The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

quest, $484,423 will be spent in paying
the salaries Of the teachers. Inc
board plans to spend $146,000 in i'm
provements on the schools.
Three new buildings will be erected
An eight-room school will be con-
structed in Phalen park at cost Of
| $4,000 and a similar building will be
erected somewhere on the West side
at a cost of $2S, 000 A four-room addi-
| ton to the Hawthorne school, costing
| $4,000, will also be built.
Will Relieve Congestion.
Supt A. ]. Smith stated to the board
that the erection of these buildings
would relieve the present congestion
Of the schools in all parts of the city,
except in the First ward, where four
additional rooms, beside the proposed
Phalen park school, are badly needed.
The board will take up the First ward
situation at a later date.
Four new heating plants will be in
stalled at cost Of $21,00 They will
be in the Adams, the Monroe, the
| Scheffer and the Cleveland schools.
The board will spend $4,000 in put
ting in new floor in the assembly hall
of the Central high school. Fire es-
capes are also being placed on the
building.
Superintendent of Buildings George
| Gerlach asked for an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the purchase of two lots on
| which to erect a store house. AT the
present time the Easements of a half
dozen schools are being used as store
rooms and it makes 1t very inconven-
lent for the workmen.
Supt. Gerlach also asked an appro-
priation of $1,000 for the purchase of
band saw and planer for use in the
school work shop in preparing lumber
for the manual training department.
with this machinery" said Mr.. Ger
ZACH, 1--WE will be able to do with one
man In a week what it now takes
four men five weeks to do. We have
to cut up and plane a large amount Of
lumber for the manual training and at
present it all has to be done by hand"
Both appropriations were recon-
mended.
Need $500 for New Quarters.
The budget prepared by the board
also provides for an appropriation of
! $4,000 for the fitting up of the new
quarters of the school board in the
| court house.
I'VE will need fully that much,'' said
Supt. Gerlach, 'if we are going to
L
! floors are badly rotted out and will
nearly all have to be relaid. The doors
| on many of the rooms are but tenn
porarily hung and do not fit the cas-
ings. They will have to be changed
| Then we will have to put up a large
amount of shelving, do some more
painting and put in chandeliers. The
furniture to be purchased for the
rooms will easily cost $780,"
| AlfhnnOh ho oIa,
| thought the outlay unusually heavy, it
was finally recommended. The tabu-
lated figures Of proposed expenditures
| to be submitted to the conference COM
mittee are as follows:
Teachers Salaries.
10 regular salaries ......... SAP, 173
TO increase in salary and schedule
| advance, 305 teachers .... Is 25O
| To schedule advance from Septem-
Der, 1904, to January, 1905. .... 1000
N NeW tedchefs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000
substitutes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Total ....................... s466, 423
Other Salaries and Supplies.
OmcefS Observation-Disclosures. So 200
Engineers and janitors ........ SO. 900
supplies ..................... 10 900
foel ......'................ $1,000
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .$5sS, 62S
| improvements.
Heating plants .................. s21, 900
| New pulidngs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $1,000
! New plumbing ............... 5000
store room with two lots......... $500
Machlnery Tor shop .............. 1000
Mecnanlcs and laborers .......... $4,000
| repairs ......:.;: .................. $4,000
| Offices in court house ... 300
Floor and fire escapes at Central
high Northumberland. 5000
s14s. 900
Total ....................... .s71s. s2s