The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-06
H0BOKBN EXCITED
Father Corrlgan's Deter
mination to Close the
Parochia1 School
: Unexpected.
CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT RUSS.
Mayor Pagan Believes the Reverend
Gentleman Will Not Succeed
in His Plans.

The exclusive announcement In The
JERSEY CITY NEWS last night that Father
Corrigan OF Hoboken would not reopen
his handsome new parothial school, for
an indefinite period created sensation
not only In HoDoken but throughout the
country. 1t was a well-known fact that
the expenses of operating the school were
very great and that Father Corrigan had
vainly endsavored to secure State APP
preparation. Few people, however,
tho ught that the school would close
down for good.
Everyone of the Hob oxen school trus-
tees had copies of The JERSEY CITY
NEWS, last night, aud Read the exciu sive
article very carefully. They were gr eat
ly surprised at Father CorriRan's u lpl-
matum, aud at present are all at sea Is
to how the children can be aecomnIo-
dated If Father Corrigan persists in his
discrimination to kesp his school closed.
A SECRET CONSULTATION.
Last night Father CorrIgan sent Tor
Counsellor Edward Ruse, President OF
The Hoboken Board Of Education, aud
the two held lengthy conference. just
what took place cannot be learned.
Many of Father Corrigan's Rdherents
declared lgst night that the story that
the parochial school would remain
closed. was without foundation. That
the story Ia absolutely true, however, was
demonstrated by an interview which q
reporter for The JERSEY CITY NEWS held
with President Russ of the Hobogen
Board OF Education at his Office in the
Second National Bank Building this
merDing.
POSITIVE ASSERTION.
Ibid you have q conference with
Father Corrigan last nigntr the reporter
asked.
Il did," was his reply, land you can
| state as coming from me that it is posi-
tive that the Parochisl school will not
open on next Monday. aud that the
public schools will have to accommodate
the l. 600 children who attended that
school,
:How are you going to do iti" asked
| the reporter.
"Thar is a question which / am not
prepared to answer just at present We
| for the 1.500 children. but we nave no
| money. We figured very closely on the
| estimate that we furnished the Tax Com
| missiuners with, aud with the repairs
| and other needs of the public schools our
| appropriation has bsen we Il exhausted" :"
There is some talk OF utilizing ths
armory. Do you think this Will Dc
| done?" was the reporters next query.
ut Is possib le," Mr. knss replied, "but
that would not be adequate. IL could
only accommodate about four hundred
| pupils. We will have To here another
| building somewhere i'll the city, out
| don't know where we can get the money
from, have not had a cnauce as yet
| TO look up u law which Will
meet an emergency of this kind.
If we do not get an appropriation we
| viii have to wait until the Legislature
| meets and endeavor to secure The pas
| sage OF bill providing for the erection
| of In IA 1T
| ward. InIs Is decldedlY more of q neces-
sity than ire house in the Third ward,
| which the Council ID endeayortng to
have erected"
do you think that Father Corrigan
| was prompted to close his school by q
desire to secure State aid? 7"
That Is something that do not care
| to talk about" Mr.. Russ replied. ''The
| school will be closed, however, and peo-
| pie will have their opinions"
| Perhaps the trustees may be prevailed
upon by Father Corrigan 10 rent his
| school houseY khe reporter suggested.
| Mr.. RusS smiled aud said Lnat until
| next Monday the trustees woult not do
anything. Then when it would be well
settled, that Father Corrigan would not
reopen his school, the trustees would
| take some decided action.
| TRUSTEE HESS SURPRISED.
| School Trustee Henry Hess OF the First
| ward was next seen by the reporter. He
had read the exclusive article in The
JERSEY CITY NEWS, and expressed hin-
SELF as greatly surprised at Father Cor
rigan's discrimination.
II dou't know what the trustees will
do to accommodate the children" said
he. "Of course everything will remain
at stapdstill uutil next Monday night
| when our board will holI it's regular
meeting. Then it will be poslLivsly
known whether Father Corrigau intends
to open his school or not. Ii he does
not we will bs 10 q Quandary. We Will
| try to secure Lne old armory Never WAS
the need of u new school house in the
| First ward more apparent Than 1t Is a5
present"
Schoolmaster John Reid. the Socrates
OF the Board OF Education, mad talk
| with School Trustee Henry Hess this
morning about Faruer Corrigan's move.
| When asked by reporGsr for The
JERSEY CITY NEWS what the Board Of
| Education intended to do, he said that
nothing would be known until the meet
ing OF the Board next Monday night.
A NICE MESS, SAYS GEBHARDT.
/ School Trustee George GeDnArut, OF
ths Fourth ward. was u ext seen by the
| reporter.
sThe action OF Father Corrigan," said
he, twas as much OF a surprise TO me ~
| it was to all of the trustees. The first
intimatiou that had tnat the Parocniat
SCn00t WOUlG not reopen WIS the hfCtcte
which read In The JERSEY CITY NEWS.
| II the school does not epen we Will be III u
/ nice mess. Fifteen hundred scholars
Will he thrown on oar i.anls.
You can stat, however, thai | an in
iavor Of se:nring act onm idations Ior
item at any cost, aud the mi ,rity OF In /,
| trustees Lave the same feeling from what
can learn"
Senocl Trustes Henry Martini said that
| FaJDer Corri gan's uitmstum came like q
tha0derbol- from cl ssr SKY. Tns Board
or Euuca .lon when il asked TO, It's
annual sppr priatioa feom the Tax Conn
/ ni,sioners, never antlclp ted that it
| would have to provide for the children
W ho were at ending F ther Cerriganis
| scnoo. He diu not know how they could
be aceomtnod ,tei.
MAYOR FAGAN AROUSED.
Mayor Pagan WAS seen III froat of the
City Hall this morning. He said that he
| could not understand the action of
+, Father Corrigan In closing the parochial
! school.
III Father Corrigan thinks that BY
closinR the school he Can TO ce the Legis-
lation TO aid him he is vastly misssken,"
said he. tine building OF shs school
| house WAS a mistake all tue way through.
he built the school against the wishes Of
| Rr least one half the congregation aud
now he has an elephant oa his hands"
WHAT will De done with the 1900
children VINO attended the parochia
school" asked the reporter. Are you
10 favor OF allowing ths use OF the
Armory for school purposes?
| mo. am opposed to It, tbs Mayor