The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-08

will for years to come be pointed TO rs u
model structure.
IN the Fifth or Greenvt.ie precinct q
ness Station is much TO be desired.
A site has been purchased on Ocean
avenue, plans have been prepared, and
the e~rectlon OF II building IEiiy adapted
to the requirements of IL growing section
is contemplated by MS.
In The matter of meeting anil autici-
pating the nee Is of the Police Depart
ment we feel that We have ut least 1ept
abreast Of the requirements, while 10 tine
provision of increased school facilities Il
great stride has been made.
School No. 4 has been enlarged aud its
seating capacity greatly augmented by
the building Of two wings. The effect
ny relief of oyercrowdtng is practically
the same as IL u new school had been
erected.
School No. 90 in Lafayette section has
been erected, thus relieving old No. IS,
aud effectually providing a school ac-
c~omm0.lation 50 often asked for and so
long required by the residents OF this To-
c lily.
Scnool No. %, Pavonia and Romano
avenues, Bergen section. an imposing
aud substantial building now almost
ready for occupancy. 1t Is erected in q
section heretofore wholly devoid of pub
lie school buildings. IL is somewhat
larger than No. "a. aud will afford ample
school accommodations TO this locality
for u decade a. least.
School No. "a Virginia avenue, West
Bergen section, "A very handsome struc-
ture almost completed, erected in a neigh
borhood heretofore dependent for school
room facilities on u very indifferent
building which was required 20 be rented
and which was not always weatherDroof.
Inc new structure will not onlv meet he
pre- -snt requirements of this section but
will also anticipate its needs for some
years to come.
Gchaol No o. Cnlr,pnb{n avanna Hp1-
son Ci v Section. Ground has been pur-
shased, plans prepared and contracts
awarded for this school building. The
plans comprehend the erection OF Il beau
titul. rooiny aud altogether model strnc-
ture. II will be without doubt Lhe
handsomest school building In the city,
aud while affording the relief desired III
the matter OF increased school facilities,
will also be au ornament to the neigh
borhood in which IL is to he erected.
All of the foregoing enumerated struc-
lures are examples of advanced archi-
lecture which will compare favorably
with like public buildings recently erect
ed. IN auy OF the large cities OF this
country.
We have anticipated the need of a new
High School building and the giving over
for common school purposes all that por-
zion Of No. 3 NOW devoted to high School
uses; and VITA this object in view. our
committee was authorized TO ana lie pur-
chase the plot Of ground situated on the
corner of Bergen and Fairinount avenues
n site admirably adapted for lhe purpose.
This purchase must, however, be con-
Cured in by the Board OF Finance.
In the matter of the erection Of new
school buildings we have adopted a lib
eral and progressive policy, Il III sub
hitting this report of what mas been ac-
complisned, we feel that he who could
expect greater results must indeed be Il
pessiulist.
PUBLIC PARKS.
Our parks are neither better nor worse
than they have ever been; we have given
them such care and attention as WAS
requisite. and when the weather will per
mIJ, we contemplate the laying asphalt
walks and the making uniform and other
wise beautifyiug the grass plats.
The parks are, however, hardly large
enough to be considered other than mere
breathing spots, aud as the time has gone
by wneu the city could a~dvantageousiy
acquire Il site tor park purposes which
would meet the requirements OF accessa-
bility. aud be also OF Il size commensurate
with the growth of our population, we
must look to the agitation OF This subject
by our conntv authorities for future BEN
ehts TO be enjoyed in common with our
sister municipalities.
BUREAU OF ENGIN EEBING.
The Appropriation. for the past fiscal
year made for This purpose was one thou
sand dollars $1,000 and as that is but
about one-tweutietn of the amount re-
CURED for current expenses and salaries,
IL became necessary for the Bureau TO
WORK out it's own salvation. This has
been successfully accomplished ny reason
of the maintenance OF the average number
| Of assessaDle improvements. During tue
wear much city work was done for which
no direct compensation was received and
for which one thousand dollars would be
ridiculously inadequate, thus proving
that the Bureau Is more than sell sus-
tainin z.
MORGAN STREE DOC
Surrounded as we are by u magnificent
water front, the dock at foot OF Morgan
street is tie only puulic wharf controlled
by the city. Private corporations fore
seeing the immense advantage to be at
tanned by reason Of such holdings have
gradually acquired these properties, and
the city, Which nature had SO well pro-
vided for in this respect. must perforce be
content with the control of bat one $ treet
| terminus on the river front.
The responsibility for this condition
does not attach to the present admins
tration nor is iG wholly chargeabie to
prior local regimes. The Riparian system
OF tine State aas been an important factor.
Our dock by reason OF lis limited con-
fines and disadvanlageuus location is not
u paying instii utiOn nor do we believe
that il can ever be made to be. but we
feel that the expenditure necessary for
its proper maintenance is IA good invest
ment. The value of public properties is
not always to be measured by their im-
mediate fiuaucial return. Constructive
benefits must he also considered. We
therefore feel that this wharf should be
retained under municipal corporal con-
troll even at apparent financial loss.
OLD CLAIMS.
Many old claims. heirlooms of previous
adj administrations have been paid, such a
course being rendered possible by reason
| of u special legislative enactme1t. While
the Act does not com pref end The payment
of all it will. we believe, prove sufficient
to meet the majority of legitimate liaDili-
| ties aud these we are cancelling as rapidly
as their legitimacy can be establis he'd. In
general it has been our aim to i'm prove
each branch OF the public ser vice which
| has been committed TO our ca e. and over
which we exercise control.
We are bur human, aud ma frequently
have erred IN judgment. but experience
has beer a faitnful tutor, and in the year
To come we would ask the earnest CO.
operation of all our citizens III making