The morning call., 1894-04-24
CONTRACT BILLS.
Supervisors Say They Will
Be Paid.
To Do So Salary Demands Will Be
Withheld Until the Next
Fiscal Year.

Supervisor James presided at yester-
days meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
The chief business of in interest was the con-
sideration of a resolution which was the
result of difference with the heads of
departments in the morning. reading as
follows:
Resolved, That the Auditor be. and he Is
hereby, empowered and required not 10 audit
the demands for salaries for balance OF city
and county officers and employees Tor the month
of June, 1894, until all other liabilities OF me
city and county are provided Tor, Dut not iater
than the 10th day OF July, 1894
The object OF he resolution is to avoid
paying thirteen months salary in one
year, as last June's demands were paid
out OF this years funds under decision
of the Supreme Court. If thirteen mouths
salaries are paid this fiscal year there will
not be sufficient money to pay the bills Of
con tractors, who are furnishing the city
with supplies.
Supervisor Forman objected TO the pas
sage of the resolution. saying it was mat
Ter of robbing Peter to pay Paul. and he
did not believe in compelling city EN-
poyes to wait for their money. He at
tributed the present financial predIcament
to the action of the minority in forcing
the board to adhere to the dollar limit
which was the source of all municipal woe
in his opinion. He wanted the RESPONSE
bility placed where it belonged.
Supervisor Ryan also objected to the
| resolution on the ground that only those
salaries fixed by law could be paid ont oil
next years funds under the Supreme Court
decision, while here were number OF en-
ployes whose salaries did not come under
| this head.
LET US be fair in this mattsr," said Su-
pei visor Denman. 1.-The contractors under
| the law cannot be paid after July l, while
the employees can. If we do not find way
to pay he bills for supplies we shall have
| to close up our hospitals and prisons. DO
not blame the contractors for wanting
some assurance of payment, for they have
been very badly burned before"
IF the contractors are not paid" said
| Supervisor Dundon. sit is liable to drive
some of them into bankruptcy these hard
| times"
/ The whole matter shows how some
mem bers took pledges to run the govern
| ment on a dollar limit and IND out they
can't do it," said Supervisor Formau.
Il wish the gentleman from the Fifth to
| understand" said Chairman James, that
we can run the government on the dollar
! limit, that we took our pledges to DO IL and
are doing it successfully"
| DR.. Stanton opposed the resolution as
\ q
that it was the best solution of the prob
lem, as the contractors could not be paid
after July and the employees could.
The resolution was finally adopted.
! Supervisors Ryan, Stanton and Forman
voting against it.
was requested to inform the board
! whether it intends to avail itself of the
franchise to construct and operate rail-
! road op Mission street, from Silver aveD ne
| to the county line; also, whether or not it
intends to avail itself of the franchise for
a road on Railroad avenue, and whether
or not it intends to pay for its portion Of
| the roadbed proposed to be paved.
The Metropolitan Railway Company
| was given one years extension of time In
which to complete It's lines To all points
south and west of the intersection of
| Seventh avenue and street.
An order was passed to print limitiDg
all fences 10 be ere cted for advertising pur-
poses to ten feet above the ground,
! whether on poles or net. Any violation of
! the order is made misde meanor, punish-
able by fine OF not more than $500 or
Imprisonment in the County Jail lot more
than 100 days, or by both.
| The clerk was instructed to advertise for
| bids for printing aud binding $500 copies
of the municipal reports for 1S93-94 in ac-
| cordance with specifications TO be fur
nished by the Committee on Printing and
| Salaries.
The following bids were received for
publishing the delinquent tax list and re-
ferred to the Committee on Printing:
Post-personal property 14% cents, real
property 14B cents; neutrality-suspicious. al
property 20 l-6 cents, real property 10 1-6
cents; Report-personal property IL cents,
real property II cents. The Bulletin be-
ing the lowest bidder will get the contract.
The board opened large number of
bids for furnishing the prisons and hos
nifal with Snnnles.