The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-10

lbitl eA llCl!>c lDI luc JCdI TT, 80 ~
The teams Of the department have been en-
ployed on the street during the year 2i5 days;
the department has furnished % gallons of kero
sene and ! Gallon Of lubricating oil for street
lamps and bridges, and returned to the treasury
S2Sj fer sale of horses, for all of which the de.
partment is entitled to credit Of S911.11, which
shows the actual yearly expense to be S32Ol. A.
Deducting the credits Of tile department from
the ordinary expenses, the cost Of operating for
the year is 81 ,9Us.9N.'
Mr. Logan thought that committees in their
expenditures should be strictly confined to the
limits of the appropriations made for them; that
when those amounts had been expended their
expenses should cease; and that committees
should not be allowed to proceed heltcr.skcIter
without reference 10 the amounts at their dis
poSal, seems now to be the case,-all OF which
is emincnty sensbe; with the addition that all
committees should be required to make period
cal reports of the work done. For instance all
work done by the street and alley committee
should be reported-not generally but particu-
larry, that the location, character and cost OF
any particular piece of work could be found in
the reports at any time.
The police committee recommended that officer
Frost, merchants police, be paid $40 per month;
Perkins wanted it S25; and Leonard wanted i,
referred back, which was done.
Logan presented an ordinance 10 prevent the
changing of city officers salaries while in office
and IL was adopted; but it was so badly worded
that it couldn't take effect for year and was af
terwards killed on reconsideration
| THE WAGES BOON.
Blake propounded the startling proposition tina,
"these are very hard times" Wages for sts;
labor on that theory, were advanced from 81. x
to 81 80 per day and from g.. 50 to So per day fol
man and team. The wedge in, the rest followed
Attorney $780, raise Of $50; clerk, 1890, raise o
800: marshal, 81 per day, raise of $3.50; assist
ant, per month, $50. raise OF Sl2O, and Mile
suggested perhaps he ought to have more; stree
supervisor, $50 per month, raise of $50, and non,
too much: health officer, $50, raise of $50, 10
gan wanted it s200-why:) and the officer in con
sideration is expected to be specially lively il
hunting up dead dogs, hogs, &c, to be buried a
a cost to the city Of SOC each; teamster, raise o
$50.
! Harris's back pay is still TO be evolved from
the depths Of q committees conscience. o
course the council should have been smar
enough 10 repeal their ordinance when they Gu
salaries below that therein stated shall be paid
but it is natural, perhaps, that man who ha'
worked whole year without demanding the pa,
| due (:y him, should come in for the difference
after he has been relieved from office.
BILLS
Among the bills were; tiremcn's salaries
Maierhofer fire, $52s3; lighting street lamps
1880, man paid on StOry's elastic journalism
I plan, only the bill grows larger rapidly as tn
Times grows smaller; gas Ut city hail. Sll'5; 70
street lamps, Sl2l50; buryng dead animals
81 80; extra police, $l2. %; boarding tramp 500
prisoners 5000; street labor, SlO1.45: MolOney
services in injunction case, defense, $40; salal
les, SGiJ IL
Adjourned.