The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-04
WANT MORE SCHOOLS.
Hudson City Improvement AS
soeiation Meets "A Citizen
Thinks He Don't Pay
Enough School Tax.

The announcement that Director OF
Education ATersheimer would confer with
the members of the Hudson City Improve
ment Association on matters pertaining
to the schools of the northern section OF
the city, drew a large attendance at last
nights meeting in Groeschel's Hall, Oak
land and Beacon avenues.
The Eleventh ward Director treated the
subject most exhaustively and explained
to the members of the association the
exact status Of school affairs as affecting
The Hudson City section. He referred to
the subject of temporary school accom-
lnodatiOns and said that he considered
compliment Dr.. Allen S charge that he
was looking ont for the Eleventh ward.
he reiterated his statement in reference
TO the Twelfth ward Directors refusal TO
allow half-day sessions in schools NO.
and 10, which are under his control, anu
decrled it as a shame that these should
be the only schools in the city in which
halliday sessions were not held.
Mr.. Mersheimer said that the members
of the Board OF Education felt that the
odium OF having children refused adnlis-
sion when they could be accommodated by
the adoption OF this system, was upon
them all, and that was the reason that he
aad made the matter public
The Director read statistics which
showed that the number of children re-
fused admission to the schools during the
past month was as folloWs:-No. 6, none;
No. Z, Is; No. 8, z; No. 10, 8; No %, s.
Total, A. The total number now on the
waiting list in this section is So. divided
as follows No, 6. So; No: Z, 2S9; No: 8, 214;
Ne. TO- GI9; No. d, 1853 OF these 120 are
between the ages of and 6 years, as fol-
lows; No & 81; no. Z l4 No 8, 60; No. 10
20 more, and No. 8, 6 children between the
ages mentioned. He also gave the fol-
lowing figures as to the seats in the re-
spective schools and the number of pu
pills accommodated in each. No. 6, ,457
seats, GOA pupils; No. T. 1,10S seats, 1.673
pupils; No. s, 1,20l seats, 1887 pupils; NO.
10. SOS seats, $50 pupils; No. 25, 1,004 seats,
$50 pupils.
The directors also stated that No.
aad six half day classes with 100 seats,
Which accommodated 339 pupils; No. s. six
classes, 81 seats and liz pupils.
Mr.. Mersheimer said that from the pub
meeting, he CLEANED the information that
The authorities had been criticised and
the statement made that the Hudson City
section was being ignored by them in or
reap the benefit. This he denied. He
said of the 100000 being expended for new
eeiving one cent. while this section of the
city was receiving about 43 per cent.
School No. 26 at Palisade avenue and
Prospect street would cost for the site.
S1S.500, and for the building, $39,500 The
ground for No. q at the Boulevard and
Graham street cost $4,000, while the build
ing viii cost s30,S0o making 2 total eX
penditure in this section of $9S,S09.
Frederick Kraft made a spirited adj
dress, in which he declared that we paid
too little for public school accommoda-
tions. why" he said. 81 looked at my
tax bill recently and found that l paid
but 81 annually for the education of my
four children. This is wrong. Citizens
in Germany pay five and six times that
on motion Of Mr.. waekernau the
School Committee, to which Robert G.