The Jersey City news., 1899-03-08
NO z. UNSAFE.
Plaster Is Falling Constantly
on the Desks in Class
Rooms.
THE SCHOOL IS DAMP.
Puddles on the Floors From
Leaks - Water Oozing
From Cement in
Cellar.

No. u School does not look fit for ses
sions Monday next. as proposed by th
Board of Education News" reporte
went through the building today ant
found it in bad condition.
The ceilings on the second and thlr(
floors are in a deplorable condition. From
four places in the ceiling on the thirt
| floor the plaster has fallen in spaces o
] from five to ten feet.
While the reporter was examining the
rooms water began to drip from the cell
/ ing in grammar class No. 6. on the tor
| floor. The water fell on several desks
and then ran off into little pools on the
floor and leaked through to the next
| floor. This is due to the bad shape the
roof is in. The ceiling was wet for a
| distance of twenty feet around. Should
| children be put in this classroom their
tramping back and forth will undoubtedly
cause the plaster to loosen or fall. II
such thing should happen while the
session is on, many children will certain
| ly be injured. They cannot escape, their
| desks being directly beneath the bad
patch of plaster
In the other rooms on the same floor
the plaster has fallen and is cracked n
dozens of places which threaten to fall
at any time. The ceilings on the Sec
ond floor are also cracked in many places
and look unsafe.
The rooms on the ground floor which
has received three coats of paint are in
fairly good condition. New flooring has
been put down.
The basement which was filled in and
cemented, does not appear to be in perfect
condition. In several places it is very
damp. The water has oozed up through
the cement, and in many places the floor
is wet despite the fact that roaring fires
are kept going there. The ceiling is in
bad condition 1t was patched up in
some places and some of these repaired
spots are as bad now as before. The
plaster has left the ceiling in dozens of
places. Two coats of whitewash were
called for in the specifications, but only
one has been applied.
Mr. Henri D. Dickinson, the civil engi-
neer, who was employed by the Board
of Education to supervise the repairs,
visited the school a few days ago. The
janitor Waters, says Mr.. Dickinson told
him that it would be advisable to post
pone the opening until the roof and cell
ings were repaired
Mr.. Waters said this morning that Mr..
Dickinson did not appear to be satisfied
with the work done.
Mr.. Dickinson could not be seen at his
office in New York yesterday. 1t is
thought that he is not in favor of hold
ing sessions until the building is rendered
safe.
Director Quinn proposes to open the
school Monday morning and men are now
at work cleaning up the classrooms.
Superintendent Snyder said he was in
favor of having the school sessions begin
at once and believed that the building is
perfectly safe.
Information was given out by the Board
of Education this morning, that Mr..
Dickinson had handed in his claim for
all services rendered. From this it may
be taken that he has completed his work
relating to No. u School, save for the
experimenting of the cement to be laid
in the yard about the middle of April.