The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-28
Council Proceedings.

acted upon at the meeting:
The first important matter that
claimed the attention of the aldermen
was the mayors veto of the resolu-
lions, adopted at a preceding meet
ing, directing the payment to Kirk
land & Starkey and d. c. Sullivan of
so per cent. of the sum retained by
the city on the estimates Of the city
engineer of the amount earned ON
their sewer contracts. The mayor
gave as his reasons for returning the
resolutions that it was granting the
contractors the 50 per cent. of the
amount earned, as if the contracts
were completed and accepted, when in
reality neither was the case. 1t was
bad precedent to establish, inaSmuch
as it would lead unreliable contractors
to come in and bid for work, and who
after completing portion of it and
receiving remuneration therefore,
might abandon the contract to the
detriment of the city. The communi-
cation was accepted, and later resolu-
tions were adopted which authorized
the payment of sums to Kirkland u
Starkey and Sullivan which added to
that already received by them should
be equivalent TO 50 per cent. of the
whole amount, provided their surities
should file acceptances of such changed
conditions prior to such payment. a
resolution comforting the same favor
upon Gleason Bros. e Rubyour, who
have earned s22,2i9 which has not been
paid, was laid over until next meeting
owing to the objection of Alderman
MOriSSet.
Aid. Dundon's telephone ordinance
came up for first reading, but at the
instance of Aid. Butler, was referred
to the city attorney. MIR. Butler
doubted the authority of the council
to peremptorily legislate the price
which a company doing business with
private individuals should receive for
its service and thought that *25 year
might be too low a figure. AID. Dun
don said it was question with the
people unanimously on one side and
the telephone company on the other.
The former said it wasn't too low and
the company, of course, said that it
was. Superintendent Palmer, of the
telephone company, addressed the
council uron request. He said that
the royalty paid ON each instrument
was SIS year, while the expense of
operators, management and repairs
was equal to more than SO in add
dition. This, he said, did not include
the cost of construc ton of the lines.
The reading of a resolution author
izing the city treasurer to deduct from
the Land and River Improvement
company the sum of $2,1G9. %, 0ccaS-
stoned considerable discussion. The
proposed rebate was the total assess
| ment ON one fourth of j tract of so
acres of Land which has lately been
| plated, and that proportion claimed
| to have been dedicated to the city in
the laying out of streets and alleys.
AID. McEachern couldn't "see the
point" and Aid. Butler was of the
opinlo ion that there was no statutory
| provision for such action. as WAS claim
ed by c. S. Lincoln, who addressed the
| the council at the request of the city
treasurer The resolution was referred
to the city attorney.
| The committee on Offices and officers
made its Recommendation as to the
amounts of the salar cs to be paid city
| officers the coming year. Just before
/ going into session Il Sc tnce was held in
one of the committee rooms, and a
! rather long winded discussion INDUCED
in over the matter. The following was
| the result of the deliberations as to til =
salaries, which report was adopted:
Treasurer, s. 800; clerk, 81 800; comp
troller, $4,000; attorney, $3.50; en-
| gineer, $4,000; assessor, $500; Stats
ticlan, $500; physician, 81 800; mar.
shall, 81 500; street commissioner. $500
harbor master, $500; chief of fire de
partment, 81 800; policemen, each S720
The engineers salary is increased 500
ever that Of last year; treasurer, 81, l0(
attorney, 800; physician, 81, 900; mar
sh Il, 5000; harbor master, $500; asses
sor, 500; chief fire department, $3.50.
BY this arrangement the city treasur
er's salary viii be paid as follows: S15(
per month for the first half of the year
Stalments
A petition from a large number OF
steel plant citizens was received, ask
ing for the creation of another ant
eighth ward, to be constituted by tht
following territory from the Sixth
ward; To be bounded on the north by
Belknap street on the south by Nortf
Twenty eighth street, on the east by
the Eastern Minnesota railway and or
the west by St. Louis bay. The peti
ton was referred to the committee OF
printing and ordinances.
l. l.. Lamm applied for a license t,
sell liquors at 607 Tower avenue. Aid
Nc Eachern astonished his brethren b,
declaring that he was inclined to looh
upon the application with favor
and moved that it be referred to tn,
aldermen of the Fourth ward for in
yestigatlon. The motion was carried
\ resolution was adopted accepting
deeds of lands donated by the Land ans
River Improvement company for thu
eXtention of Tower avenue through
the northeast and southeast quarter 0
section o7-i9-li
On motion of ALI Butler the tenure
of the treasurer's warrant for the col