The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-01

should not refuse TO grant reasonable
amount for educational purposes. This
Board has always been shamefully treated
by the Finance BoaId," said he. "There
are closets in the superintendent's Office
and i'll No. School which are Il disgrace
TO the city and constant menace TO
health. The Finance Board allows us
S240 for telephone and gas in the High
school, aud we are actually paying SOU. :
Director Moran was next found. Mr..
Moran is one of the Committee on FL
nance. In answer to my questions he
said:-"The reason the Finance Commit
tee asked for such a large amount for
patton OF the building of two new school
houses"
PRESIDENT VOORHEES, VIEWS.
President Voorhees, when asked what
he thought of the appropriation for his
Board, said:--
Upon looking over the appropriations
for the other Boards | think we have
been treated fairly well except in the
item for salaries. There they have al
lowed us the exact amount which
Jersey City receives from the State.
1t is sufficient to pay the salaries of the
teachers now employed, including the in
crease which we allow for term OF SER
vice. But it any new schools should be
completed before the fiscal year closes,
they would have to remain idle for want
of teachers. We will certainly have one
new school in the Fifth district next year
and perhaps another"
"How about the item for repairs, Mr..
President?' / asked.
'sThe $4,000 which we have already
been allowed is needed for repairing de-
fects which exist at the present time.
The appropriation gives about $50 for
each school; at least that is tine way we
divided the So, 900 we received last year.
This, in case of the High School, is used
up by the rent Of the telephone alone. and
we get no more for repairs which will
surely arise during the year. The FL
nance Board has given us an increase for
books, for which we are duly thankful.
THE CITY GUILTY OF LARCENY.
"We are now III a position to pay good
salaries to our teachers but that is be-
cause the number of teachers employed
is not in proportion to the number OF
children on the school census. The
reason of this is that we have not school
accommodations sufficient for all the
children entitled to them"
'sThen, as understand it, / said, s'the
city receives from the State money for
educating children whom it does NOT
teach word because 1t has no school
house in whichto teach them?"
Exactly" remarked Mr.. Voorhees,.
AS bad as l thought Jersey City is, II
never occurred to me that she could COM
nit larceny in that manner.
A POLICE MYSTERY.
Apparently none of the Police Commits
sioners are able to account for the mys-
terious addition of $4,000 to the amount
required to pay police, allotted to them
by the Finance Board, for the next fiscal
year. President Feeney was busy audit
ing bills prior to the meeting
of the Police Board yesterday
afternoon when / showed him the
paragraph relating thereto published in
yesterdays JERSEY CITY NEWS. The
President glanced over the figures for 8
moment, then said:-"I haven't looked
into the matter yet. have no time just
at present to investigate, but I've nc
doubt it can be satisfactorily explained. u
Commissioner Benson was next ap
preached. He read the paragraph, anG
after few moments hesitation, said
well, l can't explain it just at present
But have no doubt l could give salts
factory explanation if l had time to fol
low it up"
Commissioner Kelly, ditto.