The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-05
REV. ?. CORRIGAN'S move
Announces His parochial
School Will Be Closed Till
He Receives State Aid.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES EXERCISED.
The Public Schools Crowded and No
Room For. the Priests 1861
Pupils
SCHOOL TRUSTEES EXERCISED.


There is the greatest excitement In
Hoboken this morning. The 1861 chill
dren who attended Father Co rrigan's
new parochial school were notif ed that
the school would be closed for an indefi-
mite period, and that In the meantime
the local public schools would have to
accommodate these children. Such a
thing cannot be. however. as the public
schools are already oyercrowded anu at
least fifteen hundred children will have
to go without schooling uutil the au-
thoritie can provide place for them.
The sensational order of Father Corri-
gan TO close his handsome new school
was prompted by desire to TO rec the
State to allow money to operate his new
school. In his endeavor TO force this he
has adopted extreme measures an d it re-
mains to be seen how they will succeed.
Readers OF The JERSEY CITY NEWS
will remember that this is but the con-
tiuuation of Father Corrigan's old fight
to secure the appropriation of money by
the Stale for the maint enance of the
parochial schools. Months ago
when the Bad Legislature was
III session Father Corrigan was
an appropriation from the State for the
parochial schools. Mass meetings were
held IL Hoboken. and Father Corrigan
visited Trenton personally and hob
nobbed with the members of the Bad
Legislature. He met with po or success.
however.
Father Corrigan's new school house is
said to be the finest parochial school
house in the State, and it has few equals
in the country. It cost about 100000.
Before 1t was completed, Father Corri-
gan urged upon the me M bers OF the
parish to send their children TO The new
school. He declared that the COM
plant OF Catholic parents that their
children could not secure the accomOda-
ton or teaching in the parochial school
that they did in the public schools could
not be made when the new school house
was com mpleted.
AS consequence when the big paro-
chial school was opened 1861 children
fiocked to it and the overcrowded con-
dition Of the public schools was greatly
relieved. The instructor that Father
Corri9an had promised at his new
school did not materialize however, and
there was much disco ntent. Father
Corrigan declared that the ex pense at
tached, to operating the new school was
greater than he anticipated.
Now comes the edict to close the
school. When seen by a reporter for
The JERSEY CITY NEWS this morning.
Father Corrfgau declared that the ex-
pense attached to running the school
was so great that he was compelled to
close it. He said that he would not
open it again unless the St ate made
some appropriation for Ii.
Thus 1850 children will be without
schooling unless the autnori ties provide
accomm odations. The me mbers OF the
Boar of Education are gre tly exercised
over the affair.
Not less 30 are the me mhers of the
congregation, who never FOR moment
anticipated this move. Sunday at the
masses Father Corrigan said the school
would reopen next Monday. The Suu-
day before a collection was taken up to
pay the salaries of the teach ers, whom,
he said. had not been paid since last
January.