The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-07
OFFICIALS SALARIES OUT.
Councils Finance Committees Work III
Reducing Expenses

OoAASAA O0hbtttcCb WOIR
Reducing Expenses.
The City Council held an adjourned
meeting last night. AT the first roll
call only ten mem bers answered to their
names, but in u few minutes four more
came in and quorum was announced
Mr.. McClellsnd, chairman of the
finance committee being absent on &C.
count of illness, Mr.. Loughery sub
mitted report recommending that the
salaries be fixed az follows:
Mayor, 5000; commonwealth's attor-
ney, 5000; city sergeant, 5000; city soli-
citor, $3.50; city auditor, $1,000; city
clerk, 81 900; clerk market. S72O; assist
Court, $500; city physician, $780, police
justice, $72O; superintendent of sch ools,
5000; sanitary inspector, $500; pound
master, Si20; city engineer. $4,000;
keeper aims house, $500; Judge Hastings
Court, $4,000; uperintendent fire alarm
system, 5000; chief Of police, 5000; SER
geant of police, $3.50; regular policemen,
SO per day; special policemen, 81. SO per
day.
On motion Of Mr.. Groves the salaries
recommended were considered sepsr-
ately and all moved along smoothly
until tho city solicitor was reached,
when Mr. Terry moved to amend by
making his salary 5000 Mr. Moomaw
seconding, but Council refused to turn
down the recommendation of the com
mittee by vote of 10 to S, Mr.. Groves
not voting.
Mr.. Andrews favored abolishing the
Office OF assistant Of the market, the
mayor to detail policeman to assist
the clerk during market hours and
moved to go amend the report.
Mr.. Moomaw said policemen were not
made OF iron and could not serve at the
market and do police work afterward.
The policemen were getting 500 month,
which was not too much, and to make
them do clerical du.y in a S45 position
was not economy.
Messrs. Davies, Groves, Terry, Stew.
enson and Loughery opposed the amend
ment, which was lost.
Mr.. Terry moved to Ak tho salary OF
the police Justice AZ $500, but tho amend
ment was lost.
Mr.. Groves moved to fix the salary Of
the superintendent OF schools at 5000
The school board had asked Council to
pay him $1,000 and presented good
reasons why the request should be
granted, but the recommendation of
the committee wss adopted
The clerk OF the court having asked
an increase of salary, Colonel Brooke
said it had boen understood that the
clerk should not charge the city any
ices when the city was q patty to suit
and he had made no charge, but in
criminal terms of the Hastings Court
he did great deal Of work and paid
money for necessary help for which he
received nothing. Mr.. Graves moved to
make his salary 5000, but the motion
was rejected by vote OF 10 to Z, the
chair decided.
Mr. Graves appealed from the decision
and the vote stood to g.
Mr.. Andrews moved to make the sal
airy $500 in lieu of fees, and it was so or
dered by vote of IS to4
The drivers of the Junior Hose Com.
pany and Friendship Fire Company were
allowed each salary of $50 per month,
and the services OF the driver OF the
aerial hook and ladder truck were dis
pensed with and tho horses placed in
charge of tho driver of the Junior Hose
Company for proper care and treatment.
Council then adjourned.