COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION AND CORPORATE STOCK BUDGET Board of Estimate and Apportionment City of New York V JOINT REPORT Recommending Corporate Stock in the sum of $5,900,239, for the purpose of altering old school buildings, ac¬ quiring new sites or additions to existing sites, and constructing new buildings or additions to old buildings in the more congested sections of the city, to the end that part-time and double session classes may be abol¬ ished, unsatisfactory and emergency classrooms and buildings abandoned, oversized classes reduced and ex¬ pected growth in population provided for through the adoption of a duplicate school plan of organization. Adopted May 19, 1916 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates 2954—16 (B) 250 https://archive.org/details/jointreportOOnewy 7 K><»- Lit, bmiYw; City of New York, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Committee on Educa¬ tion, Municipal Building, May 9, 1916. To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Gentlemen—On April 12 and 19, 1916, the Board of Education withdrew its re¬ quest of December 29, 1914, as repeated on February 23, 1916, for corporate stock, to the amount of $6,471,739 for school buildings and sites and substituted therefor, nine requests for funds aggregating $4,796,212, to be provided by the issuance of corporate stock or otherwise for the purpose of altering old school buildings, ac¬ quiring new sites or additions to existing sites, arid constructing new buildings or additions to old buildings in the more congested sections of the city, to the emh that part-time and double session classes may be abolished, unsatisfactory and emergency class-rooms and buildings ^andoned, over-sized classes reduced and expected growth in population provided for, through the adoption of a duplicate school plan of or¬ ganization, without commitment to any particular plan of instruction or course of study. Related communications from the Children’s Welfare Committee of Bronx County and from the Old South Brooklyn Civic League urging the necessity of re¬ lieving congestion in their respective districts are also considered herewith. In con¬ nection with the whole matter of providing school accommodations the Committees on Education and on Corporate Stock report jointly as follows: Summary of Request and Recommendations. The request for $4,796,212 herein considered includes $794,017 for additions to the Newtown High SchooJ in Elmhurst and the Bryant High School in Long Island City. The remaining $4,002,195 is to provide funds to complete the Bronx reorganiza¬ tion in Districts 25 and 26, including a new building, and extend it to two schools (Nos. 30 and 43) in District 23 in the southern part of that borough; to reorganize the schools on the upper east side of Manhattan, between 97th and 113th Streets (Districts 16 and 17) ; to relieve congestion in the Williamsburg section (District 31), the Green- point section (District 34) and the Brownsville section (Districts 39 and 40), to replace old P. S. 29, located at Columbia and Amity Streets (District 28), and to construct a new building to relieve P. S. 135 in the Rugby section (District 38) of Brooklyn; and to provide additional accommodations for P. S. 6, which is located in the Stein¬ way section of Long Island City. It is recommended herein that $5,900,239 be appropriated, which amount is $1,104,027 in excess of the request as submitted. This excess of recommended appro¬ priation over request is due to the fact that fifty-one unit buildings have been sub¬ stituted for twenty-six room buildings to replace P. S. 29 and relieve P. S. 135, respectively, in the Borough of Brooklyn, and that an additional fifty-one unit build¬ ing has been provided for Brownsville and East New York. Of the total appropria¬ tion recommended, $794,017 is for additions to high schools. The remaining $5,106,222 is for the reconstruction and extension of the existing elementary school plant. An All-Embracing Plan to Abolish Part-Time. This request for $4,796,212, which has the unanimous approval of the Board of Superintendents, represents the first installment only of an all-embracing plan to pro¬ vide a full day’s schooling for every child throughout the entire city. With the ex¬ ception of two items which pertain to high school additions in the Borough of Queens, it is based upon the assumption that part-time conditions in the elementary schools involved are to be eliminated through the reorganization of these schools on a duplicate school plan, i. e., a plan under which two duplicate school organizations occupy the same school building at the same time, one using the regular class-rooms while the other utilizes the auditorium, the gymnasium, the playground, the library, the laboratories and other so-called extra facilities. Corporate stock and tax levy aggregating $807,260, in the sums of $50,000 for P. S. 89, Brooklyn, and $757,260 for twelve schools in Districts 25 and 26, The Bronx, respectively, was made available last year for reorganizing these schools on a duplicate school plan. Since these appropriations of 1915, plus requests herewith presented, will affect schools which will accommodate 150,000 children it is important to summarize the expected results. The following cable covering the entire duplicate school proposition to date shows that: 1. By reorganizing present schools to eliminate part-time and double session classes at a cost of $3,595,330.71, there are 26,482 children (69.7 per cent.) taken off part-time and 27,949 children (31.8 per cent.) taken off double sessions, and addi¬ tional capacity provided for 531 classes or 21,771 children at a per capita cost of $73.39, as against a cost of $265.54 per capita under the traditional school plan. Besides 161 classes are removed from unsatisfactory class-rooms and buildings. 4 2. By constructing a new building to relieve Public School 135, Brooklyn, the new Bronx school and the new Brownsville school, additional capacity is provided for 216 classes to contain 8,856 pupils for future growth at a cost of $1,911,874.50 and $215.88 per capita, as against a per capita cost of $304.88 under the traditional school plan. Summary Statement Showing Existing Conditions, Increase in School Capacity Duplicate and Traditional School Plans; Also Amount of Part Time and Double Size Classes, for Growth and for High School Purposes. District No. Public School Nos. Existing No. of Rooms. u ^ c V o o -g-O *♦- PQ o <-• a; o o>. > G. S*§3 £ w -a , rt^ a t- ® £ rt « rt VO < -w O ro cn OJ 0 W +? CO rtC/5 C5 O rt I- rtt-j o au G ?:'x S «jW 2 55 u £ o rt °0" in >, rt.G u Port «-• ert Past and Proposed Appropriations for Borough of Manhattan— 17 and 16 72, 83, 101, 121, 168, 171, 109 . 375 24 440 492 52 117 Borough of The Bronx— 25 and 26 2. 4, 5, 6, 28, 32, 40, 42, 44, 45, 50, 53. 490 49 825 854 29 364 25 and 26 New 54 and 55. 92 , , . 144 144 52 23 . 30 and 43. 109 • • 135 156 21 47 Borough of Brooklyn— 31 and 34 16, 19, 33, 122, 50, 143 (drop High School), 22, 23, 31, 51 (use as High School An¬ nex), 110, 132, aban¬ don 37, 166, 20, 59, 19 Annex . 513 73 632 680 48 167 39 and 40 66, 109, 125, 150, 156, 165, 175, 64, 72, 149, 173, 174 . 603 7 754 914 160 311 38 . 89 . 26 41 48 7 22 28. 6 and 142 to relieve 78, 32, 46, 27 and 30.... 206 8 236 296 60 90 Borough of Queens— 42. 6 . 35 • • • • 44 54 10 19 2,449 161 3,107 3,638 531 1,189 Cost per capita aP. S. 45, estimated. frCost is estimated on the basis of $10,000 per classroom, ganization was started, in which $12,500 is used as the cost per classroom. cl6 Annex. Provision of New Buildings Borough of The Bronx— 25. New, 179th St. and Third Ave. . . .... 72 72 72 5 3. By constructing new Public Schools 20 and 29, Brooklyn, 114 unsatisfactory class-rooms are replaced and accommodations provided for 144 classes containing 5,904 pupils at a per capita cost of $251.85, as against a per capita cost of $304.88 under the traditional school plan. Provided by Reorganisation, Together with Comparative Costs Thereof Under Sessions Eliminated and Additional Capacity Available for Redaction of Over- c a Jb Oh c n +->»—« S § E-g £ « ^ 4-» u. c$ E.a ^ o. °Q •4—> w ° 8 fiW u O rt <0 Cm w -a i) > *-> G *- rt o cn P< aj m H 3 CL> —i . o a c3 ^ N r-t i-< o n u 1 ’•Jj cr >T3 Elimination of Part-Time and Doable Sessions. $395,766 00 $1,117,000 00 1,090.356 00 1,088,418 71 73,530 00 3,640,000 00 61,738,418 71 470,000 00 10,422 a6,687 j cl 12,300 00 l 213,190 00 cl 12,300 001 1,510,000 00 j 1,927 .... 389.015 OO 50,000 00 3,110,000 00 220,000 00 6,469 • • • • • • • • 129,160 00 900,000 00 474 • • • • 53,595 00 190,000 00 503 .... $3,595,330 71 $13,007,718 71 19,795 6,687 26/182 $73 39 $265 54 except for additional capacity in New 54 ^Decrease. eP. S. 89, estimated. for Future Growth. 2,693 .... 20,195 45.9 52 3,091 a5,377 2,275 36,024 5,681 43.7 42*. i 54 4 — d25 144 17 4,288 .... 27,062 42.8 28 20 7,179 34,692 46.0 92 68 • • • • a,335 1,639 40.0 —d\ 8 1,438 .... 10,510 44.5 20 40 273 .... 