Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-06
BOARD or EDUCAryN
nalsahy seAool VIII See Atl Con-
 ditions Soon.

The meeting held by tIb bard of
 education last evening wns she Dngest
 In very long time. It WIS pr,onged
 by q delegation of propesy Eners
 from the Mulcahy school dstril who
 came to register an officiai an final
 kick against the condition Of te ap-
 breaches to the school. The slega-
 tion was headed by formek L,5mis-
 sioner of Public Works Martin sully,
 who in a statement to the boar said
 that the difficulties in getting l. the
 school will be worse in few bnths
 when the snow begins to fall than
 they are at present. and that 1 bad enough. None of those who havs chill dren attending the school wish Or a repetition of the condition lof hings that prevailed last winter 4 ueet has been accepted from Baldwin street to the school. but no improvement whatsoever has been made, ana the board walk that was there las been removed.
 Alr Scully stated that the ptople did not feel they had been treatei pioper- ly in this matter Here is 3nihiing, he said, that cost $j0.000 or st 600, and 1t was impossible to reac' it Nyith- out going through piles of, usi 4 and swamp. There was somethig E&rong somewhere. 4 blunder wasma in selecting the site. in the fit %lace, still the school children shoulnoe suf- fer for that. The people hay std R0d 1t three years now and they dc00tE pro- pose to stand it any longer if hey can help it.
 Commissioner Phelafi said tie hoard of education was not the board to rom plain to, and Mir Scully seid tis board has the right to petition the blarH of works and have the condition of af- fairs remedied.
 Mayor Elton said that sidewalks have been ordered on Lounsbury street and he thought they would be laid be- fore the snow flies, but he understood there was some objection froH the property owners to the layout
 Commissioner Phelan agreed With Mir Scully that sidewalks ought to be laid as soon as possible, and pr Rod man or anyone else should not be ber- mitted to stand in the way of neees- sary Improvements.
 Commissioner Larkin then went to the rescue by moving to recommend to the board of aldermen that a street be laid out in the rear of the school instead of in front of 1t connecting With Lounsbury street. This motion s-as carried after some further discusEian.
 Commissioner Mcdonald said Such conditions would not be tolerated in any other part of the city. and Jianeg Croke, one of the delegation, saidI t4at if the situation complained of existed on Hillside avenue 1t would be 1eRe- died pretty quick.
 Applications from Emma ]. 1utte and Lillian Everett for position5 as teachers were filed. Superinten. .dept Tinker reported that new rooms had to be opened in the Bishop stFeet Driggs, Walsh and Porter street schools, two rooms had to be opfnAd in the Mulcahy and 1t looks as if 1.-two more will have to opened later. cepting the Brooklyn district, tlheAe was no great overcrowding in any df the schools.
 Increase of salary for the follow inI 2 janitors was recommended: RoblnsoAl Bishop street, SG0, two rooms beine0 added to his duties; Begley of Drigg& Keefe of Mulcahy, and Csmwa &t $50 each.
 The appropriation for o1. hEe Croft school was exceeded by oal M, about s1J0. which in view of past rA ords for public building was pretty close sailing by the contractor, Jamej Gaffney. Plans for the new Bunker Hill school were approved The struc ture will cost about $15,O00.
 Superintendent Tinker was givenH permission to regulate the attendanceA 1t all the schools so as to prevend8 ,rowding. It seems that 1t may be necessary to allow some children from Riverside park to attend the Mulcahyz 'chool. This will obviate the necessity 'f their crossing the railroad tracks.