New Britain herald., 1927-10-19
EDUCAT|0NALFUND WHOLLY APPROVED SS30,N7.49 for 1927.2S Is
 S23,000 Increase WATER BOARD STATEMENT
ioO Feet of Main to Be Laid in Eeary Strcet-Falso Alarm of Fire Autos Crash On BouIeyard- Police Court Activity,

Police Court Activity.
 At joint meeting Of the eft,
 council and the board of education
 held last evening, department Of ed
 ucation appropriations for l927-os
 totaling s330 407.49 were formall,
 approved. This is an increase O,
 approximately s23,0O0 over the ap-
 proprlations for 1926-21.
 The appropriations as approved
 last evening are as follows: Board of "ducaton, clerks and uperintendent,
 $S,536. incidentals Sl,500, total sl0,-
 O3G; new high school, teachers,
 clerk, janitor and incidentals, $S9,-
 1OS; new high school. special ap-
 propriation for new vacuum cleaner,
 $S,l5O; old high school, janitor and
 incidentals, S5,O00; Federal Hill and John Jennings school. S37,750; North Side school. Sl7,45o; South side and Park street schools. $l9,-
 zoo; ForestvilIe school, s17,7o0: stafford school, s2,275; Edgewood school, s5,250 South Chippens Hill school, s2,425: North Chippens Hill school, s1.10o; Fall Mountain school, $2,25o.
 Home economics department, s. GOO; manual training department. Sl,100; music department, s6,000; drawing department. s6,70o; music !. nI yl n Nrfp medical inspection department, s5,- 150; evening school, s5,500; health school, s4.55S; attendance, $500; physical education department sS,- 45o; special teachers, transportation, $35O: visiting day, $500; textbooks. S1,335.49; enumeration. s20o; grad uation, $500: tuition, $500; medical examination, s25o; trade school. $50; cooperative industrial depart ment s1,000; Miss Nellie E. Hills. s1,3Oo.
 The appropriations this year call for the following increases in the teaching and clerical forces in the schools: Superintendent of school. $500; board of education, three clerks each increased s104 year: high school teachers, s3,112; high school janitors, SIPS; Federal Hill, S3,115; North Side, $50; South Side and Park street, s1.650: East Bris- iol and Fifth Avenue. $50; South Chippens Hill. $50; home economics, $500; manual training, $500: music, s250; drawing, s250; medical in- spection. s300 health, s100; physi- cal education, $50.
 Decreases are shown as follows: High school clerk, sl00: stafford, ;150; Edgewood. $50; North Chip pens Hill, s1o0; Fall Mountain, $50.
 The appropriation also shown an increase of S1,250. This is brought bout that Miss Nellie E. Hills, who $ serving during the present school | ear as principal emeritus after hav- ng served for a period of 50 years 1 s teacher and principal in the dis rict, is to receive a years salary Tn ! ecognition of her long and meri- orious service The amount actual y appropriated by this city for this ause is Sl.S00, but this is reduced 30 by q decrease in the salary or he new principal.
 Water Board Meeting
 At a meeting of the board or .ater commissioners held last eve- ing, it was voted to lay 15o feet of winch main on Geary avenue. This ecision was reached following caring which was called in response , petition presented by Julius lock and several other residents Of le street The new main will be id westerly from Allen street.
 A petition was received from John arlson and others asking that the resent water main on King road be <tended. Property owners inter ,ted will be called in at hearing , be held at the November meet g of the board. The petition Of Clyde H. Perkins nd others for water main eXten- ons on West Washington street, was tabled in view oi ,e fact that there Is at present lnstion about regarding and out portion of the rect. ,
 superintendent Report The report of Superintendent G. /, arl Lourie showed that during , e month of September the aver , ,e daily consumption of water was ( 414,o0O gallons, an increase of G. 10 gallons a day over the month Of 'ptember, 1926. On Monday last , reservo oirs were full except No. 1. , hich was down approximately 10 { rhpa .