The herald., 1897-10-12

of that committee and could therefore
vote intelligently upon it.
AS an amendment to Mr.. Nickells g mo-
ton, Mr.. Toll moved that the ordinance
be passed over the veto. He said that
the members of the council were suf-
fciently familiar with the measure and
what was intended by the amendments
to vote intelligently upon it. He took
exceptions to the figures quoted by Mayor
Snyder, stating that the had secured fig
ures from the auditors books that
showed that the office of boiler inspector
vas self-sustaining. From those fig
ures he stated that the total receipts of
the office for the last quarter amounted
to $3.50, and that the expenses for that
time were $615-$525 as salaries and $50
as expenses. 1.-The total receipts last
year in the office were $1647, and during
one quarter this year we have received
more than half that amount" said he.
There Is no particular season Of the
year when there Is much greater
rsumber of inspections than at any other
season, and the revenue Of the office Will
be steady all the time, so that the busi-
ness for the quarter may be taken as
fair average of what 1t will be every
quarter. The expenses will be no great
er at any time and the result will be
balance in favor of the office at the end
Of the year. I have discovered that In
stead of the salaries coming out of the
salary fund they had been paid out of
the boiler fund, so that all the expenses
of the department have been paid by 1t
without drawing from the salary or any
other fund"
Mr. Baker also urged the passage of
the ordinance over the veto, stating that
the changes were for the benefit of the
city instead of detriment to the de-
partment financially. When the vote
was taken all the members voted for the
passage of the measure except Mr..
Nickel, who asserted that it was but
right that it should go to committee.
INSPECTORS ESTIMATE
After the passage of the ordinance,
Boiler Inspector Dahl was asked for an
estimate of the annMal receipts and ex-
penditures of his department, based
upon the business since the present ordi-
nance went into effect. He gave the
following, which in the matter of re-
ceipts he declares is below what the re-
turns will be:
RECEIPTS
400 boilers, one inspection per year at
10 ........................
500 engineers certificates at 81 each.... 900
40 elevators at 81 each per quarter, or
81 each per year,. ....................... loO
30 steam kettles, ETC., at 81 each........ 30
Total estimated receipts for year....$2, 900
DISBURSEMENTS
nj
$175 per month. Observation-Disclosures. ,l00
Salary of board of examining engin-
GERS. $50 per month. h..................... $50
Stationery and supplies estimated.... 70
Total expenses for the year. ....s2, ,610
A SUSTAINING OFFICE
The foregoing figures are only rough
estimates. taken with the records of the
past six months as basis. The exact
receipts Of the department as shows by
the auditors figures for the period since
the present ordinance went into effect
are as follows, all except the last entry
having been collected by the former in
spector, Church:
April 80, $S2; June l. 1898; June 26,
S267; July 81. S262; August 81 Sal; Sep
tember %, SIS, and October 2 Qrom the
ness), S275. Total, $1315. The exact
figures of the disbursements from the
books of the auditor for this period, were
not avai.a BILE, but from the records of the
boiler inspectors office the following
were given as the expenses OF that de-
partment since the present ordinance be-
came effective: Six months salaries of
the inspector and deputy, at $175, $1050
salaries of board of examining engineers,
at SIS per month (the allowance mace
them before the amendment was passed
yesterday, $50; Incidental expenses,
s164S4. Total, $13O4. This would show
that the department is self-sustaining.
although the balance in it's favor is
small
That the work of the Office Is now be-
ing properly dor.e by the inspectors is
shown by the fact that during their first
month liz, Office they collected 1901 from
all sources. inspected As boilers inter-
nally and ITO externally, inspected five
elevators, examined and issued licenses
10 u engineers.