The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-29
EDUCATOR WANTS
Directors Explain to the
Board of Finance the
Increases Asked For.
AN APPEAL FOR MRS. EVELAND
Teachers Salaries Should Be In
creased-Providing for the
New Schools.
AN APPEAL FOR MRS. EvELAND

The Board of Education opportunity tt
explain its estimate Of appropriations re.
CURED for the next fiscal year. Director
Mersheimer and Superintendent Snyder
presented the case of the Board. There
were present President Firm and Direc-
tors Broderick, Dewitt, Finn, DAILY ano
higgins. The increased appropriation
asked fer for salaries is to enable the
Board to give teachers the increase In
pay allowed by law. If the appropriation
Is allowed teachers who have served two,
five n twelve years will be granted the
increase to which they are entitled to
without compelling them to wait eleven
months for it. Long service, the Super
intendent argued, would better teachers
and justly entitled them to increased CEN
pensation. h increase in the payroll
under the revised system of payment is
1921, ia, as against 1901, $50. There is in
Guided in the increase $500 for an addi-
tional teacher at High School where, it
was argued. eight could be used with
propriety.
Superintendent Snyder made a strong
appeal in the interests of Mrs. Eveland
OF No. 2 School. She has served the city
just as long and efficiently as, Principal
Linsley, whose compensation is $500 a
year. Mrs. Eveland receives only LOCO,
and the Superintendent says she is just
ly entitled to 81, 200. She is one of the
most competent and thorough teachers in
the entire department. MI. Snyder said
an increase Of pay of 10 per cent. for all
the teachers could be made with pro-
priety.
The proposed increase in pay of the
faanhnrc Wac dfca,,crn5 - -n-xL --1 ~.
Finance Commissioners seemed deeply in
terested. 1t is said they favor the in
crease, and rumor has it that due provis-
ion will be made.
superintendent Snyder next took up the
question Of school accommodation. He
said some opposition had been shown to
the erection of such an expensive build
Ing as new No. / School in York street is
to be. He assured the Commissioners
that no matter how large the school was
made there will always be enough chill
dren to fill it. There may not be any
more scholars than there are now, he
said, but they will be properly accommo-
dated, which is not the case now. The in
crease in the salaries of j~anitors to s23, 900
is to make provision for assistant iani-
tors in Nos. 1 and 9 Schools. In both of
those buildings the ~janitors nave hereto
fore had to a assistants themselves.
Commissioner Simpson frowned upon
the proposed increase, declaring that it
is an exceedingly bad time to make an in
crease anywhere. A dollar will buy more
now than 1t ever did, he said. Everybody
IS working, he argued, and is glad to get
work to do. 1t would be an injustice to
taxpayers to raise salaries, he said. ex-
cept where increases are absolutely neces-
sary.
Commissioner Kellers asked about an
appropriation for free lectures. It was
explained that the lectures were given as
aaJunct to the training of the scholars
OF me night schools. The lectures, if al
historical and scientific subjects.
Money was asked for to keep a car
penter IN the employ of the Board. 1t
would do more repairing for less money
than a contractor.
In Increase in janitors' supplies. fuel
afd ns SO on enbo was explained ne by the building
DOCKS and stationery is absolutely neces-
sary, It was said. as the State law makes
+ qha to supply books !. to scholars
better do the work, but they asked For
$iS,U00 to be economical. Sufficient money
they said, should be allowed to properly
~ AASW SySltI1.
Only $4,000 is asked for night scboo1s
In directors contend the they cannon
be run as long as they should on that
it was argued. Newark, 1t was shown
spends S26, 1000 annually for night Schools
they have a more liberal allowance there
Is being done. =
director Mersheimer asked that allow
ance be made to have a telephone system
put IN all the schools to connect direct
VIII the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
way It was maintained his labor would
pc lessened and would result in the better
management of the schools.
The Director also urged tha F;nonoa
commissioners to make the appropriations
for the repair Of the schools during the
summer as quickly as practicable.
Comptroller Hough explained the esti-
mate of the City Hall Commission. No
objection was made to it particularly, as
Mr. Hough told the Board that It costs
the old one. Wv