Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-31
IMPORTANT CHANGES PROPOSED

The Knployes of the Board OF Public
| Works Not 10 be Permitted TO Han.
| die the Money OF the City-Commis.
sioner States TO Introduce a Motion
to This Eject Tomorrow Night
Other Business Transacted Last
Night.
The board of public works met last even
Ing, every member being present. There
evidently is going to be reform along all
lines in the city government. as would be
judged from the statement made by Com
missioner States, giving notice that at the
meeting tomorrow night he would intro
ducs a motion prohibiting all employees of
the board of public works from receiving
or paying out money for the city under
any circumstances. This will do away
with the old system of issuing liens, per
mits, eto by the board of public works
and the motion will provide to have them
issued from the city auditors Office.
Clerk Bassett has q number of bills
against property owners who have failed
to clean the snow from their sidewalks,
and he has not sent them out owing to the
pending investigation. He asked for in
formation last evening as to what he should
do and was instructed to hold them for the
present as provision for this also would be
incorporated in the motion Wednesday
night.
Commissioner States also said that since
the term of Mayor Lewis 1t had been the
custom to pay the city lsborers by the
mayors private checks, which would be
sent to the city auditor, and at the end of
the month q check covering the whole
amount was turned over to the city treas
erer, who in turn sent back the private
checks to the mayor. This was done In
order to be able to pay the laborers every
week.
Mayor Sargent refused to do this last
Saturday night, stating that 1t was illegal
and that he was not going to do 1t any
more. Consequently the city lsborers are
not yet paid. This will also be attended
to at the meeting tomorrow night.
s. E. Cowles and Dewitt L. Beardsley
were notified January 10 to Immediately
take steps to stop escaping steam from the
Water street sewer. They have failed to
make the disconnection and the clerk was
instructed to notify the city attorney con-
corning suit to be brought for violation of
the city ordinance.
Commissioner Atwater asked that the
committee consisting of Commissioners
Todd and Msley give some report in regard
to what had been done In the Waldron
case.
President Todd, who is also chairman of
the committee, reported what had been
done, substantially as has already been
published.
Mayor Sargent said 1t had been referred
to the city attorney and that Detective
Cowles vas at work on the case to verify
the report
Commissioner Sullivan then said that
there was evidently something wrong-''a
cat in the meal" some where; that If Wal
dron had stolen 81 there was sufficient
cause for a warrant to be issued for his ar
rest; and that there was general DISPOSE
ton to handicap proceedings. The other
members of the board seemed to be- of the
same impression.
Assistant Superintendent of Streets
George l. Ives resignation was accepted,
after which the salary of the Office was in
creased from $50 per month to 500. Sup
erintendenJ Ives was then resppointed.
W. E. Thompson was appointed examin-
er of records at q salary of 81, 200 per year.
He has b ell doing the work for some time.
The Office has been recently created by the
court of common council.