St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15

port OF renuctIonS:
City engineer, from .........S4 500 TO 81, 600
First assistant, from .... 60. 1000 10 1,SO0
Second assistant, from.... ], 500 10 1900
Third assistant, from ........ loo 70 1,26U
City attorney. from - -. 1900 TO 4,0U0
Comptroller, from ........... 800 TO 1000
Deputy comptroller, from. 100 10 1.0o0
CITY clerk. 49,. ...... ...... 100
City assessor, from 49,. 90. $500 10 1000
Superintend't Of poor, from. 1000 TO l,S0O
Firstasst building inspector 1000 TO 1900
Third asst building inspect
or, abolished.
Fourth asst. building in
spector, abolished.
supt. workhouse. from. -. 1900 to /, 500
One engineer at workhouse
abolished.
Elevator attendant at city
Supervisor of water works,
from ................ ...... 1000 TO 1000
First clerk in water depart
meht .....+. ....-.-.-..-... ...... l,OOO
Second clerk in water de-
paftment ~
There was vigorous protest when an
effort was made 10 have the report
adopted as whole, and as a sort of
compromise each cut was adopted sep
arately. In regard to the salary of the
city engineer, Aid. Downs made hard
fight to have it kept at $500, saying
that even that was too small. There
was a general discussion over the ques-
ton Of the city attorneys salary, some
of the aldermen wanting it raised to
$1,000 per year. TWAS finally decided to
cut il from 81 800 to 81 900 and to abolish
the stenOgrapher, who is now paid $40
year, and 10 have it thoroughly UNI
derstOod that if the city attorney wanted
any additional counsel he was 10 pay
for it out of his own pocket. Aid. John
son wanted the city attorney TO act as
the attorney for all the boards, as well
as for the city as corporation. The
present attorney. SeagroYe Smith, was
warmly roasted for his alleged failure
TO give legal advice when it was asked
for by city officials, and for not attend
Ing TO the Office the way he should nave
done.
The salary of the city clerk was placed
at $500 after long and tiresOme dis
cuSsion between Aid. Ed Johnson. En-
erson Cole and others. 1t was decided
that all money taken in at this Office
should be turned over to the city treas
urer, to 20 into the general city fund.
1t was limited rather strongly that the
present incumbent had made much
more ont of the Office than he has thus
far admitted. A motion to reduce the
salary TO 81, 800 was lost as was one fix
ing il at 5000. One alderman said he
objected 10 paying $500 10 81 200
man, abiding. evidently, to Mr.. Corn
mans successor.
There is now a supervisor and reg
istrar of the water works, each rcce.v-
ing $4,000 per year. 1t was decided,
after short but animated discussion,
TO consolidate both offices and pay the
officer $1,000 year. 1t is apparent that
the new council does not expect the
city TO grow as rapidly as in the past
during the next two years under Re
publican reform syndicate, hence the
services of two assistant building in
spectorS are to be dispensed with.
Strangely enough the words city hall
janitors" were not mentioned. slight
which the Minneapolis colored people
will not fail to notice.
Aid. Downs moved that the legislat-
IRE be requested TO reduce the salary of
the Minneapolis alderman TO $500 per
year each. This met with multitude
OF protests from all sides of the
house. the members-elect evidently
not relishing the idea of losing the
plum they had worked for so hard, and
giving the tie 10 the well-worn adage,
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander.n al would like TO see
our salaries reduced" said Aid. Downs,
'for the reason that that is one of the
things the citizens are kicking on, and
then again we should be consistent in
reducing salaries"
Even this specious talk had no effect,
as the alderman doubtless anticipated;
the aldermen-elect did not want TO lose
the $500 each, which would remain in
the city treasury should their salary be
reduced, and n resolution to lay Aid.
Downs motion on the table was carried
almost unanimously.
After short discussion of an unim-
portant nature one of the aldermen-elect
endeavored 10 bring up the matter of
the health department and the city
physicians, but the scheme did not work
for some reason. and. after pledging
each and all never, no, never. TO tell
any of the reporters or other inquis-
tive busybodieS anything that had
TRANSFERRED. the caucus adjourned to
next Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
when the official slate is 10 be formu-
lated.
Ii was decided by the aldermen elect
that the city dump keepers should be
paid but Sl.50 per day, and that there
should he watchmen on the steel arch,
Tenth avenue north and the Ply
mouth avenue bridges.
ONE OR THE OTHER.