Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-12-02
and One Transferred.

wards policing that district. They
represented that the trees in Hamilton
park were being cut down and that
the city should take steps to prevent
such work Chairman Goss said the
petition had been referred to the board
| of public safety and that so far as he
knew no action had as vet been taken
on it. The chair reminded the alder
man that the park, is under the Jur1s-
diction of the board of public works
and that if they decided that police
protection was necessary it was their
duty to so inform the board of public
safety and they would be obliged to
see that the property was protected
Of course the alleged vandalism at
| Hamilton park is only a pretext to
help the petition along and it looks as
| if it might turn out to have the de-
sired result.
The board of education did a lot of
business at their meeting last evening.
Mayor Kilduff presided and there were
present Commissioners Griggs, Kent,
lCarmody, Chapman and Russell. Bust
ness started off with an invitation
from the board of public works to at
tend the meeting of that body this
evening at which some action will be
taken relative to the layout of GER
tain street near the Mulcahy school.
It was decided to have the mayor rep
resent the board. Commissioner Kent
asked by what authority the rule
which prohibits the school buildings
from being used for any purpose
other than school purposes was vio-
lated recently in the High school
building. He asked for an explana-
ton from Superintendent Tinker. Mr.
Tinker said he knew nothing about it
other than what he saw in the papers;
that a concert was held there. 1t
was voted that the superintendent in
quire into the matter and report at
the next meeting. Mr. Kent was very
angry about this matter, saying that
did not care who it was violated the
rule, whether it was Mr. Wildly or any
other teacher, he had no right to vio-
late the rules. 1t was an open and
utter disregard of the rules.
Commissioner Kent also had it vOt-
ed that hereafter when teachers shall
visit schools they shall make their re
port in writing to the superintendent
instead of verbally as has been the GUS
tom. He thought these reports should
be in such a manner that they could
be referred to any time.
An application for a position as
teacher in the kindergarten from
Ouimette e. Garland was filed.The
superintendent reported an increase of
ninety-fve in the town schools; the
city remuneration has not been COM
pleted vet.
The old question of getting a state
model or normal school here was then
opened. Mr. Tinker reported that such
an institution will be established by
the next legislature in this part of the
state and that Danburv was going to
make a fight for it. He Sls-e. reported
that in 1893 the committee IN educa-
ton in the house reported favorably
on a bill for model school for this
town but it was killed in the house.
After the matter was thor
oughlyt discussed it was de-
cided that committee consist
ing of the mayor, Commissioners Rus
sell aQd Chapman and Superintendent
Tinker draw up the necessary resolu-
tons and do all the necessary paper
work. The conditions under which a
normal school is established are that
the town in which it is to be establish
ed, give the state such a building as
ne IttdulSltc pay d CeIIdIh
portion of the salaries.
Tt was voted to plaster the hot air
rooms in the Walsh~school building at
a cost of $50.
The following schedule for janitors'
salaries was adopted: Janitors of
buildings of. twenty-nine rooms, $50
year; assistant $500. Twenty-three
rooms, $40; assistant, $500. Eighteen
rooms, $40: assistant. $780, Twelve
rooms, $3.50; ten roms, $720: eight
rooms. $500; six rooms, 5000; four
rooms, $3.50. This schedule shall go
into effect January 1. "
Commissioner Kent then asked il
the board of safety had ever replied
to the communication from this board
referring to fire drills by the teachers
under the instruction of the fire chief
and in fact a general lack of courtesy
on the part of other boards. 1t was
explained to him that such drills had
taken place and that the schools had
been visited and inspected by the fire
authorities. Commissioner Kent said
he had read all about this in the pa
pers, but the idea of his complaint
was the evident lack of courtesy on
the board of safety or what
ever boards had been communicated
with. He had heard of no official re-
ply to this board The mayor replied
that such communications do not us
ually pass between the boards. Com
missioner Kent thought this strange;
there was no business in such a way
He thought the board of safety ought
to at least inform the board of educa-
ton if the 1atter's communication had
been received and what action had
been taken on it.
The next Commissioner Kent got
after was the committee appointed
some time ago to sell the Locust
street school building, the South
Brooklyn school and the frame build
ing on the Bishop street school prop
erty. He asked Commissioner Rus
sell, chairman of that committee, if
anything had been done and the reply
was no. Commissioner Kent did not
know what to make of such conduct.
He would like to know how much in
surance the city was carrying on these
buildings and if they were worth the
risks. There was no business in con-
duct like this. 1t was strange, very
strange. The mayor said he did not
think it advisable for the city to sell
the Locust street property, and he was
Informed nv tho hoard of finance that