The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-06
Commissioners Believe That Not Only
 The Customary One Mill Tax Could Be Used To Advantage,
 But s2OO, 900 Bond Issue As Well
If Bond Issue Is Defeated And The Mayor Succeeds In Cutting Off The One Mill Tax, What Will The City Do For School Houses?- --Supt. Deane Tells Of Congestion

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 Mayor wilson's plan to take the usual one mill tax from the board of education and build new schools this year by bonding does not meet with the approval of the school board Be- fore the board of apportionment last night the members of the school board vigorously protested against the plan Members of the board pointed out that if the tax board denied them the usual one mill tax this year and the people turned down the proposed bond issue. of $200, ,00O, many children would be deprived of the privilege of attending school
 Besides the money which will come to us through the bond issue of $2oO, ,00o, we need the additional one mill tax said Dr. Deane to Mayor Wilson. I've must have funds to build new schools to take care of the increase in the neighborhood of the Bryant, Lincoln, dndley street, Shell ton and other schools.
 tsAt present there are 117 more chi1- dren at Shelton school than we. could accommodat if they were divided 42 to a room. We have portable build- ings and some are on half sessions. Your board should really vote the board of education a two mill tax for. new school buildings.
 l CornrE1ssioneI Leeds of the tax board wanted to know if it would not I be an ideal condition if the board were provided with money enough to build 1 in all sections to care for the expected 1 increase in pupils. He also said he
 could not understand why there was l delay in building operations due to arehiSecks. He said since schools werza of sfrnflar type that with few a1tera- l tions. one set of plans ought to do for \ another school T "In many cases that is so," said pr. ~,fs h, i board could be engaged with six arch-
 itects and the erection of six buildings
 atsonce just as easily as with one. To
 give you an idea of the crowded con-
 ditions at Bostwick school we are pre- :, -paring to build an eight room build- ing on the site of the old incfnerator q plant. These eight rooms will just
 about take care of the pupils who are in portable buildings there. Nine
 rooms are really needed and by the time the school Is completed more
 school buildings will be required in
 James BIake1ey who always takes a lively interest and sgenera1Iysa part in I the proceedings at all hearings of the
 board Of apportionnn nent spoke for the ' first time last night He wanted to $ know why the school board was
 spending $20,000 for fire escapes on
 the schools
 How much do you pay for svarnish z and what kind. do you buy 2'' he asked ]. Agent Ginand of the school board
 Agent Ginand replied that differend 2 kinds of varnish were used in differ ! ent schools. This was a matter up te
 the contractor who built the school. s1 We'll said MT. Blake1ey, that's just the point I came here to make : Why don't you buy all your varnish . from the Parrott Varnish Go. MT Parrott has been in the business 2C 1is7 in the world. Besides that MT. Parrot1 E is one of the largest tax payers ir = Bridgepo ''
 The requisit1on of the board o1 , health for $249, ,432.56 including $20O,. Fl GOO for an incineration plant was the :. first business taken up by the board : Commissioner Fred D. Ives appeared , for the health board. He explained i. that the services of pr. Sherman : school medical inspector, were consid
 cred so valuable that the board con
 cluded her salary should be raised
 from $1, 300 to $1,80o. MT. Ives sait
 the board had decided to raise ths a number of nurses from two to foul : because of the large amount of work pr. R. J. Lynch said that the nurses : did not follow up the. notices whfcf
 the medical inspector sends to parents
 of children whose tonSils are affected
 i orswho have adenoids.
 I t4s pr. Lynch said many ills. would b'
 arrested and remedied if the nurse
 followed up the cases more closely ,f Commissioner Ives said that was wh. l. two additional nurses were requires
 for that very purpose.
 z At present two nurses care for 20, z 900 children. pr. Lynch thought tn proposed increase in pr. Sherman " salary might be better applied to SC .ri curing the services of another nurse
 The board asks this year for a S7,5O h dental clinic, an increase of $2,5 O l. over the amount granted last veal D. The money for the dental clinic wa if not used last year
 Dr. Lynch questioned the item Q at $500 of a bacterfo1ogist and Commis F. sioner Ives explained that Dr. Obe 10 frequently tested sputum for the de r. tection of typhoid fever.
 On the matter of garbage d1SpoSa Ig Commissioner Ives said it had bee u customary to allow for a 10 per cen
 increase each year. MT. Ives sa1 to there is a balance left of $2S9.5o fo l. garbage disposal and this amour III would be exhausted and there woul is probably be a deficit before the en r, of the present fiscal year when tn sr new appropriation would be available z James Blakeslee said: ssI won't be i Y. favor of appropriating dollar for n man to go around in the spring an
 inspect the garbage. The policeme