, 1878-08-31
THE CITY

was passed. This ordinance re-
duces the pay OF the clerk from
nearly 5000 per annum to $500,
and the same of the treasurer.
No reduction will be made, how
ever, in the pay ofthe Attorney
The inuendo of the foregoing
is, that the council exercised
partlality in favor of the Attor-
ney, which is very far from the
truth. The ordinance under
which the City Attorney was
paid last year fixed the salary OF
that office at $500; but his extra
compensation allowed by the
Council for legal services, aggre-
gated nearly or quite five times
that amount. The present ordl-
nance fixes the several sala-
ries of clerk, treasurer and at
torney at $500 each, with the
provision that "no other fee or
compensation shall be allowed
in any case whatever" The
Council has employed well
qualified men for these several
offices upon the conditions speci
fed. Had this ordinance been
in force, it would have saved
the city treasury over $4,000 dur
ing the past year; sum which
the present council deemed
worth saving to the taxpayers
in view of the present stlngency
of the times.
A young man writes US asking If
he can get position as the leader
of a flute band in our town. When
our town becomes afflicted with such
a band we shall endeavor to secure
our correspondent the position to
lead ito lead it about Al 900 miles
out of town.
NEWCASTLE. The coal company
have something over $50 men on
their payroll and are running coal
from tunnels No. 2 and No. 4, often
from 600 to 700 tons daily. The
company use some "a horses and
mules in hauling the cars in the
tunnels. The locomotive that was
taken up to the mine for tunnel
work, has not been used yet but will
be now in a short time. Shafts or
air vents have to be made in tunnel
No. 2, from which the most of the
coal is taken. 1t is in a little over
IL miles. A furnance is being put
in near coal creek to make current
of air through this tunnel. They
propose to use the locomotive and
also through it the company are
about to bring water from Coal
Greek, to supply Newcastle with. as
it is much needed at this time, when
so many of the wells and springs
have dried up. Miss Monahan has
taken the school for another term of
four months. She has in regular
attendance so scholars.
ALONG THE RAILROAD. "A new
side track has been laid at Renton,
and another one is being put down
at Newcastle; new heavy iron is
laid the entire length OF 20 miles,
and the slopes at the deep cuts so
improved that there is no longer
much danger of slides through the
wet season. They are running five
trains a day-11 cars of about 1O
tons of coal each trip, averaging
$50 tons. The engineers, conduc-
tors and brakesmen are all careful
men, and we predict that few. If any
mishaps will again occur. Our re-
porter rode in from Newcastle on
the engine Bode Mr.. John Wirtz.
engineer. Had eleven loaded cars
in the train and made the run thro'
to Seattle on time to minute. The
trestles and bridges from Renton
number %, and are all in excellent
condition, Preparations are being
made for the grading and laying OF
a new track from the head of the
bay around the beach till it inter
sect King street, and down to the
present wharf, which will no doubt
be completed long before the pres
ent trestle work is dangerous.
The funeral of Frank Kimbail
was largely attended this afternoon.
A great many came down from
Newcastle with the remains which
thew followed from the depot to the
Presbyterian Church, where the
services we're held.
LOGS. The Politofsky towed
from Mr.. Guye's logging camp to
the Port Madison mill, raft of logs
of about one million feet, and the
same boat is now up Sound for an
other raft of over one million feet.
The Revenue Cutter Thos. Cor
win arrived this forenoon. She IS
engaged in carrying supplies for
the several lighthouses, taking the
place of the Shubrick.