New Britain herald., 1917-10-11
senting vote. The report was then

senting vote. The report was then tabled unaccepted.
 Dr. GrisoWld resigned from his of flee as health officer on September 1. The county health officers asked him to reconsider his resignation and pr. Griswold refused. No action has since been taken. The county health officers have not as yet accepted the resignation and Dr. Griswold, as, far as is known, continues in the per formance of his duties
 Cowles Defends School Board.
 Although the report of the finance committee had been accepted S. ,M CoWles, vlce-president of the school board, took exception to having the appropriation sliced by over $1,5OO. In his defense of the school committee MT. Cowles gave some convincing , arguments. He brought out the fact that the expense of running the schools had greatly increased since last year because of the high cost of materials. ''The school committee in past years has never. expended its ap- propriation," said MT. Cowles. Ever since I can remember the school board has been under criticism. There are very few men here tonight who
 
 the board,' continued MT. Cowles The amazing fact was brought out that although the attendance at the schools has increased over 200 in the past few years, still only three or four teachers have been added to the fac 7 ulty. There is not a school teacher i in Berlin today" argued MT. Cowles, ''who has not at least 40 to 49 pupils to teach.''
 The efficient manner in which the schools have been run in Berlin was brought out by MT. Cowles when he showed that the cost per pupil has only been $38.95 each year. There are over sixty towns. in the state to- day who expend more," added the speaker. He compared the following l towns with Berlin: Suftield, $53; Hampton, $53; West Hartford, $59; l Windham. $45; Simsbury, s41: Litch- :; field, $53; East Hampton, $50. l MT. Cowles was interrupted by ex- !! Tax Collector E. B. Austin, who said that the debate was useless as the ] finance boards report had already been voted upon and accepted. w. H. /! Gibney agreed with MT. Austin that i to reconsider the report of the finance 1 board would be an injustice to the
 
 1 credit on it's work. c. w. Stevens, on 1 behalf of the board, of which he is a. member, remarked that the discus l sion was out of place. The finance i board several days ago held an open 1 meeting to which all the electors of 1 the town had been invited to make l recommendations John T. Mo- lumphy, president of the school, was present at the time and he should have brought these facts out at the time," said MT. Stevens.
 Roads in the LimeHght. ] After it was decided to make an 1 appropriation of $5,O00 and to re- ! quest the state to appropriate $15,- 1 900, the road situation was brought up. The present condition of the roads in Berlin was the target of 1 many voters. Judge filling, who was l at last evenings meeting, came in for 1 considerable criticism.
 The discussion was marked by a lively tilt between c. w. Stevens of ! Kensington and E. w. Mildrum of i East Berlin. MT. Mildrum was de- sirous of knowing where the state l money was to be expended. He pre- 1 sented motion to have the road | from the railroad station to East Ber- lin repaired. H. H. Spooner said that there were three bad roads, which i should be fixed He did not think 1 that all the money should be spent on one road. MT. Austin took issue with | MT. Spooner. He said that there were