St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-04
A DEEP CUT into BILLS.
COUNTY c0MNIS SI0RERS USE THE
PRUNING KNIFE FREELY
ON GROCERs AND DETECTIVES.

McGinn and McFetridge VIII Not
Get Anything Like They Asked
for the Trip After MilIer-De-
tailed List of Items Shaded or
Disaiiowed at Last Nights
Meeting.
AT last night's meeting of the county
commissioners the mayor was absent.
and Commissioner Seng presided in his
stead.
The committee or claims reported
that it had cut down the price of pota-
toes from 81 to 60 cents in several bills
from grocers that had furnished goods
TO various persons on small orders given
by the board of control. The cuts on
the bills were approved by the board.
and the bills passed as cut. They are
as follows:
George Michel & Co., bill for $3.50,
cut to sl27.1O,
Charles F. Knauft. bill of sl2S7O. cut
to s11950.
j. A. Wolf & Co., bill of S26.4O, cut to
S24.S0.
Furlong Grocery company, bill of
SS2.50. cut TO say. III.
John .Minea, bill of s95.62, cut to
SS9.42.
j. Alboef & Co., bill of s26.4O, cut to
S24.S0.
Mrs. S. Esch. bill of $3.50. cut to
W. B. Hawley, bill of $3.50. cut to
S. SO.
Kubial & Glowbitza, bill of 5000, cut
70 S24.SO.
The committee on roads was In
structed to repair the section line road
leading from Rice lake, known as Tur-
tie lake road, so as to make it pasSable
at certain point.
P. ii. Thornton was allowed an esti-
mate on work done on the Edgerton
road contract.
the county auditor was directed to
notify the $500" road that it will be
compelled to build an underground
crossing at Rice street and do the nee
essary grading for the street.
Mr.. Layallee offered resolution in
Structlng the board of control that it
should not purchase stationery except
on acquisitions and upon bids taken by
the county commissioners. Carried.
DETECTIVES HIT HARD.
The committee on claims reported that
the bills of Chief of Detectives J. c.
McGinn and Detective McFetridge for
bringing Miller. the alleged bank robber,
from New York were excessive. 1t
made cuts in the bill as follows:
j. G. McGinn-Fee to sleeping car
porter, % cents: fee TO sleeping car
porter, 25 cents; Aug. 50, street car fare,
80 cents; Aug. 81, street car fare, so
cents; Sept. l, street car fare, so cents;
Sept. 2, street car fare, 80 cents; Sept
8, street car fare, 80 cents; Sept. 4,
street car fare, so cents; Sept. 5. street
car fare. 80 cents; Sept. 6, street car
fare, Sl.10; fee to sleeping car porter,
p cents; twelve days service at s. per
day, $50.
All of the above items were stricken
off the bill. The committee reported
that the fare from Chicago to New York
is but SIS on the Grand Trunk route
and Sl9.10 by another route, and cut the
item for this purpose from $3.50 to $50.
The bill for eight and one-half days
board in New York at 81 per day, was
cut from S34 to s16. The item. "tiekets
from Philadelphia to Chicago for De-
tective McFetridge, Miller aud SELF"
was cut from 1913 to $50.
Detective William McFetridge's Bill
Twelve days service at 50 per day-S60
was stricken off. Railroad ticket FROM
Chicago to New York cut from S31 to
$40. Eight days board in New York
at 81 per day cut from $50 to Sl5. Hotel
bill and two meals in Philadelphia cut
from $3.50 to 81.
After considering the report. both
bills were disallowed in toto by the
board of county commissioners, on mo-
ton made by Mr.. Lavallee.
The bills as presented originally
were: Chief McGinn, 1895. IS; Detective
McFetrldge, S176.50. Total, S47325.
The committee on claims made cut
in the McGinn bill of Sl06.60, and in the
McFetridge bill of S9O.50.