The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-25
maintenance
OF SCHOOLS.
Cost For the Coming Year Es-
timated at S725, l65.14
$1,000 IN EXCESS OF LAST YEAR
The Report Approved and Ordered Forwarded
10 City Auditor Chase.
BURSTING OF PIPES IN SCHOOLS.
Mr.. IosIln's Resolution Providing For an Inyesil-
gaiion 10 Determine Tho Cause kdOplsd-M Mr..
Mccarthy ASKS For More School Facilities.
The Report Approved and Ordered Forwarded
10 City Auditor Chase.
BURSTING OF PIPES IN SCHOOLS.

The school committee met in regular
monthly session last evening. at 8
o'clock in the regular room at the clas-
sical High school building, President
Barney i'm the chair and quorum pres
ent.
AS soon Ms the meeting was called to
order Messrs. Philbrick of the Second
Ward and Bowen of the Ninth Ward
were sworn in.
Mr.. Gardiner from the committee on
accounts. reported upon II miscellane-
Gus bills amounting To $'s96 The pills
were allowed and ordered paid.
MIR. Gardner. chairman or the COM
mittee on appropriation, reported the
following estimates OF money required
for the support of public schools Tor
the next fiscal year, ending september
30 1900: For salaries, O',l53.5O; iuel,
$50. 900: evening schools, $4,000; books,
supplies and apparatus. $4,000; water
$4,000: miscellaneous items, SAILS; con-
tingencies. $4,000: tuition in State Nor
NAL school S6500: janitors and supplies,
$52, ,S93.S4: furniture and repairs, Sl2,5OO'
total, s725 1914
The total amount OF the estimates
submitted at the February meeting or
was added i'm June for the annexed ter
r.tory from Johnston the sum OF $50, 800,
making S1l9 032. 90 as the total estimate
for the present year, as against s'Zo'-
1874 the estimate for the next nscal
year. The item for tuition in the Nor
mai school the only new item, Is no
more I'm amount than what IL would
cost to maintain schools sufficient TO
accommodate the pupils in city schools,
including the pay Of teachers ana jan
itors fuel, light books, supplies ana
apparatus. IL was explained i'm con-
nection with the report that the eX-
penses for the annexed district exceed
cd the estimates 10y $4,000. and hence
the real increase In the estimate over
last year is less than $4,000. This Is
much less than is called for by the
normal Increase in attendance, and the
amount has only been kept down by
rigid scrutiny OF the items included.
a resolution was adopted providing
that the estimates submitted be APP
proved and be furnished To the city au-
ditor i'm accordance with his request.
Mr.. Joslin spoke of the freezing or
water pipes in school houses and the
interruption of school work consequent
upon these accidents. He then offered
n resolution directing the committee
on school houses 10 look into the mat
ter and report to what extent the trou-
BILE was due to negligence and To what
extent to improper construction. The
resolution wos adopted.
Mr. Mccarthy spoke briefly OF tn,
need of more school facilities i'm the
Third Ward. and said that he hoped
the committee on education OF the city
council would see hat the section Of
the city be represented should receive
all that IL was entitled TO.
The school committee then. on mo-
tion OF Mr. Gardiner, adjourned TO
meet the last Friday in March.