St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-19
THEIR SALARIES HUNG UP AT A
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN
LAST NIGHT.
NEW ORDINANCE INTRODUCED.
1T SCALES DOWN ALL THE OFF,
GERS, BUT DOESN'T ALTER PA
TROLMENsS PAY.
AID. BRADY GIVES A SURPRISE.
Introduces a Resolution to Abolish
Three of the SubstatiOns-Re-
ferred to Committee.

AS was expected, the board of alder
men refused to concur last night with
the assembly ordinance fixing the sal
aries Of the police force, and thereby
hung up the January pay roll of the
police department. After the reading
Of the assembly ordinance, which en-
bodied the original scale of reduction
submitted by Chief Clark to the con-
ference committee, Aid. Brady moved
that the board do not concur. He also
asked that the words "till otherwise
ordered" qualified the clause
fixing the salaries-be stricken out, and
that the words until Jan. 1, 1897" be
inserted. This was to prevent the new
council, which takes hold in June. from
changing the salaries as fixed by the
present body. The amendments were
adopted
Aid. Markham then moved that the
board pass the ordinance as amended.
The vote was taken at once and re-
suited in the defeat of the ordinance
by the following vote: Ayes, Mark
ham, Montgomery, Ehrmanntraut, g.;
nays, Brady, Hare, Kartak, Miiham,
Timer. Wolf, g.
In explaining his vote President Ehr-
manntraut said that his chief reason
for voting for the ordinance was to
expedite the matter, as he was averse
to hanging up the police pay roll any
longer.
After a little dispute over parliament
tary procedure, Aid. Brady asked As
sistant Corporation Attorney Phillips
to draft an ordinance fixing the sal
aries of the police in accordance with
the ordinance passed at the previous
meeting of the board, with the excep-
ton that the salary of the chief was to
be reduced from 800 to $500 instead
of $4,000. This measure does not re-
duce the salaries of the patrolmen, the
cuts being restricted to the chief and
the captains, lieutenants, sergeants,
mounted officers. chief of detectives
and detectives. Aid. Brady offered the
ordinance as soon as it was prepared,
and the board passed it by a vote of
six to three, Aid. Ehrmanntraut, Mark
ham and Montgomery voting in the
negative.
During the early part of the session
Aid. Brady introduced a resolution
that caused some surprise. In sub
stance, it is measure doing away en-
t1rely with three of the police substa-
tions, the Margaret, Rondo and Ducas
street stations. In support Of the reso-
luton Aid. Brady said that in his opin-
ion these substations could be dispens-
ed with without impairing the efficiency
Oh the police force, while the saving per
year thus effected would amount to
about $35, 900. There were $50 men in
the police department, of whom 80 were
not doing patrol duty. Such state Of
affairs was wrong. Aid. Brady regard
ed the subStations as of little use, as
the central station would serve the pur-
pose well enough. Aid. Brady figured
the saving accomplished by discontinue
ing the substations, as follows:
Taking one station as an example,
the saving would be: One captain,
$1,4OO a year; two lieutenants, 81, 400 a
year; two sergeants, $4,000 a year; two
drivers, $1,SOO year; two jailers, 81, 800
year; one team, hay, oats, corn, bed
ding, horseshoeing, fuel, light and re-
pairs, S2,lOO, making total saving Of
ST., 800 for one station, and $34, 500 by
dispensing with three substations.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on police.
The final order for the paving Of Fifth
street, from Wabasha to Wacouta
streets, was passed, after being amend
ed SO as to provide for granite pave
ment instead of brick at the intersec-
ton of Robert street
The December bill of the Capital Gar
bage company, amounting to 1892, was
allowed
Aid. Brady introduced a resolution
instructing the city clerk to advertise
for bids for archaeological apparatus,
the bids to be opened at the next reg
ular meetings Of the board of aldermen
and assembly. to be held at 7:30 p. M,
March 8, and 7:30 p. m. March s. The
resolution was adopted.
A petition was received from the
bricklayers' union asking the council "to
demand of the building inspector the ap-
pointment of competent bricklayer on
his staff, and not to enrich the politi-
clan at the expense of the taxpayer"
1t was referred to the committee on
streets.
The amended ordinance regulating
pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and
junk dealers was referred to the COM
mittee on license.