The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-30
SAVED THE
SCHOOLS.
They Will Be Kept Open
as Usual Next Year.
SALARIES ARE CUT,
Teachers in High Schools
and Principals in
Grades
WILL DRAW LESS PAY
Fight Against Gripping
the System Is Made
Successfully.
WILL DRAW LESS PAY


spent eight hours yesterday in dis
cussing and preparing the annual bud
get which will be submitted to the act
ing mayor tomorrow The four mem
bers of the board who had voted to con-
solidate the Mechanic Arts, Humboldt
and Cleveland high schools evidently
realized that they had taken the wrong
end Of the question: and the resolution
directing that after Sept. l the three
schools be merged into the Central
high school was reconsidered. After
reconsideration the resolution was vot-
ed down by unanimous vote.
The budget as approved by the board
will call for $42O000, as against $455. 900
allowed by the council for the last
school year.
The action taken yesterday by the
board bears out the declaration made
by Inspector Wilkes in the Globe
some weeks ago that so long as he was
a member of the board the public
could rest assured that the school chill
dren living on Daytons bluff and in the
Sixth ward would be given the same
school accommodations as those in
other parts of the city. Mr.. Wilkes
fought against the closing Of the
branch high schools and was backed
up in this stand by inspectors Yoerg
and Scholle. The other members OF
the board favored the closing of the
branch high schools at first, but, find
ing public opinion against them, grace
+ fully yielded -s= -. s.
The following table shows the
amount asked for by the board in the
budget for this year:
Allowed Asked by
by Council Board,
1886 1897
LeepdIIs $40. .U0e
Fuel $4O.s5O 25.GSG
supplies -....-...-.............. II COO
Teachers salaries :. ........... $50 600 320 G0G
Engineers and janitors ........ 81. .oGa
ofhcers and clerks .......... $3.50 5000
The school system, as now carried
on, will not be molested except that
the Tilden and Mattocks schools viii
be closed and discontinued The re-
duction made by the board as against
the amount allowed by the council
last year amounts to $35 900. and in
case the council refuses to allow the
amount asked for, the board or at
least number of them, will favor
the running of the schools until such
tlme as the amount allowed bv the
council is expended and then close tho
schools. The total reduction, as made
oy the board in salaries Of teachers
from the amount now paid. was S35.
150, but this was offset bv additional
teachers, which will be required for the
Whittier school. A reduction OF 81
29O was also made in the salaries Of
Janltors and engineers. Six engineers
had $f20 cut from their present wages
and nine janitors were reduced I
total of $570
All grade teachers receiving salaries
between $500 and $500 had a reduction
or 10 per cent, the saving by this he
Ing $I9,l2O, as compared with the pres
ent salaries. The closing of the TIL
Gen and MattOcks schools will make
saving of $1,607, the one teacher and
Janltor at each school being droppel.
Inc reoucuon in salaries at the Cen
traI nigh school amounts to S15.150. in
the Mechanic Arts high school 5000 in
the Humboldt school, 5000, and in the
Cleveland high school a like am
ount. In the teachers training school
saving in salaries has been mad,
amounting to $500. The S11nervisors
ana special teachers made a saving cf
$4,000, although all of them are nro-
vlded for in other positions at reduced
hgures. The reduction in salaries of
principals saved another 81, 900, and lie
salaries OF officers and clerks were cut
down $1,000
OF principals and teachers in the high
and grade schools affected bv the re-
ductlon, the first figures being tbe
salaries now paid and the second the
day: