The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-16
SITE DISCUSSED
High School Committee Con-
siders the Merits of the
Thirteen Locations
CONSULTING CTTY'S WANTS
Building Must Be a Credit to
Municipality, Mr.. ]. E.
Hulzhizer Says.

Chairman James e. Hulshizer. Jr.' anu
his colleagues on the new High ochooi
Committee have had one meeting lor NC
purpose OF selecting suitable site ioit q
new High School, but up to the presen'
they have made no pubic ahiiouuNe
ment of their decision, for the exceiiei'
reason that they wish to study carefuiiy
each site. weigh its advantages III ioef'sioi
and price before determination
n Is however. understood that out OF
the thirteen sites offered more than iiaii
of them have been excluded as not peiiis
desirable. Having only sSooooV at .iiei,
command for both land and the schooi
oo,struction the committee are endeavor-
ins, IN save as much out of the whole
amount and put it into the building.
Tho committee have before well de-
4noa ;daas of what the city wants, and
thew ere endeavoring, with great pains
,ahor and attention, to carry those IDEAS
;to nractice The High School, as
0irector-at-Large Hulshizer aptly put II,
must be in every respects credit 10 the
CITY and up to the highest plane OF eau-
cational institutions of its klnd. Inc
committee also feels that the bulloing
should be in some section OF the city
where the values of the immediate prop
ertv Improved or unimproved, woula III
crease by its proximity, ana thus the
extra ratables flowing into the city by
this increase would pay the interest on
the Indebtedness. This business END OF
the plan has been employed satlsIactoiiiS
and proftably in other cities
For this reason and bearing IN miilu
that the building must be in a place as
near central as possible. so that chilofen
from all sections of the city shali not
he subjected to extra carfares or trans
fers. some of the committee thlnk ina.
somewhere in the vicinity of the Court
House is desirable, because, as one saiu
.Srhat part of the city is really the
gateway of the city, uniting the hoi III
and south sections"
Among the sites offered and one when
occunied some attention was what is
known as the Harrison Estate. Agallis1
that members have advanced very
strong arguments. The site offereo oy
the New York Central Company has no
frontage on Newark avenue ana Goes
moi include the brow of the hill That
mart the company, it is said, proposes 70
blast out, and the increased space VIII
be used otextend its freight YARD al
the foot of the Hill. freight yard Win
the accompanying noises OF shrieAihe
1,bistlas from locomotives, backing and
filling of cars. smoke from engines ana
other unavoidable noises usually 1ouho
in a freight yard, is many OF the com
rnittee think, very unpleasant neighpor
for a High School to have. Noises ana
study, somehow, have no afnnlty ior
each other The Harrison site has there-
fore. it is said, become "une quantlte
negligeable."
That piece of land at the northwest
corner of Bergen avenue and Montgom-
cry street, known as the j. .. winner
Estate. is another site considered des1ra-
ble. but the committee found obstacles
in their way respecting it. In the nrst
place Mr. Winner absolutely refuses 10
sell for 100000, the price aff1xed Dy an
agent. It is learned that Mr.. Winner mas
refused more than that sum several
times, and if the city means to condemn
he will fight to the last ditch. There
is the rub.
.sHaving only 100000 to spend" SAID
one of the Directors, sit will be cosby
to condemn and if, after long litigation
we were to get the site, we would nave
little left out of the amount appropriated
to build such school as we desire to
see in Jersey City. L am afralo Oh iesai
fights. They're too expensive
The Greenville site has, it is sald' peen
excluded for very apparent reasons ana
also the sites within a stones throw OF the
Junction Similarly unsuitable LOT
school site have been pronounced tne
Oakland Rink and Baseball Fields tnus
narrowing down the selection to very
small number. The committee will meet
again next week, when it is expected
some result will be reached.