, 1873-06-25
TIE APPROPRIATION BILL.

TIE APPROPRIATION BILL.
what tho Council Accomplished IN
Committee OF tho Whole Yesterday
Afternoon and Evening.
The Council held an adjourned maeting yes
terday afternoon, AID Dixon in the Chair
Present: AID. Richardson, Dixon, Warren, Nc
Genniss, McAyoy, 6idvsll, Stone, Tracey,
schmitz, Cullerton, Powell, O'Brien, Bond,
Clark, Heath, Miner, Sherwood, Moore, Qairk,
McGrath, Eckhardt, Stout, A1ahr, Lcngacher,
schaffner, Cannon, Ogdon, Brandt, Woodman.
The Board Of Public Works submitted an esti-
mate Of S30,817.20 for 3 viaduct at Twelfth
street, of which $3.50 will be paid by the Fort
Wayne Road, the remainder 70 be paid By the
city. It was referred to tho Committee Of the
Whole.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Tho consideration Of tho Appropriation bill
was resumed in Committee OF tho Whole the
first item taken up being the House OF Correc-
ton.
motion to cut the salary Of the Superintend-
ent down from $1,000 to 93,0 600 was made,
and led to a general discussion Of the Bride
well, and the appropriation therefor. which
was claimed to be too large, but was defended
on the ground Of tho increased number Of in
mates It Was explained that tho labor OF the
prison was to be employed in making brick, to
DO used by the city in the construction Of sewors
and that the city, mailing its own brick, would
bo great gamer BY the new arrangement. The
motion was agreed to-yoas, Is; nays, 3. 4
motion was made to put the Deputy Superintend-
ent down from 81 800 to 81. 400. The economical
rage still continuing, the policeman Was reduced
800. motion to strike out one Of the matrous,
and $3.50, was also agreed to. The rest Of the
appropriation went through unaltered, the total
being reduced from SEQ, 600 to $59,850
The next motion made vas to give Police
Commissioner Sheridan $4,000 q year, and to
give the other two $500 eacl- The mover would
lave included Sheridan ii the Constitution had
allowed. II these Commissioners wore to be
~ Board, ETC., should bo paid. At present
these Commissioners had little work or re-
sponsibility, and with good Police 6uperin-
tendents and Fire Marshals, we're not essential
They themselves had asked for a reduction.
The amendment WAS subsequently, modified
1nisaioners nj and ap1 pati1 further modified so as to
make the pay 81 600. Tho objections made we're
that the Commissioners had good deal OF work.
Sheridan could not be reduced, and that, there-
fore, it was unjust to reduce his colleagues.
The amendment was lost. Then the original
amendment was offered giving Sheridan $4,000
aud the others $500 each, which 1od to general
debate on the salary question This amendment
vas also badly beaten, and the item adopted.
ealary Of $1,000. 4 motion to reduce
the Superintendent Of Police from $500 to
$4,000 WIS talked over, not much being said
against the Superintendent, but the assertion
being made that s., 900 was enough for any man:
the item Of $75, 900 for q hundred additional pa
trolmen was made on the ground that an in
crease was not now so greatly needed. The next
motion WAS to reduce the number to fifty, since
come increase was needed, and the next Waa to
have seyenty-fVe at 5000 year. All these mo-
tons were lost, together with one to increase
the force By twenty-five only. Finally tho num-
ber IVES fixed at hfty-one, at 81 900 q year. a
motion WAS made toreduce the pay OF the rounds
men from 81, 200 to $1,000. and was carried.
The appropriation for secret police service WAS
talked over for SOTO time, the difficulty Of get
ting back stolen property from the police dis
cussed, and the item left unchanged.
Tho following itcms were passed without OBJ
5oct,on; Fer payment Of interest On the bonded
debt, s2s5. 900; for payment Of Judgments, slo,-
479s5; legal expense, 5l5,ooo; for police courts,
$4,000.
EVENING SESSION.
The Council then took q recess till 8 O'Clock,
and resumed the confederation OF the Approp7ia-
ton bill in Committee OF the Whole.
A motion to limit speeches to three minutes,
and allow each Alderman to speak but once on
Che same subject, was adopted
A motion was made to strike ont the 1ppro-
priation Of $4,000 to buy lot md put up q
building to roplaco the Union Street Station,
and, after long discussion, it wns temporarily
postponed, along With tie item for tho First
Precinct Station, and for the Blue Island Avenue
and Twenty-second Street Precinct. Tho item
Of S20, 600 for steam-heating apparatus in the
Second, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and Twelfth
Stations, was stricken out
When the salary part Of the bill ~as reached,
a motion waa mnda to leave the salary Of tho
Mayor at $4,000, instead Of increasing it to
$4,000, as recommended by the Finance Com
mittee, and another WAS made to raise it to
$4,000. The last motion was lost, and the first
adopted The noxt motion was to strike
OF the increase Of $1,000 in the
pay Of the Comptroller and it was
successful. Salaries in the City Clerks Office
woro raised $780, An effort to cut down the
Corporation Counsel to $4,000 failed, as well as
one to reduce the City Attorney to $4,000. Tho
item Of 81, 400 for Police Court prosecutor ~ns
stricken ont.
The following itoms we're adopted without
discussion: For special policemen for ener-
gencies. for blank-books, printing, &C.. go 5000;
for repairs of stations, $1,000; for enlarg1ng
and remodelng the Third, Seventh, and Eighth
Precinct Stations, 1850; for rent Of tots.
s4,264.ss; printing, $4,000; public hbrary,
$5o.o00
Tho Council then adjourned till this evening.
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