The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-22

The city council met yesterday after
poca 10 consider the advisable Of rais-
ing TIE wages of policemen in order 10
Aeep fae city guardians from sfniEYating.
oae ard all, 70 the Ylkor. The excite
Mfnt among the policemen has been
great since The arrival last Saturday
morning Of the steamer Portland. and
many q the most abe men 81 the force.
paysScally and mentally. have expressed
sn~ar tatsasso1 % gcs-g- Chief Reed con-
tsrnpla-Sd with alarm the prospective de-
parsGre CO such E=1 as Capt Hogie,
Capt SULLIVAN ard Officer Nike Powers.
and, as the co1.agsca seemed TO be
spreading. he carried the matter before
the city advisory 5sard. which IN turn
recommended meeting Of the city coun-
ell
The discussion which took place IN the
city council was IczS and many sided It
was wel agreed that the pay OF Seattle
pss2eT msa WAS 500 low. and also that the
Iyke rusE1. Beng participated IN by
/ 3 Of shs criminal classes, would make
lse@G2i t5e retention Of the present
trained force u police Il such were pos
s.cle- Those present et the meeting were
Chairman James. Nas!n. Chapman. Rude.
Gibson. Taylor. Herman, Raymond,
Do<5ds and Acting Mayor Crscatoa-
Raymond moved sha- the matter BE- re-
and revenue which should consult with
the advisory board ard report by an ord.-
nance az tae next meeting % tbs c0an-
Gil The motion caused some discussion
Navi1 favored raise n salaries. speak
ing Of the necessity o. having a good
police force 10 deal with the crowds 90
criminals which would pass through here
on the way 20 and 9rcsza the mines Chap
man spoke II the same tenor. urging the
~
cur city IN an emergency"
James resigned the chair. 10 which he
had been elected pro tenn, IN order 20
speak from ,he floor He said he hoped
the city council would rot lose It's head
just because q good percentage OF the
good citizens seemed to be dong so.
There was plenty % time 10 act cfrosfy-
He favored the raising Of salaries ac-
cordfng TO mans experience on the po-
lice force. Anything reasonable he would
vote for. hat ths c.ty could not begin 10
compete with TIT Ciondyke as an attrac-
ton for men who wanted 10 earn money.
The question was. what was re<asonahles
II action on SO important a matter were
10 be hurried he would oppose it
Gilson, while n. too. believed the
wages OF policemen should b higher.
declared that he was not in favor OF Civ
ing the raise Just because the present en-
ployes were threatening a stampede 10
the Ciondyke Everyone knows" he
declared that two-thirds OF those who
say they are going couldn't do IL unless
they walked. There ara just as good
men IN the United States as these /
have letters from the Clondyke saying
that a thousand or more men there are
stampeding from one reported discovery
TO another. with nothing gained and moth
ing left TO lose"
II was finally voted 20 adopt RayMoafs
suggestion. The committee will meet to-
day and their report will be heard tonight
in d special meeting OF the council
Army Post Water.
II was noticed that during portion
OF the meeting President E. Q. Graves.
Of the Chamber OF Commerce. and Capt.
". W. Robinson. n. A =. NJ. L. 5. A..
in charge OF the preliminary work on the
army post site. were present. Their basi-
ness had probably some reference 10 the
city's promise OF supplying water 10 the
army post Il seems that the cid council
passed resolution stating thar IL would
furnish water 70 the post al the cost OF
pumping. and would lay water main 10
the boundary OF the site. The latter pro-
vision is what troubles the present city
council. The supplying OF water the coun-
ell readily agrees 10. but "a for ths laying
OF water main, tina, Is another matte.
II would involve an expense the e ~
could not possibly bear AZ this time.
Capt. Robinson stated yesterday to
private citizen that unless the city would
furnish water as agreed by the former
council no contract would be let and all
proceedings would be stopped.
Capt. Robinson and Mr.. Graves left the
council chamber yesterday before tho
meeting was concluded