The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-25

| -, e -, So. ,s.., vs.,
u m 'o'oi io' "i' nv eao' VI
| oa'"iS' iheii iepuest was iilaue hiioNi
| TO the boaru last night In the form ol
a letter which was read by f. S. Bar
| ker, chairman of the teachers commit.
| tee to whom 1t was addressed The
| letter which was referred to tho teacb.
| er,s oo,n,nittoo for non,;dorot,on col.
| ,on.s.
| 10 the Chairman and Members of the Board o
| Control.
Gentlemen: 1t N not necessary to call you,
attention TO the fact that the teachers of thi,
great city are receiving unreasonable low and
inadequate salaries.
r,tr;o.ie i'ooi,i, n,', ha,n, a;"i.oms 1hnra ~
no building or opparatus or curriculum or sys.
tcm that can turn out such a product unless in
connection with ii there are intelligent patriotic,
healthy and happy teachers.
II seems unnecessary to suggest that you must
give teaehets 'he means OF supplying themselves
WIN In. 'meSv m n,e ns pu,,, A.. .,,,,,o ,i, .. H.,
nr;noir,Is ot ,h,oo ni,ios =, tho so,no o,a.. IN
our own state.
The average salary paid per year TO principals
sl,GS9; Scranton, $sli.1a.
- as s,.l' a. .a,.: y. ',e "1" w..
,i'itoi a,, """ a,aI ,,ris '' ,,St ,,r
assent finn, thn schools Of scranton co,nnare
favorably with anv in this great commonwealth.
We, therefore, the undersigned, a committee
appointed at meeting of the teachers of Gram
mar, intermediate and Primary grades OF your
schools, most earnestly ask you TO recommend a
sehs'.i increase III GU. f",'iieS' u'""' & w. '" ~.
panu . =" Hrs's vs. Y y, -, -,s, ,'a',,,,i, '
your humble servnnts
L Z O'uoIley. A. s. Moffatt Mrs Marion
Bloom, Ellen A. Webb, Janet c. Jones, com.
mit.ee
THE HATTON LOT.
wv ,vo,sh u.,,o l., chairman of tho
,oa,,,ar ona snao,oI oonn,,,ittees an
,,n;,,ta5 70 oo,s;dar tho No o. LOT mat
ta, ,,,,aa hi, ,.enort which cansed q
Iot oe aiso,,ss;on Iost December the
hoora -, tha ,.aoor,n,andotion of the
huiIdina oon,,,it+e. decided to b,,v
frn,,, Uorr,, r. II.tton . lot in,nrove5
,,i+h o ho,sa In tho ra.r of No %
sohooI J., tha E;re+ w.,rd The ,ot was
das;rad +o s;,,a tbe school an on
trance from Williams street. and also
10 ehapie the playground 10 oe en-
arseu. Inc price Miiich 'ie ooaru
asreeo 10 pay WIS S4'oo''
Two weeks ago iast nlsht fresiueiit
H'ppoiis cuiieu .he a'teh'ioii VI 'he
poaru u the lacl tha' tle piice " pe
Pa'a lor the property was eitireiS 100
hisi anu asheu ioi ll,oii,'at'o,i "s "
"hetnef OF no. lie shouiu sisll .he war
rant 10 pay Mr. I1at,oii. ne was III
s'iucteu ho' TO- anu t'le puliui'is coih-
hill'ee ana specla' coiiiiiiittee were
asked 10 hiahe an i'i'es'isa''on' Two
iepoi's were ieeeineo lroii' .ne to'ii,
hii'lee ias. hisht' Inc ii'aJori'y report
was DIS loilo"s'
hour speclal cohiiiilttee' 10 WHOM
WAS referred tne matter oL the pur-
chase OF lou adjoining NO 20 school IN
the FIRST Ward' III conjunction WIN the
ouilulhS committee peg lettNe 10 re-
port as iolioWs' ihey Nlslted the
GROUNDS ana interviewed several per-
soiis WIN regard 10 the Same, ana alter
considering 'he locatioh, cohuitlohs ana
al ihatterS connected Win tne trans-
act'oii 'ies report tiia' the SCHOOL us
trict should rescihd the contract
MINORITY REPORT
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~ 49,. ''S
~. 90 go , 'ita' ~ .ne sIun.o' ne
oieieu S''ooI ioi ,ne iai,u. "hiie inns
,nt ,.i'' W i,;. uo ., isn piie. ,oi tne
w. we iea"He .'',' ',ie s'hooi uis'rlel
I""''o' , pu' e'aee i.,iu ioi priee as
some ouestion NAV arise which might
entail tha district in Itieation ya be,,a
" w A''''s
T., ,,o, ..'. ca s,,, ~ ;, Vi '''' amount
~, W,N,, ".ie th'.
ton of the minority renort would be
the best way out of the difficulty. The
board had agreed to buy the lot at $4,-
500 and If it refused to take it. ex-
pensive litigation will likely follow. He
could not say that Mr.. Hatton will ac-
cept $3,5O0, but he believed the board
would be doing the fair thing in Offer
ing him that amount.
The solicitor of the board, Mr.. Reedy
was called upon to state the liability or
the board in the matter AS he viewed
the situation, Mr.. Hatton could not
through the courts, compel the board
to buy the property for $4,000, but he
would have an action in damages. The
amount he could collect if ANYTHING.
would be a mere matter of conjecture,
There was half an hour of oratory,
during which some of the members
urged Offering Mr.. Hatton s3.5O0 and
others favored resembling the CONTRACT
entirely. A motion to offer the owner
SO, 800 was lost by the following tie vote.
vo,su o,u,uo,. ,,.,
Welsh Anthony WoIsG srIrio,o,, sIrpi%, noome, W; .;
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