Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Stationery and Supplies Will Be Fur
 niSheG to School Children.

niSheG to School Children. The board of aldermen held an ad- Journed meeting last night. Chairman l Hall presiding. and all the members | being present except Mir Walker. The ! session. lasted until almost midnight, | and will be remembered by those who | took part in the deliberations as well as the onIookers as the meeting at which the democrats whipped the op- position in fair fight. They made the appropriation for stationery and supplies S2.000 instead of $1 GOO, so that the children of parents who are too poor to furnish their own paper. pen cils and such like will be on the same footing in the schools with the rest of their classmates. and had planned to strike out the S1,0OO appropriated for lights in the new district but they finally decided 10 allow this to stand. A communication was received from the board of finance stating that the S41000 heretofore reported as q re- source is sinking fund established by the center school district for the pur- pose of retiring bonds amounting to $100,000 according as they fall due, and could not be used as q resource. but that S10.0O0 of tha amount which will be due in May, 1901. could be used as q resource. against which m appro- priation of q like amount should be made. The report was accepted and a vote passed making the item in re- sources. cash in hands of treasurer. school sinking fund. $41 ,O00. read SlO.- O0O and creating q new item of $1O,QOO in the appropriations.
 Alderman Phelan. who has been keeping an eye around for a few dol lars to add to the Hamilton park item. moved for the consideration of the ac- ton taken on this mater at the last meeting. IT was carried and the ap- propriat ion for Hamilton park and sui vey of south park increased by SSOo making the sum total S3.S00.
 On recommendation of 1he board Of finance the city attorney was instruct cd to prepare a suitable bill 10 be pre- sented to the legislature asking for permission to issue bonds to the amount of $.10.0OO. to be used for the purchase of q site for q school building In the northeastern section of the city. together with a school building and furnishings.
 The board of finance recommended that $9.0GO he appropriated for heating the Bank street school and far Sani- taries at the Clay and Hendricken schools. The report Was accepted. but the amount was reduced to SS.I00. th" sum total of estimates for the work submitted by local contractors.
 Alderman Boylan moved that the previous action taken on the item sta tionery and supplies be reconSidered.
 Alderman Cross: ''perhaps might De willing to vote that way if the alderman will give some reasons why We should reconsider former ac- tion.''
 Alderman Boylan: "The amount an proprtated for this purpose. $l,Ono. i$ s1,000 less than what the board of finance recommended and will not be sufficient to meet the demand. It would furnish supplies for the. poor only. but I don't think We ought 10 do things that way in the schools Let the rich receive their supplies if they want to. well as the poor. and then there will be no class distinctions among the school children
 Alderman GOSS said that S1 .00O was all the board of education had asked for. but that the board of education had increased the amount to S2.n0o be cause several persons had prtitiOned them to do so. He thought the p"ti- tion should have been presented to the aldermen sinsTead of to the board of finance. NIT GosS was also of the opinion that inaSmuch as many people who have children attending the pub lie schools pay no taxes they should be willing to pay a moderate stipend for the education of their children.
 Mr Tyrrell said that he knew the petition to make the amount for sta tionery and supplies S2.O0O would have been presented to the aldermen if the petitioners had known that that was the proper body to send it to.
 Alderman Cross: No doubt there is a certain amount of pride among the children of the poor and if We confine these supplies to the poor it may deter many pupils from asking for them. 1
 f,5n t1,n right CA1r GOsSt that people who pay no taxes have children in the public schools. It is impossible for people to live without paying tax. You can t buy a thing in one of our stores but costs little more than it would if the dealer didn't have to pay taxes. It is the same way with the man who rents house. He figures upon getting something towards meeting his water rent and taxes out of his tenants. so that everybody pays taxes in some form"
 Superintendent Tinker was asked if s2.O00 would furnish supplies for all the children. He thought it would with the exception of white paper which he would just ;,s soon have bought by those who use it. If any body wanted that who could not pay, he would be supplied with it.
 Mir Goss said that if the board want ed to furnish supplies for all the chil- dren they might just as well make it little more and give them the white paper.
 Alderman Blakeslee: q think it is a false notion on the part of poor chil- dren to be ashamed to receive supplies which their parents are not able to pay for. Ii is our duty to supply the poor with these articles. but I see nc reason why we should give them to others. It is false pride for people tC feel ashamed of not having as good means as their neighbors. It is nc charity for Us to help the poor. The law compels Us to do that.''
 MT Cross: s.Yes, but we want to dc that through the town. No matter what we may thinl. about that pride 1t is there. and I don't know but it is a good thing. If it wasn't it would not be a part of our nature"
 MT Boylans vote was finally Dut and carried and then he moved thai the amount be increased to 5000 The following voted in favor of it: Alder ,a.,, CracS Rar1an 4Jaba.,av NJo,.,.ic