St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
DORIAN WOULD INCREASE
The FORCE or THE REPUBLICAN
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
NOT SO MANY NEW BURNERS.

Streets Committee Recommends
Adding $500 to Gauger's AL.
.lowance for Expenses-.Gasc.
line Street lighting Contract
ors Must Repair the Lamps
Stonemasons and Rundlett.
The assembly committee on, streets
yesterday, after considerable discus
sion, decided to recommend for passage
a resolution fixing the amount to be ex-
pended by the building Inspectors
office during the current year at s7.490.
In November last the gentlemen who
are now clamoring to allow the build
ing Inspector to have full charge of his
department passed a resolution limiting
the amount to be expende in the build
ing inspectors Office to 1915
per month. Assemblyman Doran,
who wanted the force at that
time cut down to three men, and
salaries limited to s40a par month, no
thinks the amount of business demands
three or four extra men, and claims the
building inspector is the best man to
judge as to the needs of his Office. In
explanation Of his shift il is only Eeces-
sary to say that the Republicans re-
Gently elected member OF the e. 0. D.
to the office.
MIR. Lightner called the attention of
Mr.. Doran to the fact that he (Doran)
was tie only one who, when the tax es-
innate was liked. insisted on the total
amount of the appropriation for the
building inspectors Office being cut
from $1,000 to $1,000. Mr.. Lightner
said he doubted the wisdom of the
council changing the amount to be ex-
pended per month in the Off ce simply
because there had been change in the
inspectorShip.
Mr.. Reardon said the pr esent in
spectOr had reduced the salaries of his
employees considerably, and he thought
another reduction ould make the
wages about what they shonld he.
After some further discussion. iu
which Building Inspector Gauger took
part, it was agreed to fix the amount to
be expended in the office for the year
1894 at s7.400, and allow the inspector
to arrange the salaries per month as he
deemed proper.
The gasoline lighting contractors had
resolution introduced ordering them
fireplace l.000 old gasoline lamps with
new ones at 50 a replace. The assem- bly,
sant the matter to the board of public
works for investigation, and that body
reported that only 133 of the l,0OJ lamps
needed replacing with new ones. The
committee yesterday. after reading the
report, directed resolution to he drawn
ordering this number replaced The
city attorney also said the contractors
were under their contract required to
repair lamps when necessary, and 47S
lamps which the board of public works
reported as in need of repair will have
to. be taken care of by the contractors.
AT the last meeting of the assembly a
letter was received from the stone.
masons' union stating that the city
engineer was not paying the scale of
wages to men employed by him. The
communication evidently raised some
trouble, for now the secretary Of the
union sends in letter saying he did
| not intend to reflect OH d. Gregg. one of
the street commissioners. OF the city
engineer, and that he did not know
what he was signing. The city engineer
reported that the mason work abo ut
which objection had been made was
done by the men working for the relief
com mittee at 81 per day. The COM
munlcatlon was ordered filed.