., A SOUTHNORWALK
‘ EVENING ‘SENTINEL
James Golden, Editor and
" Proprietor
WEDNESDAY. JAN.V31, 19m
SOCI TY NOTICES
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. MABONIO DIRECTORY.
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Moots in Masonic Building, South
Main street. lat and 3d Tuesday or
each month—«July and August ex-
coptodwat 8 o‘clock. All Master
Masons cordially invited. Frederick
8. Lyon, W. M. Robert M. Wilcox.
, flee.
' 1 Butler Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M.
, Meets in 'Masonio Building, South
Main street. 2d and 4th Tuesdays of
each month-«July and August ox-
cepted~ot 8 o‘clock. All Royal Arch
Masons cordially invited. Thaddeus
Guyer, H. P. Robert M. Wilcox.
Soc.
COVUVTH NORWALK BOARD OF
TRADE.
President—Nehemiah Candee.
‘Vice-Presldent—Charlee J. Pidgeon.
Bantam—Frank w. Hadley.
- Treasurer—~Matthew Corbett
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TO KILL CONNECTICUT lN-
DUSTRIES.
The metals tariff bill has passed the
:HOuse at Washington without an
1 Vatnendment, and now it goes to the
-Sonu'to, where, fortunately for New
1 England and especially Connecticut,
“it ‘will not. have so easy a time. There.
Huo doubt about the evil effects of
this bill if it should become a law. so
far a! Connecticut industries are con-
nted. Almost every largo common
ilty in the state is vitally (common
and the workers would suite; ost’dn
Vmssmun Borgei so well says. until
the manufacturers adjusted them.
noivdb’ to the changes, have the Bridgo
a...
[it Bridgeport we make and soil
many articles that are plated own the
mallet, while in other instancos tho
tariff is cut. down as much as one
“limit. in all these manufactures the
VV‘rtt‘to or wages paid is fully one hun
um per cent., above. the scale paid
Vin other countries. With the tariff
I ither entirely removed, or so out
down as to render extremely small
flotectlou, those industries will be
liottbjected to it competition which will
"Vburely reduce their market
Bl the. admission of the men who
cunstiucted this bill, most of them
from the South. be it remembered,
where littlc of the kind is mnnufuc.
' zturod, the imports under the bill will
be increased $20 000 000 and a large
. part of it will be taken from New
England and Connecticut industries.
‘ There is not the slightest doubt but.
that the passage of this bill would be
ti'IEPVEous setback to our industries in
the metal line, and that means two-
7 thii’du of Connecticut's manufacturing.
is is not all the evil in the
bit Th congressional Record shows
use who framed it have, in
cases. increased the tax-in! on
material. "As a revenue met»
her say, and when questioned
" {it it they said that “the
in re would pay it an; All
[than Hill pointed out, this
standing invitation for manu-
io move their capitol to Can-
utjart- business there} under the
hon protective laws,. and with
" priced labor export without int.
ty and with larger profits to this
lit the meantime, where
men. imtbo factories be?
herethey were in 1896. walking
is, as many a man in this
VV recall]
lGHT TO THE POINT.
' Vsylvsnia Railroad Co has
cud on order tor 150. 000 tons
V. tool rails. That looks as if
" puny has faith in an improvo
in general business. «Paterson
hoock's declaration for cov-
"t ownorlihip of telegropbs no
it so Mr. Bryan talking eomo-
tit. stolen downward
V Way
To the Editor of Tlio‘ielcutinol:
‘V’the situation and tiliould work tor some
the new town school committees.
are Messrs. McMahon, Budwell, Sheri
SENTINEL
READERS’
VIEWS
The Sentinel will he planned to re-
ceive lettoia for publication, from its
readers. under the above heading. A
brief and lotus-point communication,
as a general proposition, carries more
weight and conviction than a lengthy
one in which the argument is not
concentratod. We do most emphatic-
ally suggest brevity. Lonngmded or-
ticies, we have observed. are the [tilt
to be read. and are many times avoid-
otl altogether.
