The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-04

uilONanCe lOr TWO men. The street |
commissioners estimates were also ma.
terially altered. The fire department. |
public parks and board of health esti-
mates are to be cut to the quick There |
will necessarily be more topping off in
the departments that were gone over
last night.
ORGANIZED PREVIOUSLY.
The committee having organized last
April, when it worked on the 1S9S-9g
| ordinance. it had no prelimnaries to
| delay it last night. Chairman Keller
| took his seat, called the meeting to
order and got the members down to
| business forthwith.
The attack begun on the second item
of the ordinance. Mr.. Oliver moved
| to increase the salary of the mayors
| secretary from 5000 to 81 200 and strike
out the item of $500 for clerk hire
in the office of the chief Of police. the
! intention being to make the mayors
! secretary do the work of both offices.
Mr.. Wagner thought it better to post
! pone action for a time. that the mem
bers might have time to look into the
| advisability of the contemplated
change. y motion TO that effect was,
| however defeated and Mr.. divers
| suggestion adopted.
! The salary of the chief clerk in the
| treasurer's department was cut from
$1,000 to $1,000, as it stood last year,
Mr. Williams making the motion. The
estimate of S1,50O for clerk hire in this
same department, which is a new item,
was stricken out.
Hon. John T.. Roche. Isadore Good
man and John Danner came over from
| the firemens fair committee meeting
and asked that the appropriation for
| expenses of the tiremen's parade be
| increased from $500 to $1,000, as con-
| tribution to the entertainment fund
Chief Hickey stated that it is GUS
tomary to do this in cities where the
convention is held. The committee
promised to bear the request in mind
when that item was reached.
Mr.. Keller stated that he would have
| something to say later on the matter
of salary of clerk of common council.
He intends to ask to have it cut from
$500 to about s4OO.
HIS IDEAS APPROVED.
City Engineer Phillips rearrangcmcnt
of the working force and salaries of
his department was approved.
III tue street commissioner 8 uepaHt-
ment S25 was cut from the $50 esti-
mate for incidentals and $25 from the
$75 estimate for printing and station
cry. Repairs of bridges and culverts
was cut from $1,000 to $4,000. where
it stood last year A cut of $500 was
made in the item for cleaning brick,
cobble and stone block paves. In an
ticpation Of the Providence pave, the
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allowance increased from 5000 to
81, 500.
The item of $4,000 for cleaning as
phalt pave was cut to $4,000. Last
year it was $11, 900.
Mr. Reese succeeded in knocking out
the $500 appropriation for improving
Luzerne street, east of Main avenue.
Mr.. Williams then moved TO knock
out four other special street appro-
priations which had Just been APP
proved, namely, 5000 for opening Kel-
lum court; $500 for the western ap-
proaCh Of Elm street bridge $500 for
Jackson street in Keyser Valley and
$500 for repairing Mulberry street, be-
tween Prescott and Wheeers ave-
nues. The notion was, however, lost.
The item of $1,000 for broken stone
for permanent street repairs was cut
from $1,000 to $4,000 on motion of Mr..
Coyne.
WARD APPROPRIATIONS.
Mr.. Williams and Mr. Reese talked
in favor Of rearranging the long
standing schedule of allowances for
wards. so that outlying wards which
have so many dirty streets could se-
cure more liberal appropriation. The
Fourteenth ward, it was pointed out,
which has only one mile Of streets un-
paved receives $500, while the First
ward, with twenty-One miles of dirty
streets. receives only about 500 more
than the Fourteenth.
Mr.. Keller favored putting the ward
appropriations into the hands of the
street commissioner. The Sl5,90l APP
propriated for the wards could be div
ided into four equal portions, one for
the North End, one for the West Side,
one for the South Side and one for
the Central city and Petersburg.
Mr.. ZiZlemann seconded this idea. 1t
would be a big saving in the employ
ment of foremen alone.
MIR. Wagner and Mr.. Coyne also
spoke in favor Of Mr., Kellers idea.
That it might he given thorough con-
sideration action I'm the matter was
postponed until next meeting,
Mr., Wagner and Mr. Coyne were ap-
pointed a special committee TO look
into Mr.. Wasners assertion that $1,000
was too much for assistant city as
SCISSORS.
TWO PATROLMEN ONLY.
without a dissenting voice the item
of $500 for a third desk sergeant was
killed and on motion of Mr.. Williams
the only additions allowed to the force
We're two new .patrolmen, Chief Cur
rell asked for thirteen new patrolmen,
another detective and another desk
sergeant.
The item Of rent Of third precinct
station house. which II develops is
owned by the city was stricken of.
M. Wagner was delegated to devise