Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-20
FIXED 1T FOR HIM
The Committee on Buildings
Holds . Session
TO CONSIDER DISBURSEMENTS
Between Custodian prsnnes and the Help
in The Ha,i--Wssk Of the Other
Council Committees.

Tho newly appointed council CON-
mittes on buildings held IL hrst meet
ing Of any importance last night.
After the special mcstlng Of the coun-
cal had adjourned the members OF the
committee, Aldermen DregGs, Stein
and DeGraif did . little business on the
assessment rolls and the committees op
which they hold places. After this
they fiddled around for . while, and
by divers wiukings and heckoniugs got
themselves into lump and descended
10 the Office Of the custodian OF the
city hall. Before % doing Alderman
DregRc had announced 70 . reporter
for Tue HERALD that the committee
on poor had already held il meeting
and s'tsiked over certain things, but
taken no action" Questioned - IN
what the ''csrtain tnings" were. he
ssid; swell. We are going
Brenuer and put stop 70 this bicker.
ing and quarrcling between hum and
the help in the hall. II has gone about
as far ~ II can. The help are squad.
bling all the time about the work and
Bremen says they won't mind him,
and they say he imposes on them. we
have decided 70 call them al down.
He was at the time on his way 70 at.
tend the meeting Of tho committee IN
the custodian's Office. The members
had the custodian summoned before
them and proceeded 70 lay down the
Law 10 him. He made defense saying
that the help were insubordinate and
and didn't do their work. He
stated that the engineer. r. X. Putnam.
Was always setting the help up against
him and Was Q constant cause OF
trouble. Alderman Drexge's ire bad
evidently cooled considerably by this
time, for he answered the custodian In
soothing words.
They Are Too Reckless
The help were then discussed indi-
vidually and collectively, and the CON-
mittee expressed the OPINION that they
had got too recklesssand were trying TO
impose on tho custodian. II was I'm.
ally decided that the help should be
put on probation for one week and
that Alderman Dregge should inform
them that unless they obeyed the Gus.
todian implicitly IN all reasonable re-
quests they would have TO quit. AL.
derman Stem then made An extended
peech TO Mr.. Bremen, in
which he warned him that
he must not ask the women help
to do very heavy work around the
hall. He said that the custodian must
be consadcrate and thoughtful, and in.
sinuated that fair women could not be
expected TO stoke the furnaces or NOV
the lawns. He suggested that the
engineer be directed to work on odd
jobs of repairing and cleaning steam
pipes aud other things around the hall
for y week or 60, add that if during
that time be was not obedient and re.
spectful to Mr.. Bremen he should be
discharged and the services of an
engineer be dispensed with until fall
His opinion was concurred in. aud
amid hoarse mutterings from Alder.
man Dregge the business Of the session
was concluded and tho alder
men turned TO more pleasing
mattere. The pleasant tinkle OF glasses
was heard and the gurgle of liquid
poured from = bottle to glasses followed
Alderman Stein said cheerfully, well
gentlemen, here's to better acqualnt
nnce," and then four big drinks oi
Grandpa Brenner's best aud oIdes
wine disappeared from view and the
love feast was over.