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The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World”
William A. Mackay, Coytesville
«i PALI S AD IAN
"Finds tongues In trees, books In running brooks,
Sermoni in stones, and good m everything.”
—As You Like It.
VOL. XIX. NO. 18
PALISADE, N. J., APRIL 16, 1926
PRICE 4 CENTS
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ELECTRIC FERRIES FOR VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVELY TO OPEN
IN SEPT.; 1 SLIP IN EDGEWATER
To Run From Edgewater and Weehawken to 23rd Street
in New York, Using Erie Railroad Slips; Electrically
Propelled Boats New Feature in Harbor History;
Large Buses to Benefit by Saving of Time.
A new concern, the Electric Ferries, Inc., plan in September
to open new ferry lines from Edgewater and Weehawken to
Twenty-third street, New York City, exclusively for vehicular
traffic.
K is understood the large Dus traffic
using the present ferries originally in
spired the idea in the minds of finan
ciers, and a long term lease with the
Erie Railroad for the use of their
slips made it possible to go ahead
with the project.
“The offering will be synonymous of
a new institution in the history of
New York Harbor transportation,”
says a statement issued in behalf of
the bankers, “for with the launching
of this corporation the old-time steam
driven ferries will have a distinctly
modern and interesting competitor in
the Diesel-propelled electric ferryboat.
■ The boats, especially designed for mo
tor car traffic, will be 155 feet long by
48 feet wide, with 8% feet draft, and
each will accommodate about forty
automobiles and five large passenger
buses such as now operate between
New York City and suburban points
in New Jersey.
Five lines of cars will be carried
on the main deck. Each boat will
weigh about 500 tons, as against 1,200
for a steam ferryboat of like capacity,
and it is estimated by the designers
that a saving of $50,000 a year per
boat will prevail against operation of
a steam ferryboat of the same ca
pacity.”
The ferryboats are being construct
ed by the American Brown Boveri
Electric Corporation.
Officials of the Erie Railroad Com
pany have confirmed the report that
the company’s ferry slips at Edge
water, Weehawken and Twenty-third
street, New York City, would be used
by a new electric ferryboat corpora
tion.
Carroll D. Winslow, president of the
Jf*^A-3iew corporation, said this week:
“Six boats, propelled by Diesel-type
engines, are now in the course of con
struction.
“Contracts have been entered into
with the Erie Railroad giving us the
right to use the company’s ferryslips
at Weehawken and Twenty-third street
and the right to construct a slip at
Edgewater.
“We will run boats from Weehawken
to Twenty-third street on a five-minute
schedule: from Edgewater on a
twenty-minute schedule. We can nego
tiate the distance between Edgewater
and Twenty-third street, approximately
five miles, in twenty-three minutes.
“This will give buses operating be
tween Bergen county and New York
City a much faster schedule. If they
cross the Fort Lee Ferry and go down
town in New York City through traf
fic it takes them double the time we
operate in.
“At Edgewater we will construct a
new slip, one-half mile south of the
Fort Lee ferryslip.
“We expect to begin operations Sep
tember 1.
“Our bond issue has been oversub
scribed by the dealers and will be
offered to the public, through the deal
ers, beginning on Tuesday.”
Vacant Land in Bergen
Changing Hands Rapidly
Brings Very Big Prices
It is conservatively estimated by
members of the Beal Estate Board of
Bogota and Teaneck that about 80 per
cent of all the vacant land in Bergen
County, one of the largest counties in
the state, has changed hands at least
one time during the past twelve
months. There are instances where
parcels have been sold as many as ten
times during this period.
Eighteen months ago acreage
around the approach to the Hudson
bridge and within four miles west of
the Palisades was offered freely at
$1,200 to $3,500 per acre. Those prices
a,re a thing of the past. Present prices
within the immediate bridge approach
area are from $6,000 to $12,000 per
acre. In some instances choice par
cels bring from $15,000 to $25,000 per
acre.
In the northern part of Bergen
County, adjacent to the New York
State line, prices have come up within
eighteen months from $500 per acre
to $2,200.
