The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30
SITE OF TROUBLES
Location Of School No. 20.s
Successor Stirs Up
Greenville.
PETITIONS TO FlNANCIERs
Director Mulvaney Indignant
Over the Journals" Cow
ardly Innuendos.

The Board of Finance last night made
no decision in the matter of the selection
of a site IN Greenville for School No. 20.
Two petitions were read, one opposed to
the Lockwood site and the other urging
the Board to purchase the Detwiller-
Woeckner site.
The first petition, signed by Fred
Rocker of Linden avenue and rs others
read as follows
ITO the Honorable President of the Board
of Finance Commissioner
Dear Slr-The undersigned residents OF
Greenyille respectfully submit their JUST
and reasonable objections to the pre-,
posed new school site on the Lockwood
property on Old Bergen Road, and beg OF
The Honorable Board OF fInance conn
missioners to withhold their consent 10
the purchase of the same
First-The tinancia point OF view COM
pels us as taxpayers to object TO this site
as requiring a larger disbursement OF
the funds of the city.
Second-The location of the lots is not
a desirable one for school purposes as
they face Gator avenue lined with factor
les hich will absorb the entire. avenue
within ten years, as the narrowness OF
the avenue prevents its adoption for resi-
Dental purposes.
ssThird-On Bergen Road the site faces
three saloons and we do not quite un-
derstand the inconsistency of our school
directors in this matter, as they in
yariably object to saloons in the neign-
borhood of school buildings, where in this
instance they want to place a new ana
imposing educational building IN the MIDST
of a number of old established liquor
stores with their annoying adjunctS of
brass bands. etc.
"Fourth-The ~irregularity of the lots
does not permit the establishment OF the
proper surroundings for a larger public
building as contemplated in this case.
I'VE the undersigned residents there
fore request and urge your honoraote
ing the establishment of a school build
ing on the Lockwood site.
The second petition urging the Detwil-
ler-Woeckner purchase was signed by
Paul Hitler, of No. 209 Linden avenue
and 10 others. Among the signers are Il
son of Woeckner and John Morrell, as
ISOLATED with Commissioner Simpson in
business matters in G%reenville. The petit
ton was:-
TT the Honorable the Board of Finance:
"Gentlemen-We, the undersigned citi-
zens of.the Seventh ward of Jersey City.
residing within the immediate vicinity 81
the proposed new school. respectfully
petition your honorable body to go eons nsfr
willer site for the purpose OF erecting
thereon the new public school. 1t is GER
tainly situated and bordering on I'M
DIOfCA SllSCIcs anu q - - $1,000
populated and healthy district and con-
siderable cheaper than any site offered.
The Lockwood site, if purchased by your
honorable board, will forever close the
opening of Rose avenue, and is in the lnl-
mediate vicinity of factories, besides 1t
being an almost triangular plot.
ohn Backus. A. Lauer, ]. H. Livingston,
Mrs. NJ. A. Hughes"
There was no discussion on the petitions
and they were referred TO the proper COM
mittee. Before the members left Director
John J. Mulvaney sent In word that he
desired to appear before the Board to
make a statement. He was admit
ted after the Commissioners had adjourn
ed their meeting and were in the small
private room chatting. As soon as Mr..
Mulvaney entered he at once sailed into
Finance Commissioner Reuben Simpson
in reference to an article which appeared
in a local paper last night. That article
limited that Mr.. F. M. Lockwood, the
owner of the site known as the Lockwood
site, had fixed one price and another had
been offered 10 the city. 1t went still
further, so Director Mulvaney insisted; it
conveyed the impression that he and Di-
rector Thomas J. higgins, of the commit
tee to locate a new site, were improperly
lltl1uClCCd IL tACl GClCStAoh VI IAN 'OSA
wood site.
Gentlemen continued Mr.. Mulvaney,
warmly, "that article distinctly insinuat-
ed that there was something crooked in
the selection of the Lockwood site, and it
charged Mr.. higgins and myself with hay-
ing Interior motives. 1 wish to ask Mr..
Simpson if it is not a fact that he, act
ing in the interests of Mr.. Detwiller, in
stigated that article%'
Il refuse to answer that question: re-
piled Commissioner Simpson, because
I think it is absurd, but l will say that
Mr.. Detwiller came to me and said that
he meant to offer his site to the city. I
was much surprised because it was the
first time I had heard of what is called
the Detwiller site being offered. I told
MIR. Detwiller to put his offer in writing
ne has lone so. I have no more connec-
tion with hat site than that"
IT don't believe that, replied Mr.. Null
vaney, whose face was red with anger,
.sthese are the methods of you Republic
can colleagues aided by the Journal
which has dared to go only to that point
beyond which if they had gone they would
be threatened with a suit for libel. That
whole action is mean, despicable, coward
ly, contemplate and crooked"
Commissioner Simpson made 40 reply.
President w. Heppenheimer asked Mr..
Mulvaney if Mr.. Harry Hyams would not
bring his option to the Board of Finance.
No, sir, certainly not replied Mr..
who continued talking at Com
missioner Simpson, that article, Mr..
said that Mayor Hoos had de-
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