your Board tina, he was delaying the |
signing of contracts in order to give us
a hearing and he did not want that de |
lay to be unreasonable. and upon this
statement we proposed to submit our
proposition as soon as meeting could |
be called. He postponed the calling
OF that meeting for one week, in the
meantime endeavoring TO close up ev-
cry means which would permit a fair
consideration OF our proposition.
Up to the present time we have
never considered litigation in connec-
ton with the questions involved. We
have endeavored to appeal to reason.
Ii there is litigation it will be the fault
of the majority OF your Board who
seem to take the position that being
vested with arbitrary power they pro-
pose to exercise it regardless of the
opinion OF others
We never have objected to a High
School, MOI have we ever objected to
anything it appears you proposed to
do; except that you have prevented all
reasonable inquiry into the cost of your
proposed programme, and have seem.
ed determined to force on the taxpay-
ers ~ the abandonment Of property on
the hill which will hereafter be worth
less to the city, (a) the expenditure of
money for site which we believe to
be unfit, go and the erection OF
building, not High School, of which
we only know il is to consist OF 28
rooms including an auditorium equiva.
lent to 3 rooms which means cost OF
$4,000, which does not seem necessary
tor school purposes.
WALTER T. HAYHURsT,
GEORGE w. ARNETT,
JAMES ID MAcKAy