1,856 42.2 +1 9 21,237 6,712 -- > 137,659 44.3 250 281 27,949 and 55, under construction before reor- $668,474 00 $900,000 00 72 6 Existing No. of VO • i i rt'o Rooms. f-H oJ be & l-H 3 O O' w « r • < £ > 5'd $ 14H O o3 o in 8 o w in be o3 rj District No. Public School Nos. isive of Kinde tens W hi c Duld Be Co: aed in Use. h Should Be Abandone of Classes 3 elusive of Kin s. Satisfactory Cl ity, Exclusive - gartens Under 2 School Plan. ase of New Cl ity Over N sses 3/31/16. ase of New Cl ii*y Over Existii r Classrooms. •5 13-fl.S £ MC/3 +3 w O • .H £ X G 2; New pac der cati .2 P* C/3 •+-> «—i G o V o E-g £ « u. 03 E.S ~ a UH 3 OQ 4 -> l-l m 5 OrS U " 3 i»«H xi u ° t> i rt H cW U ^rT *- 'OW o G ^ o rt t!x! T3 ra— .w . ■Si C t.— rt o Q r. 3 t-h bo G o iJ c £Q • ^ ' 0*0 o ' o3 VO to i—i \ « >i £ • *h rH •t: 5 o Jr -»-» T-i CO o3 t/5 33 •—i £o o £k >,33 .« C o rt rt ax! rt rt U ^ o to I-. ^OC u 627,926 50 900,000 00 615,474 00 900,000 00 $1,911,874 50 a$2,700,000 00 $215 88 $304 88 72 72 216 of Old Buildings. $783,474 00 $900,000 00 308 .... 962 .... 2,538 39.7 — b2 10 703,474 00 900,000 00 158 .... 636 .... 3,253 45.1 +6 —bl $1,486,948 00 41,800,000 00 466 .... 1,598 .... 5,791 4 3 $251 85 $304 88 . - ■ ■ . - - ■ ~ —( $6,994,153 21 $17,507,718 71 20,261 6,687 22,835 6,712 143,450 44.2 254 500 V -Y- J K -Y- J 26,948 29,547 $118 22 $295 93 emergency class-rooms and unsatisfactory school buildings were vacated, another 70,000 children would be added to part-time and double sessions. Of the total register 658,904 in the regular grades (1A—8B) (December 31, 1915), 287,000 might have been better off on part- time. A child in a good school room in a class of normal size on part-time for four hours is better off than in an over-size class five hours or in an unsanitary and unsuitable class-room for five hours. The real problem in New York City is to provide new school-room capacity for 58,500 or one-half of the number on part-time and double sessions to relieve such conditions and in addition provide new school-room capacity for 85,000 children to reduce oversized classes and elimi¬ nate emergency and unsatisfactory class-rooms. With the traditional plan this would necessitate the construction of 3,500 class-rooms at a cost of $42,000,000 on present estimated cost of $12,000 per class-room, and no provision would be made for future growth. The problem of providing a school seat for every child is not difficult, for New York City now has and always has had more school seats than children in the schools. The real problem is to provide a school seat for every child at the place where the urposes. 8 child can use it in a shifting population, and to scrap the worn out plant and equip¬ ment. it would be interesting to know how many unused school sittings New York would now have if the City had been able at all times to provide a school seat for each child at the place where he could use it. No city of any size has yet been able to provide satisfactory school accommodations on the basis of a reserved school seat tor every child at the place where each child happens to be at the time. No satisfactory estimate can be made at present of the value of school properties to be vacated or of the total annual reduction in operating cost due to the operation of a less number of plants. The proposal so far abandons the plants of Public Schools 17, 37, 38, 59, 166, 20, 29 and 13 in Brooklyn and the annexes to Public Schools 101 in Manhattan, 2, 4, 45 and 42 in The Bronx and 17 and 19, Brooklyn, and reduces the number of school organizations by three. Although it is impossible to estimate accurately in advance of exact determination for each one of the several school districts the exact amount of money that will be required to reconstruct and extend the existing school plant in order to adapt it to a work-study-and-play plan of instruction in so far as may be required to eliminate part- time and double sessions, to reduce over-size classes, to provide necessary replace¬ ments, and take care of the growth in school population, it is safe to estimate that approximately $6,000,000 a year will be required for three years if high schools are included. In deciding upon a method of procedure in providing adequate school accom¬ modations, the relative urgency of elementary schools and high schools must be weighed. It would appear that relief for both types of school activity must be carried on simultaneously. If it is agreed that $6,000,000 annually is to be appropriated for school accommodations during three years, approximately one-fifth of this amount should be set aside for high school purposes. In the last analysis the high schools and the elementary schools should be considered as one organization and so far as possible the larger and better elementary school buildings should be reorganized to include at least the first two years of high school work. The Plan for Reorganisation. In October, 1915, at a joint conference between the Committees on Education and Tax Budget of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Committee on Finance and the Special Committee on Economy of the Board of Education, it was agreed that the Board of Education should report immediately to the Board of Esti¬ mate and - Apportionment a comprehensive plan for making such changes as would be required in the elementary school plant, together with the approximate cost thereof, in order to adapt it to the work-study-and-play plan of instruction for the purpose of eliminating part-time, with the understanding that $5,000,000 would be made avail¬ able for this purpose as soon as such plans had been jointly approved. Thereupon the Board of Superintendents proceeded to lay out a systematic plan for the entire City on the basis proposed. All schools having part-time or double sessions were selected and grouped with a view to the elimination of undesirable rooms and the abandonment of unfit build¬ ings. Noisy rooms, not adapted to regular academic work, were to be utilized for shops. A library was to be provided in the school building if there was no public library in the neighborhood. Provision was to be made for forty square feet of play space for every child playing. All playgrounds were to be equipped with adequate and proper apparatus. In addition, all schools were to be provided with shops, drawing rooms, science laboratories, sewing rooms, music rooms, cooking rooms, gymnasiums and auditoriums. In order to accomplish all this, duplicate X and Y schools were to be housed in a single building on the basis of seventy-two classes in a forty-five room building, and forty-eight classes in a thirty-room building. The school plant was to be adapted to this program by making structural changes in existing buildings, enlarging them, securing additional play space, constructing new buildings and pro¬ viding such equipment as would be required for the new plan of instruction. On March 8. 1916. after prolonged consideration there was presented to the Board of Education a report from the Board of Superintendents, submitting detailed plans for the proposed reorganization. It was estimated that $10,129,326 would be required to abolish part-time alone, and $12,464,784 if both part-time and double sessions were to be eliminated throughout the entire city. This report was referred to a special Joint Committee, composed of the Committee on Elementary Schools, the Committee on Vocational Schools and Industrial Training, and the Committee on Buildings. On March 22, 1916, this Joint Committee submitted to the Board of Education a report, recommending a request for corporate stock in the sum of $2,873,695. This report was ordered to be printed and sent to the members. On 9 April 12 and 19 the request was amended by adding sundry new items and increasing the several estimates for construction work twenty-five per cent. It now aggregates $4,796,212, of which $2,790,465 is for new buildings or additions, $361,767 for altera¬ tions to old buildings. $308,980 for additional equipment for old buildings, $1,131,000 for sites, and $204,000 for salaries of inspectors and draftsmen and contingencies, distributed by boroughs as follows : Summary of Request. New Build- Borough of. ings or Altera- Equipment. Sites. Miscel- Total. Additions. tions. laneous. Manhattan ... $166,500 00 $61,771 00 $83,550 00 $100,000 00 $411,821 00 The Bronx.... 546,474 00 113,896 00 34,730 00 380,000 00 1,075,100 00 Brooklyn .... 1,237,974 00 183,850 00 179,355 00 611,000 00 2,212,179 00 Queens . 839,517 00 2,250 00 11,345 00 40,000 00 893,112 00 All Boroughs.$204,000 00 204,000 00 Grand Total.$2,790,465 00 $361,767 00$308,980 00 $1,131,00000 $204,000 00 $4,796,212 00 Part-Time and Double Sessions. The official figures for the day elementary schools for the month of March, 1916, show a total registration of 728,409 pupils, of whom 96,283 in the first year receive only four hours instruction per day instead of five, and 31,287 in various grades above the first year receive less than five hours instruction, and in the first year receive less than four hours instruction per day in so-called part-time classes. The total registration is distributed as follows. Day Elementary Schools. Register Per Cent, of Total Receiving Total Register. A T~> ^^4-^ - a - Borough of. As of Instruction on Part Receiving On March 31, (1st Year Time. 4 Hours’ Part 1916. Classes). Instruction. Time. Manhattan . 273,865 36,866 2,020 13.5 .7 The Bronx . 