Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-08
CUTTING SALARIVy
The RetreHehment Ur=a Hr
 Pro fem Sanf..d
ARGUMENTS USED AT rEg clryr.r ...
 ING LAST NIGHT.

the proceedings were begun.
 A communicat on from aurrr.. taxpayers was rad and al.I,...
 that a bridge be erected acro,. ..
 royo on Sixth avenue.
 | Councilman Cr5nly chairn.r.s.
 Finance Committee, reported tls..-l
 they had been unable to raiss .ls-
 ssry money for city expenses. T.,.
 chiefly for the reason t5-- -.. lenders here doubt the leg 5., o,..
 effort made by the city to borrow
 Mayor Sanford thought mean. .s.-', at once be provided for Dawn, "
 indebtedness, especially those 5.--+.
 written agreements. This p5--..
 referred to the bill of the els,--i, r-. company. The Mayor then B-i-,, several bills, and suggested. .-.. there was still some money
 treasury, they shogli be ordered r. | The first oil read Was t.a. 1t .i..-..
 the city. This amounted Co S2toa.
 included the gas bI. for ErE.-.-
 public offices, when the e.ect-l. ..-
 pany agreed Co pay.
 | C. |. Etche.ls asked i tr.Irr. been certified to by couue..-... F ing answered m the negative. e-.... there should be some guard a,.is.-.--
 violation of the present c.u.-.- t former times the Che. ul Pa..- ,---
 ned to gas bills, and lt ~ul.t. r-,.
 ones duty Co see that all
 be used as promised For hl, a..- Inc had no doubt ,he company hal ns. their contract. but as a matter c. g-. uess some public officer slou.i fe-
 C. swear tO the fact.
 The bill was finally audited. as v.4 several more.
 The Finance COmmittee prese1tetr following three reports
 Your committee Co whom Eas- ferred the report ot the Mayer ru-- as regards salaries do rssutctiulvr port as follows:
 | Resolved, That the office 0s ass.,.s-. City Clerk be declared vacant o1 a-! after March 10th, 1881, and -la. u. present assistant clerk. be requested resign bis position on or bsiory tle of Marcb lO-h, lSSt'
 Resolved, by the Mayor snd Conn. | Council of the cIty or Tues a. 1 hereafter all warrants drawn au --e . treasurer shall be duly numbered l --.. ular order during the year. and -la. drawn as above directed. sla.L b. | by said treasurer when there arc ils | properly appiiable to the payment such warrants in like order ID vl.- same nave been issued. and that a.. E mHnds on the city treasury issued l- | ing the month of February shall be ri ln order of payment, whenever there funds Tn the treasury, applicable t1 | mep. of such demands"
 ''ResOlvei, That all officers .-i g. plOyees of the city be u ,IGtt ,ilt and after March 10th, 1881, their S..l-- | shall bc as follows: recorder al. s- clerk, Sl25 per month; chef O, r.u Sl0O: patrolmen, S6O; jaIior aui -.ss ard, S75; pest house guard. wI,a l- house, S3j; assessor, Sl15; street - missioner, same as now paid. All '-l all who wish tO resign and have .-' resignatiOns accepted without G.4. h requested to hand them in to la s.r clerk on or before March 10, ,>'t
 These reports were received A-l a-- dered filed.
 When the report concerning tls r.- duction of salarles was lutrOducel .r consideration. Mayor Sanford tookt-s floor, asking L. CarrillO to preside y, Sanford immediately moved the repJ-' be adopted as a whole. sand mott 1- ing seconded toy A. Cronly.
 MT. Sanford further remarked ID a latiOn to the pest house, that the pr.---' keeper was drawing salary Of si- without any work tO do. John brl..- ner, a reliable man, had offered Go ks the place in satisfactory couil Ion S2U per month, but m preference [ making a change, he, the speaker willing to allow the pres nc cccug S35, unless he sees tit to resign. l-- house hRs been leaking, and lr' present city emplOye made DO eia.- [ prevent 1t. He used the place s chicken coop, fowls occupying dwelung as well as the Oui-Dg.l4us 50 far as the services of the a--- city clerk IS concerned, the us.o- been spoken tO by many citizens. lL- taxpayers complain that tue tazrs ' too heavy; they demanded re'reltLl and he thought that was one or 'ls partments where financial -slull should begin. Considering tI- Ted ton of the salaries Of police, from Si S6O. he referred tO the city of EgcL-s' \. Y., where he was under--uerlt a, time. There they get the l4tts- s- The same wages are paId lu Lo, -- geles, and although an effort was Z on January first, tO raise the am1ll' S75, 1t was voted down. He bad DO IectiOns to paying SO when times good two years ago, and 1t was ri- payIug S9O then than S60 now.
 We must retrench,' exclaimed mayor. "We must either cut down -si ries or discharge every emliuye- - difference In board between her- Washington city IS not over s- month. To get board there Tor S- | month one would have to go Go a,- low boarding house, and yet Che f- men only get S60. And there are chances to spend money for plea there than here If man can vs-- $50 in Washington be should dc I or resign. Again, assert we u1- duce expenses. if We have Co t-sc--- every man in the city's employ, t1-a every light, shut of the water. .u i-.. the city government has Co be dl-,l- ued.' The speaker then spoke a. cheap lvilg tO be found m tle Oli-a restaurants here.
 Councilman QuinlIn asked T le e- I s.F fsN.-N- a-Fa l. charter, or imply on m0tlOn or council If by charter they could - no immediate action m the mlisel C. T. Etchells answered that me '- was not mentioned in the charter.
 A. Levin came in durInZ tle l-'- sion of salaries. and said he bad thing to say regarding ths lmp'. question. He had visItet dui--- day many Of the principal taXp and they. without au e1ceptlou' ol-I with the suggestions ot the mayor. L iIc in Los Angeles IS 2j per cent CD, e. than ID Tucson. IT anything ss'' soould be increased instead of Ge-.s, Ihe efficient force of police thls e-'. deserves to be well paid. Change D men. and then there VIII be aQu as-HAlE@s anu A-4F Day --N worse than before Also, Che compares the Rochester police vll z Tucsou officers. Ths meu here nl'1 take more chance. they deal VIZ rougber element, and -isk then .r dozen times where an Eastern e- will not jeopardlze his once. .n ,l- said he. II will not vote for tiOn." VT
 Sanford-"WeH g. ID money ls more than 8 in warrants ", ( these taxpayers you menuons
 Levin Among others | ~ Wm. c. Davis and L. Zecssll
 Councilman Qninlin-"I - to be considered a growlert ou reduce these salaries. I don't i,o1 will have a police force m thIse7' may have a set of men who weau but they will be the kind of men MI the present force are hired to keep fron disOrderly conduct In short you vii not obtain reliable men at S6l'
 Mayor Sanford then occupied an hou in arguing in favor of the suggestion ba haI r,oIa ua Eraru tha ofrV no,,1