New-York tribune., 1895-10-05
YONKERS.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES REGARD
ING THE SCHOOLS.
TROUBLE OVER THE NEPPERHAN RIvER-wATER
BECOMING sCARCE-NOTEs OF 10
CAL INTEREST.

CAL INTEREST
The annual report Of the Yonkers Board OF Edu-
cation which was adopted this week. contains much
interesting Information During the year the Board
has mad under its control ten schools and hVe
classrooms in hired quarters outside. The schools
were IN session lsS days. The number Of children IN
the city between five and sixteen years Of age ac-
cording to the census taken by the Board early IN
the year. found be 76o3. The total registra-
ton in the severa! schools was 1910 children with
an averag. atte1lance OF 3e3S. Evening schools
were in sesslol al .he Joan NJ Mason schoo, sevel-
ty-seven nights and at the Eckemeyer schoo'
seventy-three nights. with average attendance
a. both schools Of PA An evening c.ass for me-
chanical drawing in session sixty~fcur nights ID
the High School which the attendance was good
and The interest manifested pleasing. A school ~
domestic science. at which cooking taught was
conducted during the year the top floor OF the
Woman's Institute Building. in PaMsade-ave This
branch was attended by 1sO girls once week dur
ing the school term. The truant officer made Al3
visits TO the schools 10 visits parents ard 10 ar
rests For than d year the experiment OF ver-
teal writing been made in the John NJ. Mason
School It's hygienic advantages and its uniform
legibn!ty have led the Board. the suggestion OF
Superintendent Goron. 20 adopt II in all the schoos
beow the eighth grade. site for scnoo! TO ac-
commodate the children in the neighoorhood OF
Wooiawn Park has been secured. plans nave oeeh
adopted for the building and contracts for It's
erection will soon be awarded On Monday the new
school (No. l0) az Clinton and Prospect SITS was
opened and - scholars marched into the building
al O'Clock The opening OF this schoo! relieves the
lower grades of the High Schoo. and schools Nos
2 and s Miss Lucy A. Earle has been appointed
nr,ncpa.. and the teachers assigned TO the schoo.
are Mrs Laura b Anderson and the Misses C.
Gertrude Davis Cora l. Pultz, Mary E. OehnaieA
Elizabeth Nj Furey. \. f. Ryan. Grace NJ Horton,
Ida Skipper Bertha Smith and Sarah l. Fisher In
closing mis- report Pres!ielt Nisbet says 1T hardy
rf,y. ,lrNl llxf
10 keep pace with the annual Increase Of scholars
which now amounts 10 about three Eunired-enousa
>, an six c.assrooms" The expense OF maintaining
the schools .ast year was NSs.os' o.
Th. Nepperhan River whic. flows through the
heart Of the city IL again engaging the attention OF
the Board u Health. During the mon'h NUMBER
Of men were employed. and the river was cleaned
OF all rubbish and nth for several hundred feet De-
,vaar North broadway and Palisade-ave few
days afterward when an INSPECTION was I nnduv, ~
was found that ptope pop o tbe diculty Of preventing
The from being polluted 1y persons W'p rge
that the stream be walled IN ana covered
The continued dry weather has made the ,,ls water
question serious one in Oh snS '; e;nnl, is taken Is
lower now than it has been any uIs Si.lev ~ - " "1 1
put The Water CorInssloIe' "9He a. W,,
RocheIe Waterworks 20 furnish from oypV 10 10
10000 gallons Of water asy ay The work of
laying pipe from swaln-st Yonkers 10 the mans OF
the SSw9ehsS ,s g n m week and super
infenSent I Iockwoo1 confidently expects 10 draw
from the supply this morning PIPES are Se,ng
Board with the hone Of tapping subterranean no"
which it is believed runs toward the Hudson it'er'
The fal. tournament Of the ST. Andrew $ Col 'Iup
will be held a. the links ~ this city on Wo."eIag
THURSDAY Friday and Saturday or neAt WSsh. .
Entries viii be received by Walter L. ho1sdhdl, M M
secreary, not later than Moniay a, 1o,'J ,b c,,r
on Wednesday there viii be a contest iof tne ~,
presented BY President John Reid. TOT thVse VIZ a
nave never played golf previous 20 losf q t,,65,,,
O'Clock IN the afternoon on Thursday ana fflua1y
mere Will be matches for the ST. Andrew cup III
fficay morning 1879 O'Clock there VIII Dr
.or the Willard Brown cup. ana proiesSio"a'
matches al z'5o O'Clock In the afternoon
"a a1tual Savings and Loan Association We y,
ganized IN Yonkers this week with EdW.n a
Sssac4, president; W " Butler V.ee-pres@,uoa's @
EnsIies r Brown. secretary. Wallace sIn,d ue'T
Gsrrs,h n r. 4. }. Prime, attorneys hyat' -
ne ilrst OF The fail dances OF the Park HiIi Coun
Club was held al The clubhouse on TUESDAY