The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-25
WEEHAWKEN SCHOOL SITE
THE HORRIBLE CONDITION OF THE
BUILDING NOW IN USE.


THE HORRIBLE CONDITION OF THE
BUILDING NOW IN USE.
a Glass of Children over a Pool of Stag
nant Water-The Main Building Is
Surrounded by Stock Yards-The Sites
offered for the New Building.
The agitation among Weehawken
residents that has resulted in a deter
mination to spend $4,000 for a new
school house is due to the horrible
condition OF the school building now
in use.
HORRIBLE SCHOOL ROOMS.
For a long time past complaints
have been made that the school is a
hotbed of disease. The teachers were
made sick by the nauseating odors
which emanate from the stock yards
in the midst of which the school is
situated. There are no proper means
of ventilation, light or sewerage. In
the basement a large class of children
are compelled to meet daily Tor
education, although the place Is
entirely unfit for habitation. Mols-
ture oozes from the walls; IL
is moldy, wretchedly lighted and ut
terly without ventilation, except that
afforded by an open door or
In the coolest weather the scholars
have to sit with their outdoor clothes
on. and a large number OF them are
suffering from severe colds. No class
room in the building is adequate to
accommodate the number of pupils IN
daily attendance. Each contains two
grades of scholars, because of lack OF
classroom, thus necessitating a loss OF
d half of the day, as the lessons OF
only one grade can be heard at q time.
SCHOOL OVER A sTAGNANT POOL.
The .sannex school, on Park avenue
is only a small room that was or
iginally intended for a store or liquor
saloon. The flooring of the room lies
within a few inches of a pool of stag
nant water that fills the entire cellar
with its miasmic odors. Over this
pool. in a room that contains accom-
mediation for about forty-five children,
about sixty little ones are daily
huddled. There is no ventilation other
than by the opening of a door or win
dow, the same as in the main school.
AN I~NITIAToRY MEETING.
The wretched state of affairs aroused
so much feeling on the part OF the tax
PAYERS that on February % a meeting
was called to see if a better condition
of things could not be inaugurated-
Plans were submitted by Architects
Dixon, Golde and Mccain. All the
leading residents were present, and IL
was decided to hold the meeting OF
THURSDAY last. A call was sent out
and was largely responded to by the
leading citizens. among them being
Mavor Kelly, Luke Kelly, j. III. Bonn,
president of the North Hudson County
Railroad Company, and Mr.. King.
AN H.. l.. AND 1. SITE.
Property for the school site was of
fered by Mr.. King and Colonel E. A..
Stevens. the latter on behalf of the
Hoboken Land and Improvement
Company. Considerable discussion
took place over the selection of the site
and the matter was held in allegiance
for q time. The town owns a lot on
the Boulevard, and Trustees Duer and
Kane fought hard to have it utilized
and save the expense of purchasing an
other. The majority, however, were
not in favor of the idea, as there is not
sufficient depth, and considerable ex-
cavating would have to be done before
it could be used. The site offered by
Mr.. King is said to be almost as lmprac-
ticable, as it is down in the valley on
the King estate. The lot offered by
Colonel Stevens is on the south side
running from the Boulevard to Park
avenue.
AN INDICTMENT TO BUY.
/ saw Mr.. Macy at the Hoboken
Land and Improvement Company's
office. He said that his company was
willing to sell q town the site Ior
P.o,ooV,, anu oii%o onoy 80 A."
o asasan+ sob"o1 s+anJs II could he
1880 ~. abo,1+ 90 n00 which wonId
s so 4La+ amo,nf r. he added 70 the
leate ~ H. b,,ild;no T asked Mr.
Macy if there were any other sites
available. He replied that to his
Ennwledoe there were none SO handy
and offered st so low q price as that
offered by the
A meeting will be called at an early
date to make a selection, after which
the plans will be inspected, and the
building operations will be pushed.
a number OF young pasepail enIl.u-
slasts crossed Inc WesI onole leiry
yesterday Alter enjoying
themselves 70 thelr nearts, coneeIit
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