New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-10
THE HOLT PLAN ADOPTED.
ONLY FOUR COMMISSIONERS OPPOSE IT.
AR. rEEKINs's REFERENCEs TO JUSTICE AND

proof cloaks through the ram yesterday 10 the
snacial meeting of the Board of Education 70 near
Tie discussion of tho Holt plan for the regarding of
salaries The trustees of the Nineteenth "afd sent
word that they favored the Iiolt sGleHule. uoou
ment approving it signed by 1897 teachers anu
nrincip,lsl was presented. The report OF the Com
inlttee ON Bylaws was read with some amendments
in detail Suggested by the committee. lis adoption
was opposed by Mr. CTarey in long argument.
He contrasted it unfavoraby with plan OF regrad-
ing proposed by hmse ana ADOPTED Top eo IN t the
trustee. HIS plan had also been adopted by the
trustees in several wards of the city.
He believed that there should be a uniformity OF
salaries among the teachers in the schools
statute of the State provided for IT, and it was re-
markable that the Board had permitted the eHlslng
state of things to exist so long HIS schedule was
adopted In the Twelfth Ward to prevent iayOritlsm,
but tue Holt plan wonld 0ygIta 1. the Ia Issv on
many teachers. 1t made an entney new system i oi
salaries. The principle was wrong, Inc
distributed In the Twelfth Ward there were Its
teachers who would lose by this plan ~ I3i,
tsncbcrS would gain 81 900 These gains he
thought did not compensate for the losses ana were
Hosea B. Perkins opposed the plan because 1t was
uncalled for. Tie present system was satisfactory:
and the new plan would co INJUSTICE ice 10 o more Si
by reducing their salaries. He thought that MT;
Holt and the Teachers Committee had been misieu
by q deuslve dream. Continuing, he SAID:
There is such a thing equality in this world be
man deliver in h mine a aborer on the Boulevard
procrus,ean bed this plan calculates by which female
teachers be stretched to any requisite length te
You adopt h pan. that the figure OF Justice totter
lag pedestal and that the scales have fallen 10 her
Mr. Holt reviewed the statements made against
the plan. Mr. Crarey, he admitted, was the pioneer
whom he had followed at respectful distance, put
Mr. Crarey's plan made classification OF the
salaries The new plan was Intended to provide an
equal salary to teachers doing the same lass OF
work. The first assistant teachers ana the lowest
assistants were well defined classes intermediate
glasses had to be designated Longevity was con
t,,fb aflap far a lr
able to considere it. millennium was not eiected,
but something like order and fairness was obtained
He read computation made by superintendent
Jasper showing the effect OF the plan. lhls gave an
increase of 81 76 among the first assistant teachers
in the female grammar schools, OF an average OF
$4+; twenty-three teachers would receive an
average advance of T94; four would remain AT thoir
present salaries thirteen would receive an average
decrease OF $31. For first assistant to get
more than another for the same Work, MT. ioit
said, was disproportonate. No teacher should IN
justice, expect more than another III per own
position. All who are reduced, he believed have
been unduy favored by the present faulty system,
and they could not expect to escape Teductlon lie
aenled that Hundreds of Old teachers were reduced
by the plan. and asked Mr. Perkins TO point out inc
instances.
Mr. Perkins you don't mendon the primary teach
ers who will be reduced % per cent.
Mr. HoltnI never knew OF OF mem ,or from ton 70
bottomif the Board would only let alk till midnight,
and send it rest until Gabriel oos his last SOLO
The Board would not permit this experiment
vote resulted in four noes-Messrs. Crarey Schmitt,
Perkins and T:aub and twelve ayesTMessrs. Bell'
Crawford, DeNOe NOOu, W dlktT, OHllOMdN llOlt,
Pomeroy Schwab. Seligman, Welch and Wetmore.
