St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-22
PEDDLER'S LICENSE is CUT.
Attempt to Reduce Salaries
in Water Works Depart
ment ~
is PROMPTLY SAT UPON.
Reardon and His Mouth Again
bids for Como Avenue
Bridge Opened.

ness that the aldermen would have
disposed of in an hour. There were
no matters of great public interest
to claim the atteneion of the assem-
bly,, but the debates were none the
shorter on that account. 1t was a
very talky meeting.
The first thing to start a discus
sion was the report of the committee
on ways and means refusing to ap-
prove the resolution of the water
board fixing the salary Of the secre-
tary of the board at $500 per an
mum, and recommending that it be
reduced to 1000. The report was
signed by Chairman Lewis.
Mr.. Strouse said he could not vote
to adopt the report, and gave his
reasons. In the first place there
were bills now in the Legislature in
tended to regulate salaries, In the
second place Mr.. Strouse main
tanned that it was unjust and unfair
to pick out certain individuals and
reduce their salaries. The board of
water commissioners was surely bet
ter able to judge whether it's secre-
tary deserved the salary proposed
| in the resolution.
Mr. Robb agreed with Mr.. Strouse,
and declared that he would not vote
to reduce the present salary.
| Mr.. Lewis responded with a species
of reasoning that did not meet with
the approval of the majority of those
| present. 1t was to the effect that the
city could get just as competent
man as Mr.. Caulfield for less money,
and that it was poor argument to adj
vance in behalf of a man the fact that
he had held an office for sixteen or
eighteen years.
Mr.. Van Slyke agreed with Mr..
| Strouse that the water board was the
best judge of the secretarys worth,
| and Mr.. Jacobson spoke in the same
| vein, remarking that if the present
water works were owned by any mem
Der of the assembly, he would think a
| long while before he would let such
| competent man as Mr.. Caulfield go
rather than pay him $500 year.
The vote was then taken on the
| adoption of the committees report
| only three members-Messrs. Lewis
Arosin and Reardon-voted in the af-
| firmative, and the motion was lost by
a vote of 3 to 5.
The resolution Of the water board
was then acted upon and adopted by a
vote, Of to 8, the negative votes pro-
| ieeeding from. the same trio who had
voted to adopt the report
Precisely the same disposition was
made of the adverse report of the
committee on the water boards reso-
! luton fixing the salary of the super
lntendent of the water works at 81 800
The committee recommended that it
be reduced to $4,000, and again received
no support except from Reardon the
Reducer. The report was rejected and
the water boards resolution adopted
by vote of 5 to 8.
There was a lengthy discussion over
the adverse report of the license COM
mittee on Aid. Strouse's peddlers or
dinance. The committee recommend
ed that the ordinance should not pass,
and offered as an amendment to the
present ordinance that the license fee
of peddlers whose vehicles are drawn
by animal power be reduced from 500
a year to SIS. No other change was
suggested, leaving the license fee for
cart peddlers $50 and for foot peddlers
S..
Mr.. Strouse objected strenuously,
and made a strong plea for the poor
people who by reason of the high rate
of license are deprived of the oppor-
tunity of earning an honest living.
He wanted the license of wagon ped
dlers reduced to $50, and that of push
cart peddlers to S25.
Mr. Strouse's amendment, however,
was lost by vote of 5 to 3. The rec
ommendation of the committee reduc-
ing the license fee of wagon peGdlers
from 500 to $75 was then adopted by
seven votes. Mr.. Strouse refusing to
vote, and subsequently the present or
dinance was amended to that effect.
Assemblyman Reardon, who has had
little to say for some weeks past,
found what he considered a good OPP
portunity to open his mouth and cast
out innuendoes founded on hearsay,
| when the resolution was read fixing
the salary of w. F. Symonds, the
| sewer inspector, at 500 month Rear
don asserted there were too many en-
ployes in the city engineers depart
ment, uttered lots of fustian about
calling halt and said that it didn't
require any skill to perform Mr.. Sy-
monds' work, etc, ETC., ad nauseam.
City Engineer Rundlett corrected
Reardon and explained to the assembly
| how necessary it was to have COM
petent man to inspect sewers. Mr..
SymondS has been connected with the
| city engineers department for nearly
twenty years. In view, however, of
the "kick," the matter was referred
to the committee on streets.
Mr. Johnson introduced an ordinance
compelling owners of dead animals to
remove the carcasses to places easily
accessible to the garbage collectors.
Under a suspension of the rules, the
ordinance was passed.
| Seven bids for the construction of the
| Como avenue bridge were opened. Two
others were rejected because they were
| handed in four minutes late.
The bids were referred to the com
| mittee On streets and the city engi-
neer 1t is understood that Charles
| Stone is the lowest bidder, the figures
aggregating about $4,000. The city
engineers estimate was $4,000
| Mr.. Johnson offered a comprehen-
! sive resolution designed to bring the
| health department to time in the mat
| ter of assisting the garbage committee
| in it's work The resolution was
adopted by vote of seven to one, Mr..
| Arosin voting mo-
| Assemblyman Lewis introduced an
| ordinance to compel better service on
| the Rice and Concord street car line.
! The present service of fifteen minu5es
| Roadway north of State street and
| twenty-eight minutes between cars on
| the other side of State street. is de-
| clared to be inadequate. The ordi-
| nance calls for a nine-minute and an
| eighteen minute service respectively on
/ each division after March l. 1t was
| referred to the committee on streets.
| BY request of Aid. Hare, the city at
terney notified the street railway COM
pany yesterday Of the desired increase
! in the service.
| A communication was received from
Comptroller McCardy calling attention
to the fact that the names OF seven