The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27
CITY sCH0OL EXpENSEs.
what Is Done with the SO, o 900 That
New York PnY. YcnrIy for EhmcntIon.

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New York city expends 100000 n year loss
on its schools for the instruction Of 200, 900
pupils by $500 teachers than 1t does for the
Police department The appropriation for the
schools of New York for the year 1897 will not
be far from n total of $4,000. 900, and the cx-
penses, from present indications, Will not fall
much below that sun.
Tho question las often been asked how far
the APPROPRIATION for schools is devoted to tho
pay uIrnt Of salaries, and TO what extent 1t is
applied to the purchase of supplies. Tho an
swcr 10 this question is given by the estimates
OF The School Board for 1897, Which show sub
stantially that 81, 600. 900 OF the appropriation,
or almost exactly two-thirds OF the amount, is
applied to the payment Of salaries. There are
I'D principals, 40 vice. principals. 3,gB3
regular teachers. l32 special teachers, and
$50 substitutes or teachers on special
subjects. The payment OF these princi.
pals and teachers is the chief item OF
outlay of the school department. and next
comes tho supplies OF books, maps, states, and
stationery. which in all the schools OF New
YORK. cost $500 600 in n year. This item does
not certainty seem eXtravagant when c0ntrRSlod
est on the list, the nay Of ~tnnturs, which is
S!s",OUO a year. For the CORPORATE schools. Ms
they Rrr called ~lsclioula under separate control.
hut under NperEiS'ul 81 me BOARD OF Educa-
tiUn; those OF the ChlIdrcn's Aid society are the
largest or theHeh. SI"O, OUN IL applet, ana the
expenditure for fuel. which comes next. ~
SllS.0OO. Tho fuel required for heating the
sChOulhOuses Of New York includes nearly 25.-
900 tons Of coal and moro than 500 COrds 0. wood
IN n year, aud Included in THIS item OF cx-
penditure Is the sum of 5000 for repairing
and removing scales Tho expenses of tho
office staff Of the Board of Education foot UP
SG2. 900. Tho enforcement OF the IruAncy law
costs sG4 900. the purchase OF school furniture
ana the repair Of school furniture In use cost
moro than $4,000 n year. and the City's eas I'LL
for tho schools IL $4?, 900 u year. The city pas
SGa.000 rent tor school premises, S2O,0 600 towurd
the maintenance Of school Libraries. and $780, uO
for the Nautical School. OF this sum a. 900 is
for the salaries Of the superintendent and in
structors. 10000 tor provisions. including
water and drugs" md most Of the balance FOR
nautical snpplic-- 5000 Cor ropes. locks, sail
cloth. paint. oil. yarn!sh. and lumber. and
5000 for the expense Of the summer cruise.
Seven Thousand dollars n yeas Is rXpcr dcd by
the school Department Of New York fur plauus
and for the TugaiT Of plHups; an cQuui sum is
needed leNt year for piHCinE, IRE alarm tClu-
grrph wires ia the suuwAys lending to the
srho.ls; 10000 viii be pad for tree lectures.
ma $1,000 fuf the transportation az pupils to
S"3,0uu Is to be expended next year for what is
called the biennial school census, whereby 1t
VIII be possible 10 learn In detail the exact
number OF school children in New York under
an enumeration made by the school authors
ties. The repairing OF school buildings in y year
costs about S86o.V00,