The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-10


Director Pfngsten then offered the fol
lowing resolution
Resolved, That the petition of the committee
representing the property owners of the Fourth
district, be and the same is hereby received and
concurred in by the Board; and be it further
Resolved That the Board of Finance be re-
quested to grant the petition of said petitioners
by setting apart and apportioning sufficient
ceIses during the current fiscal year, towards
the construction of q suitable school building in
the said district and
Resolved, That certified copy of the Resolu-
tons be submitted to said Board of Finance and
Taxation.
Mr. Pfingsten subsequently notified the
Board that the delegation from the
Fourth district was present and moved
that the courtesy of the floor be given the
gentlemen, which was granted.
Mr.. Thomas McEwan stepped inside
the rail and faced the Board It was late,
he said, and he had no wish to detain the
Board, but he hoped the members would
not consider the brevity of his remarks as
typifying the state of feeling in the dis
trict he represented upon the subject of
which he was to speak. The whole dis
trict, he said, would come down, if neces-
saIy and spend whole day. He asked
that the Board would concur in the
resolution offered by Director Pfingsten
on the score of justice and equity.
MR.. FRANKENBACH'S FIGURES
Mr.. William L. Frankenbaeh, who is
undoubtedly one OF the closest students
of educational affairs in the Fourth dis
trict, followed Mr.. McEwan.
During the last ten years, he said, the
district had greatly increased in popula-
tion. From 1856 during which year the
construction of the elevated road was
completely to 1888 the school census
figures had made a jump of 4, 159. No
other district in the city could show such
an increase. Basing his calculations upon
the returns of the census takers of 1855,
with thirty per cent. OF the whole pupil
age of the city, the Fourth district, of the
twenty-one schoolhouses of the city, with
an entire seating capacity of over 5000,
possessed but three, which accommodated
less than 3, 3,500-22 S0-100 of the entire seat
ing capacity.
The Fourth district, he claimed, paid
larger proportion of taxes than any other
district in the county. He referred to the
rapid growth of the district, and the lack
of school facilities; while intending no
on the part of the Board to give the
Fourth district the justice asked for, he
would come next time armed with facts
which could not be downed.
He complimented the Board on its work
in the past and reminded its members
that the future welfare of the city rested
in their hands He hoped they would
support the resolution and assist the
Fourth in getting that new schoolhouse.
DR.. U. Allen also pressed the Fourth
district claim.
LAID ON THE TABLE
President Voorhees, replied that while
the plea was undoubtedly strong one
and had been ably presented, if the Board
concurred in the resolution it would find
itself the recipient of like petitions from
every district in the city, and such recon-
mendations would practically amount to
nothing
Superintendent Poland, who had all the
while since Mr. Frankenbach's state
ment, been figuring over the results of
his June report, called the attention of
the Board to the fact that Mr.. Franken-
bach had undoubtedly left School No. 6
out of his calculations, and showed that
while the Fourth district was credited
with a per centage of 4-15 of the whole
pupilage, it was provided with All OF the
seating capacity.
The resolution was finally laid over till
the next meeting of the Board, which will
be on the fourth Tuesday in August.
1t was resolved to request the Board of
Finance to transfer S175 from 1.-THE account
of the census to that for printing the an
nual report. Warrants were ordered
drawn for the payment of salaries to
officers, teachers and employees OF the
Board.
THE REPORT FOR JUNE.
Superintendent Poland's monthly re-
port for June shows the following figures
and the comparisons with those of the
same month last year. Time lost by
teachers, III hours; decrease of 90; NUM-
Der of children refused admission, 10; de-
crease, 20; money received for books lost
or injured, 81 64; increase, IS cents. Num-
ber Of seats in Primary department, 10, ,903;
increase, 81. Grammar department, 1917;
decrease, 81. All departments, 1880; in
crease, 3S. Number of pupils on
register last day of month in
Primary department, 10.763; decrease,
rs. Grammar department, 4,017; de-
crease, 119. All departments, a.
7s0; decrease, 1877 Average register in
Primary department, 10,s64; decrease, 242.
Grammar department, 4,072; decrease, 50.
All departments, 1896; decrease, 32S.
Average attendance in Primary depart
ment, 9,941; decrease, 40S Grammar de-
partment, 3,S74; decrease, Al. All depart
ments, 1855; decrease, 40 Number Of
teachers in Primary department, 28S; in
crease, 5. Grammar Department, IA; in
crease, g. All departments, 877; increase,
Z. Per cent. of average attendance conn
pared with average register, 92.2, same
month last year, 81 a.