Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-19
Interesting Report From
 Superintendent Tinker
Mr. Tinher is Inclined to Favor the Vertical System-- His Paper Receiv. ed and Placed on File-- .Janit0rs' Salaries Raised and Cut.

Salaries Raised and Cut.
 The board of education held long and busy meeting last evening. Vice Chairman Chapman presided All the commissioners were present Com missioner Griggs, as chairman of the committee on schools and hygiene made long report regarding the sal aries of some of the janitors. He said there were some divergences from the schedule adopted by the last board and also some inequalities which the committee desired to regli- late. The following recommends tions were made: That the salaries of the janitors of the following schools be raised: Barnard from $72O to $7SO; Bishop street from $600 to $660; Hen dricken the same; Porter street be re duced from $66O to $630, as he has one room less to care for now than when the former schedule was adopt ed; Walsh be raised from $84O to $96O and the assistant janitor, who was paid $36O year, be dispensed with; the Margaret Croft, raised from $S40 to $114O. and the assistant jani- tor, who was paid $400 a year, be dis pensed with.
 Commissioner Griggs in making these recommendations made state ment to the effect that the committee thought it better to make the changes, as the responsibility for the condition of the schools is thereby thrown upon the janitors, not upon the board as at present. Now. he said, the assistant janitors do not half do their work; they are not on the school premises when required and the janitors do not wish to say anything to them about their dereliction as they do not con sider the assistants responsible to them. The committee does not ex- pect the janitors to do all the work alone; on the contrary they expect as sistants will be hired. and by raising the janitors' salaries they are enabled to hire first class help and at price lower than the board could engage such labor Between the janitor and the assistant janitor it has not always been, easy for the committee to place responsibility. Of course it is the duty of the committee to see that the ianitor does his work If he does not do it. something happens, that's all, said Commissioner Griggs.
 Commissioner Phelan did not think the assistant would do his work as well under the proposed change. Com missioner Griggs replied that the com mittee found the old system did not work well and there was an injustice in 1t to some of the ianitors.
 Commissioner Phelan stood up for the janitor of the Porter street school. He thought this man should be exempt from the change, but the committee through Commissioners Griggs thought otherwise.
 Commissioner Phelan said the city has broken faith with the janitors of the Porter street, Bishop street and Hendricken schools. Beginning last January these men should have had an increase in salary ana 1t was not given them. and Commissioner Me Donald stated that when the eighth room is opened in the Porter street school the janitor should be given back his old salary. In this the com mittee agreed and so recommended.
 The committee also recommended to the board of safety that Janitors Claffey of the Lincoln school and Lonergan of Clay street school be ap- pointed special constables, as the jan itors of all the other schools hold such office. All the recommenda tions were adopted.
 It was voted that the following branches of education be incorporated in the curriculum of the evening schools beginning next fall:
 Commercial Work,-First Year.
 Bookkeeping Course-Penmanship. business arithmetic, bookkeeping, special drill i'll addition.
 Shorthand Course - Stenography, spelling, letter writing and typewrit- ing
 Commercial Work-Second Year.
 Bookkeeping Course-Pe Penmanship, business correspondence, bookkeeping, special drill in addition and interest.
 Shorthand Course-Spelling, punctu- alton. stenography and typewriting.
 Commercial Work-Third Year.
 Bookkeeping Course Bookkeeping, business practice, and either commercial law or geography of commerce.
 Shorthand Course-Spelling and stenography and type writing.
 Superintendent Tinker reported that Miss Jeanette Arthur had been transferred from grade of Walsh ScAOOl 10 the next nlgner grade Ill Driggs school, and Miss Josephine O'Donnell from the fifth to the ninth grade in Walsh school. and that an as sistant has been put on in the Porter street school teaching one-half of the first grade. For her services as act ing principal of Driggs school during the absence of the late Miss Niver. Mrs Coe was allowed $50 and similar allowance was made to Miss Cowan, principal in Lincoln school. during the absence of Miss O'Neill. The latter was done on the suggestion of Commissioner Phelan.
 For positions as teachers applica- tions were received from Miss Mar garet McDonald; Miss Mary Williams for grammar school Miss Esther Roe Buckner, Kindergarten, and Miss Jennie O'Neill, principal of Lincoln for the principalship of Driggs school. The resignation of Miss Alice Locke of grade in Driggs school was accepted
 The assistant janitor of the Bank street school was dispensed with, as what is known as the "soft coal per