AN llPlN [HER
ill lAXPAYERS
School consolidation without city
and village consoligdatioit has been
effected. The new town school com-
mlttoe tor the next school year will
meet in February. though until the
middle of July tho~board of school
visitors and the clown, district coni—
llllttt’iefi will legally exist as nephritis
governing bodies. Thor-cutter until
October, 1913. ll town i-lcliool coninilt~
too will consist of twenty men, being
the nine school visitors and the eleven
chairmen of district committees.
Names of the Town School
Committee.
Those twenty men are as follows,
viz.: John l‘i‘. McMahon, D. llurr lloach,
(‘ N. Arnold, A J blocker. G. W. Ste
vcuu, W .I.,)i|l‘illilil Edward [booth
l). Pollard. J. ii. 1‘ (loll. W. it" (logge-
wcll, I’. ll. Glendenlng. Wilfred ilod~
well. ll. 0. Shorter. MV 1).. J. ll. Law-
rence, J. hi. (‘oburm bl. l1. Harry iii-
dor, A. (1. Wheeler, ll, 0. Pollard, T.
F (‘lunc \l J Tracey, M. H. ‘
llVi occupation, iii‘dy are Widely var
loll. whhb is an excellent fonturo of
progress in the schools. Several oi
the new men are accustomed to move
without asking the porinliiulon of oth-
ers. Throe or -thcuo men give more
or loss of their time to the pructice
of medicine Usually. practicing phy
slcibua make excellent mornboru of
boards of education that have real
power.
To those twenty men, by the decia
ion otthe town attorney. confirmed by
that of tho stats attorney-general. are
now entrustod the direction and the
control of the education of 4.000 ole:
memory school children and of 107
teachers and perhaps the control,
though certainly not the immediato
direction. of 430 high school pupils and
of ‘17 more teachers. They have a
plant of 16 different School proportion
and the management and ovorsight of
an annual expenditure of considerably
over $100,000.- Some 15 different iaul4
tors come under their employment,
though whether or not under this law
the Janitors are to be appointed and
discharged by the town sslsctmsn has
not been specifically determined.
South VNorwelk, Absorbed.
This mvoliitloniitos the situation of
the South Norwtalk district, which has
half the pupils and mulch) the
school funds by the town and district
taxes; onafhalt of tho local money. How
far the eituatlou or the high school.
has been changed is as yet in quen-
tiou, for it remains to 3be determined
whether or not the high school coins
mittee for the next school your will
report directly to the town board or
taxation and estimate without submit-
ting their budget to the town school
committee.
committee of three members, ' who
have had virtually complete control
of all local affairs. ,It has had also
tour or the nine members of the board
or echool visitors. Hereafter it will
have live members out oil twenty upon
is rather a subordinate position for
South Norwalk. These ‘tl‘ve members
or, Lawrence and Coburn
has as litany children as attend the
entire Over River school,
district, while lteéll has only twonttns.
ot the entire Union diatrlct at-
tohdance. All the el ary suitable
oi: the” town taken
‘ many children up
The Union district now has its own ‘
ItV.
A single door of the Franklin school ;
and the '
Franklin school a he has two hun-
-Vdred more childhe‘ than any minor V
totbor‘ have bnly ‘V
Vlti“ ity district.
the buildings with modern structures.
In some cuties. new sites are called
tor and should be acquired. With the
abolition of district lines. in the inter—
cut of economy. This. of course,
should be combined. This, or course,
is the mil purpose of consolidation.
This problem will require careful con-
sideration.
A Business Proposition.
