The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-10

Nix SNYDER NAMED
Board Of Education Reap
points Him superintend-
ent Of Schools For
Three Years.
DIRECTOR EGBERTs RESOLUTION
What the City Has Gained
From Services of q Good
and Faithful Servant.
DIRECTOR EGBERTS RESOLUTION

The Board of Education at its regular
meeting last evening honoreo =,
self and the city and showed
40 annrec,atjon of a most faith
a5S a apprsde svoted public Official by re-
appointing. by unanimous vote, Mt. Henry
SNYDER superintendent of public schoo1s
for a term of three years, at an annu
salary OF $500.
Director Egbert, in offering the resolu-
zion providing for the reappolntmenr -
Mr.. Snyder, said that In addition 70 tits
recognition of q good and faitnlui ~
he was pleased that it came WAniA -
province of the present Board
acknowledge the great benent MI.
had rendered not only 70 tue pup.
schools of this city. but also 70 Il
beers of the present and former
In guiding them in the perlorina"
their duties, and in saying this ~ ~
ronfident he voiced the sentlmsh. = -
his colleagues and their predecessor
speaking to Mayor Hoos IN ~
Mr. SNYDER he had expressed for MN the
rirnss+ -esnec4 and esteem and said ne
80 an oficial who filled the position ne
to,as with honor and was deserving OF the
gratitude of all citizens for the nisn
standing attained in the city system OF
education. o,r
Nine members were present, the four
absentees beinglDirectore Culver, Hu;sniz-
ar Lewis and Succow. The Board con-
vened promptly at nine o'clock, accordlns
RI advertisement. for the reception OF DAus
FIR furnishing books and stationery. coal
ianitors, supplies and printing and blanks
for the next fiscal year beginning Decem-
Der /, 1895.
rrhirty-six bids were received Tor DOCKS
and stationery. which, owing TO the great
number of items enumerated, were -
ferred without reading to the m
on Books and Stationery. President Mui-
vanev suggested tina the committed, IN
considering the bids. confer with the IeAe
Book Committee to secure concerted ae-
ton.
sFor the furnishing Of 500 toms more or
less of coal for the schools two DIGS were
received. the bidders being James A.
cov,e and James Mannix. C0y1e's bid was
s4.75 per ton for egg, stove and nut anu
~ 90 per ton for pea size. The pid OF
Mannix was $4.S5 per ton for egg, stove
and nut and So for pea.
Two bids for the contract to furnish
i~an;tors' supplies were from WOOD q
Menagh and Ames Jones COM
pany. and four for printing and blanks
from Heating & Chamberlain, Albert
Datz. John B. Halliday and J. 4. Prison.
All the bids were referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
A request from the Jersey City Teach
ers' Association for the use of the assem-
bly, room in No. ! School building for a
stereopticon lecture by Prof. Wilson on
"wednesday evening. December %. was re-
ferred to the Committee on Nc. I School.
Director BirdsalI presented a petition
from one hundredand sixty-eight residents
of the Eighth Ward setting forth that
the present school, Mo. Il Is inadequate
for the proper education of the children OF
h locality, 1t being necessary, owing
to the excess Of pupils over the capacity
of the building, to divide them into naiI-
day sessions. and urging upon the Boaro
the Importance and necessity of taking
prompt action to secure the erection OF
a new school building sufficiently large to
provide the desired accommodations.
Director Birdsall stated that no less
than thirty-three families had removed
out Of the ward during the past year
solely on account of the lack of proper
school accommodate tons. He moved that
a copy of the petition, without the names,
be sent to the Board of Finance and the
Mayor.
President Mulvaney said he would en-
tertain the motion provided that the
names went with the petition. as in his
opinion among the signers could be found
many who insist on sending their children
to No. "A School when they can send
them to other schools equally convenient.
Director Birdsall agreed to the PresT
dents proposition and his motion was
adopted.
The resignation of Anna L.. Darcley as
teacher in Evening School No. IA was ac-
cepted, Miss 3. Ellen Kelsey was appoint
ed to succeed the former and Miss Mary
McNaIly was appointed teacher in Even
ing School No. Il, vice Clara Belle Smack.
resigned. One months leave of absence
was granted to Isabella A. Scott of No. 7
School on account of ickness Irving J.
Bent was appointed heating engineer of
new No. 20 School in place of Henry ].
Collins. deceased.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
Board of Finance to appropriate $500 to
pay the architect for drawing plans and
the salary of inspector of new No. 20
School. no provision having been made in
the already fixed appropriations for these
claims, and ordering the drawing of war
rants for the payment of salaries of Off
Gers, teachers and j~anitors of both
day and evening schools for the month Of
November, when Que.
Director Egbert of the Committee on
New High School stated thai the commit
tee was prepared to report, but owing to
the absence of the chairman eMr. Hull
shizer) the report would be withheld until
some time appointed for its reception.
AT the suggestion of the President. the
Board will hold an adjourned meeting his
evening at eight o'clock to receive the re-
port of the committee.
President Mulvaney appointed Directors
Ward. Kennedy and Bergen the commit
tee on a new No. 2 school building which
It is proposed to erect In the near future.