Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
TWENTY-oNE.

Sub Committees Report-Sataries of CIT,
officers to be Reduced-City Limits to b
( EGtended.
The committee of twenty-one appointe,
by the board of trade, met last evening will
President DeLaittre in the chair. The sub
committee on the expenditures of the cit,
reported the following: That they have con
sidered the subject referred to them as full,
as time and circumstances would permit
The committee recon nended the following
reduction of salaries:
City clerk, $1,000 to $1,000.
City comptroller, ST. 800 to 81 200.
City attorney, ST. 600 to $1,000.
City janitor, 5000 to $500.
Judge of municipal court, $4,000 tc
81 500.
Clerk of municipal court, $1,000 to $500
Pound master, $3.50 to $3.50.
Street commissioner, $500 to $500.
Street commissioner assistants, 5000 tc
$4OO.
Health officer, Ss400 to $500.
Chef of Police, ST. 200 to ST. 900.
Captain, 5000 to $720.
Sergeant, $3.50 to $780,
Detective, goo to $500.
Patrolmen, $3.50 to $500.
Court officer, $3.50 to $500.
Health Inspector, $3.50 to $500.
City Engineer, $500 to $1,000.
Assistant Engineer, 81 900 to 5000.
The committee recommend that no more
money should be spent on street improve
ments than necessary to keep the streets
clean and in good order, and that levy of
half mill for this purpose is sufficient.
That only one assistant be employed to
assist the city engineer at the salary abo We
recommended.
That all Globe gaslights in the CRY be
discontinued, and that cheapened feasible
plan be adopted for furnishing such light
as Is absolutely necessary.
That all intermediate lamps in the resi-
dent portion of the city should be discon-
tinued, and that the number Of coal gas
lamps should not exceed 200.
The committee also recommend that the
salary of the assistant judge of the munich
pal court be reduced from $9 to SIS per day.
That the expenditures of the water-works
and fire department have been examined,
and the committee could not recommend
any reduction of salaries in either of these
branches of service.
LIZ vi COuuJy dudlIS udu
not completed their reports, and only a few
suggestions were made from their report, of
which the following were the most import
ant: Salary of the judge of the probate
court to be $4,000 per year. That the
county commissioners be elected at large.
The following resolution was presented by
j. G. Whitney: That the city limits be ex-
tended as follows: Commencing at the
northeast corner of section Is, town 20, range
20, running due cas-. across the Mississippi
river to the center of section 16, town 20,
range "a; then at right angles and running
to the south side of section 80, town 90, range
"a; thence at right angles east along the south
of sections 80, "a, IS, SO and 81 to the
Mississippi river thence up and across the
Mississippi river and north along the east line
of sections 81, 80, 10 and Is to the place of
beginning.
The above described land shall constitute
the limits of the city of Minneapolis. The
above will add to the city about eighteen sec
tions of land, making the total number of
acres in the city 1880.
The committee adjourned until Monday
evening, when the final reports of the vari-
GUS committees will be heard.