St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-29
FOR LOWER TAXES
COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
AND LIBRARIES IN FOUR
INTERESTING COMPARISON.
THE MATTER OF SALARIES THE
BIG ITEM IN ALL OF THE
CITIES.
HEALTH, CHARITY: CORRECTION
Cost of Maintaining Warehouses,
POOrhOuses, Hospitals and
Sanitary Departments.
INTERESTING COMPARISON.
HEALTH, CHARITY: CORRECTION

The cost of maintaining the pub
lie schools and library, as shown
in the accompanying schedule, con-
stitutes a large proportion Of the
municipal expenses in each of the
four cities tabulated. If we deduct
from the total cost of the city gov
ernment, as shown in the second
schedule of this series entitled Tax
Levy and Assessments" the amount
disbursed in payment of bonds and
interest, the balance will show the
ordinary operating expenses Of each
place. And I find that of this bal
ance there is appropriated for the
maintenance of the schools and Ii
brary, in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
a trifie over 80 per cent, in Omaha Il
per cent, and in Kansas City a little
more than 33 per cent. In each city
the public school system costs more
than the amount expended for the
police and fire departments COM
bined. The amount paid in salaries
is by far the largest item in the cost
of the schools. A description of the
salary schedule, as shown in a re-
port of the board of school inspec-
tors of st. Paul for the year 1894,
will be of interest and may help in
comparing the salaries paid to teach
ers with what is paid for services
in other departments. Supervisors
are allowed for the first year 81 900,
second 81 200, third 1,400. Then $1O0
per year is added to limit of 81, 800.
High and manual training school
teachers are divided into three
classes. Number one starts with
$500 per year, and is allowed 500 in
crease per year to a limit of 81, 200.
Number two starts at 81, 300 per year,
and is allowed $1O0 additional each
year to a limit of $500. Number
three is allowed 81, 800 the first year,
and $100 additional each year to a
limit Of S1,S00.
In the teachers training school
the director of practice is allowed
81, 100 for the first year, and an in
crease of $50 each year to a limit
Of $1,25O. Model teachers receive
$500 the first year, and an advance
at the rate Of $50 per year to a total
Of 5000. Assistant model teachers
range from $3.50 to 81 200 The pay
of the principals is graded in accord
ance with the school, 81, 800 being
allowed for the first year in seven
of the larger buildings. One thou
sand four hundred dollars is allowed
the first year in the teachers train
ing school. Nine buildings next in
order are rated at 81 200 for the first
year, and the rate for the first year
in ten of the smaller buildings is
fixed at $1,000. In all cases the sal
airy is increased at the rate of $50
per year for four years, reaching
the limit in the fifth year at 81, 800,
$1,000, $1,4OO, and $1,000 respectively.
This schedule increase has been sus-
pended during several recent years
of short appropriations.
In the kindergarten department
the range for directresses having
more than fifty pupils and for full
day is from $500 to $500; for halliday
attendance, from $3.50 to $3.50. AS
sistant teachers in this department
receive from $3.50 to $3.50 for a full
day, and for a, halliday from 5000 to
$500; the increase in each case being
at the rate of $50 per year to the
limit. When the number of pupils
is fifty or less, the salary is $100 per
year less for corresponding positions.
The grade teachers, seventh and
eighth grades, and in buildings of
ten rooms or more, first primary and
kindergarteners in charge of more
than one room, recGive $3.50 and are
advanced at the rate Of $50 per year
to $500. Sixth to first grade, in
elusive, start with $400 the frat year,
and are advanced at the rate of $50
per year to $3.50. First primary
teachers in buildings of two to nine
rooms, start with $3.50 for the first
year, and receive $50 per year addi-
tional to limit of $780, Principal
teachers receive S5 a month in addi-
ton to the regular schedule, limited
to a total of $500 per wear.