The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
WANTS WEEDS CUT DOWN
Mayor Calls Board Of Educa
tons Attention to the
Unsightly High
School Site.
JANIToRS AND TEACHERS APPOINTED
Children Get Another Week of
Vacation Because Schools
Are Not Ready.
JANITORS AND TEACHERS APPOINTED

The Board of Education managed to.
hold a regular meeting last night not
w-ithstanding the heat, which on the last
meeting night drove so many members
out of the city that there was not a
quorum. The open session commenced at
ten o'clock, the two hours prior to that
time having been spent fixing up things
in caucus.
but at its close Messrs. higgins and
Mooney withdrew, leaving their ten coll
leagues to transact the business they had
assisted in mapping out.
Letters thanking the Board for APP
pointment as teachers In the new schools
and promising to perform the duties to
the best of their ability, were received
from Agnes Gibson. Alice Pierson.
Blanch Needle, Elizabeth Kopf, Minnie
Wittermeier, Nelly Robertshaw, Bertha
Majorey and Rose M. Russell.
Petitions for the appointment of Jere
Abner, ~janitor of school building No. 10.
and Mrs. Linz M. Lynch, widow of the
late %janitor of school building No. A. for
position of j~anitrix of that school, We're
received, but appointments for those
Rttttto AettA c3iSa0J 0C0At ~ NROh-
designations of Miss Grace Craft and
Miss Anna ]. Jennings as teachers were
accepted, and notice from the Board Of
Finance of the appropriation allowed the
Board for the year commencing Deeen-
her l, 1895. amounting in the aggregate to
SAL, 0S6, was received and ordered filed.
A communication was received from
Mayor Hoos calling attention to the un-
slightly condition of the site purchased
for a new High School building at Bergen
and Paramount avenues which is covered
with obnoxious weeds, which he thinks
should be cut down, and incidentally
recommending that as the property is too
small for the erection thereon of a High
School building 1T be sold and a site pur-
chased of suitable size. Tho communica-
ton was referred to the Committee on
High School. when Director Mersheimer,
a member of that committee, remarked
that he had been unable to get money
to make necessary repairs to school build
ings jet alone to pay for cutting down
weeds. If the Mayor viii tell him where
he can get the money the weeds will
come down..
A communication was received from
Health Inspector Benjamin, representing
the City Board of Health, stating that
the plumbing work in new school build
ing No. q is not being done according to
specifications and until the work is so
done no certificate of its completion will
be granted. The matter was referred to
the committee on that building.
Applications for appointment as teach
ers were received from Laura Mcintyre.
Edith B. Kern, Elizabeth O'Rourke. Louis
E. Mackey, Sarah f. Bryan, Edith E.
Hudson. Julia NJ. Classy, Mode Fro
City. and Samuel x. Percy of Brooklyn,
Annie H. unis of Trenton. All of which
were referred to the Committee on Teach
ers and Salaries.
Warrants We're ordered drawn for pay
ment of salaries of officers and employees
for the month of August, when due.
Julia Classy was appointed teacher in
primary department, School No. 7; Mabel
Reinhardt to School No. %, to fill vacancy
caused by resignation of Miss Anna J:
Jennings. and Miss Emily Evers to School
No. 6. the salary of each to be S4G5 per
annum and the appointments to take eff
feet September L.
The following janitors were appointed
to the new school buildings:-Michael
Sweeney, No. 10, salary $3.50; Patrick
Kenny, No. IS, $500; Joseph Fullum, No.
II, $3.50; Herman Kressler, No. rs. $1,000;
Arthur Boision, No. q, $3.50; to take effect
when assigned to duty by the Chairman
of the Janitors' Committee, provided that
no claim against the city be made under
said appointments until proper appro-
priation is made by the Board of Finance.
Patrick Bligh was appointed ~jjanitor of
school building No. 4, at 5000, to fill
vacancy caused by the recent death of
Jeremiah F. Lynch.
In consequence of the remaining week
of vacation not allowing sufficient time
for the completion Of repairs necessary
to be made on some of the school build
ings, 1t was ordered that the re-opening
of the schools, which was arranged for
Monday, September 5. be postponed for
one week until September u.
Director Mersheimer that a
letter had been received from the order
of American Mechanics offering to pre-
sent an American flag to Schoo No. II.
The matter was referred to the committee
on that school to make proper arrange
ments for reception Of the flag and the
thanks of the Board were rendered to
the Order for the gift.