St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07

various contractors be officially notified
to commence operations; and that the
time for the completion of the various
contracts be fixed to the 18th day of Au-
gust next, failure to comply with which
provision to be guarded against by the
usual penalty clause.
Fifth-In the matter of the proposed
site and building at Hazel Park, we re-
port progress and ask for further time to
make full report.
Sixth-In view of the fact that the
building operations of this Board for
the immediate future have been limited
to the new Humboldt and the school on
Thomas and Marion streets, both of
which are readily accessible by the
street railway and within easy reach OF
your committee and The supervising
architects, we recommend that the ser
vices of the Inspector of Building Con-
struction be, and the same are hereby
dispensed with until further orders.
Very respectfully,
r. SCHIFFMANN, Chairman.
The report, having been read, was
disposed Of as follows: Sections and
2 were successfully adopted, each by
the following vote:
YeaS-InSpectOrs KOnantZ, Minor,
Murphy. Simmon, Giesen, Ellis, Wright,
Athey, Cook, Berlandi, Haas, Dobner
and Mr.. President-13.
Sections 8, a, 5 and were successfully
received. approved and adopted.
From the Committee on Schools
ST. PAUL. Mimi, April 2, 1888.
To the Board of Education:
Your Committee on Schools beg leave
to report the appointment of Miss Ella
Mullahy as teacher of the school FORM
erly known as ''District No. TO-" at the
schedule salary. Also, the appointment
of Mrs. g. l.. Place to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs. Tracey,
assistant in the Training school, at a
salary Of $1,000 per annum, and ask the
confirmation of its action by the Board.
1t is also recommended that the two
schools now occupying rented rooms on
Front street be removed to the Mcclellan
school, pending the acceptance of the
new school house, provided that the
Contractor agrees that the occupancy
shall not be construed as a for
NAL acceptance of the building
by the Board. 1t is also rec
mmended that the Secretary be
instructed to notify owners of the build
ing rented that the Board has ceased to
occupy building, and that in accordance
with agreement payment of rent has
stopped.
In regard to the communication from
the principal of the Cleveland school,
the Committee recommends that the
Superintendent of Schools be allowed
to use his discretion in the matter re-
ferred to, reporting in each case his ac-
ton to this Committee.
B. f. WRIGHT, Chairman.
A6nntnd on6 annnintnnnfc nd
by:
Yeas: Inspectors Konantz, Minor,
Murphy, Simmon. Giesen, Ellis, Wright,
Athey, Cook, Berlandi, Haas, Dobner
and Mr.. President-13.
From the Same Committee
ST. PAUL. Mimi, April 2, 1888.
To the Board of Education:
Your Committee on Schools, to which
was referred a communication purpOrt-
ing to be an expression of views of the
Taxpayers Association and Citizens
Union" begs leave to report. The COM
munication does not differ in its scope
from one received some months ago
from the same source, and which was
referred to the Committee on Finance
of this Board, and by it fully answered
in report presented to the Board at a
meeting held Feb. 6. The present
communication should have had, in
our opinion, the same reference,
thus saving another committee
the necessity of an examination and
verification of the statistics Of the Fin
ance Committee, as we'll as reply to
misstatements with which previous in
vestigation had made that committee
familiar.
The question of last years tax levy is
getting to be a pretty old one for discus
sion now, and yet the burden of the pa
per referred to us, stripped of erroneous
statements, is the complaint that the
sum from the City Council for the sup
port of the schools than seemed wise to
the association of which the writer was
member. The reiterated question::
"Why did the Board of Education ask
for $3.50, O00 including s133, 600 for new
buildings? etc." has en- so often an
swered, that it could scarcely be asked
for information, and must be taken as
the expression of remonstrance on the
part of the writer at the demands
of the Board. On the 22d day
of August. 1887, the Board of Education,
as required by law, adopted carefully
prepared estimate of the amount of
money required for school purposes for
the years 1887 s beyond the amount then
in the treasury of the board. This state
ment, together with detailed schedule
of SITES. new buildings, additions and
permanent improvements required,
marked Exhibit A." was published in
the official proceedings of the Board and
when presented to the Common Council
was again published in the official pro-
ceedings of that body. 1t is readily ac-
cesSible and shows in full and precise
terms Just what were the needs of the
schools. To this all taxpayers and asso-
Citations of taxpayers are respectfully re-
ferred. The report of the Comptroller
for the present year will show how the
money was disbursed and thus the Board
will have answered all questions of
their fellow taxpayers not only as to
why they asked, but how they expended
the money appropriated for the support
of the schools.
1t is true that our estimates are made
upon the total enrolment OF the schools.
We cannot ''dismiSs" the expenditure
for the schooling of those who attend in
excess of the average attendance as
easily as the word "enrollmento is dis
missed in the paper under conSidera-
ton. 1t is some comfort, however,
that the statistics presented in the
paper referred to US, as to the
expense per capita in the schools
of Philadelphia, taken from page
10 of the annual report of the
Board of Education of that city for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1886, were based
upon the total enrolment for that year.
The only conceivable method to avoid