The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-15
FEW TEACHERS WILL
RECEIVE EXPECTED
ADVANCE IN SALARY
Only Those Located in Schools
of Less Than Seven Rooms
Are to be Favored-Increase
to Take Effect Jan. I.

Grade teachers, supervisors and
principal teachers of schools number
ing less than seven rooms are the only
members of the city teaching corps
whose salaries will be advanced In the
course of the coming school year. And
such increases as are to be made Will
not take effect until Jan. I. 1904.
Such is the final decision of the
board of education in its consideration
of the salary schedule in committee on
schools. This committee, which COM
prises the entire membership Of the
board, held long meeting yesterday
before the board meeting, and al
though it's work on the schedule was
finished it was not in such shape as to
be presented as a report, and final &C
ton of the board was deferred until
next Friday at $3.50, when an adjourn
ed meeting will be held. The commit
tee had previously decided to recon-
mend that the maximum salary for
grade teachers be increased from S70O
to $3.50, and that the salaries of kim
dergarten teachers be left as they have
been, which left for consideration at
this time the salaries Of principals, SUI
pervisors and high school teachers.
Salary Increase.
1t was decided by the committee to
recommend that the salaries of super
visors be increased from $1,000 to
$1,000, and those of principal teachers
of schools, numbering from two TO
three rooms, from $72O to $3.50; four
to five rooms, from $500 to $3.50; six to
seven rooms, from $500 to $3.50.
The committee will recommend that
no change be made in the salaries of
other teachers or principals than those
designated.
The additions to salaries consequent
upon the adoption Of this report, to-
gether with the regular schedule in
creases for term of service and the adj
ditional salaries for new teachers, will
cause a total advance in the pay roll
for the coming fiscal year-from Jan.
l, 1904, to Jan. 1, 1905-of $24, 600. In
other words the total Of salaries for
the current year, from Jan. 1, 1903, to
Jan. 1, 1904, will be $436,000, and the
I, total for the succeeding year will be
$460,000.
The increase is but little more than one
half Of the expense naturally II to be e tSo
school population. as that expense is
estimated by Supt. Smith.
According to the report decided upon
by. the committee on schools the aggre.
teachers will be, 400 for the coming
year. and the aggregate of increase in
supervisors salaries $500. The expense
for new teachers will be $1,000, and the
addition by reason of the regular schedule
advance in salaries for term of serv-
ice will be $10,2O0.
Heating Plant Must Be o. X.
In the board meeting which followed
the deliberations of the, committee the
old claim of the Roberts Gosss Co: fol
contract work in putting in the heating
plant at the MCKINLEY school came can up u, II
contractors that the heating plant was
not adequate to the requirements a aa
ply was received to- the effect that the
company had done all that it would do
the job, except for additional compen-
sation The board still retains $l.soo o.
the heating plant has been agreed by
the, architect and the superintendent o.
buildings to be inadequate and not ac-
cording to agreement the board will now
have the work done according to its orig.
inal demands and deduct the cost from
the money still remaining to be paid OF
the original contract.