The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-02
THE BOARD OF FINANCE.
TOUR MEMBERS SIGNED THE BILLS
 FOR COLD BADGES

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 For Police and Fire Commissioners -
 Heads of Departments Heard in Re-
 Iation to Estimates-superinten [
 Rattiesdorfer and Commissioners
 BretzfeIder Disagree as to the Needs at Springside
 1 The board of finance last night at its special session, the first to give hear
 ings on estimates, took up the bills for l badges in the police and fire depart
 ments which have been on the table | some time. The bills are for four gold
 badges for as many police commits sioners at $25 each and one fire com
 missioner's badge at $23,75. Some
 members of the board of finance have
 objected to these bills because the gold badges are for the commissioners per-
 sonally and are retained by them when
 they retire from office.
 MT. Dewel opposed approving the | bills on the ground of economy. He
 thought that there was no reason why
 the city should present gold badges to
 the fire and police commissioners. He
 thought that as in the cases of the
 chiefs and clerks of the. two depart
 te tha JoI oy,aicc cio porc. should belong to the city.
 MT. Atwood was obliged to leave ear ly but said before he left that he would not approve the bills. They were final ly approved, however, the signatures of four members of the board being se- cured, MT. Curtis MT. Rowe, Mr. Fred erick and MT. Wright
 The heads of several departments were heard on their estimates last night
 Town Clerk Brethauer asks for $8,- 332, about $1,200 less than he asked for last year. One item is for $4,O32 for salaries of clerks, two clerks at $9Se and three at $720.
 President Adler of the paving com mission appeared and asked that the salary of the clerk of that commission be increased from S200 to $250.
 Thomas J. Fitzsimmons of the board of relief asked for the 5000 for the sal aries of the members, provided by law, and in addition asked for $500 for the | hiring of clerk by that board which has not had clerk heretofore.
 Superintendent Rattlesdorfer of the | department of charities and correction | and Henry c. Bretzfelder of the board l of charities and correction appeared to | be heard on the estimates for that de- | partment Among the items presented | by Superintendent Rattlesdorfer in his | were, for increase of the sal aries of two professional nurses at | Springside from $500 and $36O to $S60 and $400, and for general expenses $32,- 900. In regard to this last item MT. said that $30,000 would ouy the provisions for Springside home, out that $2 900 was needed for new fur 1iture. An increase of $277 is asked Or in the labor account, an increase If $2,000 in the account for the insane, md an increase of $500 in the hospital account
 For care of outside poor sS,000 Is ask d for. Last year $7000 was asked for md $S000 was appropriated. Appro- ,riations for new improvements are sked for as follows: For a new boiler md piping s1 200; for repair of concerto ,avement $500; for painting buildings 1,500; for purchase of land $2,000 in- luding $1 300 for the Gorham lot, $500 or a lot called the Italian lot" and 100 for a flowage lot: for a new barn 1,500, for putting water into the COW arn $250. Commissioner Bretzfelder on the | ther hand said that the buildings did ot need repainting for a year at least. Ie did not think it advisable to pur- hase any land except the Italian lot nd said that new barn was entirely as was the putting of yater into the COW barn. He said that l e had been to Springside and made an 1spection. He thought that more honey should be appropriated for the are of outside poor. He thought that ( the outside poor had been y ground down too low" He knew of ; ases of old men and women who could I e assisted for $1,50 per month outside 2 nile it costs $2S3 per week to keep ,am at Sprin aside