1t was a twO.thirds vote in favor OF the Holt plan,
which was declared adopted The new plan Will go
estimate of $4,000 granted by the Board Of
AppVrtiOnment is approved.
THE BITTEN CHILDREN SAIL FOR PARIS.
DR. FOWLER TALKS ABOUT HYDRoPHoBIA BACILLI-
SOME OF THEIR HABITS.
The four little boys who are being sent abroad
for incubation with hydrophoba virus stood on
tbp doc Of "a
from her pier early yesterday morning. Ihey
waved their caps to the few trends VINO had
handkerchiefS III reply, and the steamer and pass
emgers disappeared In the mist and rain OF the
North River The fog so dense that the Canada
was Obliged to anchor in Gravcsend Bay until the
weather cleared 1t has been stated that Or George
perlmenting on lower animals with the virus OF
the dog that bit the children
The matter was referred to me-" said l)r.
Fowler yesterday, "buJ had no time 10 attend to
it, When was only professor IN ta m aeqt az
research more than a physician in regular practice
can spare. 1t requires a perfect menagerle, too. A
p"a 'a and pc oo at his ms dogs and 1b6
handed the brain and spine Of the dog over TO Or.
Billings who is interested In every thing OF that
sort The process of lsOlatlng and cuitlvatlng the
bacillus that produces any disease Is long ana
tedious one. 1t is 10 easy task TO assure yourself
that you have just the species that you are alter
Ii is like superior being from another planet try
ing to find out which of the many species OF am,
NAL life on our earth built the houses. lie would
have to scoop up miscellaneous assortment.
isolate tie different species and put specimen
St Some eaGn e or other be- woaS get lot of
just the favorable set of circumstances and they
would go to work building houses. NJ Pasteurs
method has beeD after he has isolated and de-
yeloped any one specieI of bacillus, to mOculate
some auimal with it. The most easily handled is
the rabbit. The first rabbit dies. second is
inoculated with his virus SO ne goes on until the
last rabbit is only slightly affected by inc
inoc1iated from him are, safe from
the disease The principle is exactly the same as
Ill smallpox vaccination. Inc disease Is caused oy
species of living organisms which feed on some
thing in the system Wherever one set OF tho or
ganisms has br9wsed, 50 to speak, a succeeding set
"1he fact that the children cannot be under
treatment until twenty days after the bite will be
bad for them, but the result will depend upon the
amount of poison they have received and other
A black Spitz dog one of the animals bitten by
the Iabid dog that ran through the Fifth Ward of
Newark a week ago, began SHOW signs OF sickness
early yesterday morning, and as the day advanced
1t had slight commissions in the AFTERNOON and re-
fused water. The dog is confined with other bitten
dogs III the city stables.
MIR. Ely GODDARD SANGUINE OF SUCCESS.
Mr.. Ely Goddard. president of the Fifth
Avenue Transportation Company. cast down by
Mayor Graces Recommendation the franchise
stages Fifh-ave should be awarded to the highest
Company pam is perfectly satisfied With such an
arranscment IL any lesi5imate bidder can offer to the
line than We it is quite proper that we should retire,
can afford to offer advantageous terms than
The OF the Fifth Avenue Omnibus Company OF one
earnings one-quarter OF their gross
its face offer that cannot be carried
out At the meeting in the Mayors Office December
only two representatives OF this company
emit They admitted that OF their stock had been
taken and that they had few consents from the prop
ertyowner Their list OF consents comprised about 100
names per cent OF which were names OF persons ly
ing In Madison-ave We intend TO run these stages Tor
the the public. and the names OF our stock
holders sufficient guarantee OF the exceHonce OF
our Intentions and our ability carry them out. We
also hope to money ont OF the venture, hut the
stages VIII DO whether the money is made or not
the subscribers the stock nave fcd us 10 go
ahead, pay all our expenses, and not TO bother them
with DIVIDENDS We have no intention OF buying out the
rival company. We feel sure that when the time comes
will find our path clear before us