The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-26
THE POLITICAL PLUM PATCH so
COVETED By MAYOR
DORIAN.
SURPRISE IN WATER BOARD
DEMOCRATIC HOTBED THAT HE
PRATED ABOUT CONTAINS TWEEN
TY-SEVEN OF HIS PARTY.
| Engineer RundIett's Annual Report
on That Branch of the City
Government.


| The matter Of fixing the salaries of
| the clerks and employees of the water
! board came UP at a meeting Of the
commissioners held yesterday. Presi-
| dent Bement stated that in his long eX-
| perience on the board until within a
| short time ago the question of party
| utilization of the several employees had
never been considered. The rule had
been that men long in the employ Of
! the board and who were efficient were
retained and for himself and some Of
| the other members of the board he
| would say that the question of politics
| had never been mentioned. The Secre-
| tary of the board had prepared list
| showing the names, occupations, sal
aries and date of employment or
| length of service of every man in the
employ of the board. At his request,
! Perry K. Gilfillan, one of the clerks
| of the board, had marked opposite the
names of each of the employees the po-
| litical party with which they 9filiated
and the result showed, according to Mr.
| Gilfllan's census, that there were sew
enteen Democrats and -twenty-seven
Republicans. Mr.. Bement then pre-
scented the following list. the letters in
parenthesis showing the politics, fol-
lowed by the occupation, salary and
date of appointment:
c. NJ. Crowley Cd chief clerk, 800, Nov.
Joseph PremerIina CD. meter clerk, SO.
'. j. B. w !ssa D. cIesh. &c. Jan. 81
| 1892
Thomas Grace 3D., clerk. $65. May g. 1885,
Perry X. Gillian (R.). clerk, $780, Jan. l,
! 1885
F. f. Bird CRJ. clerk. s65. January, 1898
| Thomas CaulfeId D.. inspector OF plumb
| ing and including horse and buggy. $50, No
Robert S. Marsh CD. plumber and office
| clerk, &c., September 1888.
| Ethel Mayfed stenographer. $50. Nov Ii,
| 1896.
NJ. Fftzgibbon CD. foreman connections,
| $40. twenty-five years.
| Martin Fest (R). chief engineer. McCar-
rons lake. 800, Nov. 10. 1884.
Matthew ThNmmes CRJ. assistant engineer,
McCarron's lake, $50. June 6, 1896,
Fred kophngs 81 R asista ant engineer Nc
lake, $40, March 20, 1894.
| Centerville lake station. when pumcs are
run $780, when pumps are not run. $50, Nov.
| l, 1889.
Centeryille lake. when pumps are running
| only, $50, Nov. 1, 1889.
Hermann Abresch (R) fireman Centerville
lake. s45 Dec. l. 1889.
Joseph Doerr, engineer West st. Paul sta
ton. $50. Nov. Is. 1892.
F. E. Kenny (R.), assistant engineer West
| St. Paul station, $50. 1896
| Hermann Geisler (RD. engineer and gate
keeper Vadnais lake station. $50. July l, 1891.
| f. Galloway (R.), assistant engineer Vadnal Is
lake station, when pumps are running only.
| $50.
James Dahtll CD. keeper of reservoir. $40,
| April 90 1884.
|
NJ. Shouse CD, voted for Mckinley. fore
man Midway district Dives on city property,
| $50 April 20, 1884.
Fred schleveen (R), keeper Baldwin lake
| pumps So December, 1887.
| George Doorley D.). meterman, $40. Decem-
P. Anderson R.), assistant meterman. $40,
| twelve years.
T. F. Derrig CD, assistant meterman, $45,
George n Rebeck R.), hydrant man. $67,
1878.
NJ. Lundgren (R0. assistant hydrant man,
| $40, thirteen years.
Ole Munson (R~). assistant hydrant man.
| $40 thirteen years.
| M. Hickey Cd, plumber. yardman and
Joseph Foley No. 2 CD, assistant plumber
and yardman, $40, twelve years:
| Mic Walsh CD, inspector. s45. fourteen
John Fitzgerald CD. turn on and shut off
man. $40, sixteen years.
|
NJ. Egan CD. turn on and shut off man,
A Weidle R). inspector of fencing Cen
| terville SIS.
Joseph Lonegren R9, timekeeper and sup
| erintendant's clerk, $50, March 2, 1896.
$50
Charley Erickson (R). hydrant mans help
| er, $40, ten years.
Thomas Peterson (R.). hydrant man and
| street gates, $40. ten years
A. Hansen (R). hydrant man and street
Louis de Brouycker R.) hydrant man and
street gates $40.
Cherley Hansen R.), hydrant man and
| street gates $40, ten years.
| A Swanson R.), street services, $40, ten
| years.
Commissioner Hudner said he had
not received a copy Of the list but
was Informed by Secretary Caulfield
that list had been mailed him at the
same time as the other members of
| the board. Commissioner Hoyt sug-
gested that owing to Mr.. Hudner not
receiving a copy Of the names the mat
! ter of selecting and fixing the salaries
! Of the employees could be laid over I'M
! til a future meeting. Mr.. Hudner was
furnished with g. list and each name
was taken up separately and discussed
and then the entire list approved. The
! only changes made was the dropping
|
the West Side pumping station, the
| increasing Of the salary Of George
Doorley, meterman, $120 per year. The
salary OF Martin King, screen cleaner
| at McCarron's lake, was reduced $50,
his salary during the six winter
months being placed at $40 instead of
| $45 per month. The name of Link
| Hilderbrand was mentioned as success
| sor to F. e. Kenny, but after some
! discussion the naming Of an assistant
engineer at the West side station was
referred to Commissioner Wolterstorff
| and Chief Engineer Feist.
The contract for furnishing 700 water
meters was awarded to the Plttsburg
| Meter company. The aggregate amount
involved is about $4,000
| The annual reports Of the secretary
and superintendent were received and
| will be considered at the next meeting
| of the board.
| City Engineer Rundlett, who is also
engineer for the water board, submitted
his annual report. Of which the fol-
| lowing is an abstract. Under the head
| Of future extensions the engineer saws:
BY the erection OF the pumping plant at
| Centerville lake, we are now able to utilize
| the water from Centerville lake and Peltier
| lake, which receives the drainage area OF
| by far the larger portion Of the Rice lake
| system, including Hardwood creek and the
| outlet Of Bald Eagle lake. To utilize these
| two lakes and the drainage area to the best
| advantage | would recommend again that