The Jersey City news., 1906-05-03
Speak srs at the Eighth Ward
Improvement Association
Say Their District Is Hor-
ribly Neglected
SCHOOL NO. IA DlSGRACEFUL
WALTER MUMFoRD SAYS THE
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SHOULD AcT-cENTRAL RAIL-
ROADS BROKEN PROMISE.


the Eighth Ward Improvement Associa-
ton at last nights meeting, but the ears
Of some of the city officials must have
tingled. The first attack was made on
th.. Board of Education. BY resolution
the present No. IA school building, IN
Ua;en street, was declared to be in "a
dangerous and deplorable condition and
inadequate to accommodate the pupils
who desire to go to school,"
Afr. Walter AIumford as soon as he
learned from the associations committee
that waited on the School and Finance
Isoards that the matter was at stand
shaA, declared that the laxity of the
Board of Education should be called to
fha attention of the State Board of Edu-
catiea. He said he understood from the
resort of the committee that every MEM
.ber of the local Board of Education was
opposed to the erection Of new school
building. He was waxing exceedingly
indignant when he was interrupted by
President Louis Edingsr, who said:
They will give US the new school and
work on its erection will be started this
coming fall All the Board Of Finance
wants ist he necessary funds. which win
not be available until after July next"
..They will not build our new school
until NE force them" said Mr.. Mumford.
THE statute gives the Board the right
20 issue bonds for the education of our
CHILDREN. There is no necessity for the
Board delaying action ON the new school.
1T is disgrace for any city of the first
class Ia this State to have such a build
ing as No. IA school standing
John McCann brought up the promise
of the Newark and New York Railroad
Company to improve 44ge avenue from
Bergen avenue east He said the rail-
road company did not keep its promise to
put that portion Of the avenue in better
condition. He moved that unless the
officials of the company put the street
IN better condition by May 10 that the
association rake legal steps to compel it
ito do so; also that the Street and Water
Board be asked to repave the street at
once from Communipaw avenue to Myr-
tie avenue, the boundary line Of the
Eighth Ward. THE money! he said,
can be taken from the liquor license
fund The Street and Water Board
should not be allowed to bulldoze the
committee of this association any longer.
have lived here for forty years and
never before have l seen any avenue or
street in such depiorabe condition. If
the Street and Water Board viii not act
in the near future the committee of this
association ought 10 go before the Grand
Jury and lay the matter before that
body
1htl matter was referred to the Coln-
onittee on Streets.
William F. Roehr said: 1--WE are sick
and tired Of receiving promises and it's
time the officials realize that the people
of this section are entitled to some i'm
proyements.'
Mr.. Roehr referred to the condition of
jackson avenue.
"Fll wager almost any amount of
money said Mr. Mumford, ..that the
merchants along that avenue have lost
enormous amounts of money in the past
several years on account of its condit-
ion
There's too much politics in the pres
ent administration, he added, .'and it's
an outrage. There seems to be no practi-
cal management at the present time
A committee was appointed to co.
operate with all other Improvement as
scciarions in the city with the view to
forming a central organization.