99,660 11,742 14,512 11.8 14.6 Brooklyn . 278,441 37,836 10,975 13.6 3.9 Queens . 61,246 7,666 3,764 12.5 6.1 Richmond . 15,197 2,173 16 14.3 .1 Total . 728,409 96,283 31,287 13.2 4.3 Full time instruction consists of two sessions aggregating five hours daily sep¬ arated by an intermission of at least one hour. In 1913 the By-Laws of the Board of Education were so amended as to provide that four hours teaching daily, consisting of two sessions separated by an intermission of at least one hour, should be consid¬ ered full time for all classes in the first year grades. Classes having less than full time, as so defined, were to be designated part-time classes. An apparent reduction in the number of pupils on part-time was thus brought about by a mere change in terminology. Although the official record as quoted above shows only 31,287 pupils on part-time for the month of March, there were 96,283 additional pupils in the first year grades who were receiving only four hours instruction per day. This makes a total of 127,570 pupils who were receiving less than the standard five hours per day. In addition to the aforesaid part-time and four hour classes, there are a number of classes above the first year on a so-called double session plan whereby two classes are accommodated for four hours each in one class-room, the additional hour required for a five-hour day being spent in the auditorium and playground. All part-time and double session devices hitherto tried in the New York City schools have had as their objective the securing as nearly as possible of facilities for the traditional five-hour curriculum. They were not designed to secure greater 10 advantages for the children than are offered by the ordinary single school system. Under the duplicate school plan it is proposed by means of a two-school organization in each building to provide at least six hours in school for the children with greatly enlarged opportunities. By providing sufficient facilities in auditoriums, gymnasiums, playgrounds, laboratories, work shops, studios and science laboratories to accommo¬ date approximately half of the children at any one time, by keeping all facilities in constant use and by extending the school day for children, only one classroom is required for every two classes. It should be clearly understood, however, that this duplicate school plan is not a part-time plan nor is it a double session plan. Neither is it a temporary expedient to be adopted merely until a sufficient number of school buildings can be erected to provide a seat for every child. It is a new and better type of school organization designed eventually to entirely supersede the old tradi¬ tional plan of a seat for every child. The Joint Committee of the Board of Education had before it statistics showing congestion in all schools throughout the city. The plan for proceeding with the reorganization was based upon the order of urgency in the relief of congestion by districts. As will appear from the following table of the total registration of 31,287 pupils on part-time, as of March 31, 1916, the Borough of The Bronx had 14,512 or 46.3 per cent., Brooklyn being second with 10,975 or 35.1 per cent., and the remaining boroughs, Queens, Manhattan and Richmond, following in the order named: Distribution of Part Time by School Districts, As of March 31, 1916. Borough of. Register on Part Time Per Cent, of Total Register on Part Time in Each Borough. District No. 7 Manhattan . 1,150 District No. 20 Manhattan . 510 District No. 22 Manhattan . 360 Total, Manhattan . 2,020 6.5 District No. 24 The Bronx. 4,013 District No. 25 The Bronx. 8,281 District No, 26 The Bronx. 2,218 Total, The Bronx. 14,512 46.3 District No. 28 Brooklyn. 632 District No. 29 Brooklyn. 178 District No. 31 Brooklyn. 1,300 District No. 32 Brooklvn . 488 District No. 34 Brooklyn. 935 District No. 38 Brooklyn . 677 District No. 39 Brooklyn . 2,875 District No. 40 Brooklyn . 3,890 Total, Brooklyn . 10,975 35.1 District No. 41 Queens. 506 District No. 42 Queens. 503 District No. 43 Queens . 842 District No. 44 Queens. 1,913 Total, Queens . 3,764 12.0 District No. 45 Richmond. 16 Total, Richmond. 16 .1 Total, All Boroughs.. 31,287 100.0 11 In taking up the work of reconstructing the elementary school plant to adapt it to the work-study-and-play plan of instruction, the Joint Committee decided to com¬ plete the reorganization already under way in the Borough of the Bronx, which is the most congested of the five boroughs. In addition to this it was decided to reor¬ ganize the four districts in Brooklyn showing the greatest congestion, and to relieve over-crowding in the upper east side of Manhattan, a new forty-eight room building for the relief of the latter locality (District 17) having been first in order of urgency in the request for $6,471,739 hereinbefore mentioned, which was withdrawn. Besides relieving the four most congested districts in the Borough of Brooklyn, it was also decided to replace old Public School 29 in District 28, which is not only congested but also unfit for occupancy; also to relieve P. S. 135. The Reorganisation in Manhattan. While, as will appear from the part-time statistics hereinbefore given, there is no part-time instruction in Districts 16 and 17, Manhattan, the following table shows that there are fifty-four classes on the double-session plan in the seven schools which it is proposed to reorganize, and that the average size of class for the group as of March 31, 1916, exclusive of kindergartens, is 45.9 pupils. It should further be noted that 28 of the class rooms now in use are emergency rooms and that in P. S. 83 twenty- six classes are accommodated in thirteen rooms, two classes with small registers occupying each room at the same time. Statement Showing Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens As of March 31, 1916, Distributed by Part-Time and Double Sessions for Schools to Be Reorganized on the Duplicate School Plan in Districts 16 and 17. Manhattan. Public School No. Total Register and No. of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. _ Register and No. of Classes on Double Session Plan. _A_ No. of Rooms Exclusive of Kindergarten. _A_ Proposed No. of Classes Under Duplicate School Plan. Date of Erection of Building. Reg¬ ister. No of' Classes. Reg¬ ister. No. of Classes. Reg. Em. 72 . 2,388 49 291 6 41 5 54 1881-1915 83 . 2,849 70 * * • • • • 57 • • • • 88 1885-1904 101 M. B. 1,825 40 • • • • • • • • 40 • • • • 64 1910 A. 841 19 • • • • • • • • • • • • 19 .... • • • • 121 . 2,158 46 100 2 45 • • • • 46 1894-1907 168 G. 1,600 35 • • • • • • • • 34 \ 84 1898 168 P. 1,750 36 198 4 34) 171 . 3,422 75 1,091 22 64 .... 80 1900 109 . 3,362 70 1,013 20 60 .... 76 1899 20,195 440 2,693 54 375 24 492 *Twenty-six classes use 13 rooms at same time. Average size of class, 45.9. Note—M. B., Main Building; A., Annex; G., Grammar; P., Primary; Reg., Reg¬ ular ; Em., Emergency. The reorganization provides for 492 classes as against 440 as of March 31st. This will make it feasible to eliminate all unsatisfactory rooms and double session classes, and to reduce over-size classes, while at the same time the general educational facilities of the group of schools as a whole will be greatly extended and improved. As will appear from the following table, the total amount of money to be expended in these two districts aggregates $411,821, of which total $100,000 is for additional land for public schools 83 and 101, $166,500 is for the construction of an addition to P. S. 83, and the remainder for alterations and equipment: Request for Reorganization—Borough of Manhattan. Dist. P. S. New Build¬ ings or Additions. Alterations. Equipment. Sites. Total. 17 . . 72 $7,102 3,614 3,600 9,705 14,100 13,225 10,425 $9,640 11,660 4,860 6,350 18,365 13,795 18,880 $16,742 231,774 58,460 16,055 32,465 27,020 29,305 17 . 17 . . 83 . 101 $166,500 $50,000 50,000 17 . . 121 17 . . 168 17 . . 171 16 . 109 Total . $166,500 $61,771 $83,550 $100,000 $411,821 In view of the fact that the reorganization of P. S. 121 will make necessary expensive alterations in the old building, which is a remodeled silk factory, it is recommended that no change be made in the building at present, until such time as a new building can take the place of the old part. In the appropriation recommended for the Borough of Manhattan the item of $16,055 for alterations and equipment of P. S. 121 has therefore been disallowed. The reorganization of the main building of P. S. 101 will make possible the abandonment of the nineteen-room leased annex to this building. The Bronx Reorganization. As will appear from the summary statement for the Borough of The Bronx which follows, $757,260 was appropriated for the reorganization of twelve schools in districts twenty-five and twenty-six during 1915. An additional amount of $1,001,570 for these two districts is included in the request herein considered, of which amount $668,474 is to provide a new site and building in the vicinity of 179th Street and Third Avenue. This new building is to take the place of two new buildings, for which funds were requested in items 2 and 3 of the estimate which was withdrawn, one at 179th Street and Third Avenue, the other at 180th Street and Southern Boulevard. Borough of The Bronx. Summary of Requests and Previous Appropriations. Dist. Public School. Amount Appropriated During 1915. Amount Requested 1916. Total Appropriated 1915 and Requested 1916. 