Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16

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 Hartford. Conn. June When the state board af control at recent meeting. reduced the fee to be paid for the supervision of the building of the new S20O O0O d0rmitory at the normal school in Dan5ury it establish ed precedent which will have tne effect of saving thousands 0f dollars Lin building operations in the future i The matter came to the attention 0f | the board in the shape of a proposition ! te pas the general architect sig per cent on the total cost and in addition Co pay a person five per cent on the cost of plumbing and electric work for supervising that part of the con structIou. The proposition would bring the cost of supervision up 60 eleven per cent on that part of the work
 t which tine extra supervisor would De employed The mem beH- of the board were not slow To see that that charge for supervision was more than should ta paId. When their attention gas called t8 t by Comptroller Sal mon khe is member of the board. and tne fee af tHe additional upper visor Was reduced from five to two and one half per cent That acton esTaHiI#Has Che policy af the board at control fdf rne future and HHti prevail regard leza af Wna- change waH he made lu tHe personnel of the board. r Wrl auuIt to other bailding opera tiaHs undertaken hy fhe state f. WAS an incident ia the official aetF.laH af Connecticut which showed tre heed of board af control h the awarding .fzsHs contract for tne Danh1ry dor HF0FE tta board insisted on the amount Of the contracts being kept asH#H tEH appropriation gf s209.0u, made by the legislature for the en- t.re work and # positively refused to approve the plans until they wefe changed to keep the cost within the appropriation Governor TfumbuIi. who Is the chairman If the board, uas particularly inslstent on the cost beng kept within the appropriation and his colleagues iDxaiIy appqrted his attitude The plans were finally | changed to meet the wishe Hf the board.
 An Efficient Official
 Raymond F aafez. Wh5 Hs son af Sheriff Charles I Gates 1f Wniham e04Htg fa- made noteworthy record for tHe fzcal Fear. which closed Jun 3o af Hs aIuH tEauuu af tae de H.HtHeat If sate agencies. He be ear .rE EaEr Wfh tha hope taat hs te scar H#Iia amount to ea4 #Hf=e aHHar= He more than HaE fH#f hope The receipt af H#a uar#usH5 faf tHr scar amounted ta SHz4a tso.H=. including taH re- #HH4 HarHe ftur towns uHH ruuH= f#ez Hr aerauHt af widows pensions. #ef .GH.a Ee Ha charge which amount ad szF# .8-14 44 Hr aates HaN Che head af million dollar depart mont iii. collections fram the rsla= fiye- and othaf rssHlH hle far the maintenance af HeHeaHz iH ztzHe iHzi# tat4ans amounted to stuho e9S Fms san important uddltiaH ta the re ea.Hts If the state aud t shows tine efficiency sf the R tenn which he has developed In his department He has
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 .irit af the statute Hc i- one Hf tH bHst officials which NiHlHaH aauuss fIa .ilea tha fHta and h HaHte:e.ts 6f WltmautIr tas every reason fU he preuf of ham The widow pension law is proving n boom n uanI widow who hata chHHfeH. rh0re arc over seven hundred widows #rneH8ert an fHe f1W for Che means - kafHuE their EHanE children t'- ruthlr and bringing thaH HH tHe haHr atmosphere m ttai df sgHlInE chem n institutions There are #ttIH aver fna ehtiroH provided far without Frar7tHe them from their ] mothers E about -IN Eelf- sIH.s thf widows pension HW MS ae-fa= Ii uaz reW proposition 0HaH W3s p fr rreseufei ta tt, general emh.F hand f encountered opposition which. 8t ene time II Wa5 thought might } be f4tHl ta f and prevent ifs cHaft
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 Improvements In Schools
 There was. perhaps nothing es
 srraaiiy new in the recent statement af pr Meredith tbe stafe commits .i8uer ef education. tba9 The u0rmaI schools af the state were now tar1= .ng eut sufficient uumher of trH9
 ,# Zen hets to supply at the aahllc schools af tht state W,h teachers ef ENhase ability td teach tHen sia ae fa question 1t bus feguret few years tr perfect ths achievement. Ths s af particular iHtefs r. the Presidents of tht rural towns winch for generations have suffered from the Iaeiliciency of tho district school, For years this lucfhciency wus depler- cd hut the application of thoroughly effective remedy was delayed The inefficient system was doomed from the day t was 50 ruthlessly exposed by former President ElaYel E. Luther of Trinity College. when he was a member af the state senate The eN-