Frontage in business zones averages
$150 to $250 per foot, in the sparsely
populated regions. In the centers of
the business sections of many of the
eighty-odd municipalities in Bergen
County frontage is selling rapidly at
$700 to $1,500 per foot.
Realtors Attend Dinner
Realtors P. J. Carney, N. Mahoney,
A) J. Rooney, C. Richard, Leo J. Mon
tondo and Capt. Guy Seaver attended
the testimonial dinner to Joseph S.
Feibleman in Newark on Wednesday
evening. Mr. Feibleman is the presi
■) j, dent of the New Jersey Association of
Real Estate Boards.
FEE FOR ATTORNEY
ESTARLISHED AS 1%
Legal Work on New School Jobs
to Cost About $5,410, Cov
ering 2 1-2 Year Period.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Cliffside Park School Board on
Friday evening of last week, it was
agreed to pay the board’s attorney,
John F. O’Toole, 1 per cent of the to
tal bond issue in connection with the
building of the new Hudson Heights
school and the High School addition
as his fee for legal services which will
in all probability cover a period of
about two and a half years. The total
amount of both bond issues will be
$541,000, of which Mr. O'Toole will
receive $5,410. Out of this sum he
will have to pay in the neighborhood
of $1,000 to a New York law firm who
acted as consultants in approving the
bond issues. It was also voted to pay
him $1,000 on account.
The matter was brought up as a re
sult of Trustee Gebhardt’s request
that the attorney render a bill for
services to date. Numerous other bills
were passed. A bill from the engi
neers, McClave & McClave, was or
dered returned with a request that an
itemized bill be rendered.
The following committees were ap
pointed by President Goemann and
confirmed: Governing, Gebhardt,
Knutsen and Mrs. Banville; building
and grounds, Mahoney, Nagel, Geb
hardt and Knutsen: teachers, Kenny,
White and Videau; supply, Vieau,
Mrs. Banville and Mahoney: finance,
Nagel, White and Kenny.
Ernest Sibley, architect for the ad
dition to the High School, explained
the new specifications on which the
bids will be received April 19 in de
tail. He has made a number of addi
tional alternates but explained that
the character and quality of the build
ing has not been changed in any way.
The new plans were approved.
Permission was granted to the local
Elks lodge to lay the cornerstone of
the High School addition.
LeMar Videau, one of the new mem
bers, asked if it was not the school
physician’s duty to supply a health
certifiicate to permit a child who had
been sent home to re-enter school.
He was told that the physician was
required only to examine each pupil.
He then asked why the kindergarten
classes were required to attend ses
sions from 12:30 (noon) to 4 p. m., in
instead of in the morning, saying that
it was a “foolish” arrangement. At
his request the matter was referred
to the governing committee for a re
port. Mr. Vieau said also that the
teacher of the kindergarten class was
required to stay in the classroom un
til 5 o’clock each day, one hour after
the class had been dismissed. He
characterized this rule also as foolish
and asked that the matter be taken
up with the supervisor. When he
asked about the rule prohibiting the
employment of local girls as teachers
until they had gained two years’ ex
perience, he was told that a new rule
was to take the place of this one and
would be brought up at a subsequent
meeting. .
James Mahoney of Oakdene avenue,
Grantwood, applied for position as
janitor of the new Hudson Heights
school.
Bungles Holdup, Asks
For Pistol Back and
Ends in New York Jail
—
Fred Moedbeck, thirty-eight, of Oak
wood avenue, Cliffside Park, was in
the Tombs in New York Monday night
because he strained the bonds of
friendship and thought his one-time
fellow-workmen would bring back the
pistol they took when he tried to hold
them up and bungled the job.
Fred used to be chauffeur for the
Otis Elevator Company. He quit. A
few days ago he re-appehred at the
offices on Eleventh avenue, pistol in
hand, and asked for the payroll. It
wasn’t there and a former boss
knocked Fred down and took the pis
tol. Fred escaped, but the loss of the
pistol, a new one, worried him. He
telephoned. Certainly, the man who
had it would be glad to meet him up
town after office hours and return the
gun.
Fred kept the date. So did two
detectives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Syko of 374 Park
avenue,- Cliffside, announced the en
gagement of their son, Emil E. Syko,
to Miss Mae Kelder of Port Jervis, N.