26 32. .. $150.000 00 $38,000 00 $188,000 00 26 45.*.. 170,000 00 146,500 00 316,500 00 25 4. 180,000 00 50.046 00 230,046 00 25 40. 142,500 00 46.350 00 188.850 00 25 21 41,000 00 41.000 00 25 6 I 1,000 00 1,000 00 25 28 | 1,400 00 1,400 00 25 42 l. 52,260 00 1,400 00 1,400 00 25 44 r 1,400 00 1,400 00 25 50 | 1,000 00 1.000 00 25 53 |. 62,500 00 1.000 00 63.500 00 26 5 1 4,000 00 4,000 00 52,260 00 25 New 179th St. and Third Ave.... 668,474 00 668,474 00 Totals . $757,260 00 $1,001,570 00 $1,758,830 00 23 30. 6.615 00 6.615 00 23 43. 66,915 00 66,915 00 Totals . $73,530 00 $73,530 00 Total, The Bronx... $757,260 00 $1,075,100 00 $1,832,360 00 13 The sum of $170,000 was provided in 1915 for an addition to P. S. 45. In addition to this amount, an expenditure of $100,000 for a site (180 ft. by 353 ft.) for play¬ ground purposes and of $40,000 for a site (180 ft. by 114 ft.) for garden purposes is proposed. This seems to be an unduly large expenditure for land at one school, but the entire block which it is proposed to acquire for a playground is intended to serve P. S. 5 and 32 also for general playground purposes. As P. S. 45 has almost entirety Italian children, who with their parents are interested in gardening, it has been decided to emphasize the gardening and agricultural aspects of vocational training in this particular school. Both of these sites have been loaned to the school since its re-organization. The sum of $25,000 is requested to purchase additional land at P. S. 40, in order to extend the present playground. The sum of $113,896 is requested in order to make the necessary alterations in the original buildings of P. S. 32, 45, 4 and 40, for which funds for annexes were allowed during 1915. In addition to completing the reorganization in districts 25 and 26, it is further pro¬ posed to reorganize P. S. 30 and 43, two of the most congested schools in district 23. In detail, the items for the Bronx are as follows: Request for Reorganization, Borough of The Bronx. , Dist. Pubic School. New Build¬ ings or Additions. Alterations. Equipment. Sites. Total. 26 r D. $3,000 $1,000 • $4,000 26 32. $37,500 500 38,000 26 45. 6,000 500 $140,000 146,500 25 2. 1,000 40,000 41,000 25 4. 49,546 500 50,046 25 6. 1,000 i'ooo 25 28. 1,400 1,400 25 40. 20,850 '500 25,000 46',350 25 42. 1,400 1,400 25 44. 1,400 1,400 25 50. i;ooo 1,000 25 53. 1,000 1,000 25 New, 179th St. & 3d Ave. 543,474 125,000 668,474 $546,474 $113,896 $11,200 • $330,000 $1,001,570 23 30. $6,615 $6,615 23 43.:. 16,915 $50,000 66,915 $23,530 $50,000 $73,530 Total , The Bronx. $546,474 $113,896 $34,730 $380,000 $1,075,100 At the present time but six of the twelve schools in the Bronx for the re¬ organization of which funds were granted during 1915 have been so re-organized, viz.. Nos. 6, 28, 42, 44, 45 and 53. The following table shows that of the total registration of 36,024 in the twelve schools in 825 classes exclusive of kindergartens, 68 first year classes are on the double session plan, 226 classes are on part time and 378 classes in the six re-organized schools are on the Gary work-study-and-play school plan. When the re-organization of the three remaining schools (Nos. 2, 5 and 50) which do not require annexes and the four which require annexes (Nos. 4, 32, 40 and 45) is com¬ pleted. there will be accommodations for 854 classes, exclusive of the kindergartens. All of these classes will receive at least five hours instruction, and the majority will receive six hours. 14 Statement Showing Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens As Plan for the Schools in Districts 25, 26 and 23, The Bronx, Which Total Register and No. of Classes, Excluding Register and No. Kindergartens as of of Classes on Public School No. March 31, 1916. Part Time. ,-A-„ ,-A- ( No. of No. of' Register. Classes. Register. Classes. Districts 2 M. 2,666 61 1,144 25 A. 293 6 • • • • • • • • 4 M. 3,515 80 2,411 53 A. 637 15 • • • • 5. 1,059 26 • • • • • • • • 6. 1,812 . 46 « • • • • • • • 28 M. 2,944 68 • • • • • • • • A. 301 7 • • • • • • • • 32 M. 3,126 71 2,218 50 A. 68 4 # # 40. 4,781 98 3,060 62 42 & A. 2,994 64 • • • • • • • • 44. 2,993 64 • • • • • • • • 45 M. 2,981 70 • • • • • • • • A. 193 7 • • • • • • • • 50. 2,895 68 1,589 36 53. 2,766 70 .... • • • • Total. 36,024 825 10,422 226 Average size of class, 43.7. District 2,472 59 • • • • • • • • 3,209 76 • • • • • • • • Total. 5,681 135 • • • • « • • • Average size of class, 42.1. *Note—Public Schools 6, 28, 42, 44 and 53 were reorganized February 1, 1916. Public School 45 was reorganized February 27, 1915. Statistics regarding part time and double session as of December 31, 1915, before reorganization, are given below: » — -- . - - - - - - ■ . - - . .... - - ■ - ■ ■ . . . - - - ■ - t Part Time. Double Session. -- A -. --A-- Public School. No. of No. of Register. Classes. Register. Classes. 6. 811 17 301 7 28. 1,632 38 378 8 42. .... _ 2,108 46 44 . 1,826 40 493 10 53. .... .... 1,749 40 45 . 2,418 fS7 348 f7 •{■Estimated. In addition to the twelve schools which are being reorganized, there are two new seventy-two class buildings now under construction, Nos, 54 and 55, which will be completed during 1916. These buildings, together with the one in the vicinity of 179th Street and Third Avenue, for which corporate stock is requested, will increase the class capacity of the schools in the neighborhood from 854 to 1,070, as against 825 classes now on register, exclusive of kindergartens. This will mean a class capacity of 245 in excess of the existing number of classes, as well as a full school day for the 294 classes at present on double session and part time. When it is considered, however, that the average number of pupils per class in the twelve schools 15 of March 31, 1916, Distributed by Part Time, Double Sessions and Duplicate School Have Been or Are to be Reorganized on the Duplicate School Plan. Register and No. of Classes on Double Session Plan. A ^ No. of Register. Classes. Register and No. of Classes on Duplicate School Plan.* _A_ No. of Register. Classes. No. of Rooms, Exclusive of Kindergartens. Reg. Em. Proposed No. of Classes Under Duplicate School Reorgani¬ zation. 25 and 26. 484 11 37 • • • • 72 • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 645 14 46 • « • • 88 • • • • • • • • • • • • 15 • • • • 193 5 19 5 32 • • • • • • • • l, 8 i 2 46 31 2 48 • • • • • • • • 2,944 68 46 • • • • *70 / £ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • 12 705 16 • • • • • • • • 29 A 8 72 • • • • 521 • • • • 11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 57 • • • • 1 • • • • 96 • • • • • • • • 2,994 64 40 5 64 • • • • • • • • 2,993 64 40 • • • • 66 • • • • • • • • 2,945 68 43 • • • • 7 88 ’543 • • • • 11 * • * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 45 / • • • • • • • • 72 • • • • • • • • 2,724 68 46 • • • • 72 3,091 68 16,412 378 490 49 854 946 22 • • • • • • • • 48 • • • • 72 1,329 30 • • • • • • • • 61 • • • • 84 2,275 52 • • • • • • • • 109 • • • • 156 under consideration is 43.6. as against a corresponding average of 41.7 for the city as a whole, and that the increase in districts 25 and 26 for the past five years has been 16,411 pupils, or 92.3 per cent., and 7,428 pupils, or 56.8 per cent., respectively, and further, that at least three years must elapse before the new building at 179th Street will be ready, it will be seen that the school accommodations which are proposed are not more ample than should be projected for this rapidly increasing center of population. Increase in School Population Since 1911. District No. 25. _A_ District No. 26. Year. t - Register March 31 A Increase Year Over Year r Register March 31 A Increase Year Over Year. 1911. 17,779 24,073 13,071 15,161 1912. 6,294 2,090 1913. 26,186 2,113 16,914 1.753 1914. 28,989 2,803 18,525 1,611 1915. 32,629 3,640 19,569 1,044 1916. 34,190 1,561 20,499 930 Total. 16,411 7,428 Per cent, of increase since 1911 ... 92.3% 56.8% 16 Borough of Brooklyn. For the Borough of Brooklyn, an aggregate amount of $2,212,179 is requested for the purpose of reorganizing the four most congested districts, i. e., 31, 34, 39 and 40, and for the construction of two new buildings in other districts, one to replace old P. S. 29 in District 28, and the other to relieve P. S. 135 in the Rugby section of District 39. The details of the request are as follows : Request for Reorganization, Borough of Brooklyn. Dist. P. S. 28 N e w 29 38 New 135 New Build- ings or Altera- Equipment. Sites. Additions. tions. $292,000 . $160,000 292,000 . 72,000 Total. $452,000 364,000 31 16. 31 19.] 34 23. )■ 31 143.J 31 33. 31 50. 34 110. 34 126.. 34 132. 6,500 34 New 20. 543,474 5,580 8,040 13,620 15,035 13,185 j 45,000 1 1 20,000 j 93,220 6,350 8,040 14,390 6,300 10,790 17,090 9,850 8,040 13,000 30,890 10,200 8,040 18,240 11,700 8,040 26,240 240,000 783,474 Sub-Total 549,974 65,015 64,175 318,000 997,164 40 64. 39 66. 24,000 40 72. 39 109. 80,000 39 125. 40 149. ' . 39 150. 39 156. 39 165. 40 173. 40 174. 39 175... 