The Jersey City news., 1903-01-22
BROCK FIGHTS
TO THE DITCH
Alderman at Large
Vigorously Protests
Against the Pur-
chase Of the
Harrison
Site.
NEW PLAN
SUGGESTED
.e Proposes the Erection Of
Two High School Build
irgs to Cost $780,
900 Each. .
RlNGLE'S FUNNY SPEECH
BE Wants an Expensive
Structure Up On the
Rocks So New York
ers Can Admire It

Commissioner P, Anthony Brock made
manly effort at yesterday afternoons
meeting of the Board of Finance to pre-
vent his colleagues from putting the city
in a position where it would be under
obligations TO saddle itself with an $S5,-
600 rock pile known as the Harrison
estate, on which it is proposed some day
TO build High School which will cost
several hundred thousand dollars.
He placed himself on record as being
irrevocably opposed to the site and sug-
gested plan for meeting the necessities
for high education in this city which he
believed would meet with the approval
of the great majority of the people.
He said that he was in favor of
new High School to take the place of the
Bay street building. which he described
as disgrace to the city. Instead of one
building to cost $600,0 or 100000 on
the Harrison site, he proposed that the
city should erect two buildings, each to
cost 100000. one to be located in Hud-
son City and the other in the Bergen
section
President Ringle and Commissioners
Perry and Daudt, Republicans, and
Quinn, Pagan Democrat, listened to what
Mr.. Brock said and were in such a
hurry to commit the city to the purchase
of the Harrison site that they refused
to defer action for two weeks.
The resolution which induced Mr.
Brock to make his speech provided for
drawing warrant for $500 in favor
Of the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company, being a 10
per cent. deposit of the purchase price,
$4,000, of the Harrison estate for a
High School site The amount of the
warrant will be charged to the contin-
gent fund. It will be returned to the
fund, according to the resolution, from
the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
President Ringle ordered Clerk Forrest
A. Heath to call the roll on the resolu-
tion Immediately after reading it, where.
upon Mr.. Brock signified his desire to
say something.
MR.. BROOKS PROPOSAL.
Mr. Brock said 1.-THE Harrison site
has its objections. The. location is not
ueslfdDle anu the SITE VIII become more
Objectionable later on as the railroads
and factories settle at the foot of the
Hill. In eight or ten years the people
of the city will condemn this Board for
its action in putting a High School
there
1t means the placing of 100000
or 100000 obligation on the city, which
viii not benefit the largest number of
people.
Il want to suggest a proposition,
which is fine one in my mind, believ-
ing that more good can be accomplished
by it than by the present plan.
II have found. Mr.. President. that
there are at present $40 pupils at present
attending our High School. OF this
number 125slive in the lower section Of
Jersey City north of Newark avenue,
and 70 south of Newark avenue. or
twenty-fyA per cent. of the pupils of the
High School. In Lafayette there are
81. in Greenyille 12S, in the Bergen sec
ton, between Bramhall avenue and
Montgomery street, s5. The attendance
ii Lafayette the Hill and Greenyille is
larger by fifty per cent. ;lan the whole
lower section Of Jersey City. Between
Montgomery street and Newark avenue