Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-28
PRICE FOR SCHOOL
SITE DROPS $4,000
Summit Board Learns That
$4,000 Property viii Go
for $4,000.
Especial to the evening star.l

SUMMIT. May 2s-Because Satur-
day is a holiday and the law that
the annual meeting Of the Board OF
school Estimate be held before June
l. it was decided yesterday afternoon
to hold a session of the board tonight
as originally planned.
Not having been advised by county
School Superintendent Arthur Il
Johnson as to the amount this city
is to receive as its share OF the state
school appropriation, the members OF
the Estimate Board were inclined TO
postpone the session until Saturday
night had It not been found that this
could not be done.
The approximate amount Which the
county school superintendent has ao-
vised the School Board 1t will receive
from the State appropriation Is
sac 4sO.O4. With $4,000 in estimated
tuition fees to be deducted from the
school budget, the amount to be
asked from council by the Board Oh
school Estimate for school purposes
this year is about s96,669, the sehool
budget as fixed being about $l4,OOO.
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price now asked for the land on the
1resterlv side of Maple street, between
the Y. M. C. A and the library build
ing Is $4,000, the owner of the prop
ertv. the Summit Home Land Com
many. having dropped from the ilrst
asking price of $50, 900. IA $4,000 the
cost of the property is about $50 per
front foot. It has also been learned
that there is a strong possibility that
the request of the school board LOT
500 600 will be passed by the Board OF
School Estimate tonight. 1t would
appear that the deciding vote on the
nroposition will rest with Councilman
John G. Knight, a representative OF
council in Board of School estimate.
II is known that the two representa-
tives of the Board of Education will
vote for the requisition, and with
Mayor Francis H. Bergen opposed
and Councilman-at-La Clement h.
Corbin holding the mayors view as 1t
Is said he does, although he has not
expressed his views, the decision Wall
rest with Councilman Knight, the
fifth member Of the board Council
man Knight would not commit him
self as to how he would vote on the
proposition when interviewed by an
Evening STIR men yesterday although
from what he did say the reference
was plain that he would favor the
requisition.
Northumberland omhe NH omh omh
Even with the Board of School Es-
innate passing favorably on the $780,
600 requisition, the money may not
necessarily be appropriated by coun-
ell The action of the Board of School
Estimate relative to a requisition for
an appropriation for the school bud
get is final, but in the case of a bond
issue through whicht he $4,000 will
be secured, council will not be OBJ
liged to adopt the ordinance provid-
ing for the issue.
Even should the ordinance be
passed Mayor Bergen would have the
power of vetoing them easure and
two-thirds vote of council would then
be necessary to pass the ordinance
over the veto. 1t is believed a ma
jority of the councilmen are opposed
to the scheme this year so that it
would seem thep roposition is DOOM
ed to fail.
Should the ordinance be passed,
which now does not seem likely,
Mayor Bergen, who has given ample
evidence since assuming the position
of the city executive of his fighting
qualities would have the power of
veto which could be overridden only
by two-thirds vote of council which
1t is believed that at least three of
the councilmen are now opposed to