The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-09
SCHOOL MIDDLE GOES TO
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Of Board of Mayor and
Aldermen Tuesday Night.

fight has been submitted for arbitra-
ton.
AS has been stated heretofore the
Board of Education and Board of
Mayor and Aldermen are at logger
heads, and matters have reached an
acute stage. The Board of Mayor
and Aldermen have refused to recog-
nize Mr.. Mute and the Board of Edu-
cation refuse to recognize anybody
else. Four years ago the Board of
Education, evidently seeing trouble
brewing, proposed changing the cleo
ton of superintendent from one to
three years, and this brought about
a fight. A citizens meeting was had
and the plan was Endorsed, but an
election to decide the question was
proposed and then called off, ma
jority of those on the Board of Edu-
cation, then as now, favoring the
long term. A compromise was then
effected on a term of two years. The
time expiring, the superintendent
was then elected for term of three
years. Two years of this time has
passed. Last January the complex
ion of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen was changed, much of the
change being due to the issue of
Mute or anti-Nute, suggested in the
campaign, and the antiNute side
winning, the fight started.
The new Board of Mayor and
Aldermen sought legal advice and
found that the Board of Education
had not followed the law strictly
speaking, in it's ordinances providing
for the election of superintendent
for term of three years. The office
was declared vacant, but the Board
of Education refused to elect any
other man.
Now then, the matter is to be arbi-
trated as follows:
The Board of Education is to Sc
lect two of it's own members, and we
learn that these men are j. M. Brice
and r. F. Tisdale. The Board of
mayor and Aldermen are to select
two of it's own members and these
men are T. R. Reynolds and H. A.
Bransford This committee of four
as constituted is to select
committee of three men to decide
whether or not A. c. Mute or some
other man is to have charge CT the
city schools of Union City for the
year 191S-19. In case the commit
tee of four fail to Ggree on three dis
interested men, then tho four are to
select fifth man, and these five will
name a committee of three who will
pass on the superintcndency of Mr..
Mute.
The committee of four, however,
met yesterday and agreed on three
men as proposed, and these three
men are: John T. Walker, Union
City; Thos. j. Bonner, Rives; Hal
Elder, Trenton. These three are to
meet at once and decide TIE question
of the superintendency of the Union
City schools for the year 1888.
The committee is now at work on
the matter.
The question of water meters was
brought up, and recommendation
was made for the purchase of 800
meters. Mr.. Quinn, the recorder
and superintendent, having visited
Dyersburg found that the inspector
of the plant there had tested a num-
Der of meters and that the Pittsburg
meter gave the best results. These
are sold in lots of from fifty up, and
in lots of three hundred were much
cheaper than for fifty. A years
time was given on purchase of 300
in which to order and pay for same
These are to be installed as the COM
mittee directs. Mr.. Allen, the man
ager of the Water and Light Plant,
was present and stated that either
meters must be installed or the city
may have to have another we'll and
pumping equipment, all at a cost of
ten thousand dollars.
1t was therefore considered neces-
sary that tho city begin to adopt and
install system of water meters, and
the buying of 800 meters was
thought best for the first contract,
there being larger discount on that
number. 1t will probably take a
thousand meters altogether to COM
pletc the system.
The superintendent says that the
meters will save waste of forty per
cent in water and add probably
twenty per cent to the water reve-
nues. This was the result of in
stalling the meter system at Dyers-
burg.
Where do you eat and drink? After |
all Forrester's place is the best.