The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-24

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Expected, Will stand Good with
but Few Slight Excsptions-May.
or's Clerk Hatton Has His Salary
Decreased-where Other Cuts Were
Made in the Ordinance.
1t was plainly evident at the first
meeting of the joint estimates COM
mittee Of councils, held last evening
In city hall, that no employe of the
city Is to get any raise In salary for
the coming year Many such raises
were asked for in the estimates. but
the committee will plainly not allow
them. The only instance, however,
where an officials salary was cut be-
low what he has been receiving for
the past year was in the case of May
or's Clerk Hatton. whose yearly stipend
was reduced from $1,000 to 5000 a year
without q dissenting murmur.
Last evenings work was, however,
largely preparatory. The committee
has the almost Herculean task on hand
of looping off $6O.5i5.6s from the esti-
mates sent in by the heads of the vari-
Gus departments and to do this expe-
ditiously it is necessary for them to
agree at once on one grand scaling
down" and then to take up the remain
der of their time on the small details.
Selectman Chittenden presented n
plan last evening to take off S6l $500
at once. which met with the general
approval of all present and the city
aln nrlo IN !, hi Iun
printed in it's revised form with these
excisions made and copy mailed to
each member of the committee before
the second meeting on Tuesday even
ing next.
Mr.. Chittenden, who was elected
chairman, requested that If the men,
bers had any additions to make here
after that they find some item that
could be cut out 50 as to keep the
total within the prescribed limit.
WHERE CUT WAS MADE.
The items reduced by Mr.. Chitten-
den's plan are given below:
The salary of the mayors clerk was
reduced from $1,000 to 900. He now re-
ceives the former salary. An increase
of $500 asked by the controller for
clerh Hire 10 CUT out' iea'ins al ieeih
or $l,5oo Tor this purpose. An extra
$oo asked by the controller LOT teie-
phone was also cut out.
An increase OF $500 for clerk hire
asked by the city treasurer was Topped
off, leaving $1,000 for this" purpose. An
increase Of $4O0 asked by the city soli-
citor for an increase in the salary Of
his assistant was cut out. as was also
an extra $500 asked by him for clerk
hire.
the clerk of common council was not
a.io"eu' leaving this oInciai salary az
foVo' as heretoiole. LeVen nunure"
ana 1orty collars asked py the city en-
glneer for an assistant was cut out
altogether.
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MOTION WAS LOST
Mr. McCanns motion was lost, now
ever py the following vote:
neas-Soyne, McSann' Ca!pih-3
>-s,, sur,'i.hs, ~ WehSel, Iewkesoury'
-''''' ~''''"S'' 'e''''e'Ne -
An item of $4,000. asked by the en-
| gineer for repairing, cleaning and
| painting bridges, was reduced to $4,000.
The hopes Of Street Commissioner
| Thomas of having four new officials in
| his department were dashed by having
| the items for their salaries all cut out.
Mr.. Thomas wanted three assistants
q. saiary OF Wv eacn year, anu one
The item for cIeanine sewers and
drains was reduced fron, a 5o0 IN a ooo
| and the one for renairs Of sewers was
knocked down from "a OoO 70 a. 0oo Az
item of $40 OOo for cleaning the asnbaI,
nave wos ont 70 s,1 oOo which was In @,
wears annronriation,
An iten, of 4, Ooo for rono,rS =,
hr,d.os ond or,,arts ,,as on, fro,, ss
OOO 70 a. OOo and one of s5o for connect.
inc watar trougbs With the sewer ,,,o,
scratched off entirely Five bundref