New Britain herald., 1925-10-16
Committee Appointed
By Superior Court AL
lows $29,5OO or
$1,000 Higher Than
City Offered.
Halloran in Doubt Whether
Board of Education Will
Ask for Additional
Money-Delay Assured

shuttle Meadow avenue and Vance
street properties involved In conden,.
nation proceedings brought by the
consolidated school district bays
Deen appraised at $29,500, or $1,000
more than the city was willing 10
pay and the school committee must
either ask an additional appronria-
tion Of $4,000 or follow coursa
which today seemed probable, that
Oh rejecting the proposed sale.
Inc appraisal was made BY a
committee OF the superior court
named to hear evidence on hotb
SIDES and determine a Just and sou,-
table sale price. The committee
consisting Of Attorney Edward M.
Broder. Senator Samuel C. Dotv ~
hartford and Francis Deming of the
6eriinesavings bank. met in the city
court room here Oct. and listened
10 connicting claims of a number az
real estate brokers. Since that time
they have meet in executive sexsior
ana nled report with the clerk of
the superior court. The court today
approved the report and notified in
terested parties Of the committees
recommendation.
values Set On Property
For property owned by Michael
and Eva Arneth. the committee oI-
lowed s22,500. The school board
mad offered s16,5O0 for the tract
ana Arneth asked $4,000. Property
owned by Max NJ. Wild was offered
10 the school committee for 81.
and the city countered with an of-
Ter OF $4,000. The committee plac-
! ed the valuation at $500, Alta NJ.
Mason received the $500 demanded
for her plot of land. the city's offer
or sl,lo0 being turned down cold
by. the comm k se.
The amour: asked for the three
pieces of property was s4S.5OO, The
amount offered by the city vas ssi.-
900 and the amount allowed bv. The
committee s29,60O. II the city buys
the plot 1t will have saved $4,000
through the condemnation proceed
ing, this amount being represented
in the difference between the price
asked and the amount allowed.
Appraisal High Halloran Says
Ex-Mayor Joseph NJ. Ffalloran,
who is chairman OF the committee
on school accommodations believes
the amounts allowed by the commit
tee are excessive and greater than
the reasonable value OF the land. He
pointed to the fact that a piece OF
property next to the Mason property
was purchased for $1,000 a few
months ago, The lot Is the same
size and Typographical conditions are
similar, the chairman explained, but
Mason was allowed an additional
$500. He also felt the appraisal on
the other plots was high.
Chairman Halloran was not pre-
pared to say today that he would
recommend to his committee that
the purchase be made. The tenor
of his conversation was one. OF dis
satisfaction with the appraisals, II
the purchase Is to be made at all
the committee must secure from the
board OF finance and taxation an
additional $4,000 appropriation. he
said, and he does not plan to take
any steps toward asking this amount
until he has consulted the commit
tee.
The disagreement over prices may
result in a serious delay in the con-
struction OF the new Vance street
school, and It was feared today that
nothing might he done for this dis
trict until next year.