The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-05
HORRIBLE SCHOOL NO. 10.
Described as a Hot Bed of
D1phtheria-Board Of
Health Doings.
AFTER THE LEHIGH VALLEY
Sewers Closed by It's Improve
ments and Much Sanitary
Damage Done.

The County Board Of Health was on
the war path in most emphatic manner
yesterday, and its tomahawks were
fiourished at such formidable foes as the
Corporation Of Jersey City known
as ''the Mayor and Aldermen the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company aud
the Board of Education. The onslaught
on ''the Mayor and Aldermen was caused
BY the Street and Water Commissioners
not having earned out directions of tie
Board Of Health which were given several
months ago. Last summer petition was
presented to the Board signed by twenty
five property owners on St. Paul's Ave-
nue. requesting the Health Board to exer-
else the power given it by law to compel
the city to abate the nuisance that the
street had become by building sewer.
The street certainly between Oakland
and Central avenues was and Is IN hor-
rible condition.
The Board of Health after the legal
technicalities were gone through with
sent word 70 the Street and Water Com
missioners that the sewer must be built.
The Commissioners disagreed with the
Board and quietly and serenely ignored
the mandate Yesterday President Cor
don informed hIs co-iaborers OF the
absolute and positive manner in which
the Street and Water Commissioners had
ignored them aud offered resolution
that in consequence the Board OF Health
proceed to have '.The Mayor and Alder
men," indicted for maintaining nuis-
ance. The resolution was adopted. This
in reality means that the Board win try
and have the Street and Water Commls-
sioners indicted.
THIS Is HORRIBLE
The Board next listened to q report
from Inspectors Saltonstall, Allen and
keilt concerning the condition Of School
No. 10. which is located on Pierce avenue,
between Summit and Nelson avenues.
The report stated that Pierce avenue is 0
feet below grade, and in consequences the
school stands in a depression or basin
caused by the slope of land The build
ing is brick, three stories high. and is
seventy feet front on Pierce avenue. and
forty-five feet deep. The yard Is always
muddy and unit for children TO use as q
play grOun0. The ground floor is out
eighteen inches from the ground, there
being no cellar beneath the building
There is no ventilation between the d30r
and the ground, which Is always wet and
causes bad and unhealthy smells- The
report condemns the building for these
reasons:-First, Oecsuse of the general
depression OF the land where the building
in the foundation that permit surtaee
drainage to 90 under the building; third,
because water supply pipe was broken
three months ago aud has never been re-
paired; fourth, exhalations arise freely
and enter into the large room on the
ground floor, which is divided into four
class rooms that have no system Of yenui-
lation.
When the Board heard the report they
adopted resolution that the school
building be declared a nuisance, and that
the Board Of Education be directed 10
abate it at once.
DR. SalIonstall said, after the meeting
was over that diphtheria was very preva-
lent in the vicinity OF the scnool and par
tieularly among the pupils
AFTER THE LEHI6H VALLEY
DR. Gordon here paid his attention to
the Lehign Valley Railroad Company BY
Offering resolution that il and all other
railroad companies open all natural water
courses closed by them in the construc-
rion OF the additional roadbed and tracks
running southeast of the Central Rail-
road. OF in the vicinity Of the Claremont
Station Of the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey.
DR.. Gordon explained that the compan-
| les mad. In closing the water courses,
stopped entirely the use Of one sewer, be-
| side doing much other damage TO the
| sanitary condition of the city.
Inspector Salt0nstal reported that the
sanitary condition Of houses Nos. IS and
| 20 Second street. owned by William C.
| Hutton, is dangerous; that there Is in the
\ cellars eight inches of water that escapes
from the sewers. Report referred to
counsel 1t was also reported that the
bill to repeal the charter of the New Jer-
seY Medical College was progressing as
rapidly as possible
James Romaine, of Hackensack, wrote
4 =. ard fhar y of
ance his property at Fifth street and
1 Newark avenue created, but complained
that he could BOT remedy 1t. He said he
was willing TO adopt any suggestion the
/ Board might make. The matter was re-
I ferred TO counsel.
Bids viii be received at the next meet
ing for the new contagious disease hos
pitaI and the Freeholders were asked 10
| locate a site for IT nj Snake Hill and TO
then confer with the Board of Health.
Clerk Rooney submitted the following
report of contagious diseases for January
/ OF this wear and last year