Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-14
FOR RETRENCHMENT.
A Reform Council is What
the People Elected.
CUTTING DOWN ALL SALARIES.
The Fire Department to Re-
organized and Consolidated.

The mayor and council were pres
ent at the adjourned meeting on
Wednesday evening except Lam
oureuX and Collins.
BILLS ALLOWED.
Electric Light, $420; s. Brooks,
$L5O; r. McKillop, $2O,25; Gray
Bros, $l1.75; Jack Green, $l.59;
Capital Lumber Co., $l45.I7; ]. E.
Eastman & Co., $2,45; Weston-Dy-
gert Book Mfg. Co., So; Salem Iron
Works, S27.5O; r. L. Swartz, $42.56;
Salem Water Co., $94.64; L. G. Cava-
naugh, $14.93; f. s. Dearborn, $27.-
35; John Utz, $42O; Salem Truck g.
Dray Co., So; Santiam Lumber Co.,
1892; John g. Wright, 81 40; Brew
sler & White, So 05; Sroat & Gile,
S1.25; Barr & Petzel, $3.50; M. w.
Wright, $14.00; Union Title Abstract
Co., $50; Statesman, $27.25; Church
ill & Burroughs, 81; Barker & Strang,
rs cents; Barr & Petzel, $1.65; H. P.
Mimic, $232.S5; Baker & Strang,
$40; J. w. Wood, $3.50; r. H. Cros-
san, S2l; John Barhan, $1.50.
MARSHAL FEES.
The committee on accounts and
current expenses made the follow
ing special report:
"The bill of the city marshal for
the month of March, 1892,
is $232.85. This is for fees and
for che board of prisoners. The
bill is made out under the pro-
visions of an old ordinance adopted
prior to the induction of the present
city marshal into office. The bill is
correct and must be paid. 1t is the
judgment of your committee, how
ever, that the council which passed
said ordinance did not anticipate
that the work and fees of said Office
would so increase as to call for the
payment of the amounts of recent
bills. Our judgment is that $1,000
would be reasonable salary for said
officer, and recommend that such
action as may be proper be taken
providing for the boarding of pris-
oners by the city, and providing
further that all fees payable to the
city marshal in excess of $1,000 per
anuum be turned into the city
treasury"
STREET COMMISSIONER.
"The bill of the street commits
sloner for twenty-eight days from
March l to April 5, 1892, is $S4.
Under a resolution adopted by the
council city officers paid by the day
or month are to receive compensa-
tion only for the time actually en-
ployed in the service of the city.
we are unable to report how many
days have been actually employed
by the street commissioner, during
the past month in the service of the
city and we therefore return his bill
without recommendation"
CITY SURVEYOR.
"The bill Of The city surveyor for
$50 is also returned without recon-
mendation as we cannot approve
it without fuller information as to
whether or not all of the time
for was necessarily en-
ployed in the service of the city.
We recommend that the com.
mittee on ways and means be in
structed to consider the question of
consolidating the offices of street
supervisor and city surveyor and to
report their findings at the next
meeting Of the council"
The resolution was adopted and
was afterwad referred TO the COM
mittee on ways and means.
MORE INFRINGEMENT.
Hunt introduced an ordinance
salary Of 5000 per year
for the city attorney after Jan.
!, 1892; referred to the commit
lee OD ordinances. He also intro
duced a resolution providing that
Ihe offices of city engineer aud street
be filled by one man |
who shall receive 500 per month;
TO the committee on Ordi-
nancts.
The ordinance providing for inI-