The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-03
INCREASE URGED FOR TEACHERS Board of Education Requests Appropriation to Fulfill the
 Schedule Made Out
 in June.
NEW APPOlNTEE PRESENT
, Invited by the Board, Slade Attends
 Finance Board Hearing-Kelly Aslks One Thousand Dol l lars Increase.

Tho board of finance last evening continued its hearings of the various i, sity departments on their estimates Tor 1909. The principal interest of the evening centered in the hearing of the boards Sof education and of public works
 In the former hearing. Messrs. Moran, Whitney, spang. Wheeler and Gilman were present with superintend- 'bnt Frank H. Beede and Secretary George T. Hewlett One of the two new ippointees of Mayor Martin, Benjamin Slade, was present at the hearing The principal item of the estimate of this department was the teachers salaries
 In this appropriation the board ask ed for an increase of s40.56l over the appropriation of last year. About s30.- 100 of this increase will be used for the Increase in maximum salaries granted by the board last June The rest of the increase will be used for routine Increases and for the maintenance of sixteen additional school rooms to be opened in September, 1909 No recom- mendation for further Increases in the maximum now paid the teachers was voiced.
 Colonel I'M. Ullman, who, with James F. Wheeler, appeared as a member of the board of education for the last time before the finance board, delivered a short address to the mem- bers present. He dwelt for some ' length, on the manner in which the repairs of the school buildings were neglected and said that well organ lzed business concern would not be so lax in this respect as the school board lis. He also, in a parting speech, spoke of the need for the erection of at least one new school building each year as he believed that at least 1 200 scholars were not properly provided for.
 The board of education extended an Invitation to both new members to be present last night and also at the next regular meeting of the board on Sep tennber 21, when bids for the new Prince street school will be opened
 The attitude of the new sppointees to the board, Messrs Groark and Slade, toward the adoption this com ling year of the teachers schedule will be watched with more than ordinary I. interest by over 500 teachers. Mayor Martin has openly endorsed this schedule, and the teachers fully ex- pect that his appontees will secure its adoption.
 Following the educator estimate the public works. appropriations were next placed before the finance board. One of these items Is for an increase in the salary of the city engineer, Cassius W. Kelly, who receives $2,500.
 Last evening MT. Kelly was on hand to explain his position. He stated that for the last fifteen years no in- iA crease had been granted to the city enugineer while the population of the city has increased 50 per cent He also introduced several comparisons between cities throughout the state chief of which were Hartford, where the city pays $5,OOO year, Bridge. port. which pays s4.000 and Water bury where the engineer receives $5,000.
 After short discussions on the ap. propriations the board adjourned m y til this evening when the remalnine departments, including fire and DO.