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Show City Council. Meeting of the city council, Tuesday Tues-day evening, Mayor Wells presiding. Petition of Joseph Rand, asking that the street running east and west on the north side of block 32, plot G, be closed, was referred tothocommit-I tothocommit-I tee on streets and alleys. ' Petition of Evan Evans and twenty-four twenty-four others, asking that Seventh WeBt, between South Temple and First South, and FirstSouth, between Sixth and Seventh tVost streets, be repaired, was referred to the committee on streets and alleys. Petition of Michael Chadd, asking the privilege of erecting a flower staud across the water sec in front of his ohop, JJirst aouth street, was granted. The committor to whom was referred re-ferred the petition of Susannah Hig-ham, Hig-ham, asking that Joseph Rand be required to open the street closed by him without authority, on the north side of block 32, plot G, reported and recommended that the prayer of tho petitioner be granted. Report adapted. ad-apted. The corSmittco to whom was referred re-ferred the petition of Charles Sausom and others, asking that a water tank : be put in South Temple street, reported re-ported that they had selected the Bite lor tho tank on tho above street, a shoj distance from Fourth East. Ropjrt adopted. The committee to whom was referred re-ferred the petition of XV. M. Cook, asking that some steps be taken to prevent his lot being damaged by water from tho 11th ward ditch, reported re-ported that they had instructed the street snpervieor to attend to tho matter. mat-ter. Report received. The committee to whom was referred re-ferred the bill of H. Grow, for carpenter car-penter work on the improvement of the bath house, reported that they had examined tho work, found the ed that tho amount, $1,090 bo ap-printed. ap-printed. Keport adopted. The chief engineer and city marshal mar-shal resented Ins report of expenditures expendi-tures for the month of February, amounting to $HtiO.S3. Bill allowed. Bill of Dr. Young for $15, balance due for medical services as city physician phy-sician during the month of January, was referred to the committee on claims. The committee on improvement reported bill for $113.48, money expended ex-pended at the bath house. Amount appropriated. The superintendent of insane asylum asy-lum presented bill for $575 79, for amount expended during the month of February. Bill allowed. The committee on improvements, to whom was referred the petition of John Needham and others, asking that street lamps be erected on First tiast, south of Second South, repor-tod repor-tod and recommended (hat the prayer of tho petition be granted when the gus company extends the mains on the Btreet. Report adopted. Bills of Salt Lake gas company for street lamp posts, lamps, gas pipes, fittings, etc., amounting to $2,199.43 were referred to the committee on claims. Bill of Mark Lindsay for services as 20th ward watermaster, $23.50, was allowed. Police bill for services during the month of February, $924, was allowed. Bill of William Hydo for boarding city prisoners duringFebruary 2,126 meals at 15c, $318.90 was presented and allowed. Council adjourned till next Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. EDUCATIONAL. - Salt Lake City March 1, 1S75. Editors Herald: Your correspondent was present at the closing exercises of one of our ward schools a short time since, and was forced to draw some unpleasant conclusions from an incident which occurred at the termination of the proceedings. Tho attendance of the school the past quarter had averaged fifty pupils, the most of them paying $5.25 for the quarter; a few some little less, but certainly netting the teacher at least $250 for the three months. A teacher from some other ward being present, was asked to address the school, and doing so made some cutting remarks about the generally poor class of schools that had been in this city, winding up by telling the teacher of the school that be would be a "fool if he taught another term under the samo arrangement as the last one," and ! giving some arguments in favor of high priced teachers. Now, it is all very well and perfectly per-fectly natural for teachers to wish to make all they can, and it is equally natural for school trustees to wish to obtain good teachers at a price that the people can afiord to pay. There are very few people here who can afford to pay more than five dollars per scholar for one quarter, for the majority of the parents have several children to educate and it is quite a draw upon their purses to pay that. I do not wish to disparage our teachers, teach-ers, neither do I wish them to work for small pay; but at the same time I cannot understand why school teachers teach-ers should be paid more than other people who follow sedentary occupations. occupa-tions. There are numbers- of clerks here in stores who stand ten and twelve hours a day behind a counter for from $00 to $100 a month, and bring up their families respectably upon this amount Now, why should a teacher who works but five or six hours a day be paid more than the clerk who works double this time? Yet, Mr. says the teacher "b a "fool" to teach another quarter for this amount. I am decidedly in favor of getting good Bchool teachers, but in common with the majority of parents here I havo to consult my pocket as to what amount I can aflord to pay, and if good teachera caunot live without immoderato salaries the people must conclude in justice to themselves to hire second rate, and second class, eo called, will frequently turn out to be equally as good for all practical uses as the first-class. first-class. C0NSI3TES;eY. |