The New York herald., 1877-03-16
SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES.

ALDERMANIC DENUNCIATIoN OF THE PRO-
POSED REDUCTION STRONG RESOLUTIONS
INTRODUCED - LEGISLATIVE ACTION soLIc-
TIED.
Our City Fathers yesterday took up the delicate
question involved in reduction of the public school
teachers salarcs yesterday Alderman Cowing in,ro-
duced the following preamble and resolutions relating
to the subject
Whereas tho Committee Salaries Of the Board OF Edu-
cation has reported in favor OF scale OF reduction in the
principals those teachers employed the Normal and
as down the $500" "a Se poe
years estimate mus competing either reduction in the
their services and whereas years OF preparation
years anxious labor before even decent
gan be obtained and whereas there are tod large num-
iu teaching are receiving the pary salary OF $780, and
and continuous being oblsed TO work more hours aud
harder than many other empayes OF the city government
reasonable remuneration brings 10 schools teachers
sxs%pue su' or our o Children wss %udeTpayns ae%
dsheaens and viii eventually eliminate tho public
icsl influence whereas Instead Of laying plans
ia h~t aen.o" should BE- toward
conazng the saIaes now 80 widely diyergen between
our school Dudinss ana whereas the hope anu psrma
Of our schco system as has existed rom the
foundation OF our government therefore, be H. ~ .
New York, while heartily In svor OF honest and
heartily deprccae condemn and Protest against that false
aud unwlse economy in the public expenditures whth
leaving hundreds and thousands oi city employees OF tar
Importance than our teachers receiving munhcent salaries
request the hoad OF Appor,onment to transfer any unex
pended balances belonging TO the Educational Department.
to the und TO restore the salaries OF our public school teach
Resolved, That the Board of Aldermen, as the representa-
tvcs OF the citizens OF this great city uy approve and
respectfully ask OF state Legislature that they
VIII pass hs proposed &C. heretofore offered giving tho
and ordinances transmitted to the AssemDiymen and
Senators representing the city in the present Legislature
DEBATING THE ISSUE.
Alderman Shc5 moved tho adoption OF tho resOlu.
tions alter suggesting tho striking out OF tho words
political pouon" IN tho Original pream ble and tho
insertion OF tho words 'poiiucaI influence" III the
RESOLUTION THIS amendment was accepted by Alder
man Cowing
Adcrmun Lewis opposed the passage OF the pre-
ambe and resolutions in Their present shape. They
did not he said state facts The Board oi Airport
ment mad given 81 100 900 IN 1916 for the Of
teachers. aud they had gwen "a similar amount Tor
1877. The Board OF Education asked tor $780, 900 ad.
dtonnl ior tho latter year, which was refused. The
educational Appropriation had not been cut down at
all, but the items Tor supplies and repairs to public
schools had been reduced 100000. This had nothing
Whatever TO do with tho appropriation tor paying
teachers.
Alderman Cowlng said that II any mistakes had been
made IN the prcanUics tney could be easily Corrected,
but the spirit oil tho resolutions entrcy proper
He dld not want to cast any reflections tho Board
OF Apporonment, but tho fact apparent that the
teachers salaries had been reduced, anu this sum
Gent to call tor action the part U the Board Of Al
dermcn. The gentleman then laudcd our publ school
system and dccricd any attempts to impair It's cf
ciency In some instances, he said, the teachers sal
aries were too small
On motion Of Alderman Coles tho whole subject
recrfcd 10 the Law Committee by the follow ing
ote:-Yeas-Messrs. Coles Ehrnardt, Gunthcr, Hall,
Joyce, Lamb, Lewis, Reilly, Salmon, Slcvin, Tuomcy.
Nays--Mcssrs. PurrOy, COwing, HOwland, Norris
Philips, Pinckncy, Shells. Simonson.