The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-01


ths various thorourhfares frwss frona
saow ard a.ash. The plan. of couvse
calls for 4 large sxpe naiture 81 IRON
~. but this sissYs ~ TO be expected
ia any plan for municipal Improve
r1lsnt. especially IN this fa@u The
werp; feature al ia. nes suggestion
IL taas n souid take at least q scar
ia pui IL into effect
Commissioner Craven. head uf the
department of street cleaning, has
laid before the board NJ estimate 81
suggestion 10 d!spoS. VI SNOW by
dumping Il into large number of
basins conveniently located. through
ont the city. over trunk sewers The
present sewers would be nasti as far
as possible and additional lines
would be constructed wherever nee
sssary
an interesting fight is being made
by the women school teachers of
New York 10 have the city place
them on the same salary footing as
the male teachers Their claims
having been rejected by the board
81 education. III" teachers have car
rsad their fight 10 the legislature
and are using all possible influence
To secure favorable action ON their
bill which is now pending
The marlborough Association of
Women Teachers, with 1000 mem
bers. is making the fight for the
bill. and advances the claim Of
equal pay for equal work. The
board of education is fighting the
proposition bitterly on the ground
that It's enactment would cost the
city fully s6.ooo.o0o a year over
present figures. The members of the
board also declared that the work OF
the women teachers, in most cases,
could not be classed as equal to the
work OF the men because men en-
gaginz in the profession of teaching
take up the work for life. whereas
the women in most cases take 1t up
merely TO cover Il period of time un-
I'll they become married and leave
their occupation.
The expenditure OF the city for the
general school fund of the education
al budget already amounts to more
than slS,OO0,0 900 year, and it is
figured that it would reach the total
of s25, 900, 600 if the salaries OF the
1900 women teachers We're placed
on the same basis as the salaries Of
the 1000 men teachers.
A novel copartnership in the
banking business has been in eXis-
tence for some time between Gumbo,
! the trick elephant at the Bronx park
Zoo and Jack Gleason, his keeper
The firm has been doing business
under the firm name OF Gumbo ane
Gleason, but the partnership was al
most dissolved few days ago whel
Gleason discovered some OF the bus
mess methods of his associate.
In front of Gumbo's stall hangs
cigar box bearing the name OF til
; firm and in this box visitors are e,
pected to drop their pennies an
nickels. The elephant works sol
of cash register game and acknow
edges the donation by ringing a bel
Gleason. Gumbo's partner, notice
of late that the receipts were fallln
off although the line of deposltor
seemed to be as big as ever
Finally Gleason made searcf
and among the rafters in the ele
| plants stall he found some fifty
nickels and thirty pennies tucked
away in odd corners When Gleason
read the riot act to his partner the
latter took on an injured air and
asked permission to resign. The EN-
! bezzlement having been made up, the
| firm again is doing business.
| EDWARD STATS LUTHER.