Y., at a dinner party held at the above
address recently.
Analysis of ClHFside Parks* Tax Rate for 1926
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION $7,363,402
State Road Tax . $7,457.94 .1013
State Institutional Tax . 3,728.97 .0507
State School Tax . 18,243.64 .2478
Soldier’s Bonus Bond Tax . 1,310.04 .0178
State Bridge and Tunnel Tax. 2,688.47 .0366
County Tax . 63,821.29 .8668
District Court Tax . 233.95 .0032
Local School Purposes .'. 248,337.73 3.3726
Local Purposes. 163,100.00 2.2132
Total amount apportioned for all purposes ..... 508,922.03
Amount of Bank Stock Tax Due Taxing Dist.... 355.68
NET TAXES TO BE RAISED.. 508,566.35 6.91
BERGEN COUNTY’S SHERIFF
GEORGE NIMMO
who is having his hands full controlling the striking mill workers in and
around Garfield. He read the “riot act” to several thousand strikers this
past week in Fairfield.
DOPE FOUND IN 6RANTW00D HOME
Anna De Lorenzo Arrested for Illegal Possession of
Narcotics Valued at $2,500.
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One hundred tubes of morphine, each containing 25 grains
and valued by the police at $2,500, were seized yesterday by
Bergen County Detectives Allyn and Valuzzi in the home of
Anna De Lorenzo. The house is in the center of Grantwood’s
exclusive residential section.
AHiuguuu ueiuie nctuiuci ricoiuu
of Cliffside, the woman was released
in 52,500 bail, charged with illegal
possession of narcotics. The bail was
furnished by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Catherine De Lorenzo, of 22 Tenth
street, West New York.
The discovery of the drug supply
followed the arrest yesterday morning
at Cliffside of Joseph Bass of 230 Thir
ty-eighth street, New York City. Bass
was picked up on Palisade avenue be
tween Lincoln and Washington ave
nues, Cliffside, by Patrolman Hozer,
recently assigned to motorcycle duty
with the Cliffside police.
Hozer booked his man as a suspi
cious character and found in his pos
session a hypodermic syringe loaded
with two "shots” of morphine. Ques
iiumuH ic*cairu uuu uc uau tuiuc
the Jersey side for a supply of the
dope, which he said he purchased
from Mrs. De Lorenzo of Grautwood.
Armed with a search warrant issued
by Prosecutor A. C. Hart, Captain Mc
Evoy of the Cliffside police led the
county detectives to the home of Mrs.
De Lorenzo. The officers had no trou
ble with the woman and located the
drug supply after a short search. Mrs.
De Lorenzo maintained that the 2,500
grains of morphine were worth only
$40, but police and druggists con
curred that at the market price of fifty
cents a grain the value of the stock
approaches $2,500.
Bass is in the county jail at Hack
ensack, held as a witness against the
woman.
DUNCAN M’CLAVE SPEAKS IN PALISADE
B. Duncan Me- *
for the Republican'
nomination for
the House of Rep
resentatives, on
Monday afternoon
addressed the Pal
i s a d e Woman’s
Republican Club,
and spoke about
the glaring in
equalities in the
apportionment of
Congressmen.
‘‘Our represent;
atives,” said Mr.
McClave, “have
been amazingly in
different to the
provision of the
constitutional duty
required of them
to reapportion
seats in the House
of Representatives
and the Electoral
College Repre
sentation in the
House should
have been re-al
B. DUNCAN McCLAVE
“Bergen coun
ty,” stated Mr.
McClave, “accord
ing to the 1920
census, had a pop
ulation of over
200.000 people,
whereas today our
population is es
timated as any
where between
250.000 and 300,
000 people. Even
according to the
1920 census we
are entitled to a
Congressman for
only a portion of
Bergen county in
stead of, as it now
exists, one Con
gressman repre
senting the three
entire counties of
Bergen, Warren
,and Sussex, and a
small portion of
! Passaic county.
1 n e q ualities of
this sort are not
rare.
lonea, as nas always oeen uie cus
tom, immediately after the announce
ment of the preceding census. Never
before in the history of our country
has the House waited so long to re
distribute the seats in the House with
its consequent redistribution of the
comparative voing strength of the sev
eral states.”
