The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-08-04
NOBLE SITES TITLE
is FOUND DEFECTIVE
Petition Inaccurate, Must Have
| Another Election


Owing to defect in the title to
the Noble property, voted as a site
for high school on July 10th, the
board of education will have to place
proposition before the voters to
rescind the action ON that date and
vote again upon the proposition in a
corrected form. Such was the ad-
vice of the counsel, former Judge
Willard w. Cutler, to the board Fri
day night at the adjourned special
meeting. At the regular meeting of
the board just preceding the adj
journed session a petition signed by
seventy-three voters was received
asking for a vote ON resembling the
previous election. This was received
and placed on file.
Judge Cutler said that in searching
the title to the Noble property he
had found that sewer grant was ON
file for a strip of land running from
Washington street side of the tract
to Atno avenue. Also he said there
was a telephone right across the
land, These rights, he continued,
made the title defective and the land
could not be condemned or bonds sold.
The only solution of this was to res
cind the action of the July goth and
place a corrected description before
the voters containing reference to
these rights. Asked why a, correct
description had not been prepared
last election, Judge Cutler stated that
he was bound to go by the petition
as offered by the hackers of the
Noble site and it made no reference
to these things.
Sol rhn fa6
the High School Alumni association,
asked that the board put up the cor
rected proposition with the rescind-
ing one ait the same election The
board adjourned until August 18th to
act upon the matter.
The petition to rescind, which con-
tained seventy-three names, was in
troduced by hackers of the Marinaro
tract ON Speedwell avenue which was
beaten out at the election on July
10th by two hundred votes. 1t bore
the names of number of business
men about town.
In reference to the resembling pro-
position as announced by the counsel,
President Joseph Hinchman stated to
the board that the executors of the
estate could clear up the defect to
! Vic uftlc Dut dS hOiiAtSi VI eAAO
board and one of the parties of the
contract, he was disqualified by law.
Bills were read by Commissioner
Todd, of the operation and mainten-
ance committee, for work done on
the Maple avenue building during the
summer which included plumbing
painting, placing of metal ceiling
and mason work. The bills, which
amounted to about $500, were order
ed paid The sum of $945 interest
on two bonds of $4,000 was ordered
paid. A communication from the
Globe Indemnity Insurance company
reported the boilers in the Maple av
enue building to be in good condition
A bill for S. dues from the State
Federation of District Boards of Edu
cation was received and referred t
J the counsel.
A letter from William R. Halliday
president of the High School Alumni
association, asked the board not tt
hold any further elections until aftel
September 18th on account of so man.
being away. 1t was filed. Commits
sioner w. Parsons Todd exhibited
a. blue print for a change in the toi
lets in the Maple avenue building
He said the work would entail cos
of about 500 and on account of tht
beams being metal, the toilets woult
have to be raised above the floor /;
distance of five inches. The matte
, was laid over until later date.