The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-15
Jersey City,esept. 16, 1899.

The following communication was re-
ceived from Mayor Hoos:-
Jersey City.sSept. 16, 1890.
Board of Education
Gentlemen-Referring again to the
matter of insurance on the furniture
of School No.. 20, recently destroyed by
fire, l beg to advise you that | ave
been officially informed that no loss
has been proven so far as the furni-
ture is concerned, the loss OF the
building of the building having been
proven and that is a separate matter,
I again request your honorable board
to look into this matter and for your
information would state that.a repre-
sentative of the insurance company
has informed me hat Immediately
upon receipt of proof of the loss a
check will be forwarded for the
amount of Insurance.
Yours respectfully,
EDWAR HOOS,
Mayor.
President Mulvaney called upon Clerk
Wiseman to throw some light on this
matter, and the latter stated that soon
after the fire an inventory of the furni-
ture destroyed was sent to the insurance
| company, and recently. when the conn
pany made the complaint of the loss
never having been proven, its attention
was called to the fact of the inventory
being sent with the necessary proof of
loss, and the agent then admitted that
he did remember having received it, and
more recently he had been Informed that
a check for the insurance would be sent,
in a day or two. Director Cullen subse-
quently made substantially the same
statement.
Notice was received from the Board of
Finance of an appropriation for the use
of this Board of 1852. 15s. IS for the erection
of new school building No. 90.
Warrants were ordered drawn for the
payment of salaries of officers, teachers
and ~janitors for the month of September,
when due.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
Board of Finance to transfer from the
| fuel account sSS1.61 to an account to be
| called Incidental claims account. and $3.50
from the account of teachers salaries to
the account of printing and annual re-
port.
Miss Grace Hill was transferred from
| School No. 1 to No. Is, and Lydia Haight,
from No. Is to No. 1. Agnes Harrington
was appointed teacher in School No. 10.
Leave of absence on account Of illness
was granted to Sarah Culgurn, Vice
| Principal of School No. z, till February l,
1900, and to Alice P. NJ. Ashurst for ore
month from date with loss of monitors
pay.
Each of the members as committeeman
reported as to the condition of their re-
spective schools. With very few excep-
lions the repairs to the school buildings
lave been completed, and the buildings
are now in good order. All are open and
in very few the incomplete work of re-
pairing and r~enovating is being done as
rapidly as possible.
A resolution offered by President Null
vaney directing the public schools of this
city to be closed on Friday. September
20, the date Of the naval reception to
Admiral Dewey was adopted.
The Board provided for opening of seven
evening schools on Monday evening,
October Is, and continuing them until and
including February 16, 1890. a period of
eighteen weeks by the adoption of the
report of the committee consisting of
Directors Borker, Succow and Berger.
which provides for the location and man.
agement of the schools. the number of
teachers to be employed, etc.
The report provfdes:-First-That even
ing schools be opened in the High School
building. Schools Nos. 2, 3, 8, II, IS and Il.
Second-That in the lower part of the
city all females who may wish to attend
evening school, will be expected to attend
No. 2, that therefore, nc females be adj
mitted to Nos 3 and q, and that they be
admitted to all other evening schools.
Third-That the term begins October 16,
1899, and that the schools remain open
until and including February IS, 1900.
Fourth-That the sessions begin for fer
males at 7 P. NJ. and for males at tbs
P. NJ, allowing in each case fifteen min
utes for assembling; and close for females
at 9 p. M. and for males at 9:15 P. M.
Fifth-That the schools be open on all
the usual school days. except Wednesdays,
and be closed when the day schools are
closed.
~Sixth-That the President of the Board
appoint the school committees.
S-eventh-That the teachers shall be ap-
pointed by the Board of Education and
shall be assigned to the several schools
by the Superintendent, who shall deter
mine the number of teachers to be as
signed to each school, and shall lave
power to transfer teachers from one
school to another as the necessity may
arise, and that the Superintendent shall
relieve teachers from duty If the decrease
in attendance warrants it.
E~ighth-That in addition to the prin-
cipak the number of teacher to be named
by each school committee be as follows:-
No. 2. s: No. 3. 6; No. s, Z; No. II. 6; No. IA
6; No. q. S; Central. g..
Ninth-That the compensation of prin-
cipale be 50 per session; Of teachers. $1.5(
per session, and of janitors. $50 per ses-
sion.
Tenth-That the substitutes receive full
pay.
Eleventh-That the principals be in at.
tendance at the schools for the registra-
ton of pupils on the evenings of October
II, - and 10, 1899.
The committee felt that the compen-
a sation of those who were engaged in even
ing school work was entirely inadequate
and regretted that on account of the small
appropriation an increase could not b.
recommended.
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