Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-25
RErRENcHMENT.
An Ordinance Cutting Down
Employees Salaries.
DELAYED UNTIL NEXT MONDAY,
No Reference Made to the Salaries OF
Councilmen-President Frank
enfield Ashamed.

Councilmen-PreSld frank
enfield Ashamed.
Five members of the City Council as.
sembled in response to call for special
from President FrankenHeld,
yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. These
members were: President Frankenfeld
and Councilmen Shafer, Hamilton,
Brown and Van Dusen. AS the roll call
failed to reveal q quorum present, the
Chair declared that he would wait for
the recalcitrant members to arrive, and
for quarter of an hour the time was
pleasantly passed by the Councilmen in
goesiping about everything except the
matter at issue. At quarter past two
O'Clock Councilman Bonsall made his
appearance, and although he completed
quorum, the conversation was not inter
rupted until ten minutes to three
O'Clock, when, remarking that he
would not wait for any more
Councilmen, President Frsnkenield
called the meeting to order. From his
inside pocket Mr.. Frankenfield produced
an ordinance, which he requested the
Clerk to read. This ordinance was one
which had been agreed upon in the re-
cent eecret meetings of the Council, and
purported to fix the number of city en-
ployees in the various departments. to-
gether with their salaries, as follows:
Mayors Clerk, 500 per month; Police
Department: Captain, 500 per month
three Sergeants, $75 per month; six
mounted policemen, $50 per month; 81
patrolmen, $40 per month; two patrol
wagon drivers, $50 per month. Fire De-
partment: Chief, $3.50 per month; As
eistant Chief, 500 per month electrician,
$50 per month; seven engineers, 800 per
month; fifteen drivers, $40 per month !;
eight foremen. $25 per month; one tiller-
man, $50 per month forty callmen, $40
per month. Health Department: Two
sanitary inspectors, $50 per month. City
Clerks office: Chief Deputy, 500 per
month; two assistants, $83 33 per
month. Street Superintendent Office:
One deputy, 500 per month; one assist
ant, $75 per month; one clerk, $75 per
month; two inspectors at 50 80 per day !;
inspector of sewers, 500 per month |;
drivers, So so per day; foremen, So so
per day Captain of chain gang, $40 per
month Park Department Superintendent
of Parks, $50 per month. The ordinance
also provides that the following be dis
continued after February 1st: Deputy
City Treasurer, Deputy City Auditor,
Police Matron and keeper of hay market.
1t was whispered by some of the
people in the lobby at this time that it
uvo nkro oo fba orI;ue M, Il \ - l.
Q provision cutting down the salary OF
the Councilmen.
Mr.. Brown moved that the rules be
Major Bonssll at this point said that
there was no question in his mind but
what all the Councilmen felt the neces.
sity for doing something in the way of
but there WAS not full
Council present, and he thought the
matter should be considered by the whole
body. He had not been present at the
preliminary meetings when the ordinance
had been prepared, and that was the first
time he had heard of it. He thought
that a good plan would be to call on the
other boards to do as the Police Com
mission had done, and suggest the cut
ting that should be done in each depart
ment. Then, again, the proposition of
increasing the revenue had not been con-
sidered, and in order to 60 over the
ground properly the matter ought to be
postponed week.
The motion to suspend the rules was
adopted.
Major Bonsall moved that the ordin.
ance be made q special order of business
on Wednesday next at o'clock. This
motion met with no second.
Mr.. Brown moved to adopt the ordin-
ance.
Major Bonsall said that he would have
to vote against it, as he had not had q
chance to consider it, and he could not
vote on something he didn't have hand
in making.
The roll was then called and all voted
FAYE" except Major Bonsall. Mr.. Ham
ilton afterwards changed his vote to
mo-" and the motion to adopt was de-
clared lost.
Mr.. Brown said that he would like to
have the Council take action in the mat
ter. He would not have come down
town il he thought the matter was to be
put of.
Mr.. Shafer wanted to know if there
was not some way to force the Council.
men to attend the meetings. If there
was, they should be made to attend to
business.
Mr.. Hamilton moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the motion to. adopt was
lost. Carried.
Some discussion followed as to the
best way to keep the ordinance alive
until the next meeting, and finally Mr.
Hamilton gave notice that he woulc
move to reconsider at the next meeting.
MIR. Frankenfield suggested that the
matter be brought up at the next regular
meeting. He said that some of the
Councilmen were moral towards and he
felt ashamed for them. The only way to
get them to put themselves on record
was to bring the matter up at the regula,
meeting.
After another short discussion as tc
the rules governing the Council in post
poning action, the meeting adjourned.
A LAWN MOWER.