St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-04
SCHOOL INSPECTORS
Raise Comptroller Roche's Salary
and Discuss Other Topics.


Raise Comptroller Roche's Salary
and Discuss Other Topics.
The board of education was in ses-
sion exactly forty minutes last evening
Supt. Taylor reported that the public
schools reopened yesterday, and the
number of pupils enrolled was nearly
5000, or about 1000 more than on the
first day of the last school year. Some
OF the schools were quite filled-in fact,
some were Overcrowded. He appre-
hended the opening of some new
church schools would somewhat lessen
the attendance in the public schools,
particularly in the Madison and Jack
son districts. 1t would be necessary to
open at an early date additional rooms
to accommodate pupils living in the dis
trict between the Cleveland and Grant
schools.
The finance committee recommended
an increase of Comptroller ROche's sal
airy from $500 to 81 200 per annum.
Inspector BOwlin moved its adoption.
Inspector Wright was opposed solely
on public grounds. lie respected Mr.
Roche, who had done the work of the
board very satisfactorily, but it struck
him they were spending too much
for the routine work of the board.
Lately the treasurer had been given a
clerk at a salary of 5000, raising the eX-
penSe of that office to 81, 200, and he
believed that these city officers should
be paid in one salary.
Inspector BoWlan-When you have a
good officer | say pay him well. Mr..
Roche now gets $500, which is not, in
my opinion, a fit salary for man i'll a
position of that kind. He does his work
well, and does it faithfully-in fact,
keeps us all straight. Laughter.
Inspector Wright said the work was
formerly done by the secretary. Then
the legislature made it imperative for
the city comptroller to do it, no salary
being paid After some years, it was
agreed to pay him $500 per annum by
way of a compliment, and now it was
proposed to increase that compliment to
$1,000. Laughter.
President Observation-Disclosures Mr..
Roche made any request for all increase
in his salary?
Inspector Dowlan-He asked me. He
said he thought that it was necessary,
considering he was doing great deal
of work. made proposition to make
his salary 81, 900 yer annum, but he said
he would take nothing less than ST. 200.
IlC liOIlOll was uuOptSu W
following vote; Yeas-Inspectors Cook,
CroOnquist, Dobner, Dowlan, Glesen,
Haas, Maxfeld, Thomson and POstle-
thwate-9; nays-Inspectors Kuhles
and Wright.
Superintendent of schools salary for
the present school year was fixed at
$500.
An additional room was ordered to be
opened at Deane school and Miss Lilly
O'Brien was appointed teacher. Kate
E.Burke was appointed teacher inSchool
District No. s and r. d. O'Connel in
district No. 8.
The Exhaust Ventilation company re.
ceived the contract at 1900 for furnish
ing the engine and shafting necessary
for running the fans to be used for ven
tilating the annex to the High school
and for furnishing power to the normal
training school.
The president requested the inspect
tors to make themselves verSed upon
the question of the noon recess, as they
would shortly be asked to increase it
from an hour and half to two hours.