New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-02
Shallow Serves
$lOO,OOOLibel.
Suit ON Craie.!.
Damages Are Sought as Re-
suit of Controversy Over
Neptune Avenue School
Site i'm Coney Island
Comptroller Unworried
Says He Will Bring Counter
Claims That Will s''Take
Shirt OFF, His Accuser

Comptroller Charles L. Craig was
served yesterday with a summons in a
libel suit for 100000, brought by DR..
Edward B. Shallow, Associate Superin-
tendent of Schools. The Comptroller
was leaving the City Hall following the
meeting of the Board of Estimate when
an agent of a detective agency handed
him the summons. The process server
said he had been trying to reach the
Comptroller for three days, but could
not get to him in his office.
The action for libel grows out of the
controversy between DR.. Shallow, who
has charge of building operations for
the Board Of Education, and the Comp
troller in regard to the selection of the
Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, school
site. The Comptroller charged collu-
sion in the selection OF this site and
recently turned over his evidence to
District Attorney Lewis, Of Brooklyn,
for grand jury investigation. DR..
Shallow said he was suing on the
grounds principally of "innuendo and
dirty differences" which would cause
the public to believe that there was
some collision between him and other
persons in the matter of the Neptune
Avenue site.
Craig Threatens Reprisal
When the summons was served on
the Comptroller he looked at it and
said:
"You can spit on your finger and wipe
this off, but I will have counterclaims
in this action which will take the shirt
off Shallow"
The Comptroller later said he would
file his notice of appearance, within the
required twenty-day period and that
Dr.. shallow would have twenty days
after that to file his complaint.
"When we get the complaint and
know what it is all about" he said,
1--WE will present our defense, which
will be a good one, with counterclaims
and counteractions sufficient to keep
Shallow and his counsel busy all the
rest of their lives"
The matter of the Coney Island
school site was on the calendar of the
Board of Estimate yesterday. Comp
troller Craig and Associate Superin-
LenueUU 0ndllOW DOIA WeIS pleSeIlet
but. on motion of the Mayor, all the
contested sites were referred back to
the Committee on Finance and Budget.
Several other sites were adopted over
the objections of the Comptroller.
Seeks Reason for Delay
A site for new school in the vicin-
ity of Jennings Street, between Long
fellow Avenue and Boone Avenue, the
Bronx, was approved on the motion
jected, declaring the matter had been
filed his report. He said he had called
school in this neighborhood eighteen
months ago, as there were $500 chill
dren who had not been taken care of.
He declared he wanted to find out why
the Board of Education had been so
long in selecting site there. The
board also approved a site in the vicin-
ity Of Fisk and Wardell avenues, be-
tween the Boulevard and Leonard Ave-
nue., Richmond, although the Comp
troller voted against it.
Although the Comptroller said 1t was
waste of public money, the board
voted $4,000 in serial bonds to place
on Riverside Drive permanent benches
similar to those recently installed on
upper Fifth Avenue.
The board granted to the Board of
Water Supply additional funds to the
amount of $15,750,000 to complete the
Catsklll water supply development, in
ssuring delivery of Schoharie water CO.
lncldently with the completion of the
Schoharle reservoir