The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-09
CITY PLUMS ARE RIPE
SEVERAL POSITIONS TO BE FILLER
IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS
NEW MAN FOR CITY ENGINEER

""stav Wfiifus Jr. Is After l.. w.
hoietfs job, and Is Said to
Have the support OF Mayor Kie-
fer-No Telling Who the King
VIII Select for some of th.
Places.
me time is rapidly drawing near
wben several city hall appointments
snould be made. Tomorrow an assess-
or and his assistant Monday. two
members Of the board CT public works
health commissioner and assistant
health commissioner, and Tuesday. a
CITY engineer and city attorney.
ne appointments for assessor and
assistant assessor have already been
pretty correctly forecast 1t ia given
out cold by Auditor johnson that bic
half Of the appointive power will be
maze 10 stick for the present incum
oent OF the assessorship, Robert Seng
and Henry Vest for, assistant II ia
known that Mayor Kiefer would have
preferred w. l.. Ames for assessor. and
ialing TO accomplish that he will prob
aoiy lano MIN In the board of public
works to succeed President CopeIand
mere is another member Of thai
BOARD to be appointed, and so far il i.
cholce between p. c. Justus, who nov
ornaments the board, and Mic Pott.
g1eser. 1t is believed that the mavor
VIII appoint Pottgieser for the Dona.
mower wing of the Fourth ward which
is urging Justus embraces the men
VINO fought Kiefer last spring
A consideration of the board of nrb-
lie works appointments leads IN 49,
uraIiy to the question of a Successor
eo II. Il. Rundlett, of the city engineers
once, as the board of public worl,a
makes that Appointment Mr.. RundIett
and >. ii. Haas, now building insnect~
or are both open candidates. but new
man appears upon the political horizon
IN the person of Gustav Willius Jr
~ wRo Is an electrical engineer with an
once in Room 511 Phoenix block and
IL IS popularity supposed that he ia
MAYOR klefer's choice and while the
mayor mas no voice in the matter his
WISHES can be made to go in this mar
tlcuIar instance. The new board will
make the appointment and the two
new appointments to the board NAV he
Daeeu on the consideration of APPOINT
ing the mayors choice to the enpina.r,s
office. OF the two members Of +hs
board whose terms do not expire until
HeAt year, 1t may be said that John
oahdell, who is a close friend of tho
mayor 8. will also favor his choice mar
llcuIariy as before his term expires the
mayor VIII be called upon to appoint
successor to Sandell With three
members member, of the board in favor of
"lll1us for engineer 1t doesn't matter
n1uch who the fouth member. G T.
Maoon will present for the office
For health commissioner there ara
several candidates, among whom are
Dr. w whitney, of the First ward. Dr
~ Haugen. Of the Fifth, who is backed
by the physicians of st. Paul nrettv
generally; DR.. Hawkins, of the sixth
ward. and DR.. Wirth. of the Eighth
ward. Of these DR.. Whitney is easily
N ~ the lead at the present time. DR.
Renz has the call to succeed DR. Miller
as assistant health commissioner
AS to city attorney that is q sett1ad
thing' as j. E. Markham has already
received the nomination at the hands
OF the council caucus and will be elect.
ed Monday night. Mr.. Markham how
ever has decided to revamp his stair of
assistants ''"il VI
Until next Tuesday Mayor Kiefer will,
oe busy man and is constantly re-
ceiving delegations and individuaIs
VINO are calling to urge the apnoint-
ment of their particular friends hat
10 one and all his honor extends y
happy hand, but keeps his own conn