St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-27

Loard of control, was approved, and an
additional or supplementary fund OF
$4,000 to be disbursed by direction OF
the council was also approved.
The court house and city hall main
tenance and workhouse funds were ap-
proved as reported by the comptroller
and approved by the conference commit
tee.
The amount for the engineering fund
had been placed in the estimate by the
comptroller at $50. COO, but this was in
creased $1,000 by the conference com
mittee. MIR. DOron inquired how much
the expenses of the Office had been this,
year and. on the city engineer saying
$780, 600, Mr.. DOran moved "a the
amount be placed at 5000. Mr. !.
Lightner said no department in the city
government, with the exception OF tue
engineering department, had kept with
in the amount allowed them by $4,000
the past year, and he was in favor of
allowing S30.OO0. City Engineer Rnnd-
lett said the department needed at least
$4,000 IN the eStimate,a he felt certain
not more than 80 per cent of the taxes
would be collected next year. and if
such was the case the $780, 900 placed in
the estimate would not be sufficient to
run the department.. The talk made by
the city engineer had no perceptible
effect and the amount was fixed at $50
600.
The sum of SIG, 100 for the board of
pnbllc works brought protest from
Mr.. Doran, who took occasion to wash
some dirty linen by accusing President
German of cross-examining a youth
whom Mr.. Doran had tried to secure
position for. The amount was finally
approved without change.
The items for the city officers salary,
street. sewer and bridge maintenance,
bridge repair, Judgment, printing and
library funds, were approved without
change. When the municipal court
fund was reached Mir. Dorau suggested
reduction of the $4,000 set apart for
the payment of the two judges, clerk,
assistant clerk and Stenographer. He
was informed that the salaries were
fixed by charter and could not be
touched, which caused him to remark
that it was clever work.
The twenty-fourth item, made UP
under the head of general fund, caused
a general discussion. The first sum was
S., 600 for the rent Of the armory. AS
only S2,400 had been paid this year. the
committee was unable to understand
why the conference committee should
have raised the rent to $780, MIR.
Doran said 5000 per month was enough
rent for any building for this purpose,
and his idea was that private and ma
tlonal guard Interests were too strongly
blended in the matter. Aid. Cullen was
in favor of $1,000 being paid, but he met
with no success and the rent was Or
dered put in at 81, 400.
The amount of $685. 900, to be used for
the redemption of certificates of in
debtednesS, was inquired into by one of
the members, and the comptroller said
that this was needed to redeem certifi-
cafes which had been issued to make up
shortage. The shortage was caused
by the heavy reductions made in taxes
by the board of abatement and
MISTAKES MADE
in the assessors Office.
The comptroller had placed $4,000 to
be used in a partial completion of the
city hospital, but this amount had been
raised to $4,000 by the conference COM
mittee in order to complete the building
next year. Mr.. Doran, Mr.. Lighter
and Mr.. Cullen took part IN lengthy
discussion which followed. Mr.. Light
ner said the hospital commission vas
open to censure i'll not completing the
building with the funds at it's COM
mand. He either wanted the full
amount. $4,000, placed in the
budget or nothing. Mr.. Doran
thought $4,000 would in these hard
times partly complete the building. and
that amount was all that ought to be in
Guided. Aid. Cullen said better accom-
modations were furnished the prisoners
at the WorkhouSe than the patients at
the city hospital. The wards and rooms
were oyercrowded, ana in the interests
of humanity the building should be
finished the coming year. The motion
of Mr., DOran was not seconded, and
the one offered by Mr.. Cullen, allowing
$4,000 to complete the building. was
carried, Mr.. Doran alone voting against
it.
The comptroller had in the budget
allowed $1,000 as the clty's share
toward the building of the Como ave-
nue. bridge. This amount was increased
in the conference committee to $4,000
Mr.. Lightner thought the citizens at large
should not be asked to pay more than a
third of the cost of the bridge. If the rail-
ROAD company palu tllro anu the city
another third, the property owners
should at least be willing to pay the
other third. For this reason he moved
to make the amount in the budget ST.
600. which would leave only about
$4,000 to be raised by assessing the
property benefited. The amount was
accordingly changed to $1,000.
The comptroller had only provided in
his figures for $4,000 as election ex-
penses for next year. He admitted that
when he made the figures up he
thought only of the election in the
spring in which he would figure, and
had forgotten there would be one in the
fall. The amount, $685. 600. as fixed by
the conference committee. was thought
to be about right, and was approved.
The $4,000 for the purchase and
building of an engine house at st. An
thony Park was allowed to stand, and
the committee Will report to the council
that the budget as amended by them be
passed. The resolution will not be in
PRODUCED until the first meeting in jan
uary.
GRAND JURY