Every taxpayer should undentand
that the new town school committee
will be so busy with the care of the
school properties, their repairs, the
upkeep for coal and supplies, the man-
agement otiianitora and similar inat-
ters that will have littlotime for the
discussion of the professional matters
of éuucauon, which have been to:- all
time many years of the past the main
theme of the discussions or the nearly
deceased board of school visitors. The
era of business men attending to the
business attulrs oi the schools and let-
ting a school superintendent attend
to the professional afrairs bin arrived.
There are sixteen buildings. almost on
average of one for every committee
member during the transition period.
The total cost of the schools of the
town annually for maintenance. not
000. The town tax rate is nine mills.
and of its total receipts about and half
goes to the schools. The Union dis—
trict tax rate has been two mlllsVan
nunlly, yielding ”5,000, more or loss.
01 course, after this year. this tax
will be devoted to the purpose or rc-
duclng the disrrlct debt. Some die-
tricts have had no tuxcs for years, and
there is no reason why the Union dis-
trict should or will carry the othoru.
For many years past the Union dis~
trict has paid into tho town about $8.-
000 it your more than it acts back. Fu-
dor the now adminiutrutiou, nffnlra
should bu more nearly equalized,
Beginning with, tho lat-gout diatrlct.
tho situations are. about as follows:
'Union plotriot.
Pour builomgn—nt’lno brich, one coin—
blood brick, and trains. two trains
buildings. ’l‘wo buildings have good
boating plants. A third has six fur.
nouns and one boiler for nine closu-
rooms. The fourth ban two furnaces.
li‘our acme of land.
Number of icnchuru. ii.
Slimtwr oi inuitors. :l.
Nun. ' of classrooms, 35.
Debt. about. $33.00!).
Total value oi property. $115,000.
Net value, 377.000
East Norwalk District.
Two buildings. both stonmwliuniodw
Ono brick. one frame. The brick build
ing V has it new, good steam-heating
plant. and in one of the boat school
buiidlnga of the town.
Two and a hull scroll at land.
Number of teachers, 17.
Number of janitora. 2.
Number of classrooms, ill.
Valuoof property, 8:35.000.
H Center District.
One brick building. steam li‘cat.
Two acres or land.
Number of tcuchors. 1'2.
Number of tritium-coins. 12.
Value of prollertl’. 343.000.
Rowayton District.
One frame building.
Two acres of land.
Number of teachers. 4
Number of Janitors, 1.
Number of classrooms, 4.
Value of property. 89.000.
Over River District.
One frame building.
One and a half actor of land.
Number of teachers. 8.
Number or oiasurooms. 6.
Number of innitors. 1.
Value or property, $20,000.
North Center District.
One ironic building.
Ono acre or land; '
Number of teachers, 2
_ Number of classrooms. 2.
Number of innitors. 1.
Value of property, 36.000.
Northeast District.
One frame building. ,
'Two acres of land.
Number of teachers. 2. V
Number of classrooms. 2.
Number of Janitors. 1
Value of property, $4.000.
Winnipauk District.
One stone building.
One acre of ground.‘
Number'ot ranchers. 8.
.‘Numbor ofV Janitors. 1. ,V
Number of classroom, 3.
V’ Value of property. “.000
,V win Nomalk District. V
V One from building.
Two sum of "ground. V
‘ Number of j‘ahltors,1
‘ Number or clout-com. .2.
counting new bulldinge. is aboutv 9130- .
' near lluion Park would do away with
, or those of tho present, purchasing.
agout or the board or school visitors.
school visitors and clerks or commit-
creass duo to consolidation will be at
least 84 400, unless economies can be
directed.
ed it the taxpayers desire them. Thorax '~-
‘ are positions that can be discontinued, ‘
classes that can be closed up, wastes.
stopped. it the taxpayers care snouzh‘
about tho matter to inquire into it.
But the new overhead chin-gee under1
‘ consolidation cannot be avoided.
adorably ovoid going betcha the Legis-
latch in 1913 to have tho high schoolw?‘
V consolidated With the rent or the!
