Evening journal., 1919-08-19
NEWARK LOOKING
FOR School SITE
College Town to Take Ad-
yantag, OF P. S. du Points
Generous Offer
SCHILLING EXPLAINS
ABOUT TAX RATE
specIal 70 The EyenIng journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Aug. i9.-The Board Of
Education Of the Newark special school
district propose to be one OF II not the
first district in the State to take ad-
vantage Of the recent liberal offer
made by p. :. dupont to assist in
financing the erection OF new school
buildings under certain conditions.
The board which is composed Of Ed
ward L. Richards. Robert :. Gallagher
and Harrison Gray has decided definite
ly to build a new school building
which has been badly needed for some
time and is now looking for a site The
board recently requested Mayor z. B.
Frazer 10 name committee Of citizens,
himself 10 he a member 10 assist in the
selection Of a site. This committee was
named by Mayor Frazer: Franklin Col
lins, George W. Griffin. A. l.. Beals,
Samuel j. Wright, Norris Worrall,
Professor Charles A. McCue. G. !. Dur
nall. Robert J. Colbert and David c.
Rose.
This committee met with the mem
bers Of the board on saturday and sew
ara sites were viewed but no definite
decision reached. Among the sites that
arc being considered is the Curtis prop
erty opposite the Washington House,
the Huber lot on Delaware avenue now
used as a baseball diamond and the
Lewis lot on Academy street below Del
aware avenue. 4 site on Depot Road
opposite the Women's College has also
been suggested. u is understood TO be
the purpose Of the board 10 start the
plans for the building as soon as site
Is agreed on and approved by the com
mission named 10 look after the dupont
fund and the State Board Of Education.
There has naturally been considerable
complaint over the increase in taxes In
the district under the new school code.
John Schilling. assistant State Commits
sioner Of Education in a recent state
ment explains how the present rate was
decided on and also explains the dif-
ference between the figures Of the local
board and those Of the Levy Court. His
statement which is Of unusual interest
al this time follows:
According 10 the budget as 10 was
made up by the Board of Education Of
the Newark special school district there
would he required by taxation for the
next school year s2i.790O5 The board
estimated that there would be AZ least
72j polls In the district and set the rate
as IL Is required 10 do by the new
school code This rate Is set at s. and
expected by poll tax 10 raise at least
s3625 leaving s2i .iGj. TO be raised by
property tax. IT'S estimate Of the as
sessed value Of the property IN the
school district was 100000: this
would make the rate n cents on the
dollar. slightly above the rate last year
but probably not more OF an increase
than would have been needed, without
any change in the school laws. 10 meet
the increased teachers salaries The
Newark board was very much surprised
n find that the Levy Court had set the
rate at 50 cents and investigation snow
ed First, that the Levy Court said that
II had no record Of more than $50 peo-
pie from whom poll taxes Is collect
able: second. that the assessed value OF
the properties. according 20 the Levy
Courts first estimate. was about So
1000: and third that the Levy Court
had allowed a rebate OF per cent The
FIRST Of these circumstances would take
50. 375 from the poll tax and add IL TO
the property tax making an amount |
TO be raised by the property |
tax s235i0, and the second would make /
the rate % cents. Upon Investigation il 4
was found that the Levy Court had few /
names Of people liable to poll tax, be-
cause it had not been customary to