The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-10
NO NEW INCREASE GIVEN TEACHERS Estimates of the Education Board for Salaries Set
 at the Adopted
 Schedule.
THREE NEW SCHOOLS
 ON LIST SUBMITTED
Large Increase In Amount Asked Over Sum Grant ed by Financiers
 Last Year.

At special meeting held last eyen- ing at which every member cg the board was present tho board of educa- ton considered and took final action on the estimates which that body will present this year to the board of finance at It's meeting to-day as the amount of money required to run that part of the city system during the coming year. The largest item, sfat of teachers salaries, was based upon the new schedule which was adopted by the board last spring and callB for a total of $S91,24S, which is an in- crease of $76, S53 over the amount ap- propriated last year. There was no change considered in connection with the request of the teachers that their schedule be adopted No action wetu taken on the information and repre- sentations made by the committee from the mass meeting of July 2, the school committee announcing that 1t had read over the data furnished which it found relative to the estab- lishment of schedule In the high school only and that report would be made by the committee on the matter at a later meeting.
 For night school teachers there was asked a sum of $5,0OO which is an in- crease of $500 over that given last year. School officers are increased to $S,067 from $7,80O, which includes general increases in the salaries of the secretary and the clerks in the offices of the board
 Under the item of fuel is presented the sum of $4S,462, which is an in crease from $21,00 given last year as the board is asking for sum suffi- cient to purchase enough fuel to get back to the old method of purchasing st the lowest priced season and this sum really includes a year and a half of supply.
 Janitors' salaries are down for $46,- 015 for day schools, whereas $36,9S0 was required last year, there being an increase granted in this part of the department also.
 Apparatus and library Is down for $2,300 and laboratory supplies at $1,- 200.
 New closets are asked for at the Webster and Wooster schools which call for $7O00; there is furniture and equipment account for the high school which is down for $5,150, and there is also a request that cooking and manual training equipment be in- stalled in the Orange street school at 1 the cost of $500.
 Under the caption of special OK penses there comes, first of all, an item of $11,000 which is for the equipment of the Ivy street school, which is now nearing completion. Another of $2,- 000 is asked for filling, grading and fences at the same school The board then puts in its requests for more school facilities This is started by asking. for additional land at the Barnes avenue school, at $1,600, and additional land in the rear of Kim berly avenue school, site which the board has been striving to obtain ever since that school was built, at $2.000. Then comes the large sum of $110,o00 which is in for new school site and building in the Welch district to re- lieve the overcrowding there. More land is wanted at Greene street, at --. fa a 1-A- . 4