The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-23
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OUR NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Six Fine Structures are Now
Nearly Ready for
Occupancy.
At 4 TOTAL COST OF $500, 900.
Work Has Been Pushed Rapid
" and Reflects Credit
On AL Concerned.
At 4 TOTAL COST OF 100000.

Never before in the history of TINS CITY
have so many school buildings been erect
ed at one time, and the citizens have fea-
son now to feel proud of the educational
f.cilities provided the rising generation,
s,x schools have been erected since vaca-
ton time last year, at a cost OF apoui
$500. 900. This is divided as follows.-No
i. on York street, between Washington
and Warren streets, s1o6, 600; No. ", on
Graha street. near the Boulevard. $780,
900. No. 10. Johnston and Manning ave-
nues. $4,000; No. IT, on Duncan avenue
s35. eco: No. Is, on Storms avenue, sio,uoo'
and No. 26, on Palisade avenue, $4,000 Be
sides an addition has been built on No.
Il, on Danforth avenue facing on Gator
avenue.
Formerly the children in the remote
part of Greenviile were provided with very
poor school accommodation and could only
attend one session, either in the morning
or afternoon, and parents were indignant
over what they termed the "half way OF
educating their offspring.
All of the new buildings are models,
but the costIiest and finest is no l..
Some say that it is one of the nnest an
the State. as it is certainly the 1nesl n
these parts. Many were under the I'M
pression that the new buildings couid
not be finished within the specified time
and much worrying was the result But
all will be ready for occupancy by the
time school sessions are resumed and
room will be provided for all. Very little
time has been lost in construction, per-
haps not more h two weeks on eacn'
ana this delay was caused mainly by the
scarcity of building material.
No. /. on York street, was built with
great rapidity, and the architect. Hugh
Roberts. is to be commended for the way
the work was pushed. This building
which was started about one year ago,
has been described in THE News anu
is now nearly ready for use. The plumb
dng, steam heating fixtures and plasterlng
has been finished, and all that remains to
he done is to erect the benches and desks
in the class rooms. This, the architect
explains. will be done this week, when a
portion of the floor work is finished.
No. 10. on Johnston avenue, of which
Fred Long is the architect. will be COM
pleted the latter part of this month. 1t
was begun in December last. This is a
two-story and basement building with an
attic. which is to be used as an assembly
room. 1t is finished in terra-cotta with
bluestone trimmings. The basement is of
bluestone, and the large archway is sup
ported by two highly polished granite
columns. There are three entrances, all
facing on Johnston avenue. A feature of
this building is the semi-fireproof glass
doors which open from the staircase hall
and from the main corridors. This glass
is not in any of the other schools in
the city. The building will seat about 45o
scholars.
No. IS, midway ON Storms avenue, is a
three-story and basement building. The
Fairgrounds will be in the basement. In
this building there are ten ciassroons
which will seat upward of 500 pupils. An
assembly room will be on the TOD moor,
and the rooms are the largest IN the city.
The school is finished in Belleville washed
brick. which gives the building a neat
appearance. Mr.. John I. Rowland is the
architect.
No. IT OF Duncan avenue, between West
Side avenue and the BonleyaTa, Is the
tended to erect a larger building on the
site, but the appropriation was cut iioWh;
This is a two story and basement school
with a seating capacity of about oUJ. MI.
Rudolph Sailor is the architect.
No. 81. on Graham street, is also & tWo-
story basement building with the play
ground beneath the school rooms Il mas
eight rooms, which will seat $50 children.
George Van ARK is the architect.
School No.. rs, on Palisade avenue, re-
sembles No. q very much. About the
same number of rooms are in it and Mr..
Newman is the architect.
Now the only thing that remains to
do said a citizen, sis to build a new
High School, and then think the city
will be well provided with schools for a
time at least