The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-06
BOARD or ALDERMEN.
Another Futile Attempt to Establish
Salaries.


Salaries.
When the aldermen convened IL their own
ca m Der the sa AIRY spproprialon bill was taSs n
10 aud the report OF the fasaee committee
adopted, which recommended Passage OF the
dinsncs except the addition Of ;sI, which had
De-b oBite9. Tnat made the t,sai for salaries
sH.l4i 80 genera. ts75o 81; FIRE. $50 Is; wsfer.
81 80: 20 ice. s1.055: pDo ie hea u. s4-2.6i:
nsrogr. ST. sewer. s34: str CT, y1774 g: strset
light. " 2E.s5 Toe ordinance was passed.
THE SALARY ROLL
The ordinances es a5iishiug sal RES was taken
MP, after a lille psr.iame ltary skirnis8 In
when nr. MI er sOught 10 revive the Oh oTdi-
names. There ara tso ordinances and com
Mite report. aud some n usion ba, arisen.
The old ord nance practically voted down.
and Wilcox moved taaG the comm tee report
be taken up aud made the special orier oil Dusi-
ness.
Mr. wsif tbouvht the wsy to proceed was to
briag IN the report and SIT apop 10.
Mr. Snyder moved as m arn md n mt tlst tue
refort be ceived ard that wss carries.
NJ. lcox tleu made veroii report. incor-
roTatlng q written memorandum II amsBc-
ments. When re resch d the fr Goa: or W. ne
sad he bsst thing the city could DO was 70 sell
the f.ebost 20 Portl 81 10 cents OF dolar
The cnie IL the FIRE apartment sad il was no
GO 10 any nody md sou cos. sI3 900 year
department.. s5s.g4i; no ics s5I $50: ity prop r,
"a $780, tota, go He la med that the
origlna schedule called for s257. O03-s saving Of
souuI $4,000 var. tMr. WILCOX did not In
uie the street department. sewers empoyes
He mentioned aiisrwar3 thar ne mad omit ID
tne departments the board was merely en-
gaged with salaries
Be ment oned that compared with the comp
troIler's estimate tners was saving of 1850 :
IL wAs prOpoked % read IL 5y sec. ions but the
board Reused OF 4 10 g. II ,ibrogx P3utius.
Mile and B,garius voted no: Waid. snyder
and wilcox voted aye. 1 was tnen resolved TO
tsk up the origina r.insnce.
When the re td.ny had proceeded nearly To
the ell Mr. Vile K cal cd attention 10 D int of
CT er fha mo ion to reconsider could not Le
acted upon ,ili the next D.eetin..
"Tne point 10 W, u fsken," said the president
81 move that we sdj JurD,' said Ar. Wilcox
1t wss voted down, and the presid mt said
ii he toa;d rad taken I'D the report and read IL
By sec ions the III nifty q d nave ecu over
come. He v. ~ earnest y adm n sned the board
that this was no. the way to set. 1hs city was
iateres ed IN this ma r: ne dill no. like 70 see
one mem Der pisted against another and Dusi.
n as blocked nignt after night
Captain Snyder sid it seemed very strange
that nine men could not come to conclusion.
The employees had rece we'd no salary for two
months He advised mem aers not 70 persist In
Considering their personal trends. hut 10 drop
4 co 8sIierations kept the tvs interssis
M. Va said IN Re were evidently two fac
ions, and one was d term ned not 10 give In.
ihoa IL Ia very baa tass for the el iermen
TO nave r fuse 70 r i've the report COM
mIt1ee specially appoint u. nd wnith had de-
voted N ny lAnoriOus hours TO the perior nance
Of d 1aty.
Fol wing is the schedule as presented By the