New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-15

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ever have been as follows-the statement being for
brevity made by quarters, though the payments are
made monthly and the las; quarter of the present
wear being estimated al the same rs;e as the payment
ior the third quarter
Quarter ending March 81. !s54....s1ssse 81 sIoeao?
Quarter endirg 3d. ls5l.... 81 6s8 90 10 562 G!
CasTef ending sept So, l85i..... s. 2lS II ~ $50 "
Quarter eneins Dec 81, is4...... s5SlS II 0SSs s.
ro,a. for lss4.............sss7 s'62 se8,osS 20
The increase OF SOS 263 30 is owing 20 three causes
viz
First The naaequacy os the salaries paid by the
lst. Public Scheoi Society. That phlsntAropc body
was limited in its means and compelled to practice
most rigid economy Its teachers were paid at lower
rates than those holding corresponding positions IN
the Ward schools; and there were too few employed
10 ach all the pupil to supply which deficiency.
some OF the schoars desis mated as monitors, and
assgn.d 10 teachers du'ies After the schools passed
into the control Of the School Trustees for the several
Werus the latter from time 10 time raised the saa-
res of the teachers TO the rates paid ia the other
Ward Schools and also employed sufficient number
10 dlsp.I-e With monitors
Second: The increased cost OF living in this city,
which has increased the rates of lsoor IN all the pur-
euts Of lite and which severely affected the teachers
in consequence of the smallness Of their salaries.
Such an increase would aiog them the necessares
OF lite was unavoidable
Tk,yd. The exclu-iy power OF the Boards OF Trds
tees in the several Wards who sometimes competed
with each other, the compensation paid to the
teachers employed By them without any authority IN
the Board Of Education TO limit and control the sane.
As there was evident danger OF serious evils arising
from tue VI rolled power Of twenty local Boards
TO d. burse the public money 1T will and IN competlton
with each other the Board Of Education obtained the
psss ge Of Law the 3ls of March last by which the
Board aas authOrIZ ed To provide proper clisehca
ton of saarts in such manner that as near as pracu
cab. the salaries paid to teachers shall be uniform
(" tbrouR bout the Guy" This subject, involving
much detail and surrounded with difficulties has had
The attention Of the Board al most OF its meetings
since the passage Of the law. great ndmber OF
plans were proposed ana considered and, dnally on
ihe til Of last month the Board adopted sucn by
laws as viii in It's judgment, properly regulate tue
salaries and economic the expenditure on that ae
count. We must not, however be understood a.
making Ieral charge OF extravagance against the
Trustees for the several Wares. Ga the contrary, Il
il but lust 70 state that in most cases, their power
has been exercised Juoicously and with due regard
TO the public interest. And the exceptions have sug-
eested the dagger 10 which eAusion has been made
rather than created alarm by the extent OF existing
abuses. Indeed, il may be safely asserted, that
rigid reyton OF the salaries paid Il the teachers IA
tie Ware Schools and the reduction 70 Just sum OF
every one found TO be too high, would not produce
saving of five per cent on the total amount, now
paid. The truth OF this position is for ,ibly Illus
traied by the fact that the compensation paid to the
/, 100 persons employed in the Schools for the
pIesent year, averages only s397 Oh year 10 each
T. Att, rations OF the Hall of the Board OF Educa.
ton, $40, lel 80.
This work was included in the estimate for 1854,
although has been done under he head OF the item
therein " for altering, eDaTgng, and repairing the
premises under the charge Of the Board. After
the union OF the two school ~ stems, AID the removal
of tie quarters OF the Board Of Education TO the Hall
of the Public School Society, which had previously
been occupied for the &c ersl purposes oil that DO
ciefy and also for IFS Nor nal School II was apparent
that the building utterly inadequate 10 the neces
st of the ne arrau cement which had fully doubled
the attendance AZ the Normal School by bringing into
il be teachers OF the Ward Schools, besides making
necessity for Offices for the Clerk Of the Boa d and
BIS assistants and also for the City and Asss ant
Superintendent of Schools. Two plans were then
prOpo, ed one, to purchase site AID erect
a new building for The Normal School re-
tanning the old ore for the other pdr-
poses of the Board, which would have cost over
.o eco ana the other, to enlarge the existing build,
ire at cOst Of $50 O0O majority Of the Board
adopted the latter plan on the ground ot IT. saving OF
money. The alterations have been made by raising
the roof and putting additional story 10 the build
ing; tearing out twothirds Of the floors stairs, and
partitions Of the old building and substituting new
once renOvsrg il from the cellar 10 the roof putting
no tower three stories high in the rear OF the build
ing, Tor q stairway 70 the Normal School, aud con
sifuctiDg vault under the yard and al JDning side
wslk for fuel. By this change fine building has
been secured in a central part Of the City corner Of
Grsb6 and Elm-sts, of such excellent capacity and
arrangement for all the purposes OF the present
sct oe1 system that even those who thought a new
course Is taken.
) Purchaso OF real estate, $40 coo.
The estimate for l-54 contained an item " for pgr
" cb6sog, Leasing and procuring sites, 1868 30.
Ibis amount however, was merely the aggregate Of
The. annual rents which the Board then paying.
The expenditure has been for rents, - go 81 tor
purchase OF real estate, sis 600. These purchases
Uciude pieces OF ground, respectively, on rTen
uein. 1geLly. secOnO, Twenty eighth and Thirty
seventh stein al seventeen full lots. On three vi
tie pieces Lew schools are being erected, and the
ohef Oioins the grouuds Of the Free .demy. The
purchase OF three of them deemed b. the Board
measure Of n.cessiif aud that Of the other, Of
VISION The III OF a.! the property j. vested in tue
City, ard proof challenged g. shOT that more than
the iar and reasonable value % he l0t paid ia
any case. Fer THIS part Of tue deficiency the City
ACQUIRES he mot substantial KIND OF property which
= thereby pledged for tie security Of is cred.tors.
Tee I'VE Itel,-, noe contemplated in tae estin ste
foFl-ji amount 10 20 J3f -. The amount s-ae1
70 supply TIE deficiency Is sl9- G3l 90 showing
thai usTe i really cyUclsncy for Pg-.snt year
aocogUt OF the e1penctures for the pgrP0sss COW
ered BY the estimate fOs sd lar the same were
within control Of He Board Of Educs'ion iot 'Io
pre-e'; year bat thar EclgGng he Il I'm; aoos'
specified tie expeudfUres Tor l-jf VIII 81 De'o" -7
e-i maize 10 The cum Of if2 Il.
For farther Information upon tAls suOye -'' ~
n tee sunJoln able, 500 itg tns oII17 u ,7
hate for isr,. The amounts -1p-ndef fe1eepnng the
fve rem a1.ve s1.cfeJ for TIE several purposes
,tad il ,b, e,.,,a:. II Guiding pat Of ihe exPeh'
s,ture tn amounts 4gire for tns b-tanc- ri" me
yea 70 not pavusu's b maize this yesr' All ths
surpius or efficiency ~ ;ne s4lenf''- .'r '45 sew