4,700 14,085 15,000 33,785 13,000 10,790 20,000 67,790 12,005 8,040 20,045 21,400 14,085 115,485 6,075 5,145 11,220 11,955 10,790 10,000 32,745 12,025 14,585 16,000 42,610 9,000 8,040 17,040 10,075 10,790 20,865 9,250 10,790 20,040 9,350 8,040 17,390 Sub-Total. 104,000 Total Brooklyn. $1,237,974 118,835 115,180 61,000 399,015 $183,850 $179,355 $611,000 $2,212,179 Statement Showing Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens as Reorganized on the Duplicate School Total Register and ■* No. of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. _A_ Register and No. of Classes on Part Time. A /— Register. A No. of Classes. r Register. No. of Classes. New building . • • • • • • • • • ••• •••• Public School 29. 915 19 • ••• •••• Public School 58. 811 19 • ••• •••• Public School 13. 1,537 35 158 3 Sub-Total. 3,263 73 158 3 Public School 78. 1,072 26 • ••• •••• Public School 6. 1,662 37 Public School 32. 1,438 32 Public School 46. 1,270 29 • ••• • • • • 17 Public School 29, which is located at Columbia and Amity streets, in District 28, is housed in an old building which has for long been unfit for occupancy. This building has been in use for school purposes since its purchase by the City in 1864, prior to which time it was a public dance hall. The Board of Education has requested $160,000 for the acquisition of a new site, and $292,000 for the construction thereon of a twenty-six class room building to replace this old structure. In request¬ ing money for a new building, no comprehensive study was made of the needs of the entire district in order to work out a plan for providing com¬ plete and satisfactory school accommodations. Besides old P. S. 29, there are two other unsatisfactory school buildings in the neighborhood, viz., Nos. 13 and 58, which should ultimately be abandoned. It seems advisable, therefore, to provide for the construction of a standard fifty-one unit building at this time to accommodate 72 classes, with all facilities necessary for a work-study-and-play school program. It also seems advisable to provide for alterations in and an addition to No. 6, and for the reorganization of No. 142, as proposed in the report of Superintendent McAndrew, in order to relieve congestion in P. S. 27, 32, 78 and 46, and provide for the abandonment of eight unsuitable rooms in the latter building. The total expen¬ diture for the ultimate solution of the entire school problem in District 28 will thus have been covered. It is, therefore, recommended that $543,474 be appropriated for the construction of a fifty-one unit building to replace No. 29, that $103,690 and $10,000, respectively, be appropriated for an addition to and alterations in P. S. 6, and that $15,470 be appropriated for alterations to and equipment of P. S. 142. By the extension of the duplicate school plan through the reorganization of Public Schools 6, 78, 142 and 30, the needs of the entire district can thus be satisfactorily met and accommodations will be available for high school purposes, besides. The following table shows the conditions in the schools of District 28, in which 14 classes are on part time and 45 are on the double session plan, while 15 rooms are unfit for use. The average size of class for the district as a whole is 44.6, which is very high when average conditions in the city as a whole are considered: of March 31, 1916, Distributed by Part Time and Double Sessions for Schools to Be Plan in District 28, Brooklyn. Register and No. of Rooms Proposed Date No. of Classes on Exclusive of No. of Classes of Double Session Plan. Kindergarten. Under Erection . A A Duplicate of f r — Register. No. of Classes. Regular. Emergency. School Plan. Building. • • • • 202 • • • • 4 • • • • 16 72 • • • • 1865 120 4 16 .... . . . 1884 314 7 24 6 .... 1860-88 636 15 56 7 72 • • • • 82 2 24 • • • • 26 1888 4 66 10 32 • • • • 80 1906 229 5 29 • • • • 32 1871 414 8 17 8 29 1882-95 13 Total Register and No. of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. Register and No. of Classes on Part Time. _:_A_ (— Register. r ' No. of Classes. Register. No. of Classes. Public School 142 . 1,673 31 • • • • • • • • Public School 27. 1,929 44 474 11 Public School 30 . 1,466 37 • • • • • • • • Sub-Total. 10,510 236 474 11 Total. . . 13,773 309 632 14 Average size of class, 44.6. Public School 135, located on Church Avenue and East 48th Street, in the section known as Rugby, is a twelve class school, occupying an eight room portable building on a leased site. Although the school has all grades, it has no suitable facilities for shop work and domestic science. The Board of Education has requested $72,000 for the purchase of a site and $292,000 for the construction of a twenty-six class room building to relieve this school. It is stated that the new building is to be on Snyder Avenue, but whether in the vicinity of 48th Street, near P. S. 135, or to the west in District 38, near 33d Street, to relieve congestion in Public Schools 89, 90, 92 and 152, as was proposed in Item 9 of the Corporate Stock request which was withdrawn, is not definitely stated. The children attending P. S. 135 live for the most part along Church Avenue west of the school. In the vicinity of Snyder Avenue and 33d Street there is a rapidly growing district with a large number of children that are inade¬ quately housed in P. S. 90. By erecting a new building in this locality, P. S. 90 may be relieved as well as P. S. 135. This territory is so large and the development thereof so well assured that it seems advisable to construct a standard fifty-one unit building to accommodate 72 classes on a duplicate school plan instead of a twenty-six room building as proposed. It is therefore recommended that $543,474 be appropriated for this purpose instead of $292,000 as requested. The Williamsburg and Greenpoint Sections. For the re-organization of District 31, which is the Williamsburg section, and District 34, which is the adjoining Greenpoint section, the.sum of $997,164 is requested. Of this total, $240,000 is for the acquisition of a new site and $543,474 for the con¬ struction of a new building to replace old P. S. 20, located at Union Avenue and Keap Street. These districts illustrate clearly the necessity of providing for the Statement Showing Register and Number . of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens as Reorganized on the Duplicate School Plan, Replaced Public School No. 16.. 17 M A. A. 19M A. 33.. 122 .. 37.. Total Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. -:-a-, No. of Register. Classes. 1,946 47 1,338 33 273 7 58 3 3,072 69 172 4 1.323 32 1.668 39 1,199 28 Register and Number of Classes on Part-Time. No. of Register. Classes. District 321 7 19 Register and No. of Classes on Double Session Plan. A No. of Rooms Exclusive of Kindergarten. _ A IS Proposed lo. of Classes Under Duplicate School Plan. Date of Erection of Building. r Register. ■\ t No. of Classes. Regular. ■\ Emergency. • • • • .... 30 • • • • 48 1903 f1860-90 247 5 36 • • • • 44 ) 1906 ( 1868-83 .... • • • • 38 • • • • 37 ) 1900-06 1,438 30 206 8 296 • • • • 2,074 45 262 15 368 .... replacement of old buildings from time to time. The two districts have twenty-three separate school buildings, of which ten are unsatisfactory for school purposes. In solving the part time and double session problem it would be possible, by re-organizing P. S. 143, 132 and 19, to relieve the congestion in these buildings and also to take care of all the classes in P. S. 20. But by erecting a new building for P. S. 20 in the vicinity of P. S. 17, as well as re-organizing the other schools occupying the best buildings in the districts, not only old No. 20 and the annex to No. 19, but also Public Schools 38, 37, 166, 17, and the annex to 17, might be abandoned. The saving in the operation of one large new building as compared with the operation of the six old buildings mentioned will be approximately $25,000 a year. No request is made for a new building to take the place of Public Schools 31 and 22, although these schools, which have a combined register of sixty-nine classes exclusive of kindergartens are improperly housed in old buildings without adequate facilities. A new fifty-one unit building should be erected in the near future to replace these buildings. Public School 51, which will not be needed for elementary school purposes, might be used as an annex to the Eastern District High School to accom¬ modate the pupils now housed in P. S. 143. As will appear from the following table of statistics regarding registration, number of classes, and school capacity present and proposed, for Districts 31 and 34, there are 49^2 classes on part time and 117^4 classes on double session in the two districts, which have a total of 696 classes exclusive of kindergartens. Including new P. S. 20 and excluding old buildings to be abandoned, the re-organization will provide accommoda¬ tions for 752 classes, an excess of 56 over the existing number. This would appear to be ample to provide for the reduction of over size classes and for immediate growth in population. of March 31. 1916, Distributed by Part-Time and Double Sessions for Schools to be or Abandoned, in Districts 31 and 34, Brooklyn. 