New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
YONKERS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE
INCREASED THIS YEAR
EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT
FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND OTHER M
PROvEMENTs-REPORT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
SOCIAL NEWS

SOCIAL NEWS.
Thu BOARD Of Education will spend $4,000 this
snring and summer In the purchase OF land and the
erection Of school buildings TO meet the increasing
demand for the accommodation OF the school chill
dren Thrty-fve thousand dollars Will De used for
q new school building containing ten rooms. on
ground owned by the city. adjoining the E!cke-
never School In waverly-st. Twenty-six thousand
dollars will be used in the purchase OF land and
the building OF addition to School NO IL IN Pros
pect-s. contain six rooms and the balance W.
600 will be spent for an addition TO school NO o.
in Hamiton-ave. The Board hopes to be able to
build six classrooms in this addition, but II the
amount is not enough. then four classrooms. and
possibly an assembly-room. will be provided The
classes which the Board will put in the new build
ings are the two primary classes now In the base
mont of the High School; the two classes In the
assembly room Of School No. TO- the three classes In
leased quarters in Walnut and Motorists, the class
IN the Proseus House in Ludiow-st and the classes
IN the Assem- bly, rooms Of Schools Nos. and g. The
rapid advance which the city has made in the last
ten years Is understood by few In 1885 the city haa
Schools Nos !, @ L. s. 6 and the Centrar school, IN
leased quarters In Hudson-st. which grew into tho
present High School This Central School at that
time contained not only the High School pupils.
hut tho eighth grade Of the Grammar Schools
Schools Nos. 2 and were the only large buildings
tho city owned. There was one class al NO l. NO
4 WAS an old and wretched building, ana NO. was
mall
are attendance for 1885 was: Central school, l0';
NJ PC. No 2 81; No L. SO No. o. 3o and NO
9 XIX. making the average attendance at all Schools
go In these years the Board has built the High
School. which cost, with the land on which IL
stands $4,000; School No. g. In Hamiitoh-aVe
9TH successive additions until II now contains e'eh'
rooms: q new brick building OF four rooms al NO
4. School No s with two rooms In the bTohNVi'e
road. School No. 7. with ten rooms In "alhut-s''
School No g. with four rooms In Fairyiew-st anu ,nu
ronms: School No ii, Win four rooms, Is nov
IN process Of erection IN kimbaii-ave. s ao
q; I'm schools IN the FIRST week OF last Ocoper o,s,
children Their experience mas snow or s n ve
hundred new scholars each year euperintehaesiis
Ciorton is of the opinion that the extensions ms
y wsSn T mor. m Ss.dn ne m"s be erected
At the meeting Of the Police Commissioners d ths
week Captain Mangn submitted his tweniy-hitn
annual report: There were 40 arrests dufny me
Humber i, lS3 were men and 81 women properly
TO the value Of 1854 "a was stolen. OF which the
police recovered Nl4 Is. making the total loss
u.s., T nss Nos nsnrsnee % Articles
valued at $3.50 IL found in the streets and re-
turned to their owners The report OF
hat Foster eSs, to RUN q the
year, q follows: Payroll 81 M g: police telegraph
hos is; stable account. $a.oi6 81 fuel and light,
supplies $50 ~ ststienery. ssS II; to the pension
end tSnes. eto> see "a The pension funa Is no"
o. rYs,a.y evening" Apr !. Gilbert and suva. |,
81 amateurs. in aid Of st. johns Riverside Hospi.
IA The patrcnssse; VIII 3 Mr. William r, Ai,en
81 Ma Is@ss 4 xf.v{st M Yaasa Z