The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-29
FOURTH DISTRICT OPINIONS.
Where the New School Should Stand to
be Most Useful.

Where the New School Should Stand to
be Most Useful.
/ found the residents of the Fourth
District discussing the new school in that
section, and praising THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS for it's enterprise in presenting the
diagram of the district. The citizens
with whom conversed were divided in
their opinions as to just where the new
school should be placed, but the majority
expressed themselves in favor of q loca-
ton west of Central avenue, and midway
between Congress street and Manhattan
avenue.
/ was unable to see Director Pfingsten,
but succeeded In interviewing a number
of prominent citizens on the subject.
DIRECTOR STEGER.
81 think the school should be located at
point midway between Schools Nos. z
and and east of Central avenue" said
Director Steger of the Board of Free
holders, "tor the reason that that section
is the most densely populated portion Of
the district. Also the streets east of Cen
trail avenue are all improved and a school
located in the section named would be
more free from malarial influences than
it would on the western slope of the Hill,
where the streets are mainly unimproyed
The west side of the Hill is rapidly in
creasing in population, but think it will
not be necessary for q few years to come
to build school house in that section"
PHILIP PATTBERG.
81 fully concur in the opinion ex-
pressed by Director Steger," said Philip
Pattberg, of the firm of Lewis Pattberg
& Bros, land am in favor of locating the
new school house at some point east of
Central avenue, believing such action
would best serve the public interest"
WILLIAM L. FRANKENBACH.
ri think the school house should be
ha iDff Of
Lincoln streets, west of Central avenue, !"
said William Il. Frankenbach, of No. 9l4
Summit avenue, an earnest advocate Of
education, expressed this opinion THAT
locality is central between Schools Nos.
and S. The western slope of the Hill is
rapidly increasing in population, es-
pecially of tine laboring class.
''The streets are but tleimproved, and
the younger children should not be com
PEELED to travel long distances, especially
In unreasonable weather, to attend
school. This is the more important from
the fact that the new school is designed
exclusively, as / understand it, for pri-
mary classes. When the children arrive
at the proper age to attend grammar
schools they will be able to walk longer
distances without straining their limbs
or body"
WILLIAM L. VAN DERZEE.
1.-THE new school should be so located
as to relieve the pressure from the other
schools OF the district" William l.. Van
Derzee. of No, 99I Summit ayenue said
81 think it should be located either near
the corner of Zabriskie street and Nelson
avenue. or on Nelson avenue near Sher-
man place. l believe such location would
properly relieve the other schools, and
afford greater accommodation to the
people,"
''fhe new school should be west of Cen
trail avenue and east Of Nelson avenue,
somewhere between Hutton and Thorne
streets. !" said DIR. Josiah Hornblower. ex-
School Director THAT location would
take the overflow from oil she schools