31 . Total Register and Number of Classes on Double Session Plan. ^- A -\ No. of Number of Rooms Ex¬ clusive of Kindergartens. —\. Proposed Number of Date of Classes Erection Under of Duplicate Building. Register. Classes. Regular. Em. School Plan. 138 3 42 • • • • 72 1858—1887 al6 649 15 29 • • • • 1862 94 2 5(4-1) .... 1870 • •*+ • oc • oc ”20 "59 ’72 1850—1911 4 • • • • 1879 32 80 f 1871—1884 259 6 36 ) 1900 28(+l) • • • • 1875—1888 20 Public School No. Total Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. A Register and Number of Classes on Part-Time. . A Register. No. of ' Classes. Register. No. of Classes. 38. 869 21 308 7 50M. 2.332 50 • • • • • • • • A. 291 6 • • • • • • • • 143. 1.701 40 671 14 y 2 166. 327 13 .... .... Sub-Total. 16,569 392 1,300 2814 District 20. 858 21 418 10 22 810 22 23. 2.115 48 97 2 31. 2.057 47 « e • • 51. 914 22 182 4 59. 511 13 • • • • • • • • 110. 1,912 44 • • • • • • • • 126. 1.902 45 • • • • • • • • 132. 1,952 42 238 5 Sub-Total. 13,031 304 935 21 Total . 29,600 696 2,235 4914 Average size of class, 42.5. a Under construction, b High School Annex, c New. The Brownsville Section. The total amount of money requested for the reorganization of the schools in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn (Districts 39 and 40) is $399,015, of which total $104,000 is for additions to buildings, $118,835 for alterations in old buildings, $115,180 for equipment, and $61,000 for additional sites. As most of the school buildings in the Brownsville section are comparatively new, this problem is one of changing existing buildings, adding new equipment and additional playground space, rather than of replacing old buildings. As will appear from the following table giving statistics for school registration, number of classes and school capacity present and proposed, accommodations are provided in the reorganization for 914 classes as against an exist¬ ing number of 754 exclusive of kindergartens. In view of the great demand for additional high school accommodations in this section, $840,000 having been included in the Corporate Stock request which was withdrawn, for the purpose of constructing a ne.v high school building on the site owned at Dumont, Pennsylvania and Sheffield Avenues, it should be noted that it will be practicable to utilize fifty or sixty of the Statement Showing Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens as Reorganized on the Duplicate School Public School No. Total Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Kindergartens. A Register and Number of Classes on Part-Time. A r Register. No. of Classes. Register. No. of Classes. District 66. 2,137 50 • • • • 109B. 2,412 52 844 17 109G. 2.489 51 539 11 125. 1.711 36 192 4 150. 2,013 47 • • • • • • • • 21 Total Register and Number of Classes on Double Session Plan. Number of Rooms Ex¬ clusive of Kindergartens. A Proposed Number of Classes Under Duplicate School Plan Date of Erection ( Register. No. of Classes. ( Regular. A Em. of Building. 219 5 15(4-1) 1865 688 14 44 • • • • | 80 S l 1915 . • • • • • • • 6 • • • • | 1858—1899 238 5H 645 • • • • 64 1903 158 6 8 4 .... 1854—1869 3,327 76^ 369 4 368 34. 267 6 13 (+1) c72 1848—1869 80 2 21 21 1856—1884 87 2 46 60 1858—1894 764 16 39 39 1874—1890 185 4 18 b. . .. 1886 • • • • • • • • 13(+1) • • • • 1869 187 4 43 60 1895—1906 • • • • • • • • 46 72 1900—1909 353 7 36 60 1902—1905 1,923 41 275 .... 384 5,250 117J4 644 (+5) 4 752 increased class capacity of 160 provided under the reorganization in these two districts for the accommodation of high school pupils in elementary schools, especially in Public Schools 109 and 64. In fact, it is entirely feasible to devote one section of the latter building exclusively to high school purposes since it has two auditoriums and is so large that complete facilities might be provided for a separate high school organi¬ zation if the union of high and elementary schools in one organization should appear undesirable. The remaining capacity for one hundred classes will be available for the reduction of over size classes and the growth of population. Although no request has been made for a new building in the Brownsville section, it is evident that additional relief for Public Schools 174 and 149 cannot be much longer delayed. The City owns a site near P. S. 174, at Dumont, Pennsylvania and Sheffield Avenues, which was acquired for high school purposes. In view of the fact that Brownsville has four very large elementary schools that should have high school departments, i. e., Public Schools 64, 84, 109 and 156, the high school site near P. S. 174 should be used for a combination elementary and high school. It is therefore recommended that $543,474 be appropriated at this time for the construction of a fifty-one unit building on the aforesaid site. of March 31, 1916, Distributed by Part-Time and Double Sessions for Schools to be Plan in Districts 39 and 40, Brooklyn. Total Register and Number of Classes on Double Session Plan. No. of Register. Classes. Number of Rooms Ex¬ clusive of Kindergartens. Regular. Em. Proposed Number of Date of Classes Erection Under of Duplicate Building. School Plan. .UO • • • • 7 1 50 558 11 1 78 300 6 24 • • • • 47 • • • • 72 1906 112 1895—1907 7 36 1900—1905 72 1907 22 Total Register and Number Register and Number of Classes Exclusive of Classes on * of Kindergartens. Part-Time. -A-- --A_ Public School No. f Register. No. of ' Classes. Register. No. of Classes 156B. 2,295 49 478 10 156G. 2,302 48 • • • • • • • • 165. 1,942 40 • • • • • • • • 175. 2,813 62 620 14 Sub-Total. 20,114 435 2,673 56 Distri 64. 3,297 75 .... 72. 1,974 43 359 7 149. 3,133 67 562 12 173. 2,028 47 .... • • • • 174. 4,146 87 2.875 60 Sub-Total. 14,578 319 3,796 79 Total .. 34.692 754 6,469 135 Average size of class, 46.0. Reorganization—Borough of Queens. The original request now under consideration did not include any provision for the Borough of Queens, it being the intention to consider the needs of that borough in a subsequent report. Owing to the local pressure, an item in the sum of $99,095 to relieve congestion in P. S. 6 was inserted therein, of which amount $45,500 is for a six-room addition to the building, $40,000 for additional land, $2,250 for alterations and $11,345 for equipment. The cost of acquiring three additional lots estimated at $20,000 was, in error, duplicated in the request. Public School 6, which is located on Steinway Avenue near Broadway, is a building containing thirty-six class rooms, an auditorium, a shop and a kitchen, in which forty-six classes are now housed. Twelve classes are on part time and six on the double session plan. Under the work-study-and-play duplicate school organiza¬ tion, P. S. 6 could easily accommodate fifty-four classes without building an addition if proper playground facilities were provided. The building development in the neighborhood indicates that this increase of eight in class capacity will be needed in the near future. The three lots requested should be acquired and two more in addition. It is recommended that the request for an addition to the building be denied but that funds for five lots, for alterations in the present building and for special equipment, be provided. The additional capacity required for further growth in population in this section of Long Island City, can be provided through the reorgani¬ zation of Public Schools 4 and 5. Later it will be advisable to build on the site owned at Pierce and Rapelje Avenues. High School Additions. In addition to the foregoing provision for the reorganization of elementary schools, the request under consideration includes $399,187 for an addition to the Newtown High School and $394,830 for an addition to the Bryant High School, which items were fifth and sixth respectively in order of urgency for the city as a whole in the request ior $6,471,739 that was withdrawn. The Newtown High School is so congested that some provision for its relief is imperative. The school is housed in a building which was constructed prior to consolidation for a so-called union school. Although occupied exclusively by high school pupils it has never been provided with high school facilities. The school has 1,159 pupils on register in a building which was designed to accommodate 800 pupils. An additional register of 245 pupils is housed in P. S. 89, an elementary school building some one-half mile away. The latter building has now become so crowded that the high school pupils temporarily accommodated therein must be provided for elsewhere without delay. The high school building occupies an entire block (200 feet by 375 feet), the site having been enlarged several years ago for the express purpose of 23 Total Register and Number of Classes on Double Session Plan. _ Number of Rooms Ex¬ clusive of Kindergartens. K Proposed Number of Classes Under Duplicate School Plan. Date of Erection of Building. Register. No. of Classes. r - - Regular. Em. 804 1,483 16 1 30 j 68 112 1909 611 12 34 56 1912 804 16 47 72 1914 4,910 98 348 7 532 40. 