The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-30
 WANT HIGHER MINIMUMS AND FEW MAXIMUMS Teachers Association Pre- pairing to Present Views On Salaries to Board
 of Education Statistics Show that Princi- pal Cities of Country Have But One Maximum, While Bridgeport Has Eight.

When the grade teachers of the city now banded together as the Teachers Association. make retition to the Board of Education at it's next monthly meet ing, it is probable that they will ask for three concessions: An advance in the minimum salary an increase in the maximum, and that the number of maximums be reduced. In the eight grades there are now seven max imums This afternoon at 4:15, in the High School. there will be a general meeting of the association when there will be further discussion on the num- Der of maximums. Statistics will be CT cities of the country have but one or two maximums. Friday afternoon of this week. also at the High School, the teachers will be addressed by William T. Hackett. tax collector of New Haven, and Miss Purdue of the maximum salaries in elementary schools.
 The minimum salary of a teacher, the salary on which she enters into her work. now is $450 per year. There Is an increase for each year of work. until the maximum salary is reached. There is a different maximum for each of the grades. with the exception of the third and fourth grades. which are alike, making seven maximumS in all.
 A comparison of neighboring city Waterbury-is here given. The teach CT. as does Bridgeport's, enters at s450. Her maximum salary for the first six grades is s750. an increase of $50 per year. For the seventh grade the maximum is $500 and the eighth. $850. How unlike Bridgeport The maxi mum for the first grade is $500: for the second. $550; for the third and fourth. $575; for the fifth. $6e5: for the sixth. $650: for the seventh. s700, and for the eighth, ST50.
 One of the members prominent in the association has~compiled a list of cit ies which show but one maximum for the eight grades. The cities are Bal timore Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Detroit Jersey City. St. Paul. Syracuse. Roch- ester, Toledo. Los Angeles. Paterson, Lowell. Dayton. Seattle. Camden. Tren- ton. Troy. Lynn. Hoboken, Peoria. Salt Lake City and Pittsdeld. Cities with two maximums are Philadelphia; New ark. Minneapolis. Providence. Indian apolis, Columbus. Worcester. St. Jo- sephs. Albany. Springfield. Utica. Paw tucket and Ithica
 The following cities show mini mum salary of $450: Lynn. Milwaukee. bridge. Rochester. Schenectady. De- troit, Bridgeport, and Waterbury; Poughkeepsie. $475; Trenton and Mer- iden, slS0: the following at $500: New Bedford. Brockton. Harrisburg, Cam den, Indianapolis. Kansas City. Provi- dence. Worcester. and Clevelapd; Bal timore. $504: Paterson and Alleghany, S550; Denver. Los Angeles. Brooklyn, Yonkers. Hoboken. Mt. Vernon. New Rochelle, $500: St. Louis. s566; New York, S720; San Francisco. $650; Mem phis, $500; Boston, $552.
 r-s~ and maximum are given: Baltimore. s504-s1. 200; Cincinnati. $s00- $1 .000; De troit, $45O- -s900; Philadelphia. s520-$S20; Indianapolis, $500-s750: Milwaukee, sA5O-S900; New York. $720-s1 .240: St. Louis, s566- $s40; Cleveland. $5O0-$900; !; San Francisco s650-s8"0: Memphis, s500-sS50; Boston. s552-$936; and Chi cago. $500 600.