Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-06
The DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Ratifies the Action of the Board o
Education Regarding Salaries.

Ratifies the Action OF the board OF
Education Regarding Salaries. \
When Chairman A. J. Wolff of the Gems;
ter school district committee called the
meeting to order last night there were
present Messrs Mcdonald aad Begnal.i
Messrs Chapman and Hart came in later
The minutes of the regular and special.
meetings read by Clerk Moran were APP
proved. The monthly bills amounting in
round numbers to about $4,000, were
| recommended paid. Several tax bills of
poor people were ordered abated.
Then were taken up the recommends
tions of the board of education relative to
the increase of teachers salaries. MIR Beg
nal moved to lay the matter on the table
| for one month.
| MIR Mcdonald said he was not in favor of
this as the members of the district COM
mittee who were present at the joint meet
ing heard the explanation of the board and
were prepared to act Understandings in
the matter. Some of the teachers are on
their vacations and if they are not going
to receive the salaries they ask, they ought
to know now so as to secure other posi-
tons.
Chairman Wolff said IL would be IN in
Justice to the teachers. who are now scat
tered over the country on their vacations,
to delay the approval or disapproval of the
recommendation.
Mr. Hart said something ought to be
done in the matter.
Mr. Mcdonald moved the acceptance of
the recommendations of the board of edu-
cation.
MIR Hart said he heard that threats were
thrown out that unless the salaries of
certain teachers were raised they would
resign. He wanted to know if there were
not a good many teachers out of positions
who would take those places.
Chairman Wolff said as far as the threats
were concerned he was satisfied to let the
matter 60 as the board of education
recommended.
Mr. Chapman thought an injustice had
been done Mr. Carpenter in not being
recommended raise by the board of edu
cation. 1t was true he had not stipulated
any certain amount as had the others. bui
he thought it only fair that he should b'
i trt ated as well as the others.
{ The other members of the committed
were not willing to assume the response
bility of raising his salary without a recon
=, mend from the board.
| Mr. Hart thought il was a bad time anC
| in bad taste to raise salaries now. Thu
3 teachers seemed to have got along yer,
r well last year.
S MIR Mcdonald moved, and it was carried
= that the $50 recommended paid to Mis-
Lounsbury be ratified.
t The motion to approve of the recon
: mendation of the board of education wa
D also carried. The teachers affected by thi
q are James Z. Madigan, principal of tn
Bishop street school, raised from 81 ,00'
4 to 81 200; John NJ. Taylor. manual train
s ing. 81, $50 to 81 $50; w. F. OConnor. as
e sistant. High school 81 900 to 81. 200
John I'm NJ; connolIya#se school, 81 ESQ 9, T
school. 81 s .So5 to Miss R CAIRNS His
J.. school, 800 to $3.50.
$ A letter was read from the Toucey sis
3 have to lay the substitutes SbS had take
their places while they were held in qual
Y antine. They had received their regula
: salaries. After some discussion as
: whether the district, town or city were r.
d sponsible it was voted that the district pa
G the substitutes according to the rating c
n teachers.
O p. E. Bowe, chairman of the schoc
!. board of Chicopee, Mass, and represents
f tive of the firm of Underhill Warming
IS Ventilating Co of Boston was present, an
If Chairman Wolff asked to have him hear
l. in relation to his system of heating an
e ventilating the Washington school.
It Mr Hart objected to hearing Bowe c
@ taking any bids or recommendations froI
/, him as it would be an injustice to oths
n nrmS. Mr mart was reminded tnhL IN
r other firms, particularly the one he is SUI
:. posed to favor. (the Snead system.) ha
= been heard and it was only fair TO hear NJ
It Bowe. All were of the opinion the ne
d part of the Washington street schoS
d should be built with the exception of N
n Hart who said he was not in favor of goin
). ahead, after the action of the district NEE
It ing the other night, when such men 4
= their henchman Greene Kendrick got u
l. and said that even if they voted the al
e preparation, it did not follow that the di
@ trict committee would touch the Washing
IS ton street school.
% Chairman Wolff said:''we ought to do OF
I, duty no matter what others do. Some
n the statements made in that meeting wei
out of place. But the question is no
what are you going to do about this gentl
men here who wishes to explain his sy
tenn" Mr. Hart here jumped up in a hu
l. and said ~ am going to do nothing abor
it, / have another engagement, l bid NC
,s good night" and at once quit the room
while the other members were astoundt
n at his queer actions.
a Mr. Bowe then explained his system ar
70 it was voted to place his bids and prop
= sails on file and also to have the chalrma
=, ask for bids from other firms to be in
= July II.
Al $3.50 was voted paid to Tax Collect,
"a Charles j. Griggs on back salary. stat
n ment of the finances of the district WI
I asked for by July II. Meeting then a.
% journed subject to the call of the chair.