Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-13
Matter of Financing New Hall
Ave. Building to Go to
Aldermen
ESTIMATE BOARD MEETS
All in Favor of New School,
School Board to Take Next
Action Soon

Following the failure on the part
of members of the Board of School
Estimate and City Comptroller o. j.
Morgenson to reach an agreement
upon the Interpretation of Attorney
General McCrane's opinion with ref
erence to the issuance of school
bonds and the city's debt limit, the
members of the board yesterday aft
ernoon decided to let the matter Of
financing the construction of the
proposed new Hall avenue school go
to the aldermen for their consid-
Grafton.
Members of the school estimate
board spoke in favor of a new school
and it was generally agreed that the
finding of ways and means to finance
the new school, which will be recon-
mended by them, will be for the al
dermen to work out and not rest
with the school estimate members.
This view of the matter was taken
after considerable time had been
taken by School Commissioners A.
Clayton Clark and William Sellers
and the city comptroller in endeav-
oring to fathom the meaning OF the
attorney generals opinion.
Neither side was able to convince
the other as to the correct interpre-
tation of the ruling and discussion
on the matter was dropped, it being
SAID that the financing of the project
was not a matter for the school esti-
mate board to handle. their only ac-
tion needed being to approve OF the
request of the school board for new
school and recommended to the al
dermen that such a structure be
built.
AS the Board of Education has not
passed any resolution requesting a
new school in Hall avenue, resolu- :
ton was introduced by Mr.. Clark
and unanimously passed requesting
the Board of Education to prepare
a resolution which shall be present.
ed to the Board of School Estimate
covering the erection of the proposed
new school in Hall avenue.
A special meeting of the school
board will be called within day or
two for the purpose of passing this
resolution after which the mayor will
again call a meeting of the school
estimate board for the purpose of is
suing a certificate favoring the pro-
ject which in turn will go to the al
derm en-. The financing of the prop
osition will then be in the hands of
the aldermen.
Alderman-at-Large Richard j.
Calvin was not present at the meet
ing of the school estimate board
yesterday afternoon but he said at
former meetings that he favored the
new school and his affirmative vote
is expected when the school boards &
resolution asking for the new school
Is acted upon at the next meeting
of the Board of School Estimate
All of the other members of the
hoard were on hand yesterday after
noon, they being Mayor William c
Wilson, Alderman Robert A. Nc
Guire and School Commissioners
Clark and Sellers. ,
Arrangements were made TINS
morning by President John n
Sheehy and Secretary Alfred H.
crowell, of the Board of Education,
to hold a special meeting Of that
hodv Friday afternoon at O'CLOCK
In the high school for the purpose
nf adopting a resolution such as was
suggested by the school estimate
board yesterday.
Present plans call for another
meeting of the Board of School Es-
timate on Monday afternoon at
o'clock. The school boards resolu-
tion will be in their hands at tha'
time and the formal application
and recommendation for the neW.
school will be certified to the Boaro
of Aldermen. according to the course
outlined yesterday.