Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-11-29
SALARIES REDUCED.
THE CITY FATHERS HEwED TO
TO THE LIEE,pBUT DODGED
( A FEW CHIPS.
C0UNClLMEN 70 GET $50 Per YEAR.
The City Win be Saved a Useless
Expenditure Of Sixteen Hundred
and Seventy Dollars a Year
When the Ordinance
Goes Into Effect.

After supper Monday night the
members Of the City Council took a
.douche bath, parted their hair and
gathered at the City Hall in regular
assembly, determined to do or die,
and they "did do" They reduced
the salaries Of various city officials.
All Of the member Of the Council
were present and Mayor Potts presided.
The session was started by the pas
sage Of a resolution condemning a
sidewalk.
The Street and Alley Committee,
through the Street Commissioner,
made the following report Of street
expenses for two weeks:
Labor. .sl8 IS
Prisoner labor. ...,.............. 5 40
First Ward. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 25
Second Ward. 2 20
LAiilu dlu. u 10
Fourth Ward. 13 40
Messrs. Graham and Rebman, of the
Water and Light Committee, who had
been instructed to select the eleven
lights to be kept burning, recommended
to the Council that but ten lights be
kept burning. Their report of lights
to be retained included arch lights at
the following places: One at each
Of the public square and one
each at the following locations: Jeffer-
son and Promenade streets, Clarke
Ave. and Promenade street, Union
Station, Jefferson street at railroad
crossing, Jackson and Olive streets,
and in Hardin Park. The report
stated that the electric light company
would furnish these ten lights at $3.50
each per month.
The report was accepted and later,
under the head Of regular business,
the Council instructed the clerk Of the
Council to notify the electric light
company that Al street lights would
be dispensed with on December / and
to offer the company 81 per light per
month for the ten to be retained and
If that figure be not acceptable that
all lights would be cut off.
The committee on extending East
Jackson street made a minority re-
port, signed by Messrs. Winscott and
Rebman, averse to the opening being
made. Chairman Graham and Mr..
Blattner, OF the committee, made no
report whatever. The minority re-
port was adopted by the following vote;
Yes-Armstrong, Bebman Kent,
Winscott and Steppelman.
No--Lupton, Graham and Blattner.
On motion OF Mr.. Winscott, which
was seconded by Mr.. Blattner, the
low-salary ordinance was placed upon
It's passage one section at a time, action
resulting as follows was taken:
Mayors salary reduced from 1900 per
year to 500 per year.
City Attorneys salary reduced from
5000 per year to $3.50 per year.
Marshal, salary reduced from 5000
per year to $500 per year.
Police Judge, salary reduced from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Assessor, salary reduced from $3.50
per year to 800 per year.
City Clerk, salary reduced from 5000
per year to $40 per year.
Night Police, ~ salary reduced from
5000 per year to $40 per year.
Couneilmen, 49, salary reduced from
800 per year to $50 per year.
The vote on reduction Of salaries OF
Marshal and Police Judge was
unanimous in each case. On Assessor
all voted "yes'' excepting Messrs.
Lupton, Armstrong and Blattner.
The section relative to the compen-
of Councilmen, Is read, allowed
s. per year for each members; Mr..
Steppelman who va seconded by Mr..
Rebman, moved to make it read "s5
per month";" by the following vote
the motion prevailed:
Yes-Armstrong, B~lattner, Kent,
Steppelman and Rebman.
No-Lupton, Graham and Winscott.
IN the vote for the reduction Of the
City Clerks salary to $40 per year
Messrs. Armstrong, Rebman and
voted mo"
Mr.. Armstrong stood alone in his
opposition to cutting the pay of the
night police from $50 to s45
After each of the sections had beeu
ordinance was passed as a
Mayor Potts said to-day that,
although he did not entirely approve
the cuts made, he would return the
ordinance with his signature at the
next meeting Of the Council.
THE FIGURES SHOWN.
Following is a table showing;
In column zone" the salary in the
ordinance which Mayor Potts returned
to the Council without his signature
on August IL. -.
In column atwo" the salary which
the oficials are now getting.
In column ''three" the salaries
which the officials will get under the
new ordinance and which will be in
effect when the incumbents' success