Mr. McClave then stated that the
ratio of members of the House of Rep
resentatives is today based on the
1910 census and shows tremendous
inequalities based on the present pop
ulation of several states. He said
some states have increased iii popu
lation at much greater rate than oth
ers, but the voting strength in the
House and the Electoral College Is
still the same.
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Republican meeting held last Fri
day,” continued Mr. McClave, “and
our present representative, who was
present, stated: ‘We don’t want
any more Congressmen at Washing
ton.”
“I say it is not a question as to what
the present House wants, but it is a
question of justice to our people, par
ticularly in view of the fact that no
argument which can stand examina
tion can be made in favor, of inaction.
It is not fair to ask the people of New
Jersey to be represented in the House,
the next Electoral College or the next
national convention, on the basis of
the 1910 census. There should be a re
apportionment so as to have a true
comparative voting strength.”
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PAY YOUR HOSPITAL PLEDGE
EXPLAINS TRANSIT
PLAN TO REALTORS
One Alternate Idea Would Bring
Subway Up Anderson Ave. in
Cliffside Park and Fort Lee.
The members of the Real Estate
Board of the Palisades enjoyed a very
interesting address at their luncheon
meeting at the Park Inn on Wednes
day by A. W. Coffin, Executive Secre
tary of the North Jersey Rapid Tran
sit Commission.
The speaker told of how the Transit
Commission was created by the State
of New Jersey and explained that it
was making a survey of the rapid
transit needs of northern New Jersey
and had certain plans which if car
ried out would make New Jersey the
promised land of the future for the
New York commuter. He pointed out
that the rapid transit facilities of
Westchester county and Long Island
were responsible for the large growth
of these two sections and at the pres
ent time it is possible for a com
muter to get farther in less time for
less money to these districts than to
New Jersey.
The area the Commission seeks to
serve through their comprehensive
plan includes a radius of 40 mtles of
New York and embraces nine coun
ties. While this area is only 10 per
cent of the area of the entire state it
contains 6 per cent of the population
and represents 60 per cent of the rate
ables. The section that they are pay
ing particular attention to embraces
the area in a twenty-mile radius and
includes only five counties, Bergen,
Passaic, Hudson, Essex and Union.
The most important part of their
plan is a large rapid transit loop ex
tending from the Hudson southeast
through Jersey City, under the Hud
son river to the Battery, then north
on Manhattan to Fifty-ninth street
where it would turn eas't, go under
the Hudson again to New Durham,
then south to the starting point. The
other lines of the more elaborate sys
tem connect in some way with this
main loop.
^vucumic: piaus imjiuue me tJAtcu
sion to the Jersey side the present
rapid transit lines of New York city.
The proposed extension of the West
Side subway suggests a tunnel under
the river from the Battery to Jersey
City, then north under Bergenline ave
nue in Union City and through Cliff
side Park and Fort Lee under Ander
son avenue and completing the loop
back to New York over the new
bridge at 178th street.
Mr. Coffin explained that the main
value of the new bridge from a trans
portation standpoint immediately af
ter its completion will be bus service
across it connecting with the Wash
ington Heights subway line now un
der construction in New1 York.
There are several plans of financ
ing this gigantic scheme which will
cost in the neighborhood of $3S2,000,
000. The legal plans and plans of
financing are now being studied by
the Commission and will be made pub
lic in a separate report when com
pleted.
Englewood Cliffs School
Board Holds Meeting
The regular meeting of the Engle
wood Cliffs School Board was held on
Tuesday at the schoolliouse. A com
munication was received from Mr.
Wooster, County Superintendent, in
answer to the one which the clerk had
sent, stating that in the 1921 copy of
the laws, he had found that the teach
ers were required to pay for a substi
tute when absent, but that no refer
ence was made to the matter in the
1925 book, and that therefore the mat
ter was up to the school board. It
was decided to advertise for bids for
coal, fifty tons, more or less. Miss
Viola Cruser, teacher of the Seventh
grade, asked for permission to take
her geography class on Friday aboard
a transatlantic liner. This was
granted.
