New Britain herald., 1927-02-02
FINANCIERS OPEN BUDGET HEARINGS
School, City Hall and Public
 AmuSementS Board Heard

Budgets of s1,15S,051 of the school board, S7,500 of the public amuse- ment commission, and S42,600 of the city building commission were presented by representative of these boards to the board of finance and taxation in it's first meeting, held last night to discuss city appropria- tions.
 George W. Traut, chairman of the finance committee of the school board, stated that the board is ask ing for S155,051 in the regular bud get and s3,000 in special recom- mendation for nutrition work. The total request is a gain of s103,697 over that asked for last year.
 Each of the items of the budget was taken up separately. The item of expenses for teaching day schools, $76S,051. is a gain of s64,451 over that allowed last year, he said. When the discussion of tuition to the state board of education was discussed Chairman Edward r. Hall asked MT | Idut IL llllS Nlty "doil lllOlt 6tll- erous in its fee to the state board than any of the other cities. Supt Holmes declared that the board is now conducting an investigation which will determine how New Brit ain compares with other cities. The | item calls for an expenditure of s60,- | 900 or an increase of S5,446 over last year.
 An increase of s2.o00 on the item of janitors' salaries and an increase of S400 in janitors' supplies con- l tained in the two items relating to ! janitors.
 Supt. Holmes explained that the department is feeding S5 in the open air department of the Walnut Hill school. According to Mir. Holmes, 75 undernourished students and 10 supervisors eat a small meal in the morning and a full meal at noon. Answering MT. Halls question rela- tive to the results of this work, MT. Holmes said the department has sent a dozen strCents bac, to their class rooms during the past week. In explaining the item of vacation schools, Mr. Holmes said classes are held in the summer for children be- tween the fourth and eighth grades who are backward or who have lost time through absence. An cx- Ipenditure of S1,300 was asked in the matter of school census. an increase of $500 over last year. Mir. Traut explained that it was necessary that the utmost care be taken in order that the city have an accurate enumeration for tuition payment from the state.
 In the request for s12,OOO for clerks the school board representa- tives were questioned about the item for an extra clerk for the main of fee. It was pointed out that the new clerk will get more than the total salary of two or three of the other clerks. The superintendent explained that the new clerk will be of different type. She will take charge of the statistical end of the department. She will also take over part of the duties of Theodore Bea- ven, former assistant to the super intendent, who resigned recently.
 An increase of S10,000 was asked for repairs. supt. Holmes declared that the school buildings and grounds are valued at S5,0O0,OO0 ac- cording to figures furnished the de- partment by Assessor Thomas Lin der. "We have run below in repairs and I guess we always will" Mir Traut declared.
 Supt. Holmes, President P. F. King and Mr. Traut each stressed the need of a nutrition service in the school. Of the special appropri- ation of S3,000, the salary of the nutritionist, Miss Beye, would be S2,400.
 At the conclusion of the hearing Supt. Holmes said: T know there will be a great temptation for you to cut on the items of text books, ] supplies and repairs, but if you con- sider that when the matter is sim mered down each child gets the ! benefit of s2.s0 for books and S2.O1 i for supplies you will not think this | high"
 In discussing repairs Mr. Traut said that School Supervisor John E. | Downs has saved his salary for two ! years by his economy in the Smith , school repair job, his first in the | schools service.
 Public AmuSements
 Commissioner Bernard C.. Krano- witz represented the public amuse- ment commission until the chair man, Harry c. Jackson, arrived. Tn a preliminary talk Mr. Kranowitz explained that at present there is 1900 left in the budget, but after the Christmas tree and several other items are disposed of there will probably be $500. An appropriation of s7,500 was asked.
 The commissioner enumerated the expenses as follows: Playground supervisor, s2,So0; 12 directors, s272; two Junior Achievement di- rectors, s100; Janitors, S4OO; base ball. $500. He said the commission was planning on league for boys between the ages of 14 and 16 years.
 In discussing the Fourth of July situation relative to the site for the fireworks display, Mr. Kranowitz said the commission has several DlaCeS in mind One Of which was