Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-20
LET CONTRACTS
At METUCHEN
School Board Has Several
important Matters Up for
Action at Meeting.

IBy Evening News Correspondents
METUCHEN. April 20.-Award-
ing the contracts for coal Tor the
year 1921, granting the use OF the
school auditorium, adopting OF day-
light saving, deciding on the date
for commencement week. the pass
| ing of several resolutions, discussion
concerning the building of new
schools in the future and several
other matters of Importance was the
business transacted at the meeting
of the Metuchen Board of Educa-
ton last night.
A request was received from the
South Metuchen Social and civic
League for the use of the AUDITOR
ium of the Edgar school as a meet
ing place. The league meets each
Tuesday. The use of the auditorium
was granted, rent free, and the board
requested the league to cooperate
with it in stopping the breaking OF
windows of the school by persons
residing in that vicinity.
A discussion took place concerning
/ the practice of persons driving We
hicles over the Edgar school proper
ty 1t was decided that in order TO
stop this practice barbados would
be placed on the streets ending at
the school.
The board following out the plans
of the borough, adopted the day
light saving time so there would be
no confusion.
Captain +. L. Hanger appeared
before the board and requested that
J his children be allowed to attend
| the Franklin school in place of the
Edgar school. The reason given for
the request was that the children re-
side within a block of the latter
school and about a mile from the
Edgar school.
Mr.. Hanger had a certificate from
DR.. Stanley Eiss stating hat the
children were in no condition to eat
cold lunches and that if they were
forced to eat fast it was dangerous
for them as they had recently suf-
fered from stomach trouble. The
matter was turned over to the Health
and Welfare committee for investi-
CATION, and in the meantime the
children were allowed an additional
fifteen minutes in which to make the
trip from their home to the school.
A resolution was adopted express
ing sorrow over the loss of Miss Har-
riet Alden, who died about two
months ago. Copies of the resolu-
ton were ordered sent to her family
and spread on the minutes.
1t was decided that commence
ment will be held during the week of
June 20. The baccalaureate sermon
will be preached on June 10; com
mencement will be held on June 23
and the last day of school will be
June "a.
Mt. Zion Chapter OF the Eastern
Star requested the use of the Frank
lin school auditorium or May 81 for
a dance. The request was granted.
Three bids were received by the
board for furnishing the coal for
the two schools for the year 1921.
The schools require $50 tons of pea
coal and fifty o n of nut coal each
year. The lowest bidder was the
Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company
of South Plainfield. The bid rem
dered by this concern was $685. a
long ton for pea coal and $10.42 a
long ton for the nut coal. This
figure was for the coal delivered in
the car to a siding in Metuchen.
The school to pay the carting
charges from the cars to the school
buildings. 1t "a estimated by the
board that this carting charge
would be in the neighborhood of 81
q ton. The contract was therefore
awarded to this concern.
Two other bids were received, one
of these was from the Metuchen
local Company and gave the follow