The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-23
THE DISTRICT ESTIMATES
AS RECOMMENDED By THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION List NIGHT.

Total Amount Somewhat Larger Than
Last Years Estimates-Ouestions Con-
cerning District Affairs Arising Under
Now Charter-Superintende Kendalps
Report-Othar Business Transacted.
The board Of education met last night
with all the members present. Consid-
cradle important business was trans
acted, including the report of the
finance committee on the estimate Of
the district for next year. This COM
mittee also reported that the claim of
y. r. Brown, architect, for compensa-
tion for services in preparing plans and
specifications for the Boardman school,
referred to them, had been investigated
and that the members of the commit
tee We're of the opinion from the infor-
nation which they have obtained that
Mr.. Brown has no valid claim against
the district for said services. The mat
ter was referred to the committee at
the board meeting held on August II.
Last evening letter was read from ].
Birney Tuttle, counsel for Mr.. Brown,
asking if the board intended to settle
the claim. The committees report on
the matter was accepted and the clerk
was instructed to notify Mr.. Tuttle of
the committees decision
A letter was also received from At
torney Louis E. Jacobs relative to the
claim of Andrew ]. Condor for return
of overpaid district taxes. The board
had already voted not to pay the claim
and Mr. Jacobs letter was placed on
file.
A short time ago a communication
was received from the Board of FL
nance requesting the Board of Educa-
ton to submit plans for providing for
the payment of bills against the dis
trict. The communication was referred
to the finance committee of the Board
of Education, and that committee last
night submitted the following report
which was adopted and will be trans
mitted to the Board of Finance:
Your committee recommends that the
Treasurer of the City Of New Haven
keep a separate account with the school
district Of moneys received and dis
bursed for it's account and that the
committee on finance of the board of
treasurer for the payment of such bills
or claims against the school district
within the appropriations as by them
may be approved.
In the consideration Of the estimates
submitted by the finance committee,
several important questions arose,
which will be decided later. The ques-
tions were as to whether the making
up of the district grand list devolved,
under the new charter, upon the city
assessors or upon the board of educa-
ton; as to whether or not the board
of education should pay.the collector of
the city district taxes, and as to wheth-
er the district should continue to pay
the interest on district bonds or that
now devolved upon the city govern
ment.
The finance committee offered a re-
port of the state of district finances for
the month ending October IA, 1897. This
report shows the receipts to have been
$S5,3S2.38, the expenditures $7297S09;
the unexpended balances in various ac-
counts on hand October IA, $13O,966.54
The committee on schools reported
the following designations: Edwin A.
Finch, teacher in Boardman; Miss
Edith Vail, teacher in the Fair street
kindergarten, and Miss Estella j..
Barry teacher in room l Ferry street
school. The committee recommended
that an additional appropriation of $75
be made to purchase drawing appli-
ances for the Roger Sherman and
Ezekiel Cheever schools; that an ap-
propriation of $50 be made for the
library and apparatus list, an equal
amount being received from the state
for this purpose.
The committee reported that the two
upper floors of the Eaton school were
opened Monday, October IS, and the
lower floor was opened on Wednesday
October 20 With the opening of the
lower floor of the Eaton school all the
schools in the city were in session.
The Ezekiel Cheever school was OPEN
ed Monday, October H. About 230 pu-
pills are accommodated there
The superintendent has appointed the
following named persons as teachers
and the committee recommended the
salary attached to each name as read:
A. J. Fosket, teacher of woodwork
pattern making and foundry work at
the Boardman Manual Training high
school at a salary at the rate of 1900
n to take effect Monday, November /; the
transfer of Miss Emily K. Beach from
position of assistant teacher in room
16 Winchester school to that Of teacher
in the Boardnan Manual Training
high school at salary of $780, said
transfer and salary to date from the
beginning Of the present school year;
Miss Jessie Pierson as assistant teach
er in room 16 Winchester school at a
salary of $400 per annum, to date from
the beginning of the present school
wear; Mr.. Alfred S. Kedzie as teacher
In the Boardman Manual Training high
school at salary of $500 per annum,
to date from the beginning of the pres
ert school year; Miss Edith Dettra as
assistant teacher in the Fair street kin
4 dergarten at salary at the rate of $500
d a year. to date from September 20; Miss
i Alice Ford as teacher in the Whiting
street school, transferred from room /
Carlisle street school, at salary at the
rate of $780, to date from October IL;
s Miss Susan L. Davis, transferred from
room Carlisle to room l same school
a at a salary at the rate of $3.50, to date
i from October IL.
The committee recommended that the
j hour of opening the Hillhouse high
i school be changed from $3.50 a. m. tc
4 s.25 a m: that the salary of Miss Anne