The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-07-10
WORK FAvORABLY
PROGRESSING.
Architect Rowland Reports
on Temporary Schools to
Board of Education.
OLD NO. II RAPIDLY
BEING DEMOLISHED
Appropriations for Insurance
and for the Purchase of
Aeolipylss to be Asked
fo,.

At yesterdays meeting of the Board
of Education, Architect Rowland submit
ted the following report concerning the
work of construction on the eleven tenn
porary schools and the progress of the
work of demolishing old No. IL School
at Bergen Square,
Gentlemen-Plans and specifications
for new Public School No. II are now in
the hands of the contractors, who will
have figures ready at the time required.
The work of the temporary schools has
been progressing as we'll as possible, con-
sidering the continued storms. In three
or four of the schools work has practi-
cally been finished, and in some the
heaters are in place. In one or two OF
the buildings some construction work is
still going on, but in all thes.others the
construction has been completed or is so
very nearly finished that few days
work will finish it. Outside of the con-
struction only the painting and heating
work remains to be done. 1t would seem
that all work on the temporary schools
could be completed in ten days time, and
the work would have been finished by
this time had it not been for the three or
four weeks of continued rain.
The contractor demolishing old No.
II has been working every day since the
contract was awarded, and the building
is now down to about the level of the
third floor beams, the roof and all inter-
ior work having been removed. The con-
tractor is using great care and has every
thing safeguarded so that no accident
/ can occur, except through extreme care
lessness. In order that the new building
will not be delayed it will be necessary
TO make arrangements for the removal
of the two frame buildings at an early
date.
II am still at work ON the preliminary
sketches and outlines for the new High
School,
The rest of Mr.. Rowland's report is
taken up with an account of the school
carpenters .work during June, when
many platforms for holding closing ex-
Arcises were. put up and taken down.
AS the amount of money for the insur-
ance of public school property for the
present fiscal year is insufficient the
Board passed resolution requesting the
Board of Finance to appropriate to the
suse of the School Board the sum of
"a 3'S6.59, to. be used to pay for pre-
!. G." s. of insurance on the public school
operty for the present fiscal year, 1902
0s.
"a The Finance Board will also be1asked
\ to appropriate to the use Of the Board
the sum of 81. .255, to be used for the pur-
chase of aeolipyles. a machine or instru-
ment, the use of which saves much in the
consumption Of COAL, without lessening
he-degTee Of heat and the cost of which
varies with the size and character of the
heating plants. The cost of an aelopyle
for each of the following school heating
plants viii be as follows
No. 4. $40; No. Z. $l40;y No. s. s16O;
No. 9, 5000; No. II, s15; No. 1s, $40; No.
IA, SIS; No. IS, $50; No. IS, s11o; No.
q. $50; No. %. 500; No. %, s75; No.
"a, s1oo-Total, s1.255.
The Board will, on Thursday afternoon
next, meet on the Harrison estate High
Ssslool site to fix the exact location of
the proposed new High School building.
The janitors' payroll was passed and
ordered paid when due.