President E. L. Wood appointed
his committee, which were as fol
lows: Auditing and Finance, Messrs.
Haaker, Moezer, and Houghtal
ing; Teachers, Mr. Waterbury and
Mrs. Sprague; Building and Grounds,
Messrs. Houglitaling, Florchinger,
Haaker and Sawallisch; Text Books,
Mr. Florchinger, Mrs. Bronte, Mr.
Sawallisch and Mr. Moezer; Student
Activities, Mrs. Bronte and Mrs.
Sprague.
Mr. Saw’allisch asked that some
thing be done about starting instruc
tion. in sewing in the school and an
other member brought up the question
of manual training for the boys, but
no action was taken. Mrs. Curtis, prin
cipal, reported that the school would
take part in the field day exercises at
Cresskill, on May 21.
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Bachman Promoted
Harold E. Bachman, who has been
a distribution engineer of Public Ser
vice Railway Company for the past
thr%e years, has been appointed act
ing superintendent of distribution. He
succeeds Morris B. Rosevear, who has
resigned.
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BUILDING COMMITTEE UNABLE TO
MEET DEMANDS BECAUSE 4,250
FAILED TO MAKE GOOD PROMISES
Delinquencies Total About $130,000—Of This Sum $40,- ’
000 Is Now Due Contractors Who Demand Pay
ment—Ask Senator Wakelee What Can Be Done
Legally—Everyone Should Live Up to Obligation and
Settle Debt at Once.
WILLIAM SHERIDAN OF I
FT. LEE KILLS SELF
Was Despondent Over Absence of
Son and Wife’s Poor Health
—Police Find Body.
Despondency because his wife is se
riously ill in a hospital and his son,
Wilfred, a professional bicycle rider,
is in Liberty, N. Y., is believed to have
caused William Sheridan, 50, of 1650
John street, West Fort Lee, to end his
life by inhaling illuminating gas early
Sunday.
When the police of Fort Lee forced
their < way into the house, they found
Sheridan on the floor of the kitchen.
Gas was flowing freely from one of
the burners of a two-burner stove, and
also from a jet. The doors and win- j
flows had been locked. This strength- j
ened the suicide theory.
Dr. Crandall of Fort Lee pro
j nounced the man dead from asphyxia
tion. Dr. Ogden, county physician,
was notified and after viewing the
body gave permission for its removal
to John Heus' undertaking establish
ment. David Reilly, brother-in-law of
| Sheridan, took charge of the funeral
j arrangements.
| Carlo Ciottoni, who has-rooms in the
same building as that occupied by j
Sheridan, shortly after awakening
Sunday morning, detected the odor of
illuminating gas. It became stronger
and stronger and was traced to the
Sheridan apartment.
Ciottoni rapped on the door and re
ceived no response. He tried the door.
It was locked. He decided to notify
the police, and Patrolman Wall was
sent "to make an investigation. The
policeman forced the door and saw
Sheridan on the floor. Wall fougnt
his way through the fumes and suc
ceeded in getting open a window.
Sheridan was carried to the open air
and every effort made to revive him
pending the arrival of Dr. Crandall.
The man evidently had been dead sev
eral hours before the police broke in
to the place.
Near the place where Sheridan’s
body was found were two dogs, dazed
by the fumes of gas. They were re
vived.
Funeral services were held at 3:30
o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the
house. Burial was in Brookside Cem
etery under the direction of Funeral
Director John Heus & Son.
Two Fires in Englewood
Cliffs on Monday Last
The Englewood Cliffs’ firemen were
called out for two fires during the
past week. At about 9:30 a. m. on
Monday fire broke out in the old Alli
son barn on upper Sylvan avenue.
The men responded promptly, but
found the Englewood company “on
the job’” due to the fact that the Alli
i son family had been unable at first to
| get the Cliffs’ company on the tele
I phone. The building was completely
j destroyed, and, though it was an old
one, the loss is estimated at several
thousand dollars, represented princi
pally by the value of okl furniture
which had been stored in it. The men
worked hard until far past noon under
an unusual condition. Some old shells
had evidently been stored in the barn
along with the furniture, and the men
were kept busy trying to fight the
flames and at the same time dodge the
bullets which were exploding around
them. The blaze had been caused by
sparks from a pile of burning rubbish
nearby.
