The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-25
COOKING SCHOOL ROW
A Writ of Certiorari to be
Asked For Miss
RoWe's Salary.

Dig CDleI JoueS anu tne OraVe3 OF tne
Board of Education who at the council Of
the Board on Thursday evening toma-
hawked the cooking school will not be al.
lowed to sit In peace at the wake OF the
hash mill. The ghost OF the departed
has refused to leave this earth, aud Is
preparing to give the braves, who with
their tomabawks separated it from the
body a real lively seance. This Interest,"
ing event, IL is said. will be held in the
Supreme Court, and general invitation
in the shape of writ Of certiorari will
be extended to the braves The writ will
call for review of the whole matter. and
the braves will be asked co xplain why
they gave away certain property belong
ing to the city. The application for the
writ will be made in few days, aud
then the fun will begin.
GROUNDS FOR THE WRIT.
l was unable to ascertain this morning
who would make the application. but /
was assured by certain people. more or
less interested. In the Board of Education,
that the writ would be applied for. The
ground upon which this action will be
based is thatat the meeting on Thursday
evening Ch eff Jones and Braves Bailey,
Obergfell aud Degnan voted for reso-
luton abolishing the cooking school and
re questing the United Gas Improvement
Company to remove the gas stoves and
pipes used by lhe school. Accord.
are now the property of the Gas Com
pany and the Board of Education has no
right to use them or dispose Of thsm in
any other way than TO give them to the
company. Now the board will be asked
to explain why it gave away CITY prop
Cowles, belong to the city.
Director Cowles, when l interviewed
him this morning. admitted that move
ment to apply for writ of certioreri Is
on foot. Mr.. Cowles also said it is highly
probable that Miss Henrietta Rowe, who
was the teacher of the class. Will insti-
tnte suiS to recover the, full amount
Rowe was employed by the board
10 serve one year. aud she
has excellent grounds upon which to
f11ht the suit" said Mr.. Cowlss. "MIss
Rowe resigned responsible position in
prominent school at Boston, Mass, to
accept the position here. and do not see
how she can fail to recover the full
on Manual Training was granted full
power by the board to engage q teachec
for tne cooking class. and |, as member
of that COMMITTEES, secured Miss Rowe at
the salary of S700."
MAYOR wANsER MAY VETO,
1t WAS rumored at the City Hall this
morning that the resolution abolishing
the cooking class would be vetoed
by Mayor Wanser. President Jones
of the Board of EducaLion, called at
the City Hall this morning and had a
long conference with the Mayor. Just
what TIE subject of discussion was could
not be learned as neither Mr.. Jones nor
the Mayor would give ont any facts to
the reporters. Superintendent Snyder
called to see the Mayor at half-past
eleven o'clock, but he failed to secure an
busy and Mr.. Snyder left without ex-
planning the object of his visit.
CLERK Graft arrived at the Mayors
office few minutes later with q payroll
for November, who b he left for the
Mayor to sign. No veto was given to
him.
As soon as the action of the board abol-
ishing the school was made known at the
High School. petition requesting the
hoard 80 re-establish the school and re-
appoint Miss Rowe. was put in circula-
tion, and before the session closed yester-
day afternoon 1t had scores of signatures
attached. 1t will b presented to the
board at th 9 next meerinQ. This meeting
will be well attended. Mr.. w. H. Beach
will be present.
The impression created by the board
when 1t voted to give the teachers larger
salaries. that the increase is the work of
the board is wrong. The increases as
made Thursday night are provided for In
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