Republican farmer., 1920-01-09
Recommended That the Teachers Be Given a Raise in Pay-W. E. Seeley Is Reelected to Head Board During the Coming Year.

Mayor Clifford B. Wilson. early this afternoon, appeared at the organization meeting of the Board of Apportionment and recommended that the city give the school teachers an IS per cent raise to be added to the seven per cent offered by the state.
 This will make total of 25 per cent. for the teachers, while the firemen and policemen were recommended for a 'substantiar' raise. William E. See ley was reelected president of the I l'board for the coming year.
 In his address to the board Mayor Wilson praised the work of the Board l of Health and told the members that this work should be continued. | In passing to the Board of Educa- ton he said he was sorry to see that | his recommendation of a year ago in relation to the cutting down of the size of the Board of Education had not been carried out.
 l He pointed that the board is sep | arate unit from the city government | 1 their own books and the size of the board made it top heavy with mem bers Interfering with one anothe CT He also said that the spirit of CO., l operation was hindered by the sep- 1 arate unit system and the size of the 1 body. In relation to the teachers he l praised their work and spoke of the l IL, 1 1,oS recommended to the board that they l be given a 25 per cent. increase. The | board returned the recommen datior
 of 25 per cent. and added to this wa. l7 per cent. granted by the state Mayor Wilson said he was inclined tt believe that IS per cent. and the per cent. granted by the state would l suffice at this time.
 He then asked the board to giv'
 the matter caref consideration ant take into consideration the place U 1 be filled and what 1t was worth an, l not what the individual was wort because men could be found win could give satisfaction if the presen
 holders did not.
 Mayor Wilson then said that tw
 other increases were necessary fo
 the police and fremen and afte
 praising these organizations for thei 5 efficiency and their loyalty he aske that the board take them under con Z sideration and grant an adequat amount
 In closing, the mayor said tha , Bridgeport has enjoyed a low ta rate for the last few years, whil most cities have been higher, an i said that he believed the tax rat x should be taken out of politics an , was sure that whatever the boar
 saw fit to fix in February woul
 meet with the approval of the cit . at large.
 : The committees appointed for tn : coming year by MT. Seeley are as fol lows: Bridges, public works, street . and sidewalks, and street cleaning :. William E. Seeley, F. D. Keeler, an W. B. Burnham; board of educatio
 and library, J. A. Leverty, Sigmun s Loewith and H. E. Husted; board ( y health, city dispensary, health an = charities and municipal garage, G. $ Hill, W. E. Burnham and F. J. Greer 7 fire department, W. E. Burnham, I l. E. Husted and F. J. Green; charitie $ S. Loewith, F. D. Kee1er and D. ] = Clifford; parks, D. E. Clifford and
 A. Leverty; lamps, w. B. Booth. ]
 W Harral and J. A. Leverty: tax co
 lecsor, tax commissioner, town cIer
 claims, board of relief, board of al
 Iportionment, war bureau, recreation z welcome home, soldiers and sailors, ID. Keeler and W. B. Booth; city a Il torney, city court, city engineer, eli | hall, probate court. registrars of vo
 CTS, sinking fund and building con
 missioners, F. J. Green and W. D Booth; board of appraisal. city pla " harbor master, weights and measure
 Memorial day, paving and sewers, s
 lectmen and vice, E. W. Harral ar
 H. B. HuSted.
 There were four absent at the mee
 ing today.