‘ schools.
wholly undesirable. -‘
V it is reasonably clear that to «to V
-. up the school attraction by eimpilnov
tibia Ind proper amphibian wit ro-gw
unite on tho out or this new
school committee whence sud
._ telly its well as intelligence and clinic
1 ‘ attention to the hostile“ in bond. V
V lake idea: must give way. Petty us
ad ventilation. V
Two“ acres of ground;
Number of teachers, 17.
Number of janitors. 1.
Number of classrooms. 12.
Value of proportmfithhbtlo.
In a general way. the Town of Nor-
walk has good alien and poor build-
ings. Winnipauk. however. has both it
poor site and a poor building. The
poorest buildings are the Over River
school the Pitch in East Norwalk. and
tho (‘oncord street in South Norwalk.
The best buildings are this High school. ‘
the Marvin school in lilaot Norwelk the
Center school in Norwalk and the Lib
coin school in south Norwulk.
The total value of the school proper-
ties hero is about, Silbpor pupil regltr
tsrod. Tho oversight for America in 3100
January Clearance Sale
Summary,
No. of brick and stone buildings. .. 4
No. of frame buildings .......... ..11
'No. combined brick and frame bulld-
lnsa... ....... 1
Total number of iiuildlnas.......16
Number of clasaroome ....... 105 3.
Number acres of sites 24‘
Values of properties-—
Union District ...,.........3115,000
East Norwalk District... . 55.000
Center District .. ........ . 46,000
Rowayton District 9,000
Over River District ....... . 20,000
North Cantor District ...... 0.000
|l‘lbrthoout District .. ...... . 4,000
Winnipauk District .. ..... . 4.000
West Norwallr District 5.000
Broad River Diutrlct ...... . 5,000
Brookslde District . ........ 5.000
Town High School . 125,000
Total ...........1.........$398.000
per pupil. This school buildings of tho 1
town are distinctly poorer than in}
most towns or this also in this ominti'y.‘
rho diatrictii havo been reluctant tot
up new and good ones. There in bull
out! really well ventilatod building in'
the town. the High schoolgthougb new;
old! othcre huvo fairly good line on
toms but without tho nctrcusaiv force
fans.
The greatest need here. is combina-
tion or several of the smaller schools.
upon new altos with new. modcrn.‘
buildings. A twalvwrooin building
the Over River school, mlievo the
Franklin .school. and thereby rollovo
the Concord utmost congestion. ThoroV
in a call certainly for a new school
upon Wort strait on liot‘ou lilll. llut
the hometown mda,to be mapped
out with the figures allowing the num-
berg of ciiildmu "iii“fiery block. so that
a uciontltic adiootqroni can be moon.
The adrantago topupiis oi’ uttond‘
Mica in graded ccbool buildings of
ion or a down room: should be coir
od. Tho mouoy-ooohomy o! the largo
graded school is obvious to every per-
son who can figuba bounces.
The Overhead Costs.
The now town ocbooi committee will
hood to employ at least tour gonoral
ol’ilcers, vita: .
lbw-A town buporlntdndout. . . . 43.000
amt town attendance otlicer... 600
2.-A memory .......... 1,200
lira-“A purchasing ngout . . . . . , . . . 600
Total ................... . .. $5,400
The calories stated are as low as
will secure the proper kind of mod.
Of course. the last outlier need not
give his ontiro time to the work. but
as he ‘will buy not only as now, text-
books and supplies, but; also isnltore‘
supplies. his duties will be treblcd ov~
The salaries of the present board or
toes amount to about 81.000, which
may be orient against the above new
supervision costs. But the not in
Such economies can easily be effect-
Patience and Courtesy Required.
. Nor can the! citizens or the town
on indicted high school is V
discard tho old buildings. and to put}.
i' f'l‘hlp oxcellont Bllnkpt.
sldorod with every building construct. V
$1.25 Bed Spreads
E39 ' 9 utkish Tow- LL
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 3:. 19:5
Specials for Tomorrow
u
Don’t miss an , item in this advertisement
Better still, don’t fall to visit The Boston
Store Tomorrow. In every department
you’ll find many Extraordinary Offerings.
