The herald., 1897-04-13

Eighth ward-Wm. Stephenson, p. A
MasonzehI, Geo. Willig. Geo. Swanson
lD. w. Kilmer, VIM. Thatcher. Jean Ha
rotcarena, B. F. Land. Jean Apion. w. r
Moore.
Ninth ward-Wilson f. Benton, ]. N
Voss, VIM. Davis, ]. H. Quackenbust
Frank Cummings.
Councilman Nickel. chairman OF tn
| special committee, stated that the com
mittee would meet with the enumerator
| in the council chamber this (Tuesday
evening for the purpose of giving then
their instructions and also providing
| them with the necessary stationery TO
doing the work He asked that all .
| the councilmen be present to assign tn
enumerators In their respective wards.
MOTIONS.
On motion of Councilman Grfder the
city engineer was instructed to estab'
lish the grades of Twenty-first, Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets from
Naomi avenue to the Dalton tract. ans
Naomi avenue from East Washington
to Adams street.
On motion of Councilman Grider the
City Water company was instructed IA
law a IOuT-lHCn Ifldli Oi Nciti 81 a ~@AN.>
from Twenty-seventh street to Slausor
avenue before the grading of that street.
On motion of Councilman Grider, the
street superintendent was instructed to
clean up the cutters on Twenty-seventh,
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth and
Adams streets from San Pedro street to
Central avenue.
FIRST STREET CUT.
The city attorney reported that the
CITY engineer Rad furnished him with an
estimate of the cost of completing the
First street cut, as asked for by him at
the last meeting of the council. Accord
ing to this estimate, the cost would be
$4,000 for the Shepard property and $500
for the other property, making total
of sS4O0. The lawsuit, he said, had been
postponed for thirty days, so that there
was still chance for a compromise II
the council desired 1t. Mr.. Dunn stated
that there was some data that he did no;
care to make public if he had to try
lawsuit, and on motion the whole matter
was referred to the board of public
works to report at the next meeting.
On the recommendation of the street
several contractors were
allowed extensions of time for the COM
pletion of their contracts.
On motion of councilman Blanchard.
the protest of E. H. Maxwell and others
against the improvement of Rosemont
avenue from Temple to First streets,
was denied.
On the request of Councilman Grider,
action OH the salary demands of the
sanitary inspectors was deferred until
next Monday.
FOR THE OLD SOLDIERS.
Councilman Mathuss offered the fol-
lowing, which was adopted without de-
bate by a unanimous vote:
During these hard times I think we
have almost forgotten that we have in
our fair city many old soldiers who were
In the front and helped save this grand
Did Union of ours, and I find some of
them hard pressed, doing all they can
TO support themselves in small busi-
ness way and some maintaining fami-
lies, and as the city ordinance now
reads they are compelled to pay Ii
cense tax.
I therefore move that the city attorney
be instructed to draw up an ordinance
or an amendment to the present ordi-
nance whereby all Union soldiers with
discharge papers having an
investment in business not exceeding
300. and the business being conducted
py them for their benefit, that they be
exempt from paying a license tax; Ii
cense for saloons or liquor license of any
kind excepted.
DECLARES HIMSELF.
The following pointed communication
from the city assessor was read and
promptly filed without debate:
To the City Council:-Your petitioner
that your honorable body, by
ordinance, recently reduced the salaries
of officed deputies in the city assessors
office.
That in making such reduction your
committee reported that
on the 1st of July next the salaries of
said deputies will be restored to the
amounts heretofore existing.
The we'll grounded irony of your COM
report is apparent when it is
known that all of my deputies except
ing two conclude their labors for the
city July /.
Feeling as I do that the retrenchment
of meager salaries received by my depu-
ties is an. injustice I cannot permit
this matter to rest without entering my
protest against such action of the coun-
cil and at the same time importune you
to restore the salaries as they originally
existed In consequence of said re-
trenchment, the deputy collecting the
property tax has resigned in
the midst of the most important work,
much to the inconvenience of this office.
Other deputies are contemplating resig-
nation.
w. J. A. Smith, who Is one of the most
experienced and proficient assessors in
this state, and who originated our pres
ent system of books and maps for as
sessment purposes, a system that is be-
ing adopted by many counties in the
state, and whose services in any as
SCISSORS Office are worth $3.50 per month,
has the satisfaction of now receiving the
munificent salary of s75 per month.
My chief deputy. whose arduous duties
require constan. care and vigilance,
while he received only a small salary.
has suffered a so reduction of his sal
ary and all other deputies a IS reduc-
tion.
I sincerely hope, gentlemen, that you
will reconsider your former action in
the matter and restore to my office
deputies the salaries first fixed by you
I trust that you will take this COM
in kindly spirit and hasten
to extend full justice to said deputies.
The report of the board of public
works, as published in The Herald Sat-
urday morning. was read, and the va