Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

ter to b.. known as the COMMITTEE
ON Drainage and Sanitary Condt-
TONS Thai said committee shall
have full and absolute control ~ the
the matter of drainage III pools o.
water, and the cleaning up Of streets
and alleys Of the city. that the
chief Of police be authorized and en-
powered to enforce the carrying out
Of such work as provided by ortit-
nance, If such ordinance there ne,
and If there ia none such ordinance,
that one be passed at once. That
the chief of police shall receive for
such work the sum of $50 per annum
being the amount deducted from the
salary rf the health officer. That
the chief OF police shall at once give
notice that clean up must be made
prior to May LIST. next; that on May
LIST he will examine the streets and
alleys Of the city and report to the
council all failures to clean up. The
council to then order the cleaning up
done. and the cost of same charged
up against the property. e.
After cleaning up May 1st there
should be another clean up July LIST
and another October lat. "@
VI SCHOOLS. ,....,. ~,
The question M school expenses
has received consideration, parttcu-
larry that part Of the expense repre-
sented by the wages paid the
and teachers. This
committee sent inquiries to nearly
twenty cities within the state. and
we have selected as many as possible
cities of like size and about the same
enrolment. This gives us q basis to
from, and it is the opinion
Oh your committee that it is,acorrect
basis
(Rep0rts from several cities are
then quoted. which give similar re-
suits to those found in the report
made by President McNalr, Of the
school board, and published month
agO.]
Out of nine cities reporting total
salaries paid superintendent $l4.9O0
per annum, or average Of about
81, $50.
Out of the same nine cities, report
ing total enrolment 5000 or an
average OF 900 enrolment in all. -
From this we find that out OF nine
cities, comparing closely with the
size of our city as to number Of
teachers and enrolment, we find
that the nine cities pay, in round
numbers, $4,000 per year for super
intendents. making the average q
shade over 81 800 per year, AS the
average salary of superintendents In
cities having about the same enroll
ment as Little Falls. The ga me nine
cities have Il total enrolment OF
5000 in round numbers, or an aver
age of about 800; our enrolment
about 100. average attendance $50.
This leads us to the conclusion
that we are not out Of line with 9TH
er cities in the matter of superinten-
dents salary. On the matter Of
wages paid to grade teachers. we
find the usual wages to be from $45
to $3.50 per month, and we are prac-
tically on the same schedule, u trifie
lower, if anything. We find, also.
that our enrolment lie 100 and num-
Der of teachers employed is %; thaC
our teachers have somewhat larg-
err number of pupils than any of the
nine cities reporting. We are frank
osay that we cannot see how the
school board would he justified in
reducing the salaries now paid the
grade teachers. Your committee
could not consistently Recommend
such reduction. The question on
salary paid the superintendent is not
easily settled.
GThe committee discuss at con-
siderable length Observation-Disclosures
salary, and the final conclusion is
that the school board should move
with great caution, before reducing
the salary of that pOsition.]
From what inquiries we have made
among parents having children at
tending school, we leal n that people
are generally well satisfied with the
schools, and the progress their chill
dren are making.
1t has been suggested that the
superintendent might teach, taking
enough classes to save the wages of
one of the higher graded teachers,
and that II this could be done, would
make a saving of $500 or $500 per an
mum, and that in this case, the pre-
sent salary of the superintendent
would not he excessive.
1t has also been suggested that
the school board require six hours
for a day instead of five hours, and
on account of the extra hour per