St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-02

trenchful mood. thought the salary Of
the master mechanic might be reduced :
from 81 200 to $1,000. Mr.. Gowen didn't
see any use for master mechanic. .
AID. Vandewaker, chairman of the
salaries committee, didn't know
whether the master mechanic was
strictly ornamental or not, but thought
II he was needed at all a $1,000 man
was none too good for the place.
Aid. Woodward considered that the
repair shop and its accessories were
rather a farce, but another member of
the committee on fire department gave
figures to show that the shop had saved
the city several thousand dollars.
q AID. Vandewaker had some doubts,so
he said, as to the necessity for an assis-
tant secretary of the department., and
said he understood that no such man
was employed and that the secretary
was drawing that much extra pay. Aid.
Phillips assured him that he was Off his
base, and the matter was finally left in
the hands of the committees for fire de-
partment and salaries for further in
.Vestigation.
The salaries committee also reported
IaVorably to allowing the four assistants
to the city engineer the following sala-
res: Sewers, $1,000; general, $l,S00:
streets, 81, 800: bridges, $4,000. A reso-
luton authorizing the payment of such
salaries, and fixing the salaries of other
employees in the engineering depart
ment. was adopted. This leaves ali sal
aries in that department practically as
they have been heretofore.
A recommendation from Building
inspector Ortf, asking that August
Slegmann be made first assistant, was
taken from the table and replaced there
on motion. A second letter from Orff
contained his unconditional resignation,
and asked that said resignation be ac-
cepted Immediately. The members
showed their courteous natures by vot-
ing to lay it on the table with the other.
A motion made by Aid. Billings, of
the Tenth ward, to order the extension
of the street car line up Washington
avenue from its present terminus to
Thirty-slxth avenue, across to Second
street on Thirty-siXth avenue, and up
Second street to Forty-secOnd avenue,
was referred to the committee on rail-
roads.
Aid. Downs presented resolution
setting forth that Minneapolis was of
sufficient commercial Importance to
warrant its being made port OF entry,
and that on account of the space not
otherwise required in the government
Dulldlng here custom house could be
established here without expense to the
government, and asking Minnesota's
representatives at the national capital
to use their influence to secure the
designation of Minneapolis as a port of
entry. The resolution was adopted
with whoop.
On motion of Aid. Potter a resolution
requesting the Hennepin delegation to
oppose any bill affecting the power of
the council to establish and maintain
lire limits and to designate coal, wood
and lumber yards was passed.
The council then adjourned for one
week, after instructing the committee
on underground wires to report at the
adjourned meeting.
The DAM Concert.
The ninth of the series of grand social
concerts by the DAM orchestra at Har-
monia hall promises much in an artistic
way. ID. Mulenbach. the violinist, is
to contribute solo. and Alfred Segel-
baum will play piano solo with piano
accompaniment. while the orchestra
numbers are to include such selections
as Flotow's overture to ''Stradella,"
Wagner's Introduction to "Lohrengrin"
and Rossini's overture to "William
TelI''