The Saint Paul globe., 1897-01-14
BUDGET IS PASSED
ASSEMBLY TAKES A TURN AT THE
CITY'S EXPENSE LIST FOR
1897.
1T MAKES A FEW CHANGES.
THESE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN 4 LIT
TIE LATER.
CRAIG.s EXPORTS FINALLY FAIL.
The Building Inspectors Amount
Raised s1.OOO-Money for Va
riOus School Houses.

! three hours yesterday afternoon con-
| siderng the tax estimate budget. The
total to be raised by taxation as passed
on by the aldermen was not disturbed,
| but $3.50 was taken from the amount
1 allowed for the maintenance of the
| public schools and put aside for the
erection of an addition to the Ericsson
school in the First ward. Mr.. Craig
made fight on the amount to be al
lowed the building inspectors depart
ment and said the Office as now con-
Quoted was only loafing place and not
properly attended to. The members
! with the exception of a couple of MI.
| CraigS cronies took different view of
| the matter and allowed the 81 .000 which
! Mr.. Craig wanted cut off the salaries
of the clerks and inspectors. Mr.. Kirke
made a grand stand play in a motion
! to take $4,000 from the amount al
! lowed for the maintenance Of the
/ schools and use the sum for free text
! books. The motion, however, was sup
] ported only by Mr. Kirke and Mr.. Rear
don, the opinion Of the assembly being
| that the action would cripple the
school, in that it would do away with
a number of teachers.
The board of aldermen, owing to
the change made in the school item by
! the assembly, had to concur in the
! amendment, and a meeting was held
| for that purpose last evening. 1t took
but a few minutes to agree to the
change, and then the entire budget, as
| amended, was passed, and the clerk
duly instructed to transmit the total
of the figures to the county auditor as
! cd hN n
little talk to the effect that the taking
Of $3.50 from the school maintenance
fund for a new building in the First
ward might cripple the fund from
which teachers salaries were paid, but
no one seemed to pay any attention to
/ his remarks.
Vice President Craig called the meet
ing to order in the afternoon, and
the budget was taken up item
by item. The items from one to eight,
| inclusive, were adopted without debate
When 1t came to the school fund item,
the distribution of the $4,000 for new
additions and sittings as approved by
the board Of aldermen caused discus
sion.
Mr. Arosin had an amendment to Of
fer as to the distribution of the $780,
900 from the school fund, as approved
by the board Of aldermen. He wanted
$4,000 for an addition to the Ericsson
school in the First ward, $4,000 for an
addition in the Tenth or Eleventh
wards, $4,000 for a new eight-rOom
building in the Second ward, and So 900
for the proposed new school building in
the Eighth ward. If there was, he said,
TO be any specific distribution of the
funds, it should be made so as to re-
leVe the OVercrOWded condition of the
, schools in the several wards AS dis
tributed by the board Of aldermen the
$50, 600 did not do anything except to
purchase a couple of sites in the Fifth
; and Seventh wards and give some of
the wards additional buildings The
OvercrOWded condition Of the schools in
the First, Fifth and Seventh wards was
not remedied at all.
Mr.. Ktrke said the Seventh ward
wanted a site for d new school. A site
200 by 1856 feet could be secured for
$4,000, and it was economy to buy at
the present time.
Mr. Dix spoke in favor Of the So 900
which the aldermen set apart for the
repairs to the old Humboldt school, I'm
der Arosin's amendment this was
knocked, so Mr.. Dix was not in favor
of the change
The assembly voted on Mr.. Arosin' 5
Cut-up Of the $35 900 and after a narli-
amentary tangle in which Vice PresI-
dent Craig ruled several things and
then announced that he would over
: rule hlmseif the amendment was voted
? down. The secret caucus division
! was then taken up and after more
! talks, parliamentary tangles and sep
"a oh,
non as passed by the aldermen was
adopted
The school fund items as finally ad-
opted gives $4,000 for support Of the
schools and $43,75O for sittings this
amount to be distributed as follows:
second ward school buildings at
Pacific and Hester streets 10000
New building in either Tenth or
Eleventh wards SO 1000
Site in Fifth ward, 81, 500.
Site in Seventh ward, $2,5O0
For new building in Eighth ward,
1000 ~
For repairs Of Humbolt school. So 900
SIS, $50. 09ii00''
Mr.. Arosin wanted to know if the
+ $4,000 represented the half mill tax
: which the city could levy for new
buildings. Mr.. McCardy said it did
not. Mr.. Kirke moved that SS 75O he
I
, OF the public schools and that this
sum be used in building an addition to
the ErrlcssOn school in the First ward
The motion was adopted by q unamious
vote. MIR. Kirke then moved that
3 $4,000 be taken from the amount given
I for the support Of the schools to pro-
vide for free text books This. how
ever, was killed by a talk made by
Mr.. Ycerg. of the school board. who
t stated that he figured it that the school
2 fund would be short in the neighbor-
, mood Of 100000 before the close of the
year Mr.. ReardOn thought 81 500 could
be saved by dispensing with special
teachers and supervisors but was in
formed by Mr.. Yoerg that not more
than $1,000 could be saved by such ar,
action. The free text book motion was
voted down. only Messers. Kirke and
{ ReardOn supporting it.
{ when the item for the building in
) Spector's department was reached, Mr.
; Craig yielded the chair and moved
( that the amount be reduced from Sc
{ POO to 5000, which would allow SS OOO
for clerk hire Mr. Reardon said he
would be in favor of voting to abolish
I the office, and read from the report of
{ the retrenchment committee to sustain
{ his position.
} Mr.. Kingsley said the talk about re-
I ducing the amount for the office was
{ made principally by reason of personal
) animOSity. AS the laws We're now,
} he had to have an elevator and plumb
I ing inspector, a clerk and two outside
{ inspectors. He thought the matter had
{ been made personal one by several
) members of the assembly
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