New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-06
TO ACT UPON SCHOOL SITES
4 SPECIAL. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION CALLED.


SEVEN PLACES SELECTED on WHICH NE" ~ HID
1yGs MAY BE ERECTED REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE on THE ANNEXED
DISTRICT schools.
An important step will be taken by the boa,u
NJ rsuca, on at a special meeting to be he"
August IA in the matter of selecting ne" So"oo'
sites and for the erection OF new schoo'"ou'.
The special meeting has been calico d! fi''iuV"'
Maclsy in keeping with his determination ~ 'an'
every child out of the streets as soon as po
and place him In some school The matter oil se'ec'-
inc new school sites has been dragging along az
nrovokincly slow pace for many months ana al
one time II looked II the new schoo's "o""
many years in coming. lmined'a'c.s upon ~
election as president of the Board OF Euuca'o"'
Mr. Maclay set about the task OF hurryihs up NV
authorities having the selection OF the new sites J"
charge This was no easy task, as II was the Ne
ginning of July when the new president was eie''e"
and many OF the city officials were away VI" '"e"
vacations BY great efforts. however MI '""''a'
induced the Office OF the Corporation Counse 10 'aAe
immediate steps for acquiring the proposed SITES
All the necessary steps in this Office VIII soon We
compa,ed and IL only remains for the Board OF
Education to do its part In the matter. A'"o"sn
unusual for the Board of Education to act on sucn
matters In midsummer Mr.. Mac'ay considers IL Oh
too much Importance to be delayed an" co"se
quently has called the meeting.
ADMIRABLE SITES CHOSEN.
The new sites that have been selected nave oeen
chosen especially with a view of meeting the more
pressing demands for school accommodations, anu
tho nrompi action OF the president OF 'he
BOARD gives promise that the acquisition OF inc
sites will speedily be followed b! the erection .,
new schoolhouses Seven new sites VIII oe 49,
upon at the special meeting Of the Board l"es
are as follows: At the northwest corner OF FIRST
NiChOldS-atc.,
o,o hurdred nd twenty-sixth to One hundred and
,wentv-seventh-st: on the south side of twentieth
al, and running through TO Nineteenth-st'' oe'Wee"
First and Second ayes; Rivngton-st between foi
syth and Eldrdge SITS; the DOCK Dounueu y!
| varick North Moore and Beach SITS; the oiock
bounded by East Broadway. Scammeil' henry anu
| Gouverneur SITS. and East NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
ninth-st from Beach to Union ayes
These are admirable sites for school purposes
and II will be noticed that the largest anu oe''
| sites are those in the most crowded do"h'o"h u'
| ,ricts There is no part OF the city In greater
| s =, INCREASED school accommoda lions than in
tho ne,ebborhood of East and West Broadway. In
ho,h these districts two splendid sites have been
| selected The one IN East Broadway taxes IN an
entire block which at present Is occupied ps u"e"
| ing houses and stores. The frontage on ioui
.,re.,s gives excellent light and ventilation to the
! nronosed school building. and such large sruc-
ture viii, be erected on 1t as to give ample scnoo
| accommodation in this section OF the East Slde
| for many years TO come. The site In Narick-s'
| having a frontage three streets also is most
| desirable block for school building. IL is III
aensely nopuated section OF the city and the pres
emf public schools in the vicinity are In wre'ched
| ,,r, condition The new school building will
| no a model of Its kind and will give Immediate
| and Tournament relief to the school popuiation III
| this quarter. ,,.
| Another new school is badly needed in Rivington-
9. near FORSYTH The selection Of the site in
| syth and Eldridge SITS. will be heraded WIN DE-
| ucht nv the Thousands of parents In this con-
| gested quarter of the East Side
| Tho other new sites are uptown where the rapid
| ~ growing population demands Increased accommo-
| do,tors The new school in Twentieih-st. is de-
| signed 10 relieve more particularly the grammar
school in y-thrd-st., near Third-ave' the prih-
| c,nal NJ which is George W Harrison. Mr.. Harri-
son has made this Of the most successfui SCHOOLS
in the city the manual training department espe-
cially having been brought to high STATE OIL per
lection under his management
WHAT THE COMMITTEE FOUND.
Las, Friday a special committee of the Board OF
Education. appointed by President Macay TO look
after the schools which have been turned over 10
49, poord nv the recent annexation OF another slice
~ Westchester County visited this district ana
has made the following report through Its chair-
man. Commissioner Charles c. Wehrum
me h %cMnllin school trustee John T. Eustis Of
Nv r. va. Ward and myself proceeded on
5rd sSSSo ad g wsks e ssks %e'a
ia n. nrssien. OF the Wakefield school Board who
in the presence Of four Of his colleagues turned
SSTf s e al the to Mr. Eass who receipt fS
&s3ye raS5s : @ Of sm the
qeT The 9nr 1s sx S. f'T ne ;
Scon no. naiS 70 September l. There are stfhdry bis
due amounting TO s727 81. and over Wv of i,nr "
books The salaries for the present STAN OF rsaGn
formed that several more teachers vii! have to b.
appointed the increased atenuace ns ol po e
| liabilities we were Informed. amount 10 *z.O'z 10
recent visit we deemed essential for the school l.
cOxi5o feet and be purchased for ABOUT ~
After completing this business we vigIiea Mas nhio
K2ae re- erected in ISIS and three class
in only far oTd ,man Holly H lives with hi
vie and four children in the basement; Two o
= | the children having diphthera, the school wa
closed June The entire ian WHndsv "y Sen,en
her H. In nv opinion steps should be taken I
move the jantors family from the scn n To- o u,
ing as the basement Is not M haDtatol 10, -"
large family The schooI Duir sonljion is no
Miss T. G. Gilbert is the principal she ,n has on on
t sntoTmad number seventy Ave but moro Will lHei
: apply for admission on reopening day in.'e y
less than dollar available IN me a.
e the teachers and janitor have not Desh pau ~
n July and August But Mr.. Johnston the preSaurff
of the School Board. Claims thai there j. sui =,
e cent sum due from Mount vernon, 10 ' Ya,na
/ school The officers OF the Old !5oard are .>atta
!. Johnston. John H. Davis and William F. John
- sion.
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