, 1888-03-08
CITY COUNCIL.
The Liquor License Matter Set
tied Mt Last,
Another Street Railway Fran.
chise Asked For.

A regular meeting OF the city council
was held last evening. Acting. Mayor
Hoover in the chair. Present: Dueber.
johnson, Kaufman, Clouyh, Dennis. and
Bishop.
The minutes of the last M Getting were
rend AMI approved.
The mayor read u petition from the Sis
ters oi Sacred Heart hospital asking that n
part oi their tax for the grading of Front
street he reinitted.
Dusber believed that the petition should
be granted.
Dennis stated that he thought the matter
should be carefully considered, and moved
that the nciter be referred to the finance
committee. they to report at the next reg
ulnr meeting. Carried.
Hoover also stated that he had learned
that there was still u chance To appeal the
Howard street assessment matter, but that
action must he taken ut once.
The city treasurer reported that 81, 131 Of
the assessment ON Third street was still
due. and - 72i 81 on Front street.
The reports of the chief oi police and
police justice were referred To the finance
committee. Chief of Police Warren stated
that he had intened to render u written
report in regard to the nuisances about the
city. but ON acc cpunt of IL rush Of business
had not been able to make i' out. He hal
warned 1lS people to abute nuisances and
most OF them had complied, lie asked for
Granted.
The clerk then read list of the applica-
tions for liquor Licenses, showing the dates
ON which the applicati ons were made, and
the former lceses expired.
On motion of Clo,ish the rules were sus-
pended and the matter OF granting licenses
taken up.
Attorney Graves then addressed the
council in behalf of those applicants whose
Licenses had expired. and who had applied
for new ones under the old ordinance in
good faith. He urged That it was only
ior many of the saloon keepers
would be Obliged to give up
their saloons under the high license estab.
lished by the new ordinance, and they
needed time to close np their business. The
same was true in regard to those whose o ID
licenses had not yet run out but would do
so IN few days.
Clough said that he was In favor of
granting the applications of parties whose
licenses had run out OF would expire
shortly, but he did not believe that they
should be for longer period than six
months.
Licenses for six months were then grant
ed To Laib Il Crane, John NJ. Mc(irane,
Tonney Bros. Harry Gordon, q. II. Schulz
Victor Desert, G. BjIrkness, Thos. Berry,
u: Erickson, Peter Schneider. RosenkrantS
Werner and NJ. COnley Il Stewart.
| f,hsappiicatiOns from BtUOner & Lang,
| C. II. Deiber and J. J. Lynch were laid on
the table the present licenses Of the appli-
cants having not yet expired.
The committee on fire and water reported
| in favor of laying water mains on Third
streets between Main and Bernard streets.
| The committee ON fire and water rem
dered report in regard to the proposed
change of location ot the city water power
which is published in full on the first page
| OF this issue
| The following report was then submitted
To the Mayor and City Council,
GEArLEM We your committee ap-
! pointed to recommend a list OF salaries
| for City officials for the next fiscal year.
and to make such other recommendations
relating thereto as we might desm advisa-
BILE, would respectfully Recommend the
following salaries:
City Attorney, $1,000 per year, payable in
| Quarterly installments.
City Assessor, $3.50 - when the
tax roll is complete and approved by the
council.
City Treasurer, $500 " payable In
quarterly instaIlments.
City Clerk $1,000 &"
monthly installments.
City surveyor 81 SO day, when EN-
ployed; payable monthly, when his bills
have been approved.
Chief OF Police $1,000 a year payable In
monthly insta'lments.
| Special Police 5000 year payable In
monthly installments.
Supt. of Water Works $500 q year payable
in monthly installments.
Engineer OF sewers, $500
| in monthly installments.
| Supt. of streets $500
payable in monthly installments.
Health Officer 5000 year, payable In
quarterly installments.
Chairman of finance committee for clerk
hire sl0oa year payable In quarterly in
stallments.
The salaries suggested are in several in
| stances much higher than formerly paid
our reasons are these:
THE duties of the city attorney arc
rapidly increasing, and in order to secnr,
| a competent officer we must pay fail
compensation tor his services.
give have deemed IL best tolncrease tht
| salary Of city assessor owing to the rapi,
growth oi the city and increase in taxable
property his duties will be much greater
! than formerly.
3--We believe the city should furnish
the city clerk and city treasurer with al
office, and require them to be in such Office
during certain hours in each day to attent
to the duties of their Office. In that way i
would be much easier for the public wht
may have occasion to do business will
those officials. besides many valuable IA
pers books, contracts, assessment rolls
etc, are entrusted TO their care whicl
should be closely guarded to prevent los
by fire or from their being mislaid a
might easily occur under the present sys
tenn. We therefor believe the clerk an,
treasurer should receive the salarie:
nameed above.
4. We believe the police should be pai'
SIS per month instead of $50 as formerly
and we firmly think that NEITHER tn
chief Of police ORA special police should b
allowed to demand or receive any fee
other than their salaries and that the,
should not he allowed to leave the cit,
without permission.
g.. Owing to the great increase in tn