New-York tribune., 1890-06-01


ineton on the former site new building VIII
be placed for Primary school No. 80, which l. no"
lodged in tenement houses along FirSt-ave Inc t"'
lots purchased if,y-frstst. and Lexington ave ad
JOIN the fine building already there, and plans ar0
now preparing for the immediate enlargement OF TINS
structure at cost of $4O.OOO.
on the west side OF the city the Board last year
purchased two handsome sites in Tentlave.-onc aV
SIXTY cighth-st for $4,000, the other at NnetYiiu
st. for $s2 600. Plans have been approved and inc
contracts awarded :or buildings TO be begun at once
on these sites, one TO cost 100000, the otHer
S2j0,0O0. Several hundred children in the Twenty
second Ward unable at present to get Instruction
in the schools, and the Board is providing for these
by the erection OF temporary houses on vacant lots
near Fiteth ami Eghtieth St.. and TenthaVe
CHILDREN ABUNDANT IN HARLEM
The Twelfth Ward the busy town Of Harlem. leads
all other districts OF The city in its school growth ana
the trustees have found end of trouble in keeping
up with the demands OF the children. \ number oi
great schools arc building here. and will soon be
ready TO receive the svarming youngsters. one oil
these Is the new Grammar school No. 40 Al
one hundred and fifty y-sxth-st-CarmanSvl!e Heights
which, when completed, Will have cost the city
S230,000 for the building alone. At Lenox-avc. and
one hundred and thiry tourthst. Grammar school no
% will be ready Tor occupation i'll few days at
cost OF S2l5.OOO. The addition 10 Primary School No
23. Onchundrcd and twenty fifth st. and Eightiiavc
is also about completed, and will receive more than
900 children. Mention has already been made u the
use oi the old RINK at one hundred ana thity hitis'.
For further immediate relief the Board VIII, on the
recommendation OF the ward trustees, erect onest0y
buildings on vacant lots which may be leased for THIS
purpose. -
teenil aad Twenty second. have been the scene Of
the cltys most wonderful growth during the last
estate in these wards was 500 500 900 ten wear,
later il haS more than doubled, and was 500.
real sistd 1aiscs in 'io the dnilre RS cT M Wa ro N
gu 9.l0o'Ooo D, l'33l ,oOO0oo' a gain % S4l3i
OF the city, - per cent in these three wards.
The same decade saw the number of children IN the
cent. The Twelfth Ward alone rose from 10000
In this decade. the total attendance upon the
clty's schools rose from 10000 to l3ao0o. Thee
number Of children of school age crowded ont Of
,h up1owm schooi last year snch sati'nc, % >no%
OF these wards which the Board of Educauon Is
now making.
PROVIDING FOR FUTURE NEEDS.
The wards beyond the Harlem. the Twenty tythird
and Twenty fourth. likely 10 great
growth during the next few years a, thc region this
side of the river has shown since 1879. Realizing
this the Board Of Edncaon is seeking 70 meet the
needs of the future, well Of the present. by
providing here the best class Of budng> The new
structure in ogden-ave. at High Bridge is 10 bc
opened this month with room for .boa' 500 pupil,
II has cost $4,000. At Onehundrcd and ,iNiy-
third ST. and Ease-avc another building !, almost
10 give the upper part of the city one Of it, finest
6rd building % Uhdc n0ecf ecnct Cff 70 99C bc o,c 1 M
June l. 1901. will give school room for 1000 more
This is at hundred andifty sevcnthst near Cort
land ave.
- much for the school buildings whose completion
within the next eighteen months is reasonable Ger
tainty. This list however lays no claim 10 minute
completeness. score or more Of mlno: buildings
under way. and which will COS; from $4,000 70
$4,000 each These expenditure, are sometimes 70
give needed ght addonai i'm means Of ccs ,nroGsh
thc purchase Of adjoining property or better sanitarv
conditions 70 the school children one OF the bosyis
difficulties has been the danger 10 the ~chools. which
are necessary limited .J nsr ,rpy g"p'nE ,ccao m@r
houses. No lnconsderble portion Of the und now Oh
hand will be expended for the lesser purposes Of
Of the city's best schoolhouscS Will BE- greatly danae'd
no saving Of money cXtcnuate the crime against
the health Of the cty's school children. which Is
sencc Of sunlight which subjects the pupil, TO IN,
tortures OF gaslicted rooms. such evil'. moreover
the lower floors Of the schoofhouscs.
NEW SITES FOR MORE BUILDINGS.
The completion Of the public school improvements
noticed in the preceding paragraph will still leave IN
expended a portion Of the 100000 now remaining
Of the cys school house. fund This balance has been
apportioned by the Board TO The purchase Of cs for
additional buildings the need Of which already fore
| For the money necessary {" erect these bud
ings the school Board must await the action Of thc
Legislature its proposition for further school house
]
lowing list Of now -lts ana proposed bGlihlhsS tHe
| sums named for the former are the prccs ALREADY
{or thc buildinss are merely estimates Of the cost Of
/ structures necdcl-nct appropriations:
First waid-ste at WASHINGTON. Albany and Carlisle
St. under contract $50 600. new blildne
$4,000 f. much needed here replace Granular School
80 90 the only school in the three lower wards
and now housed building which +, unht In every -
spect
seventeenth ward-Two additional lot, ad,olninr Pri-
mary School o. at FiTstaye aud Nntt. have Just
been secured for Of s2OOcO. On this M VIII De-
erected a. soon Booids finances Will permit II. .
new building replace The present heap and unit ifuct
| uIe The plans for this building. which VIII cot
si75 600 arc low ready. Ia the ward Grammar
School No 10. Fourteentht near Trs;hve. + over
crowded Board has paid $4,000 FOR o,~ io tho
rear Thrtcenthst. WhereoL additional budinrs are -
| be- erected at cost of 800 0cO
Nineteenth Ward-A purchase Il site at Msdson.svc
and Eighty has just BEEN approved The lots co-t
| 100000 The new grammar and primary soh"o! :" b.
placed there will require $4,000.
Twcnty>econd Ward Grammar School no o. Eighty
sccoud-st and Eeyentaayc; two additional lots costing
~ 600 and the Old building 70 be rpacel by new and
larger one costing 100000 The purchase OF two lots
al donlng Grammar School 40. 60 Fty-four,h-t Tor
@52 also determined likewise the acquSi
ton Of scyen lots on Forty-sxths between Sixth and
Seventh aye, 10 accommodate the school 10y"
u No. q aud the primary department of No. 81.
TO REPLACE EXISTING SCHOOLS.
The cost Of the above sites covered as has been
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which further loan IS deemed by the school Board
10 be necessary include in addition 10 the proposed
buildings last named, number Of sites and buildings,
| of which the most imp pOrtant named below
Fourth Waid-The Of $3.50 900 and building
TO the place Of Grammar School No. Wand
| st and Primary School No L. in Rooseyetst.
Seventh Ward-Ste and building 1890 OOO take the
| place OF Grammar Schools No IL and 30. 81.
Tenth WaId-*350 600 for site and building replace
Grammar School 40. AZ In Aicnst which has ruined
| ,y hty ad
present schoChouso j. old and un0t used, Wbac
the shifting OF OF the light In The lower compels the
| younger pupils 10 tdy by easliglt
Thirteenth WaId-At Ridge and Riyngton sts, the pres
ent Grammar School No should be removed and new
| building erccUd on the same site cost 800. .O0c.
l. fifteenth WardNcw site and buildings needed IN place
Of Schools No. 10 In Woosterst and No 30 In
| Thirteen tn St Si50,000 for both schools.
Mnrd-NnM and hnlI la221 600