Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-02
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RATE To PROVIDE
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mill rate for the coming year-and
the busiest session in months is pre-
dicted.
Some Essential Increases
The budget last year called for an
expenditure of S44S,12S.65. In the
neighborhood of $4,000, it is figured,
can be cut from this amount in items
which will not need to be taken care
of. This sum is offset, however, by
new expenditures approximating be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
About $4,000 additional will have
to be set aside for the teachers SAL
ary increase item, an increase author
lied by the rotation rule and which
must be taken care of each year. An
other 7,000-S6,970, to be exact
must also be set aside in the budget
for sinking fund. interest and State
taxes on the proposed bond issue of
S94, 900 to be floated to build the new
Allison Hill school building at Six
teenth and Catherine streets The
Harrisburg Public Library has asked
for an additional $4,000 appropriation
for maintenance.
To Adopt New Books
Another item that will help run up
the expenditure will be the cost of
substituting new reader textbooks in
all the grades This last item will
cost anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000,
it is said
The teaching payroll will be aug
mented this year by the fact that from
ten to dozen new teachers and
supervisors will have to be provided
for. Four or five teachers at both
Central and Technical high schools
should be taken on and additional
teachers will be needed in the grades
If the plan is adopted of moving the
principals of four buildings to fill the
proposed three new supervisorships as
well as the vacancy caused by the
death of DR.. l.. S. Shimmell, certain
teachers will have to be moved up.
Probable Bidding
All the reading textbooks in the
grades will be changed this year, it is
said, although DR.. F. E. Downes, city
superintendent, said he cannot say
whether the recommendation to that
effect will be ready for consideration
by tomorrow evening.
The placing of the readers will be a
radical change in view of the fact
that the contract will be made for a
period OF five instead of three years.
It is said. The American Book Com.
pany, 1t is believed will put in the
new books, inasmuch as this com
pany is said to be doing most of the
'sampling" among the schools. The
teachers suggest the style of book to
be adopted, basing their opinion. as a
"ule, on the samples of books put into
he schools for use by the pupils by
the company or companies hoping to
secure the contract. The opinions OF
the teachers are then compiled by the
superintendent and submitted by him
20 the board as recommendation.
Then bids are asked for and the award
ot the contract is usually based upon
this recommendation.
To Let Contracts
Contracts for printing. general
school and janitors' supplies for Har-
risburg's school district for the en-
suing year will be let at Tomorrow
avening's meeting of the School Board
Several hundred items are on the
schedule. At the meeting of April II
schedule of several thousand items
will be bid upon, when the contra cts
for shop and laboratory supplies at
Technical and Central high schools
are let.
School bonds of several issues to the
lmount of S11,700 were redeemed YES
'erday in accordance with the pro-
'ision that the proceeds from the sale
If the Day building to the State Capt.
'ol Park Extension Commission be de-
'oted to this purpose.