New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-19
Salartes for 1887 and 1883.

So So; &; ILL.,, 81 -
Total le.s TO department ..........s $500
"o the fourteen in the department eight lose
sothing additional with loss OF salary and five
teachers will bear the total loss"
Again syear the primary department OF Grammar
School No lost $3.50 Two regular assistants were dropped
OF them made additional Tho teacher who lost
S72 had taught years
These but two instances OF The City superin
tendent calculates that $1,000 will be lost to teachers
daring the nom decrease In average attendance
dis comfort be felt and the loss OF
ths 1000 will bring wrong large number OF faithful
teachers who during the coming with less money must
do work Glasses In instances overcrowded
order maintain such In OF storm
epidemic will loss Of salary teachers The over
erowdng OF CLASSES especially In popular schools one OF
the III cat evils to he guarded against
A TEMPTATION TO PRINCIPALS
Under the the temptation to principals to
I'll their schools beyond proper allowance re-
Eades interests Of schools to say nothing OF
the of the children great Efforts are made TO
ORA sm all quarters that the years showing will
equal exceed that OF the previous one.
Physicians have testified that children are forced TO como
school So being threatened with dsmis
by teacher she all efforts to maintain
lose salary Another point OF importance h
the sssng OF salaries yearly attendance
the possibility OF the evil OF retardng the progress
ofthe pupils order the benefit OF attendance
Arising from this DELAYED Advancement
held that their salaries dc not dep nd
but will allow them to unssught to corporate or parocia
schoo This hardly fair to the teachers. to the
made By those who have the authority 10 make
them. II the Normal College sends out as IT claims to do
only able teachers bat conscientious should not
the Bosr trust such to consider first the interests OF the
children cspmtted to their leaving to their employ
responsibility OF paying them fair salaries for
work performed Again, II many children leavea school
teacher must Will she perform her duties
avoid 40 unfortunate resalt
tits claimed again th'tit will cost the city in
system changed $4,000 Will be about the in
and tins little when realizes what princ
PIES stake This 81 900 might he paid from the amount
accumuatin duriRg the from the difference between
the paid that which would
regular teachers During the 1886 from this
Board of Education ed to the city
treasury sslar teachers ia and primary
departments 900 and this the amount will not DO
less
Abuses Will arise IL another excuse To guard against
that questions relating saa Of
principals well to those OF teachers Should De by boards
Of trustees referred 10 the Boari OF Education
1t was proposed by Mr.. Tamsen that the whole
question be referred TO the Finance Committee
20 report the financial ability OF the Board to
make the change III the by laws, and this action
was finally taken. Mr. Lummis presented re-
port in favor of reducing the salary Of the auditor
TO 81, 600 and giving him an assistant. This was
adopted, and John Davenport was reelected
auditor. b
COMMITTEE CHAIEMEN FOR TIE YEAR.
President Simmons announced his appointment
Of the standing committees for the year, Of which
the following the chairmen:
J. d. Vermilye teachers Charles Crary; build
w A. Cole supplies Ferdinand fraud; auditing
william Lummis sites and schools. r. n. galloway
studies l. Holt furniture II. Walter Webb; Normal
College william Wood evening schools De witt J. solig
bylaws Henry schmitt nautical school, Henry L.
sprague annual report A. NJ. oBreni trustees r. Gur
gsnhemor.
Miss Dodge in addition to the committees she
served On last year, appointed TO that
Evening Schools. Mrs. Agnew's committees re-
main the same as last year
SELLING THE ORIENT BUILDING IN WALL-ST
The Orient Building No. Al Wall Street, sold
st The Real Estate Exchange yesterday for s452 500
to Eugene Kelly, the we'll known banker II is one
OF the new buildings In Wall Street. and erected
only few years ago by the Orient Mutual Insurance
Company, which has gone into voluntary liquidation
The Queen Building adjoining which was built about
the same time. brought S45o,OO0 at private sale IN
July, although il Is few feet narrower. Tho highest
price paid for land in this city gwen for the
little piece the southwest Of Wall and Broad
cts. which sold few years ago at 1890 a square
foot The last transfer made when II was ex
pocted that the Stock Exchange would buy all the
property that corner at any price that might DO
aemsuded Mr.. Koly's purchase considered
favorable ono, although IT was not much below recent
prices. Among those present on the moor
were Eugene Kelly, II. II. Cammann, II. J.
Ely, L. Toplitz, Edward T. Young and Louis Ham
nersley The property rents for sao,75O and 1t was
stated the floor that tho taxes and running ex-
penses are about $4,000. MIR. Iiammersey made the
price was run up to 100000. Then smaller bids
BARRED up TO S150,0oO from which II slowly To
Ho2,5O at which price Eugene Kelly became the
buyer.