383 8 71 112 1900—1908 576 12 33 48 1887—92—96 359 8 57 78 1906 47 72 1913 951 20 47 72 1913 2,269 48 255 382 7.179 146 603 7 914 accommodating an addition. The proposed addition will contain an auditorium, a library, two drawing rooms, two laboratories, one cooking room, two sewing and dress¬ making rooms, one typewriting room, one music room, two study halls, two gymna¬ siums and two lunch rooms. The Bryant High School which is located on Wilbur Avenue, Long Island City, near the Plaza of the Queensborough Bridge, occupies a building which has never been completed, the section originally designed to contain an auditorium and a gymnasium never having been constructed. There is no question that the school should be provided with the additional facilities required for high school work. A room in the basement has been converted into a gymnasium but the low ceiling makes ventilation difficult and besides there is an absolute lack of dressing rooms and locker facilities in connection therewith, nor are there shower baths and other customary conveniences. The school has 1,481 on register, of whom 219 are accom¬ modated in P. S. 4 nearby and 182 in P. S. 7 at Astoria. Additional capacity is needed to accommodate the pupils now housed in these two elementary school build¬ ings and, besides, the school is without proper facilities for the several courses which it offers to students, one of which is a course in manual training. It is proposed to construct an addition on the present site to contain an auditorium, two laboratories, two shops, two drawing rooms, one typewriting room, one geography room and two lunch rooms. Sites. For the acquisition of eighteen new sites required for the reorganization herein considered, the Board of Education requested $1,131,000. The $20,000 estimated to be required for additional land adjoining P. S. 6. Queens, was in error duplicated in the request. The proposition to acquire land adjoining P. S. 149, Brooklyn, had been abandoned, but the item of $10,000 for the acquisition thereof was inadvertently not eliminated from the estimate. If the buildings to replace P. S. 29 and to relieve P. S. 135, Brooklyn, are to be increased to fifty-one units each, it is desirable that larger sites be acquired. For P. S. 6 in Long Island City it is also recommended that five lots be acquired instead of three. Furthermore, it is also desirable that more land be acquired for P. S. 23. Brooklyn, than was originally proposed. The change in the location of P. S. 20, Brooklyn, will also affect the amount required for the purchase of a site for the new school. The site for the new school at 179th Street and Third Avenue. The Bronx, should also be larger than proposed. Taking all these matters into consideration, the Appraiser of Real Estate, Department of Finance, has estimated that $1,121,000 should be provided for the acquisition of sites, which sum is herein recommended. Report of Bureau of Contract Supervision. The Bureau of Contract Supervision has analyzed and checked the estimates of 24 cost, which have been found to be reasonable. For the new buildings and additions, these estimates have been based on actual costs of existing buildings of approximately the same capacity and size, plus 25 per cent, because of the advanced prices of materials and labor. The estimates of cost for the alterations have been based on tentative plans and studies for the proposed changes. These plans have, not been completed beyond the stage of preliminary sketches. For the equipment to be pro¬ vided, standard prices for the various rooms have been set up and used throughout the estimates. It is possible that before the final adoption and approval of the plans there may be changes in the numbers and classes of the various rooms to be equipped due to a subsequent rearrangement of the activities to be provided. The amounts estimated will allow of increases in some instances to be offset by decreases in others. Before the execution of any of the contracts it is recommended that the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be required in order that satisfactory provision be assured for the various activities and proper estimates of cost approved. Summary of Recommendations. New Buildings— New —, 179th Street and 3d Avenue, The Bronx. $543,474 00 New Public School 20, Brooklyn. 543,474 00 New Public School 29, Brooklyn. 543,474 00 New Building to relieve Public School 135, Brooklyn. 543,474 00 New —, on site owned at Dumont, Pennsylvania and Sheffield Avenues, Brooklyn. 543,474 00 Additions to Old Buildings— Public School 83, Manhattan. $166,500 00 Public School 5, The Bronx. 3,000 00 Public School 132, Brooklyn. 6,500 00 Public School 66, Brooklyn. 24,000 00 Public School 109, Brooklyn. 80,000 00 Public School 6, Brooklyn. 103,690 00 Newtown High School . 399,187 00 Bryant High School . 394,830 00 Alterations and Equipment— Borough of Manhattan . $129,266 00 Borough of The Bronx. 148,626 00 Borough of Brooklyn. 388,675 00 Borough of Queens . 13,595 00 Sites—All Boroughs . Salaries and Wages—All Boroughs Contingencies—All Boroughs . $2,717,370 00 $1,177,707 00 $680,162 00 1,121,000 00 194,000 00 10,000 00 Total. $5,900,239 00 In conclusion, we recommend the adoption of the following resolutions authoriz¬ ing corporate stock in the sum of $5,900,239 as per the foregoing schedule. Respectfully, WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn; Committee on Education. WM. A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller; FRANK L. DOWLING, President Board of Aldermen; LEWIS H. POUNDS, President, Borough of Brooklyn* I concur in recommendations except that I think the fifty per cent, proposed to be paid from one-year Corporate Stock should be paid from tax notes, DOUGLAS MATH- EWSON, President, Borough of The Bronx; Committee on Corporate Stock Budget. . Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of five hundred and forty-three thou¬ sand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), to provide means for the construction and equipment of a new public school building on a site to be acquired in the vicinity of 179th Street and Third Avenue, Borough of The Bronx, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York 25 Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the.total authorization of five hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authorization, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Appor¬ tionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employ¬ ment and of the fee or wage, to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher, or budget schedule, which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of five hundred and forty-three thou¬ sand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), to provide means for the construction and equipment of new Public School 20, on a site to be acquired in the vi¬ cinity of Driggs Avenue and North 5th Street, Borough of Brooklyn, under the juris¬ diction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authorization of five hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars, and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authorization, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said board by the Department of Education, 'nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher, or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of five hundred and forty-three thou¬ sand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), to provide means for the construction and equipment of new Public School 29, on a site to be acquired in the vi¬ cinity of Hicks and Harrison Streets, Borough of Brooklyn, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New \ork Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instal¬ ments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authorization of five hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authorization, to issue corporate stock of The City of hew York maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be 76 provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher, or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of five hundred and forty-three thou¬ sand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), to provide means for the construction and equipment of a new building to relieve Public School 135, on a site to be acquired in the vicinity of Snyder Avenue and East 33d Street, Borough of Brooklyn, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority there¬ for shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authorization of five hundred and forty- three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars, ($543,474), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authorization, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, pay¬ ment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next suc¬ ceeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encum¬ brance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of five hundred and forty-three thou¬ sand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), to provide means for the construction and equipment of a new Public School building on a site owned by the City at Dumont, Pennsylvania and Sheffield avenues, Borough of Brooklyn, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authorization of five hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars ($543,474), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authorization, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encum¬ brance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be 27 advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher, or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental em¬ ployees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding one hundred and sixty-six thousand five hundred dollars ($166,500), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, pay¬ ment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next suc¬ ceeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to provide means for the construction and equipment of an addition to Public School 83, Borough of Manhattan, under the jurisdiction of the Depart¬ ment of Education; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or depart¬ mental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to he similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in ac¬ cordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and hereby is authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be pro¬ vided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to provide means for the construction of an addition to Public School 5, Borough of The Bronx, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education; provided, however, that no encum¬ brance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred and ninety dollars ($214,190), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual installments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value 28 thereof, to provide means for the construction and equipment of additions to Public Schools 6, 66, 109 and 132, Borough of Brooklyn, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education; provided, however, that no encumbrance or ex¬ penditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be adver¬ tised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, sucli employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of three hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars ($399,187), to provide means for the construction and equipment of an addition to Newtown High School, Borough of Queens, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comp¬ troller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authoriza¬ tion of three hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars ($399,187), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authoriza¬ tion, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher, or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to the pro¬ visions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, hereby approves of the issue of serial bonds and corporate stock of The City of New York, in the proportions hereinafter specified, to the amount of three hundred and ninety-four thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars ($394,830), to provide means for the construc¬ tion and equipment of an addition to Bryant High School, Borough of Queens, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue; in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, serial bonds of The City of New York which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the total authoriza¬ tion of three hundred and ninety-four thousand eight hundred and thirty dol¬ lars ($394,830), and to the extent of the remaining one-half of said total authoriza¬ tion, to issue corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock, to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such 29 contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and linal contract, voucher, or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty-nine thou¬ sand two hundred ard sixty-six dollars ($129,266) of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof to provide means for the alteration and equip¬ ment of Public Schools 72, 83, 101, 109, 168 and 171, Borough of Manhattan, under the jurisdiction of the Depar.ment of Education; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding one hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars ($148,626), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during the period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to provide means for the alteration and equip¬ ment of Public Schools 2, 4, 5, 6, 28, 30, 32, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50 and 53, Borough of The Bronx, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education; provided how¬ ever, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the pro¬ ceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such con¬ tracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employ¬ ment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of depart¬ mental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding three hundred and eighty-eight thou¬ sand six hundred and seventy-five dollars ($388,675), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one- half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have \ 30 been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to provide means for the alterations and equip¬ ment of Public Schools 6, 16, 19, 23, 33, 50, 64, 66, 72, 109, 110, 122, 125, 126, 132, 142, 143, 149, 150, 156, 165, 173, 174 and 175, Borough of Brooklyn, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education; provided, however, that-no encum¬ brance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars ($13,595), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, pay¬ ment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next suc¬ ceeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof to provide means for the alterations to and equipment of Public School 6, Borough of Queens, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education.; provided, however, that no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against the proceeds of the serial bonds and corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Department of Education, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds, except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contract, voucher or budget schedule which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York, to an amount not exceeding one hundred and ninety-four thou¬ sand dollars ($194,000), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to be applied by the Department of Education to the payment of salaries and wages of the Drafting and Inspection Corps engaged in the preparation of plans, specifications or inspection of construction and improvements payable out of the pro¬ ceeds of serial bonds or corporate stock; provided, however, that all payments to be made out of the proceeds of serial bonds or corporate stock herein authorized shall be in accordance with schedules approved by the Board of Estimate and Apportion¬ ment. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be pro¬ vided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which 31 such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to provide means for defraying the cost of surveys, test borings, and drafting supplies incidental to the construction of new school buildings and additions payable out of the proceeds of serial bonds or corporate stock under the jurisdiction of the Department of Edu¬ cation. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, that pursuant to the provisions of section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue, in the manner provided by said section, bonds of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding one million one hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars ($1,121,000), of which one-half shall be serial bonds of The City of New York, which shall mature and be redeemed in equal annual instalments during a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, and one-half corporate stock of The City of New York, maturing in not more than one year from the date of issue, payment of which shall be provided for in the annual tax budget or budgets next succeeding the dates on which such corporate stock shall have been actually issued, the proceeds of said serial bonds and corporate stock to the amount of the par value thereof, to be used to provide means for the acquisition of school sites as follows : Borough of Manhattan. In the vicinity of 109th Street and 3rd Avenue. In the vicinity of 111th Street and Lexington Avenue. Borough of The Bronx. In the vicinity of 3rd Avenue, near 169th Street. In the vicinity of Prospect Avenue, Jennings Street and Ritter Place. In the vicinity of Brown Place, 135th and 136th Streets. In the vicinity of 189th Street, Hoffman Street and Lorillard Place. In the vicinity of 3rd Avenue and 179th Street. Borough of Brooklyn. In the vicinity of South 2nd and Keap Streets. In the vicinity of Driggs Avenue and North 5th Street. In the vicinity of Skillman Avenue, Conselyea and Humboldt Streets. In the vicinity of Berriman Street, Belmont and Atkins Avenues. In the vicinity of Hicks and Harrison Streets. In the vicinity of Osborn and Watkins Streets, near Sutter Avenue. In the vicinity of Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue. In the vicinity of Snyder Avenue and East 33rd Street. In the vicinity of Sutter Avenue, Barrett and Grafton Streets. Borough of Queens. In the vicinity of Steinway Avenue, near Broadway.