The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
BOARD MUST
 SHOW MARTIN
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 the finance board having made the ap- propriation in one lump sum, instead of for any particular department.
 Mayor Martin was not satisfied with the position of the board of education in the premises, and said: The board must show us why they can't pay the increases
 If necessary he ysaid the finance board would then aid it. Upon his sug- gestion action we9 deferred until the next regular meeting.
 The matter ot the increases of the salaries of the fire chief, the building inspector. and the city engineer which are elouded by legal question, was not taken up.
 Mayor Martin said he preferred that a full board be present when this was done.
 Nor did the mottled brick school house for the Gre ne street school house get by. The Greene street folks will have to accept plain red brick. There will be no mottle fac2d de there. The price that will be paid for the red brick will be SsS 44S The mottled was to cost sS5,S46. On account of the pay ment for the site being taken out of a loan sotiated on bond issue of sl0000O there is a deficiency of sS,5S7.4 A, and the grading of the ground and so forth. Is included in this. Upon the motion of James Logan it was voted to meet this deficiency by transferring the requisite amount from the special account of the Welch school in which there is about s6O,oOO, to the Greene street school.
 There was a rather interesting dis cussion anent the mottled brick fea- turc.
 Colonel Isaac M. Ullman and Dr. Henry Spang. of the building commit the financiers and told them what was wanted as to the Greene street school house. They did not. however, urge the use of mottled brick. This has come before the old board of finance at the meeting last Monday. and, fl being a rather vexatious question. il was left for the new board to con. l slider
 One item in the bills last night tha attracted the attention of the board was bill for the sharpening of tn, teeth of the city horses.
 What are they sharpening th. horses teeth for?" asked Mayor Mar tin. Are they sharpening them fo winter so they won't slip?"
 Its so they can chew the hay, said MT. Redheld.
 The new board of finance occupie, an hour or so in familiarizlng itsel with business, there being many bill to be signed
 day Mayor Martin will nam Charles II. Fisher member of tn board. He Is the general freigh agent of the Starin line in New Havei He has still one more to appoint H will announce the other to-day, 1t likely. Both of the appontees are rs publicans. Yesterday he named Der edict r. Ess and William j. Redfielt They take the places of Henry Hel and Edward G. Frederick, who rt signed, their terms expiring Februal 1. The men named are to fill the III expired terms of their predecessor n after which they will he reappointel r Mir. Fisher will take the place of I I II. Nesbit who. like George W. Levi resigned January 1. Their tern ; would have run for one year had the decided to remain with the new ac ministration.
 l Monday night the board of aide , men will meet, and the democrat members, it is said, have agreed upo [ J. Edmund Miller, alderman -at-larg [ to represent it on the finance boar which amounts to an election by tf aldermen, the democrats being in Il , ascendency. unless something unfo , seen occurs.
 :, When the board Is fully organize | 1t will consist of five democrats an , four republicans.