The second was a brush fire on
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock and
was quickly extinguished.
Free .List of Laws
The Legislative Reference Depart
ment of the State Library, following
tlr> practice of former years, has is
sued a Descriptive List of the Laws
and Joint Resolutions enacted by the
192G Legislature. This descriptive
list gives the bill and chapter number
of every measure enacted, together
with the name of the introducer and
a succinct statement of just what the
law does.
A copy of this descriptive list will
be sent gratis to any person making
application therefor to the State Li
brary at Trenton.
> me Building Committee of the
Englewood Hospital ha ssought
legal opinion from Senator Edmund
W. Wakelee on what steps can be
taken to collect unpaid pledges for
the new hospital building completed
last December.
These unpaid pledges number 4,250
and include residents of every town
in the Northern Valley and on the
Hilltop which participated in the hos
pital campaign in 1923. The total
delinquencies are approximately $130
000. The action of the Building Com
mittee is called forth at this time by
creditors who are demanding pay
ment.
Nearly three years ago a campaign
was conducted among the twenty-one
communities of the Northern Valley
and on the Hilltop to enlarge the hos
pital plant so that the health needs
of the residents might be protected
adequately. The people were thor
oughly aroused as to the necessity
and responded readily when called
upon to pledge themselves in writing "
to give definite financial support to
the undertaking.
Nearly 13,000 men and women gave
written pledges to make six payments
over a period of two and a half years
in order that the building might be
erected. These pledges aggregated the
magnificent total of $1,063,000.
This was a sum sufficient to cover
the 6stmated cost of erection. The
pledges were, therefore, turned over
to the Building Committee. Relying
upon. .the good faith of the pledgers,
the Building Committee awarded con
tracts for the construction and equip
ment of the Hospital, and the work
was begun. Last December the en
larged hospital was completed and
turned over by the Building Commit
tee to the Hospital authorities. The
Building Committee thus has fulfilled
its obligation to the subscribers to the j
Building Fund.
A large number or subscribers have
not kept their promises to pay. The
last installment on the pledges was
due last December, simultaneous with
the opening or the hospital, but a
substantial portion o£ the pledges re
mained and still remain unpaid. Out
of nearly 13,000 subscribers, 4,250 have
not made the payments they agreed
to make. About half of these have
paid something on their pledges; the ,
rest have paid nothing. Out of $1,063,
000 pledged, $130,000 remains unpaid.
The situation is acute. For work
done on the hospital the Building Com
mittee owes approximately $40,000
more than the funds on hand. Cred
itors are demanding payment. There
is no money in hand to pay them.
Bills yet to fall due will bring the total
indebtedness up to an appreciably
larger sums. The only sourse of fund3
lies through the unpaid pledges.
Personal letters to delinquents have
ceased to be effective. At least twelve
notices and many personal letters
have been sent to every subscriber
who has not paid. Hundreds of work
ers in two supplementary campaigns
of personal solicitation have endeav
ored with only partial success to bring
in delinquent payments. It is unfair to
ask the hundreds of loyal volunteers
to make further personal solicitations.
It is impossible for the Building Com
mittee to collect personally the sums
due on the 4,350 delinguent pledges.
The Building Committee incurred
on behalf of the subscribers the debts
for the construction and equipment
of the new hospital. Representing the
subscribers, it is responsible for these
outstanding bills.
As a matter of duty to the thou
sands of loyal citizens of the Northern
Valley who have kept their pledges
the Building Committee feels that it
must take such action as will ensure
the collection of the sums needed and
which are owing.
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PLEDGE
—IF NOT, DO SO AT ONCE!
Ft. Lee School Board
Hears Talk on Survey
by Dr. N. R. Englehart
| The Board of Education of Fort
j Lee held a special meeting last even
ing for the purpose of listening to
an explanation of school surveys by
Dr. M. R. Englehart of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University.
The visiting professor explained In
detail the very useful purpose that
a school survey serves in helping
school boards to determine just what
is necessary in the way of new build*
ings and improved curricula.
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