The Jersey City news., 1902-04-26

i School Committees
High Schoo., BY Mr.. Lewis. Chairman
4 Whereas. On April ?, 1852, the Board If
Education awarded the contract for the
completion of pupils new toilets In High
i Whereas. The specifications connected
! with said work required the contractor y
complete said work on or before April Is,
Whereas, Owing to the delay in award
ing the contract 1t does not give reasona
! Bile time to the contractor TO complete nus
work within the time specified VIZ; April
Resolved. That the time for the corn
pletion of the contract for building pl-
pills new toilets in High School building
be extended to May IS, 1902, as requested
| by the contractors
Adopted.
graphical Society of School No Is request
| ed permission to hold an entertainment
in the Assembly Room Of School No Is
/ Received and referred TO the Commit
/ teeman Of School No. Is with power.
BY Mr.. Stratford. Committeeman OF
School No. 20:-
Whereas. The hood on one Of the stacks
of School No. 20 has been seriously dam
aged by storm and requires immediate
Whereas, The cost of repairing this
| damage was not and could not be ascer-
tained at the time of fixing the annual
/ tax or tax levy of the preceding fiscal
year. and the safety and protection Of the
public property and the public health re-
| quire that advertisement be dispensed
Resolved. That the Board of Finance be
| pirate to the use Of this Board the sum
! Of one hundred dollars (sl0009l. this sum
/ to be used toward defraying the expenses
of making the necessary repairs to the
hood of School No. 2e above mentioned.
Adopted.
The President reported that the cere-
monies in connection with the laying Of
i the corr .-stone Of School No. 2 took
place Thursday. April ~, 1852. at P M.
/ BY the President and a0onted:-
| Resolved, That the Board OF Finance
be and it is hereby requested TO appro-
pirate to the use of this Board the sum
of s25 to pay the expenses of surveying
plot on which School NO Is in course
Of erection.
Resolved, That the specifications for
furniture for new School NO. Is. as
drawn by the Supervising Architect, be
the Clerk of this Board be directed TO
advertise for bids for supplying said fur
niture; these bids TO be received at our
regular meeting. April 24 1902.
The yeas and nays were ordered and
taken and the resolution adopted by the
! following vote:-
Yeas-President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway, Cute, Lewis, Tracy, Lyons,
1
and ,Egbert-1s.
| NayS-None.
Absent-Mr. Moran.
| Whereas, Valentine Hulzapfel, the con-
| tractor to whom was awarded the con-
tract for the painting work on School
| No. 2S, has omitted and refused TO exc
| cute the contract for more than ten days
| from the date that he was notified so to
| do in violation of an agreement accom-
! panying his proposal therefor;
Resolved. That the Clerk Of this Board
| is hereby directed to readyertise for said
painting work, and further,
Resolved, That If the sum which the
4 city is required to pay to any higher DID
| der to whom the contract may be award
said Valentine Hulzapfel would have been
entitled or the completion OF ms con-
| tract, the Corporation Attorney pc re-
| quested to bring suit for such dlnerence
against the American Bonding and Trust
! Company of Baltimore City, the surety
| on the proposal agreement of the said
Valentine Hulzapfel, in accordance with
| the said proposal agreement.
| The yeas ana nays were ordered and
taken and the resolution adopted by the
| following vote:-
Ridgway Clute. Lewis, Tracy, Lyons,
Stratford, Ramsey Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
and Egbert-12.
| Nays-None.
Mr.. Gilmore Committeeman Of School
| No g. reported with regret the death OF
| Miss Emily Klingenberg, teacher in School
80 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis the Board re-
solved itself into Committee of the
Whole.
answered the roll CALI
| President Ward and Messrs. Ridgway,
| C1ute, Lewis. Tracy, Lyons, Stratford,
Ramsey, Coyle Gilmore, Berger and Eg-
Absent-Mr Aoran-1
BY Mr.. Lewis, Chairman of the Com
mittee of the Whole:-
Whereas, Petitions have been presented
to this Board praying the repeal or
amendment of its rules respecting the
| appointment of Principals and Vice Prin-
cipaIs of the Public Schools of this city,
SO that appointment to such positions
shall be made hereafter without the ex-
aminations as to fitness and quaiitica-
tions of applicants as IS now required by
the rules of this Board
Resolved, That in the opinion of the
Board the retention Of rules requiring
the examination of applicants for the re-
sponSibie positions of Principal and vice
Principal of the Public Schools of this
city upon the subjects required by the
presen. rules, or upon subjects kindred
thereto is absolutely necessary in order
to obtain the highest degree of pro-
ficiency and fitness of Principals and Vice
Principals for the duties OF such posi-
tions, and therefore this Board in view
of its responsibility to provide for the
people of the city the best instructors of
| their children possible to be obtained,
must refuse to grant the prayer of said
petitions.
The yeas and nays were ordered and
taken on the call of Mr.. Lewis, and the
preamble and resolution adopted by the
Yeas-Presdent Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway, Clute Lewis Tracy. Lyons,
Stratford Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Ber-
ger and Esbert-i2.
Nays-None.
Absent-Mr. Moran-1.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis it was decided
that when the Board adjourns It adjourn
to meet April II, 1902 at o'clock P. M,
and that the law officers of the city be
requested to attend said adjourned meet
ing of April II, 1892.
On motion of Mr.. Ramsey the meeting
adjourned.
Clerk.
An adjourned regular meeting of the
Board OF Education was he'd in the
Board Room, City Hall, Thursday. April
ROLL GALL.
Present-President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway Moran, Lewis, Lyons, Ramsey,
Coyle and Gilmore--S.
4Absent-Messrs. Clute, Tracy, Stratford,
Berger and Egbert-5.
On motion of Mr. Ramsey Committee
of the Board of Education. of which the
President of this Board was to be mem
ber, was appointed to confer with His
Honor the Mayor, the Hon. Board OF FL
IL. lSx<.-r t<.r.