Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-21

his nonsensicsl claims, says, In addition
to other twaddle OF about equal force and
| oogency, that II a certain ornamental line
of Investigation and research costing the
city at present the tidy little sum OF t23.0
q week should be discontinued, 10 would
result In saving OF only 10000. The
gentleman seems TO be an adept In what
10 called "number work." but he evil
IDENTIFY don't know very much about
arithmetic. Has he forgotten, or does he
think the public have forgotten, the
puerile plea that was put forth last Jam
nary, that teachers were hired for year,
that the year ended In June, and that
their service once begun, II must be paid
for TO the endf Don't he know (if he
don't others do that the teachers year
ends next month, and that IL instruction
In paving stone science and beanology is
discontinued at the end OF June next, as
II ought TO be, the saying will not be the
salary from June to November 30, q paltry
$500, as he says, bat the salary from
June TO June, O SUN amounting at pres.
ent valuation to $4,000 Does he imagine
that his little scheme To get It started and
then plead that Il can't pc stopped IL any
less diaphanous( that's one OF the elemen-
tary science terms, and good one In this
case, han some her OF his lucu brations7
Possibly IL the gentleman contributed
more heavily TO the tax levy, 1t might In
crease the weight and accuracy of his
reasoning.
The only possible purpose for which
any more money than was appropriated
In January can be needed or ought
to be asked, Is to pay regular, legitimate
teachers wages. The circumstances and
situation Of the city, 80 far as the
needs Of the school depart ment
are concerned, are no different
In May from what they were four mont bs
ago. A careful, deliberate and thorough
examination at that time, taking every
thing into account, resulted In the con-
clusion that certain sums for certain spec
flied purposes, TO be used TO accomplish
certain ends, and to CO o-operate in ma ing
a harmonious and successful whole OF the
educational part OF Pawtucket's expenses
for the current year, were amply suffi-
cient. These sums were accordingly ap-
propriated and they were large enough.
The writer does not hesitate to say, and
he knows What he IL talking about and
understands fully the meaning of the
words he uses, even though he may not be
an expert in making up padded estimates
In advance, an exponent OF the benefit of
elementary science, including beans, bull.
frogs, bass wood, chunks OF quartz and
feldspar, wobbly pastebosrd, door steps
and the harmony of colors as exemplihed
by wooden shoe pegs, or even a rejected
and repudisted city editor,-he does not
hesitate to say that, bad q proper spirit
been shown and a little good sense and
ordinary judgment been called into play,
the sums appropriated in January last
would have been amply sufficient, and
more than sufficient, to have carried on
the W hole administration of the present
school year, with something left over at
the end. he only purpose for which
even now there can be the shadow OF
Jus ia cation in asking for more money Is
to pay the wages OF the teachers, ana this,
not because an insufficient sum was orig
inally appropriated, for this Is not the
fact, but simply and solely because, in
spite of the fact that the money placed at
the disposal OF the committee, has been
foolishly expended and carelessly wasted,
the people, the taxpayers, are nevertheless
unwilling that the teachers who have
done faithful, honest work and have la.
bored as best they could In the circum-
stances In which they were unfortunately
placed, shall be deprived OF their hard
earned pay. There is no other part or
su b. division OF the school administration
where more money 10 today needed than
was appropriated last January. And In
regard to teachers wages, there Is still in
the hands OF the City Treasurer, as ap-
pears by his monthly statement rendered
at the last regular meeting OF the Alder
men, subject TO the order OF the School
Board and TO be used for the payment OF
teac cher's wages and not hing else, s23 ,925 AZ,
to which is to be added in August or Sep
tember some s16, 10000 'FRONT.' he State, some
81 ,4S0.0 20 received for Dog Licenses, and
still further sum, larger or smaller as may
be, from two or three other sources. That
Is to say: There Is still available, and un-
expended, for teachers wages over t26,.
00000. Now The weekly pay roll is about
u $1,000, (pruned of needless and unpro-
ductive especial" and fad expenses II
would not probably exceed s1,7O0.00,) and
there are some 20 weeks more of school
between the date OF the statement and
the close OF the fiscal year, so that some
where about s38, 10000 or s37, 10000 will be
needed to meet the pay rolls for teachers