Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-12-24
The Stanton indicator.
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. "a, 1856.
LOCAL.
WHAT THE CITY FATHERS ARE
DOING.

WHAT THE CITY FATHERS ARE
DOING.
PROTECTING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
WIRES AND POLEs-INCREAsING sALA-
RIEs OF CITY oFFICERs-A WEEK OF
POP CRACKER FUN FOR THE BoYs-mHE
/. CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
! &c. &C., sc.
| The City Council held its regular meet
| ing on Tuesday night. President Cochran
IN the chair, and all the members present
except Councilman Berkeley of the I'd
| Ward.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Mr.. Tams, Chairman of the Committee
on Finance, reported in favor OF return
| ing the tax collected from J. r. Taylor on
certain bank and Gas Go. stock, the taxes
thereon having already been paid. Adop-
ted. Report for paying Messrs. n elllgan,
Stafford and Reynolds $3.50 per day for
services as special policemen on election
day, under the appointment of Mayor
Yost. Adopted.
/ HEALTH.
! Mr.. Craig, Chairman Of the Committee
on Health, reported in favor of the re-
moval of nuisance adjoining the colored
Masonic Lodge. Adopted. The Report Of
: Officer Hanciltor showing that but seven
PERSONS had removed suukan closets and
i substituted water closets for them, was
received.
| THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
An ordinance fixing fine of from So to
$50 for destroying or injuringathe electric
light wires. lamps or poles. and for posting
bills on the latter. was adopted.
Superintendent of Water Works J. L.
Long, was elected, in addition, to the posi-
ton of Superintendent of the Electric
| Light plant.
| DELINQUENT TAXES.
On the report of Commonwealth q At.
| torney A. q. Braxton, which showed that
the delinquent taxes against certain psop-
+, erty purchased by Thomas Wholey we're
not on the book against 1t, so that Mr.. W.
could see what was due, the Council re-
mitted the tax.
| INCREASING THE SALARIES OF CITY
| OFFICERS.
| The resolution of Mr.. Teabo to make
tie folio sEsa U crease in the pay of city
officers was essssn up-Police officer New
man, from $40 esSas sssr month; Police
officer Lckliter. from s41>to So
officer Simpson. from BE 10 s.
tie Council Argenbrgu5, from
City Physician. Dr.. Phillips. fro
SIS, 66. and Overseer of the Poo
from $3.50 to SIS. With the RED
vas taken up the report of the q
] Committee adverse to the increase
Mr.. Cochran offered an amendment
the salary of Chief of Police Waters
also increased, from $50 TO sos per mod
4, Mr.. Tams, Chairman of the FinanS
| Committee, explained the position of THAI
I Committee in their adverse report. He
said that no reason bad been given for the
| in crease and there had been no increase of
the labors of any of the officers named
Besides the lack of reason for it, the COM
nittee did not know where to find the
funds for the increase. 1t was easy for
, members to vote away the money OF tfe~
city, but the Finance Committee did not
| 6nd it so easy to provide the money after
it was voted. He had nothing to say
| against the increase Of the pay of under
! paid officers, but, as the members knew
this was not the time to do it; the time
was when the levy for the year was made.
1t was a proper business practice to know
where money is to come from before it is
spent.
Mr.. Mcmahon favored the increase, espe-
cially the police pay. He said we trusted
great interests, our life and property to
the safe-keeping of the police, aud he did
not see why, when he paid common ignar-
ant laboring men in his employ, ST. so for
ten hours work day, the police should
receive only $40 month for twelve hours
a day. If the funds were short for the
purpose, certainly this city had credit.
and it should as certainly increase it's tax.
Mr.. Oberdorfer called the attention Of
the Finance Committee to the fact that it
bad unanimously reported both ia favor Of
increasing by 5000 the salary Of City Treas
urer Hoge. and against Mr. Teabos reso-
luton increasing other salaries.
Mr.. Cochran said he had examined into
the matter and found that our policemen
were paid less than the police of any place
of its sizs in ths State. Il had been said, by
those who opposed the increase, that they
are we'll paid for what they do. II that
meant that they dldn Il do their duty, then
they should be dismissed and other aren.
of whom plenty could be gotten, sh0f1IlSSS
ba put III heir placasf Il they did tloir
duty as policemen, the PROPOSED increase
was not too much.
Mr. Crowie desired to correct the state
ment of Mr.. Oberdorfer, that the Finance,
Committee had unanimously recommend
ed the increase of the pay of Treasurer
Hoge and as unanimously reported against
this resolution. He was member of that
committee and he had not signed the re-
port adverse to Mr.. Teabo's resolution.
Mr.. Butts, Of the Finance COMMITTEES.
said be had signed both reports aud did SO
because the wOrk of the Treasurer had
been Increased. That is not the case with,
the present application for more pay. Nor.
+ did he think this application for more
pay came from the police themselves: it,
came from somebody else.
Mr.. Craig thought it spoke we'll for TIE
police that they had not asked for it. but
that should not prevent our doing them
Justice
Mr. Mcmahon said all the officers of the.