The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-09
MILLION FOR SCHOOLS.
Splendid Record of Seven
Years Building in
This City.
TEACHERS AND PAYROLL DOUBLED
When Schools Now Rising Are
Completed We Can Seat
24,00O Children.

When the buildings, now in course of
construction, are completed, Jersey City
will have expended nearly one million dol
lars upon public school buildings since he.
charter went into effect in 1889, and will
have provided accommodation for about
"A, 200 pupils altogether.
The number of pupils enrolled Novem-
Der 80, 1889, was 1921. AT tina time there
Were 1854 teachers, and the salary roll
amounted to $233, 339. 81. On, November 80
of last year there We're 21,972 pupils en-
rolled. There were 517. teachers, and the
salary roll amounted to $431, 900. When
the seven buildings now in course of
construction are completed, the services
of 55 more teachers and five principals
will be required, bring the total number
up to 577. There VIII then. be accommoda-
tons for over p, 900 pupils. The teachers
salary roll will amount to about half a
million.
For the school buildings erected from
1888 to 1897, the new charter is to be given
credit. One quarter of the moneys de-
rived from the excise licenses, under the
new charter is devoted to the erection of
new schools. Last year the Legislature
passed an act allowing the Board of
Finance, at the request of the Board OF
Education, to issue bonds for S300, 600 for
the erection of new school buildings.
The amount received now from the
license moneys is about $65, coo. About
$780, Oe is being expended upon buildings
this year. The new buildings are:-
No. 1 in York street. near Warren, with
| a capacity for 100 pupils, same as No.
Y in RrllnSwicK SfFept1 and at a. cost of
$103, 200.
No. II, Duncan avenue, near West Sid
avenue. 500 capacity, cost sSS,5So-
No. Is on Storm avenue, near Month
cello avenue. capacity about 500, cost
$40. 131.
No. 10. Johnston and Manning %enues
capacity. about 450; S3T ,449.
Gator avenue extension to NO. 20 on
$2S, 87S.
No. 26. Palisade and Reservoir avenues;
capacity, about 5000; cost, $40. 1886.
No. ~, Boulevard and Griffith streets;
capacity, about 500; cost. ss1, 1906.
The buildings completed since the new
charter went into effect are
No. p Halliday street, Lafayette.
Nc. %, Pavonia and Romaine avenues,
Marion.
No. q. in Virginia avenue.
No; %, zabriskie street; in Eleventh
No. Is, Dwight street. woodlawn sec
ton.
No. 9. on Brunswick street.
Besides these there have been enlarged:
No. 4, in Eighth street two wings
erected.
No. 4. Central and st. Pauls avenue.
No. 10. in Paterson street (another story
added at cost of SIS 5000.
No. 10, Pine street, Lafayette Tenod-
eled), at cost of $1,000.
Every year since April, 1889, there has
been expended from S25, Geo to $4,000 a year
in repairs. The latter is the highest
amount appropriated during any enc of
these years for repairs. This amount
was appropriated in 1892. Last year
$50, 600 was appropriated. These appro-
priations are made for repairs during
summer months. In addition to these
amounts there is annually appropriated
from s., geo to 81, 500 for repairs in cases of
mergene
Considerable money was expended in
fitting up Nos. 4. 5, 10, - aad 10 and steam
heating apparatus.
With the exception of those being erect
ed with money raised by issuing of bonds
for 5000, 600, the buildings erected since SO
have all be paid for. There is an old
school debt of s200, 600 resting upon the
city.