The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-08
THE NEW SCHOOL SITES
Why is the Street and Water
Board So Dilatory in
Providing More Ac-
COmmOdatiOnS +?

In conversation with President Voor-
his. of the Board of Education, few
days ago, he informed me that the COM
site for new school house in the Fifth
district had decided to locate the new
school house ON Tonnele avenue, facing
Sip avenue.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. Voorhis,
"that this is the most desirable location
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS mas already
printed Mr.. Poland's reasons for its
selection. There are two schools in
Marion at present, both annexes, Nos 9
and Is.
The first is an old barn like structure
and utterly unfit for use, and the other is
located in the old st. James Hotel. now
used as a tenement. In both these
schools there are between four and FIVE
hundred pupils. Ia selecting site the
committee has endeavored TO relieve No.
II School, which is very much over
crowded. 1t is the only school in the city
where half day grammar classes are
necessary to give all the pupils of the
grammar grade chance.
THE NEW SITE
AS to the site selected-the ground is
high and sewer connection, most i'm
portant consideration, can be made easily.
The ground belongs, believe, to Colonel
Toffey, and the cost will be 81, 200 lot
Four lots will probably be purchased,
making the site cost "a 800 ThiS will
allow plenty of room, and we are looking
to the future.
''rhe only other available site the COM
mittee found is on one of the corners
opposite. Here, however, the ground is
low and the lots are not so deep.
Gas Won are airaalV awQra ~ tin11a6
Mr.. Voorhis, 'the money to build this
school comes from a percentage of the
moneys collected for liquor licenses under
the new charter law. The fund has been
available for some time, and resolution
was sent to the Street and Water Board
asking for the speedy erection of this
building to accommodate the hundreds
of neglected pupils in that section last
October, but that Board has as yet failed
TO act. They were not SO tardy In avail
ing themselves of the street Improvement
moneys"
POSSIBLE DEAD LOCK.
"Has the Street and Water Board CON
Cured in the selection OF the School
Board Comnitteesp Mr.. Voorhis was
asked.
Il do not think it has,
sfWill the Street and Water Board have
final say in the selection of plans and
specifications for the erection of the new
school house?"
g Well, they ought not to have. The
Board of Education should select the
plans and decide upon the one to be used,
and this should be done by competition.
Let the Street and Water Board erect the
buiidin in accordance with plans se-
lected by the Board of Education. We
are supposed to know what we need in
way of architecture. sanitary arrange
ments, etc.
REASONS FOR RETICEECE.
When | asked Director of Education
Pfiugsten where the site in the Fourth
district would be located he declined TO
say. He told me that the Board of Edu-
cation and the Street and Water Com
missiouers had not concurred in his
selection and for that reason he did not
feel at liberty to make known the site.
Another reason was that should he do
so he would be narrassed by real estate
agents and other interested parties vino
would advocate their own sites.