New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-06

tHe CITY ClcTh OulCe uOuHeO nun Oh
! the amount. 1t was impossible tor
Mr.. Reiche to present . statement
to the council In the few hours ~.
naming before the council meeting
for the reason that the city clerks
Office at this hour informed him that
it was much larger amount and
when the amount was accurately ar.
rived at, he could not present to the
council q statement In the short
time allowed.
''The school department in esti-
mating a budget for any one year
must follow the state law. Teachers
are engaged in April of each year
and, especially with first year
teachers, at increased salaries
Teachers who are to be retained
cannot be determined in advance nor
the amount of increases in salaries,
nor is it possible for the school de-
partment to figure salaries for addi-
tional teachers who are to be en-.
gagged during any one year. The
amount which the department has
had to exceed its appropriation for
the year ending December !. 1923 is
largely accounted for by the sum
Of $1e,70l.6s which represents the
exces Of salaries over the amount
provided for in the appropriations
Mr.. Reiche feels this figure is un-
fair to the department since during
this year one-half of this amount
represents one week Of salaries paid
in advance and into the new fiscal
year. This payment into December
was made in consultation with the
city clerks office because of the
Thanksgiving holiday and to prevent
unnecessary work in sending out
checks two weeks in succession.
1.-THE balance of the amount Is ac-
counted for in this way: $Soao.06
represents expenditures for sundries
The manual training department. in
August purchased supplies for one
year, at a saving. with the result
that the department has on hand
$1,000 of supplies which are to be
Used during the remaining school
SVdI. " HNtf iuitS
of the city fiscal year.
Tuesday evening before the meet
ing of the council. when informed
by the city clerks department OF the
amount of the overdrsft, Mr.. Reiche
asked for a detailed report and was
told that it was impossible to get
out this for several days. He has
no criticism Of that condition. but
feels that the city officials should not
lay at his door the failure to give
OH short notice figures explaining the
excess. when the city clerks depart
ment could not in turn furnish him
with report for that year.
To-day, MIR. Reiche, while not
disposed to be critical felt that the
position he had been placed in. en-
titled him TO a fair hearing before
the council on proper notice which
can be had at the next meeting.
'"rhc situation obtaining in Bris-
toll is covered in other cities by an
allowance in the original appropria-
tons from year 10 year. and it is
felt that the present situation will
prove helpful in paving the way for
a clearer underst anding of the city
council and the school department.
and enable the latter to function
with some degree OF latitude without
the necessity from year to year of
exceeding its appropriation. This can
be covered only by an allowance in
advance for just this condition, as
has been recommended by the su-
perintendent in two former letters.
superintendent Reiche enjoys the
reputation among superintendent OF
the state which is second to none,
and is frequently consulted by them
individually and at official meetings
for advice. The opinion in the city
today was one OF regret that the de-
partment was unable to give at the
natural request Of the council, infor-
nation concerning the same, simply
because OF lack of proper notice."
Envelope Game Worked
Although the envelope game OF
swindling had its origin a number OF
years ago, one Bristol merchant,
whose name the police refused to
divulge. saw it worked for the first
time Wednesday with himself a. the
! victim.
Late in the afternoon a we'll
dressed stranger appeared In the
merchants store and displaying a
quantity of change, asked that 1t be
exchanged for a ten dollar bill. The
merchant handed over the ten dollar
bill which the stranger placed In an
envelope while the sorekeeper was
counting the money. A count of the
change. however. developed that II
was short 20 cents Of the required
ten dollars. to which the stranger
expressed surprise and then pro-
ceeded to. count the money himself.
He verified the storekeeper's count
and then handed the latter the en-
velope. retaining the change and
saying that he would return in a
few minutes with the necessary 20
cents. The storekeeper. after watt
/ ing for short time. opened the en-
velope only TO find that it contained
a piece of paper. While he was
counting the coin, the stranger
switched envelopes unnoticed.
While the police believed that the
swindle would be attempted on other
merchants. no further complaints
had been received at headquarters
this morning.
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