The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-09-21
MOTHERS ROUSED
Seventeen Ladies Tell Board
of Education They Want
a New School.
NO, 2 is NOT SAFE ENOUGH
Woman Who Owns Adjoin
ing Property Joins the
Delegation.
NO, 2 is NOT SAFE ENOUGH

The l;oard of Education held ad-
iourned meeting last night for the pur-
pose of receiving bids for repairs to NO. :.
School.
Early in the evening a delegation oil
seventeen women, with one or two excep-
tions, mothers of children of the tmro
ward who are pupils of No. School, en-
tered the Boards main room on the top
floor of the municipal building AS me
members of the Board arrived singly or
TWO at a time and started through the
door leading from the Clerks room INTO
their room, the unexpected scene that met
their gaze caused each to reel back with
various exclamations of surprise. such as;
"Whew!' whats all this" VINO are
they?" They were used to seeing gather
ings of school marms, but glance at the
determined faces of those who composed
the assemblage sufficed to convince eacn
one that it was not a delegation of school
teachers.
A representative of one of the contrac-
tors who was present to bid for the joO
of repairing, asked facetiously if Carrie
Natien was at the head of the delegation.
and if SO did she have her hatchet with
her.
AT the time the women entered, the
members who had already arrived were
all in Superintendent Snyder's office where
the executive sessions of the Board are
usually held. The surprised members who
came after the arrival of the delegation.
went around the other way and entered
the Superintendent's office by the corri-
dor door-all except Director John Ware.
committeeman for No. 2 School. He re-
cognized several constituents from lis
ward and sized up the object of the dele
cations visit Immediately. He was en-
barrassed for only few moments, and
then realizing that it was up to him TO
face the music he walked in with an air
of confidence and chatted confidently vita
the leaders. Then he retired to the Su-
perintendent's room to join his col
leagues.
The Board was in executive session for
some time. When that session was over
Mr.. Ward announced that the members
were about to retire TO the assembly
chamber on the floor below and asked the
delegation if it preferred to be heard
then and there in the Boards main room
Or in the assembly chamber. The delega-
zion chose the latter place. The delega-
ton consisted OF Mrs. Charles E. Soper,
of No. 175 Third street; Mrs. ]. H. Baker,
Of Nc. 224 Third street; Mrs. James H
Slater. 2S6 Fourth street; Mrs. J. N. Mar
tin, No 230 Fifth street; Mrs. R. H. Har-
dy No. 104 Erie street; Mrs. w. Lutzler
2S6 Fifth street; Mrs. H Kimbark, No.
229 Fifth street; Mrs. R. D. Buncke, No
222 Third street, and her mother, Mrs. ].
F. Horner, No. 22Ola Third street; Mrs.
B. E. Waters, No. 225 Third street; Mrs.
Sprague of Grove street. opposite City
Hall; Mrs Rufus Smith, of No. 24O Fourth
street; Mrs. J. Maines. No. 247 Fifth
street; Mrs. s. Chamberlain, No. 2S3 Sixth
street; Mrs A. Dearden, No. So Erie
street; Mrs. Erwin of No. 259 Harrison
avenue, who formerly lived in the Third
ward and at the time sent two children
to No. 2 School. One other lady disap-
peared before her name could be secured.
As the meeting was adjourned for the
express purpose of receiving bids for re-
pairs to the school, President Muivaney
announced that the advertised hour for
that purpose had arrived. There were
three bids. That of George Richter 81, ,497
was the lowest. George H. Jones bid
s1,e97, and James Connolly bid s2,167 The
bids were referred to the proper commit
tee.
President Mu1vaney then announced that
the Board was willing to listen to the
visiting delegation.
For a few moments there was a pause.
The women looked at each other as
though each preferred to allow some one
else to be the spokesman. Finally Mrs.
Baker, handsomely dressed, determined
looking woman arose.
We've come here she said, ''to pro-
test against the patching up of No. 2
School We don't want it patched up.
We want a new school building on the
same site We will not allow our chill
dren, our loved little ones, to go back to
that patched up old school. We won't
do it,
Mrs Charles E. Soper, who owns prop
erty on the corner of Third street, which
1t will be necessary to purchase if a new
school is built on the same site, and who
would like the city to purchase the prop
erty, was the next speaker. She is a
woman of much persuasive eloquence.
She is argumentative and in well modu-
lated voice she called the attention of the
Board to the fact that some OF the
women in the delegation were the mothers
of six children apiece, some of whom
were pupils of No. 2 School.
could you, gentlemen, conscientiously
ask mothers to send their loved ones to
such a dilapidated building she said.
.'It was condemned years ago. Nothing Is
safe insside or out of it. understand that
some of the members of inspecting com
mittees were afraid to stay in the build
ing while it was being examined Mr..
Ringie condemned it eighteen years ago.
Would you, gentlemen. send your dear
loved ones to school in such buildingz
I have heard 1t said that when new
school 10 fnaIiv hl1ilf ii will be located
up in Little Italy or in the district known
as the Crows Nest Do you think that
either is a proper location? There are
only seventeen of us here tonight. We
hadn't time to notify others, but only
this afternoon we lodged petition with
Mayor Hoos with the signatures of $50