The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-29
WANT MORE MONEY.
1t Will Take Another $4,000 to Max
the Schools HabitabIe.

1t will Take Another $4,000 to Make
the Schools HabitabIe.
The Board of Education held lively
meeting at it's rooms in the recently reno
waited High School building last evening
One would scarcely recognize the interior
of the old structure. Among those who
admired the frescoed walls of the hitherto
dingy rooms and dismal stone corridors
was Finance Commissioner Kenny.
Principal Sweeney put on an extra strut
when Principal Kelly, of No. School,
put in an appearance. Clerk Wiseman's
little paradise, with rallied inclosure
and an ornamented chandelier pendant
from beautiful cenJrepiece in the
ceiling. The newly whitened frieze
and clean carpets of the Boards
room gave it dignified aspect. The
rooms set aside for the use of Super
intendent Poland and his assistant have
also been kalsomined and otherwise
adorned, and pupils will scarcely recog-
nize the old class room. Director Null
doom was congratulated on all sides, yet
Mr.. Muidoon, with the rest, complained
that the amount of money at the disposal
for repairs fell far short Of what is abs O.
lutely required o perfect the sanitary ar
rangements of the building. Indeed. the
Board at one stage of last nights pro-
ceedings resolved itself into mutual
sympathetic society and. at the instance
of Director Kelly, decided TO ask the
Board Of Finance for another $1,000,
which the members claim they must
have to carry out repairs already begun.
Inspector James r. Moran, after being
voted 5000 on account of his services, read
detailed report of all repairs in pro-
gress in all the public schools. This
sounded very nice until the individual
members of the Board reported the pro-
gress they were making (or rather not
schools.
WANT MORE.
Said Mr.. Kelly:-.I want 81, 500 more to
complete the repairs begun on school
Nos 1, 3 and 10.
Mr. Moran had gone just SO far on
No. 6School and found he was obliged to
come to standstill. The furnaces were
eaten up. He had made personal
descent to the bottom of the sixty-five
foot chimney and found that the al r
shaft communicated directly Herewith !.
He was not surprised at so mony sick
teachers on No. 6's pay roll. The gas
from the chimney was not to be sneezed
at. He must have between $500 and $500
more.
Mr. Garrison said he had exhausted all
his apportiOnment on one school, He
wanted S700 to complete the repairs on
No. 2 school.
Mr. Pfngsten said he had reckoned
without his host. He began to rip up a
portion of the flooring in one of the
schools in the Fourth district 10 do some
patch work, and found the entire floor
rotten. Had grown persons been obliged
to walk over it instead of children, some
body would have gone through. He
found the roof in the same condition.
Tried to patch. but the roof was too rot
ten to hold the patches. He was in the
soup, because the RAIN beat fiercely
through, and he must have 500 or $500
more.
Mr.. Muldoon wanted few hundred
dollars more to complete the repairs
started on the High School, and Mr.. Reid
had placed Nos. IA and % in good sanitary
condition, except connecting the privy
vaults with the sewer.
MORE COAL GAS.
President Voorhees, appreciated Mr..
Moran's McGinty- like excursion. The
chiElneys and furnaces of No. lS School
demanded at least another $500. There
was entirely too much gas, and to put
Nos. II and 1G also in proper condition he