The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-09-27

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| September 20 1901, for the repair and
| renovation Of No. School. be rejected
Resolved That the Board Of Finance
the use Of this Board the sum OF one
| hundred and twenty five thousand dol
lars, such sum to be used for the pur-
chase of suitable site and the erec-
ward
Resolved. That the Board Of Finance
are hereby. requested to appropriate to
| the nse of this Board the sum OF
| twenty thousand dollars, such sum TO
be used for the demolition and removal
| Of the wings of the building known ae
School No 2 and the remodeli1ng OF
the original No. School building
Such were the resolutions adopted last
night by the Board of Education after II
had received from the committee on new
No. School, through its chairman, Direc-
tor John H. Ward, the following state
ment:-
ITO the Board of Education.
"Gentlemen-Your Committee on No
School, in view of the many and some-
what conflicting statements made regard
ing that school, deem it appropriate at
this time to present the following report:
ssAs is well known, the present NO.
School building has been in a dilapidated
condition for a long while. This condition
existed to such degree that for NUM-
Der of years it has been felt unwise and
extravagant to expend any of the city $
money in repairs, beyond what was abso-
lutely necessary to keep it habitable. This
opinion we emphatically expressed at a
conference between the Mayor, the Board
of Finance and the Board of Education,
held in the summer Of 1899. The propriety
of this opinion has been so generaily
recognized that no money has been APP
propriated for necessary repairs to tnls
school. The building has been pro4
nounced unsafe many years ago, but as
there was no indication of immediate
danger we felt justified in using the build
ing as it was looking forward to the
erection of a new School No. 2.
an ordinary course the school would
have been opened after this years sum-
mer vacation. as heretofore. But the tor
nado which visited this city last month
nassed but a few feet east of the building.
and ordinary prudence dictated an exami-
nation of the building to ascertain II It
had been injured in any way. At the time
this Board appointed its committee the
Board Of Finance feeling perhaps that
they would be met with a demand for
large appropriation, appointed commit
49, xub;la naither committee condemned
t,,a ,,,,;1ding from a structural point of
,r;axv bo+b REGARDED the building as
,t,.,,x,+,,ra,,v weak and stated thatT fhe
,.,,,.,,s,, ~ sIssf7-vus..s iins,ff;cie{f. The
-. ~ Roard ~ Education
were So impressed with the futility OF any
repairs that they advised strongly against
.ns.'' L, sa..,-,,;t+aa Won are referred
.'s''.o'a - 4. la...s, -.
- Co. e..e'. az cond;tion Of affairs
ouen ses,.av,,,,a, - - 1eO1 this Board
"hen ~ tx,,, ,,,e,o,,ers
- az 1,asra ~ FINANCE They suggest
:. .,'e - to,re,, ,,nmediatelv for
9. nc So, ssss, ,,,,,a,,g and thai in the
,arta,,, ranairs be made. which
tba schoo, III
- = u,hie he new building was
ior ocoupane - az ;o,,r,,,,ation ~ rha
~ tl old building
" 1'-'.Ns-.s a,r, t,,a oripinal buiid'
slioulu pe "a ~, ,,,,,,ss--.a,nodel,ed and
'''s two good nractieallv
" Wo1.u y data hu,,dinps s,ifficient
= !" ssa+a 80 =, az demand for wears to
=
eo.'e ..-ar.;a,, - t,,a m ar,l,ers
was ~ ts,,a,,oa y.s', t,at tbe renairs
y t1u 20. ,,.+ t,,t litt1a and they
s1,,s sSssss !. ,,roc,,ra estimates and go
asAeu - \ ~ ,or,, - rara;r without
a.,esao VIZ W ,,,,. r,e. :, 10 NEE.
aover.iseinen. - would ;,e
- s sno,. .'iAe ,,,,,c,, coronetition
put pruusn' y ''a 5;rectsa our
as possible anu aoso' e''s, - sscit;-
supervislns a'e''l'ss' 1s,a,.,,
cations lor 'ie ~ IL,
VeItise lor propost''s' ~ oot,, ha
received last rrloas s's !, 1o7 ct;ca,v
lowest proposai va ~ ~, a,,,o,,nt as-
$lSoV' more tl'an oouD'e
timated a our eohleie,ies
The repairs specii'eu uiu ~ moe '';'a,.sr
all the repairs necessa.y ~ =. s',ssst,'T - !,
needs more ana PEI ne-a.s zs,rt,,s,.
occupancy ourans e'e ~, sAa.o
examlnation q cue ''ooas ss.vs
the ceiilngs are torn aoma, a. ), p.os~s, ~,
cracks VIII snow ana u,fe anu ,.'p4,s uus. "a 4.
through from MOOT 70 hoor :, ais'lss.
had been planned ina. vines ene os1''''ss
were torn down anotner eAai,'''s.io., -
the girders ana moor Dealls ~, ps ~ ses.,ss -
viii III bring IN M the cost Of repair to total Of
at least 5000, II we are 70 make tne
bui1ding habitable by the placing OF cell
.s,,ro,,,.t,,o new heaters and repairs
ihss' pe plosu'iAie -
to the noOrs. Z,