The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14

| litical hanger-on decided that $500 was
enough to be appropriated for this pur-
/ pose.
II may be that II the regular work had
| been performed during the past two
| years this amount might have gone quite
a long way. but when the repairs for
| really three years were TO be made $500
was scarcely large enough TO make
! respectable showing. Most managers OF
real estate figure on expending two per
| cent OF the value of the property each
| year I'm the matter OF repairs and when
| II is remembered that the school proper
| ~ OF Pawtucket has an estimated value
| OF about 100000 IL will he seen that in
| this case the two per cent. would amount
| TO $4,000 which is considerable more than
| was asked.
MANY THINGS TO BE DONE.
| Then there were other things 10 be done
with this $500 one of these which
| seemed I'm the minds OF the members OF
the school committee absolutely neces-
sary was the opening OF a new room In
| the High street building and TO do this
| II was necessary 20 build a partition and
| do other work which would really be OF a
| permanent character and the property
| committee was informed that in addition
] 10 making the repairs this work at High
street must be paid for out Of the repair
money. There was also some work TO be
done at another building. The result is
that up TO the present time practically
nothing has been done. and yet the va
cation Is now half over.
II Is believed that this committee will
notify the general committee this even
ing that TO do the work which is required
OF IL will necessltate the exceeding OF
the appropriation.
IL would seem also that there has got
20 be something done about new heating
apparatus I'm some OF the schools The re-
cent report t-of- the steam boiler Inspector
which has been made public shows that
there are several boilers in the school
houses OF this city that must be replaced
and at least four OF these are declared
to be almost I'm an unsafe condition
Steam boilers cost money and II the com
mttee finds that new ones must be put
ir It will be necessary for the committee
to exceed it's appropriation for the schools
or else go 10 the city council for more
money.
or course this latter plan may not have
much effect Schools are not highways
and boilers are not bitulthc pavements
The present council prefers to provide
money for Warren Bros. than II does TO
put It's school houses IN order. 1t can
scrlmp on the appropriation for school
and he very liberal for htulitric pave
ment and so IL is not likely that the
council will give any more money for the
schools this year and II the boilers act
ualy give out during the winter the
school children can stay at home because
In the minds Of some OF the city council
men the children can get along without
education so long az the firm Of Warren
Bros. is taken care Of
IRISH HISTORY AS A STUDY.
There are some other matters that may
come up this evening. Recently n move
ment has been under way for this intro
duction Of Irish history as a part OF the
curriculum I'm the schools and IL Is said
that there will be received tonight a petit
ton asking that this be adopted Then
II Is expected also that the committee on
text books will have a report I'm reference
to the distribution OF the text books for
the coming year. The indications are
that this report will start n lively dis
cussion because there are intimations that
this report will not give the new books
which were ordered by the last commit
tee great deal OF show and that instead
OF making them the most important the
old books will have the right of way.
Chairman Little OF the committee cleims
tnat these new books are not of very
great value and certainly not as good as
the books which they were designed TO
replace He declares that after consult
ing many OF the teachers OF the schools
who have hoen- asked 10 look the new
books over he has come TO the conclusion
that the book ls not the one which should
be used In the public schools OF this city.
OF course, after the decision from Com
missioner Ranger they could not he
thrown out entirely. but that decision
stated that the old books might be used
in supplement way, and IL is quite
probable that the report from the sub
committee will be I'm favor OF the supple
mentary' text books being practically the
whole thing
AS against this move It seems quite like
,t.s a,,1 Ia sh,r
cratic members of the committee VIII
make serious objection and the discus
sion may he a long one II II Is started.
In addition TO these several important
matters there is the usual amount OF
routine business TO be considered so that !
the meeting tonight promises to be the
most important and interesting that the
committee has held I'm quite long time.
MATTER STILL UNSETTLED
At the meeting Of the Central Trades
and Labor union last evening after the
delegates had settled the matter of chief
marshal for the Labor Day parade there
came a very long political discussion ana
though one Important vote was taken u
can hardly he said that the matter OF
settlemcnto OF the question has been reach
ed
Readers OF the News Democrat have
been kept Informed rs 90 the situation
among the labor leaders The communl-
cation which was received from the Fed
Grafton Of Labor and endorsed by Presi-
dent Gompers had been referred TO a
committee and this committee has held
a number OF meetings nt which the df-
ferenccs have been thrashcd out. The
committee was ready last evening 20
make It's report and the knowledge that
II was coming had considerable 20 do
with making the attendance so large
10 has been known from the first that
the socialist element In the committee
and IN the central body would 10 all that
was possible 90 secure an endorsement of
their platform and candidates but there
has developed a strong opposition TO this
and the matter was brought 20 n final
settlement last evening when direct
vote on the matter was taken and IL
resulted In a defeat for the socialists
The report OF the committee was not
made In full. IL had been previously
agreed that u should be made IN sections
and that each section should be acted up-