New-York tribune., 1890-06-01
no TRAIN BOYS AND GIRLS
NETTING THE DEMAND FOR MORE ROOM IN
THE SCHOOLS.
WORK OF THE BOARD OF EDucATloN-IhA FL
xANCIAL PR 0BLEN-MANI HANpSoNl- NJ"
ru1LpIxGs-MoRE MONEY SOON TO BE
ASKED FOE-NEEDED IMPROVE
MFNTS N THE SYSTEM

rh. ranidlv growing city Of NcwYork presents no
-, n, s.or.l,vc ,o thc lover Of social order
-, -, +,rif, than the increasing demands Tor pupHc
sohool accommodations The Central LABOR 'n'on
a fcw weeks ago brought serious lhuc''no', .,t
the educational system Of me cIN' ".'e',s '
100 600 New York children could not ohtaih
90 Tho scpoorooms This i doubtless an cAatso'"-
,io, The unon's attack upon the bo"'u W
lion NAV have been prompted less by uvs"o =" -,
a., ,i,orD into +le schools than 10 get them ou' ol
,bo shons and factories. NcverthelcNS l''V j. WI"
siderable foundation for the charge 1t > ''"''
NJ experiencc with New Workers NAV u" H'"'0 !"
many parts Of town are cvercrowded' anu 'ioua' ="
children are left upon the suee's H'Ni ',,'u
GA r,acas in the schools. The bearing o. u"S lsc'
- ~, ,,,,re Of the city needs no comment IL Is
-, .ho rrrpose of this article to show what efforts
o making 10 solve this problem by the enlargement
OF school facilities ,sos
nurinr the last decade the city mas proVioed
srand total Of ga 100000 for the purchase OF SIZES
Tho erection Of new school buildings and the enlarge
n,ent and renovation of old ones. or TINS 'o'a'
90 200 600 has not vet been drawn from the CITY
treasury although school improvements now uhoor
way will consume the whole OF this balance. for inc
uses of the next three four years the Boau Oh fu
cation proposes TO ask the additional sum oil S"oVoooO
and the Legislature will be petoned at the beginning
OF lis next session TO authorize loan LOT INC nI''
third OF this aInOunt-Sa 100000.
THE DAYS OF SMALL, APPROPRIATIONS.
The sources Of the funds above named have been
first. appropriations direct from the city ueaNus' =
and second the sale Of bonds. During the hrs' SIN
years Of the decade the Board Of Estimate ana Ap
portonment set aside In their annual appropriations
for the Board of Education the following amounts I"
he spent for sites buildings. repairs and flrh'urc
1850. s234 700; 1ss1, sese,47o; 1-72, S3l7'loo'
lss3. s2I5.GOo: 1854 s34o.oOo; 1S73, S73o'ooo; !;
making a total for all the purposes named Oh
g. $40, $40. an annual average OF 43Vo'oVV. VI
this sum the expenditures for furniture ana ior re
pairs 10 old buildings left about enough 10 pay Tor
me large school building year. The niGgaTdN mp
proprations Of those times the secret Of the pres
ent inadequacy Of school accommodations Du'"S
the six years 1-7l 10 1Se6. the total amount eN-
pended by the Board of Education was S2@.o7OpVo
and Of this only S2.365 600 was used for sites ana
buildings. In these years the growth OF school
room did not begin to keep pace with the increasing
population The Board OF Estimate and Apportioh
ment cut down tie Board Of Education's estimates
tor building purposes more than million doiiafN' ana
therefore the Board Of Education is now engaged In
the double task of rcmedyng the results OF past short
sehtedness and providing for the phenomenal IN
crease in school population which is among the proos
biltes Of New Yorks immediate future.
The change 10 the more liberal policy when the
city is now following in this matter came with the
adoption Of the schoolIIouse Rond bl' by the
Legislature in June. fss4. although II was several
wears before the financial proceeds OF the law became
available This act authorized the Controller 10
dispose OF per cent bonds at not less than par I"
the amount Of ~ 900 600. owing to the low rate OF
interest and other these bonds were not SOFA
until the years lss61ss5. Two other loans each oi
the same amount a. the first have subsequently been
authorized and through the fall in the price OF
money the bonds have readily been taken when
offered. at q premium averaging IL per cent.
MONEY STILL AVAILABLE.
OF this magnificent income for housing the schools
the unexpended balance. already stated Is about
o. 10000 This will 90 far toward paying ior
the large building enterprises now begun, lhcuuhe
structures which approaching completion anu
which will be ready for use by or before the begin
ming of the next school year. and also the eight OF
nine large buildings which the Board OF Education
expects 10 put under contract before January lsol'
The sites OF the latter buildings have been acquired
either at private sale or by condemnation and the
plans have been approved. These new bdildlhgs'
with the necessary Improvements in the existing
schooIhouses will require at least the whole Of the
money hand
But this increase Of schoolroom Will meet the de
nands Of the growing hOrdes Of children FOR Only d
few Years. The uptown wards VIII require Ne"
schools: many schools Of the lower wards are already
calling for new buildings 10 take the places Of some
OF the present structures which unfit for school
purposes such needs 10 be foreseen and pro
vided for years in advance the overcrOwded schools
of to-day are not again 10 become grave municipal
problem before 1900. The Board j. therefore al
vet possible. because Of lack Of money. To provide
this the Board Of Education Will ask the Legis
lature in January next for authority 10 sell add
tonal bonds. in amounts needed, up TO the total
Of 81 100000
TALK WITH Mr.. DENOE.
The important details given below of this worb
OF the Board Of Education have been furnished by
Frederick ". Devoe. chairman Of the building corn
ni,,oe Of the Board According TO Commissioner
n fc
call for immediate Increase in schOorOom, and by The
beginning OF the educational year next fall few cml
dren will be unable to find accommodations ana IN
str1icton "The Board IS acquiring desirable sites u
localities which demand new schools Just "a hSI a.
they can be found said he. "Critics Of the Schoo
Board should remember that we originate nothihe
Every new building every improvement upon an olt
structure must first be called for by the schoo
trustees OF the proper ward: but whenever the ru5
tees have indicated such need, the Board has re
sponded with the utmost promptness. first, with I'm
mediate relief II possible. by leasing houses and tei
v the enlargement Of old buildings the erection OF
ones.
Early In the present year the school Board ap-
pointed subcommittee TO stir up the ward trustees
this matter, and with them 10 find accommodations
by hiring halls erecting temporary buildings for the
children Of school age now crowded ont Of the existing
schools In this way we have gained clear ldea
OF the actual needs Of the city. Many of the present
buildings, though recently erected are already made
quate The enlargement Of such structures, lkc the
construction Of new ones, IS not the work oi
day, and we therefore pressing into temporary
use a great number Of houses and halls
Thus al Onehundred andthirty- -ffth-st and Eighth
ave- thousand children are going 10 schoo
IN the old rink. In the Nineteenth Ward
there has been great Outcry Of the lack of
school-room The BoaN Of Education has just leased
tho old Hebrew Orphan Asylum for term Of thirty
seven years at an annual rental Of 81 900"
sCHooLnoUSEs SOON TO BIZ COMPLETED
An enumeration Of the building enterprises which
the School Board has now in hand will be of interest
as showing the results accrng 10 the city year by
year from the loan authorized by the "school House
Bond BILL These buildings will in many cases be com
plcted and ready for occupancy by september Of the
present year. while OF them il o., neced 10 he de