The Portland daily press., 1899-04-18

ployed there.
Ordinary Expenditures.
Salaries, slli, 4so
Evening schools, 1,4o0
Text books O $40
Supplies, 4,500
Manual training supplies, 600
Total, $l27, 4S0
Extraordinary Expenses.
The Park street school house; repairs
on Casco street school; repairs on East
Deering school; lot for new school house
In ward eight kindergarten In ward eight
and grading Deering high school yard, all
of which were recommended by the COM
mittee as things necessary to be done but
no estimates as to the cost were made.
Mr.. McGowan explained the changes
as follows; An increase Of $500 is asked
for In the Portland high school salaries
This gives 500 increase TO two teachers
who are doing the same work that is done
by teacher who received an increase of
sl00 last year.
The $500 extra asked for in the Smaller
school is because of the necess ity Of EN-
ploying o new teacher there. The SAME is
true of the Monument street school.
An increass of s25 is asked In the salary
of the training teacher. SIS on the salary
Of the Long Island teacher, $500 in the
k,ndergartens because of this necessity for
increased mum Der of teachers and $50 for
the special teacher.
There is decrease OF S175 in the esti
mate for drawing and writing and SIS In
the salaries at the North school.
Last year Deeripg appropriated 1899
for salaries and this year asks for 81 1000
This is due to the increase asked for In
the salaries OF teachers in Deering. $1,000
is asked for text books this year, being a
quarter more than last year because OF
the addition Of Deering.
Supplies estimated at $4,000 this year,
also an increase of one quarter over last
year because of Deeriug.
In Deering the increases in salaries
recommended ara as follows: Principal of
the high school from $1,000 to $500, ae-
cording to contract made with him last
year. Principal of the Ocean street school
increase of $780,
Teacher of French In high school in
crease from $2is to $500. This is because
the French teacher is now required to
give her whole time to the high school
work.
Many other Deering teachers who have
been receiving $sl6 are recommended to
bs increased to $500 and others who have
been paid $500 year are recommended TO
receive 800 in order to put them on the
same grade with teachers in Portland
who are doing the same work and who
are now paid $500 year.
Six extra teachers are also required In
Deering and their salaries add to the in
creased amount asked for.
MIR. Brownson, at the conclusion of
Mr.. McGowan' S report, asked that the
mayor express his opinion in regard to
the advisability of raising all of tine
salaries In Deering this year. He thought
himself that it would perhaps be best to
Increase part If the salaries there and
next year increase the rest of them.
MIR. Heseltine asked Mr.. Brownson If
no would select the teachers who would
wait until next year to have their salaries
increased and Mr.. Brownson replied that
he did not know as he would like to I'M
dertake the task. Mr. Heseltine then
said that there wasn't teacher in Port
land who wasn't receiving 800 year
and it seemed to him that the Deerins
teachers should be paid at least this
amount as the eame work IS expected of
them.
Mr.. Brownson said that he understood
that the committee ON estimates had fixed
the school salaries at sll0, 900 and the ex-
should be unanimously reported to that
committee as necessary and backed up
by the whole school board if necessary.
He only desired to have the board act
unanimously in regard to this matter.
The mayor said the committee on esti-
mates had not made any such adjudica-
ton as this.
Finally on motion of MIR. Brownson
the report of the committee on estimates
was unanimously adopted and referred to
the city government committee. The
MAYOR, the superintendent of schools MIR.
McGownn and Messrs, Heseltine and DR..
Foster of the Deering wards were in.
structed to appear before the comm ittee
ON estimates OF the city government and
represent the school board.
1t was also voted by the school board
that the Deering schools should close On
April 20, and remain closed until the fol-
lowing Monday on account of Fast day.
On motion Of Dr.. Foster 1t was also
voted to increase the salary Of Miss Cora
Hall of the Deering Center school from
$sl6 to $500 for this term.
1t was also voted to dispense with an