Economy opportunities that are seldom
equalled. and only poSsible at this time of
.the year. Briefly, we mention a few of the V
January Clearance Sale Price Reductions
that prevail for Tomorrow. These Items
we take from our big
Damestic and Linen
Department
69c Sheets 57c
Cation Crash 4'/2c 25c Table Damask
.25.;- Brriihri °‘ 15 cents
for kitchen use. 54 inches wide. heavy Union
quality.
:3 Bed 8 reads $1.50 Table Dam-
” . ask 98c 25cH.S.Towels 196
s 1.98 All our Scotch and lrish, line . All Linen Huck Towels, hem. .
and hoary double, 72 in. wide;
them are sturdy quality.
33 Blankets 31.98
Full bed site. the best Blanket
valuo for the money; Tau,
nolcd Vi bite and Grey. .
‘ tor its washing and worthy
750 Sheets 65c
qualities; lull size. White,
Grey and Tan. ‘
Oakland Mills Bleached Sheets.
81x90. ,
Table Linen Fac-
tory Samples
All Linen. 68‘ inches wide.
2 YARDS FOR .. ........ $1.59
2% YARDS FOR ........31.79
" 25/; YARDS FOR ........$1.98
75c Crib Blankets ’”
39c
rink and Blue. tot-baby’s crib,
36x50; Teddy Bear. Ila-Peep.
Humply Dumpty designs.
.32 Napkins $1.49
20x20, already hemmed, all Lin-
on. full bleached.
L
$1. 50 English Long -
Cloth 98c
36 inches wide. chamols finish;
, line tor women‘s and misses‘
underwear.
’1 15c Autumn 7n: '
lune White Lawn. 40 inches
wide: line for waists, dresses,
etc. . _ . '
{$2 49 Beacon Bath
‘ " Robes 31-. 39 u;
“5”an dork colors, both who puts V
Satin and” Crochet Spreads.
stitched and scalloped, plain
plain and cut corners. full also.
white. red and blue borders.
59c Sheets 49c
Made of "Durable” Cotton, full ,
size. 81x90,
500 Table Dam-9
ask 39c
68-inch heavy
Damask.
32 Beacon Blankets
$1. 49
quality Table
980
Full Value. plain and
with cut corners.
value.
[So Linen Finish
Suiting 10c
Fine quality plain white linen
finish Suiting, 34 inches wide.
12'4c Pillow Cases~
‘ Sc
40:38, 413336, 45x36, good quality
Cotton.
5c Wash Cloths
2 for So
Large size hemmed Turkish
Wash (‘loths
fringed.
Special
12c Pillow Casing
90 yard
42- inch Pillow (lasing, good anal-
ity Muslin.
V 30c Sheeting 19c
Bleached and Unbleached Sheet-
ing. 2 1-4 yards wide, Lock-
wood quality.
39c Scarfs' and *
Shams 29c
Heavy, finely woven. linen noun ‘
Scam end some. with
drawnwork and hemetlbohod
lZ‘dc Percales Site
Best quality, light and dark ooh
., on...“ inches wide. - V
$1 Renaissance
Scarfs 49c
20x54 Japanese Scarfs.
made, linen centers.
"200 Pillow Cases ‘
15c ‘
run sire. 45x36, “Pride or tile ‘9
Atlantic"
10c Fruit of the
Loom 69h:
‘ Beet. 13le (lotion unity. as -
inches/wide. .,
hands,”
9c Brown Gotten ‘
- 6‘4c
avy even thread Unbleached
ottou. tidsln‘ches widei tine
25ceuts“
1m cotton Crib Sheets. £3: the ‘
little one’s "‘9-2 V . .
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