The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
Make Money Fly Mayor
 Orders Board
Feud Between Executive and School Department Grows
 Bitter.
MAYOR TELLS HOW
 TO SPEND MONEY
There is $325, ,OOO and Sites Should Be Bought Ten
 Years Ahead, He Says.

The $2OO. 900 bond issue voted for the construction Of grammar schools has become a bone of contention between Mayor Wilson and the Board of Edu- 1 cation, and promises to make a vio- lent separation of the friendship which has hitherto existed between the mayor and the board.
 The sdif1culty really began when | Mayor Wilson sought to avoid the one min tax for schools, and the board in sisted it would be bad practice to abandon the tax.
 The feeling was heightened when representatives of the board took the position that there was no present need for an issue of bonds for gram mar school purposes.
 The vexation received another stim- ulus when the board took no steps to expend the $20O.000.
 It was for the purpose of convincing his fellow officials that the money ought to be used that Mayor Wilson made his remarks. last night
 His main suggestion was to the eff feet that the board ought to acquire convenient sites ten years in advance of the necessity for particular school.
 The board took the ground that it would be difficult to forsee the needs of the city so far ahead. The mayor also advocated pIaygrounds in connec- ton With the SChOOl SlLeGs
 The mayor had a number of other su uggesttons which the board appar- ently regarded as contrary to wisdom and it's experience.
 Mayor Wilson arrived early in the evening In fact he was present be- fore some of the board. He was com pIetely Ignored by the board until a. complaint was heard, and the routine business had been transacted. It was then President William Iieberum said he had heard that the mayor would liS5@ to speak to the board. Comnis- sioner Cullinan moved that permis- sion be given
 ssI would move that his honor. the mayor, be granted the privilege of the floor do not doubt we shall hear. something interesting. as he is inter esting even when he is suggesting that we should be abolished as a set of old fogles If we had only thought of calling in the mayor when we were struggling with the several problems we were up again. to have him settle them SC easily and readily, as he seems so capable of doing. we might have. been spared much worry No doubt he will be interesting tonight. so therefore move he be granted per mission to address us
 The situation in the room had been tense Every one had been expecting an outbreak. AS Mir. Cullinan pro- gressed smiles appeared. The com nlisssioners as soIemnly granted the mayor permission to speak
 The mayor accepted the honor thus thrust upon him with grace. His speech of acceptance and apprecia> ton was of some length. T appre-s ciate the Introduction just accorded me and thank the board for it's conr descension in allowing me to address you I hesita.ted to present myself here fearing that it might be looked upon as an intrusion and that am not wanted. I am glad to be dis abused Of this feeling, but my allll- sions were based on my experiences Eof .. week ago.
 The mayor seated himself beside the president He came to show tre board what to do, and he followed out this theory from the. onset He pro- duced Q. map, and, with a wave of his hand, called Superintendent of Schools pr. Deane to mark out the schools and the territory covered by them Considerable discussion followed Com rnissioners objected, because it would take to the mornfng hours to do this. The mayor replied he had all night
 Motion was made to furnish the map properly marked. Then T1r. Deane gracefully oyercaHne a, dis agreeable situation. He produced map already plotted. so that tha mayor could make his suggestions to the board methodicaliy and with pre- cision.
 A clash was nearly started when the mayor asked whether the commit tee on sites had made their report The mayor seemed pained to find that this matter had not been done He voiced this feeling. Then there was discussion as to who was the chair man of this committee. It was decid ed that MT. Bishop was chairman e. r-- Al. rescue again He asked the mayor:
 HIs there any danger, 1Tr. Mayor. of another election on these bonds and their taking them away from us?''
 The mayor replied he would not wonder if they did, as tho board has been di1atory and extravagant in choosing sites. As an illustration he pointed a lot on North Washington avenue that had been considered by the board. He was told that this lot had been discarded by the board many months ago. He then told the board as they have sufficient funds now, they should purchase lots in growing sections of the city for school house sites ten and more years in advance. The commissioners endeaVored to show the mayor the fallacy of this view. They treated him with respect but their facts were most humiliat- ing to him.
 It was suggested that as the report of the superintendent already entered showed improvement necessary for the handling of the situation. Mayor Wilson replied that the report should not be lolced at but looked beyond, and proceeded to state his views which were listened to with more or less interest by the commissioners Fairgrounds was another suggestion
 However, the mayor was sidetracked from each suggestion before he spoke upon it at any length
 Five and four per cent he declared too much to pay for architects fees. He suggested they employ one man to standardize a set of plans and use them for future school buildings He was then informed that the board had taken the matter up some time ago, but found 1t more economical to con-