The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-24
Board of Education Not Agreed On Site
 For New High School
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The Sanford tract and the Gallagher tract both come nearer in the matter of price to meeting the requirements of a building of the type the board favors than does the Lyon Terrace property. But the majority of the board. headed by Richard Murphy, chairman of the committee handling the proposition, favors the Lyon Ter race tract. To secure ample prop ed, the board will have to secure part of the Wheeler property, which is in the rear of the Lyon Terrace property.
 The land on Lyon Terrace from Con- gress to Golden Hill streets is owned by Col. T. L. watson. To the west on Golden Hill street comes the Kelly property, then the Hurd property. The property is $31.OO0. That on the Kelly property is $400O0 and that on the Hurd property is S56, 900.
 The board considers the Hurd figure $16,OOO. The Hurd property, however, runs through from Golden Hill to Con gress street. The frontage on Lyon Terrace Is 476 feet. If all three prop to be purchased a rectangular lot would result, 476 feet long by 1855 feet deep. The board considers purchas- ing the property with the exception of the Hurd house, leaving a lot 150 feet deep for the house. This would give a rectangular lot of the dimensions described above minus the smaller rectangular piece in the southwest corner, reserved for the Hurd home, with a frontage of 65 feet on Golden Hill street. Leaving the Hurd home that it can secure the rear of the Hurd property for a figure correspond ingly more reasonable.
 But even the depth of 1855 feet is not proposed site on the west is the Ma thaniel Wheeler homestead. This property in it's entirety is taxed at s65 OO0. The board contemp' ates talk Wheeler property to give the desired depth. But it is intimated that this can be secured only through condem-
 One member of the board suggested last night that if it was necessary to condemn any of the Wheeler property, it would be advisable to take the Wheeler homestead itself for the school site. and leave the Lyon Ter race property out of the question.
 The price set upon the Gallagher owners. D. Fairchild Wheeler of the Bridgeport Trust Co.,, is acting as the intermediary of the board and the property owners. The property has a frontage of PIP feet on Washington avenue and 325 feet depth running along Courtland street. It is at the southwest corner. Gallagher & Green wood own the corner tract, IS feet on Washington avenue, 1S4 feet in Court land street. Their price is $25 GOO. There are three others, pr. Wordin, the Shelton tract and a nOn-reS dent represented by Wilbur s. Wilson, the real estate man. pr. Wordin's price is S2O, ,OoO, MT wilson's tract is figured at $14,0O0, and the tract of Mrs. Jo- sephine Shelton is estimated at 7,O0q. The Shelton interests won't sell, and the property must be taken, if it is purchased, by condemnation proceed ings.
 However these four tracts form a rectangular piece suitable to a build- ing of the type of the Paterson. N. J. high school, which the board high ly favors.
 The Sanford piece, at the southwest corner of Coleman street and Wash> ington avenues. includes the Sanford home and another dwelling. Attor- ney Samuel Shaw represents the San the board. A figure approXimating $S0,0O has been placed on this prop erty It runs 260 feet on Washington avenue and 425 feet in Coleman street, a rectangular piece equally suited to a structure of the Paterson style.
 The committee is to seek to gain concessions from the Hurd and Wheel CT interests relative to the Lyon Ter race property. It will strive to have definite figures for the board at it's next meeting. on plot to extend from Congress street to Golden Hill street on Lyon Terrace, and including the Kelly home, the back lot of the Hurd property and a strip of the Wheeler property.
 Mir Wheeler intimated to the board that there might be a considerable cut on the price fixed on the Gallag- her tract, and the committee will seek to have his best terms before closing