The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-12
WANTS MORE MONEY
Clerk Considers His Salary
 Does Not Fit the Work
Atdsrm.n n icGrsh TLiYlss School Houss 3hsuld- Have Better Firo Protsot otianr-U Usual Ras.aess Trans- acted At Mooting Last Nights

was called to order last night. there were prcscnt: Mayor Woodruff and Aldermen Andre Henton and Conway. Alderman Moirath came in few minutes later AL dcrnan Guthrie was absent
 Minutes of tho last meeting were read 1nd approved.
 Tho Ways and Means Committee re- ported favorably on the following bills. and they were. on motion. approved by the council
 W. r. X Y. Route. for extension of hy- drant. q: l.. c. Hartman. for half month salary to November 1. 50: s. Johnson. labor on crossings. ss73o; Mir. wIlburn. labor s7.40: J. G. McCabe. labor. S.iO; J. Barclay. labor. ..i0 Alaska Travellers Guide. printing. s1.5o: Klondike Trading Company. coal. s13: George F. Iienton. bolts. etc.. for pile driver. si,.15: Bish- oprick Lumber O.. lumber. sSi%s. Elias Ruud. services as City Engineer. S7.50; W. II. St Clair. salary as fire warden for September and october. SEQ; Aiaskn Transfer Co.,. hauling lumber. s,b; Alas ka Transfer O.. hauling gravel. AS.o: Frank Page labor. si5.io: w. M. Lavis. carpenter work. siiio: q. Cheaiandcr. salary for September and october as city clerk. s5o; F. R. Falconer. labor s3.S
 Mayor Woodruff inquired if the Firc and Water Committee had conferred with Chief Ford or Fire Warden St. Clair in regard to the department going to fires in tho suberbs.
 Alderman Conway reported that no conference had yet been held. A meeting was to have been held last week. bni for som reason or other it did moi take place
 Alderman McGrath reported that there had been no meeting of tho Committee on Public Works and Property to discuss the complaint made by A. wildt against the wing dam.
 In regard to the wing dam Mir. Me Grath said that he and Alderman Con way had inspected 1t. but had no recom- mendations to make. He suggested that the matter should he referred to the City Attorney, as there was chance for law suit to result from the building of the dam.
 Alderman Conway stated that he saw nothIng wrong with the wing dam and that he did not think it would do any harm to the residents on the west side of the river. and that the other side or the raging Skagway would not bc injured from the next flood Mir. Conway thought that the wing dam would make the river channel deeper.
 On the same subject Mir 1Ienton reit- eratcd his views as expressed in previous meetings adding that he was still enthu- sIastIc as to the benefits to result from the binding of the dam. and he did not think any one would suffer damage rom It, after the city has completed the work fin view. Concluding his remarks MT Henton said that 1T he had any Idea whatever at any time that Mir Wi'dt' or any one living on the west side or oftheriver' would suffer any damage. he would not have voted In favor of the dam.
 The matter will be brought to the at tcntIon of the city attorney 90 it can be osccrtained if there is any legal rcspon- slbility in the building of tho protection Mir McGrdth understood that the city engineer had been instructed to repair all bridges washed out by the Hood. when only one bridge had been built. It VIII cost more now to do the work. since the ground Is frozen. Mir Rumd then explained that he had done the work as he considered In aco"ru- ance with his instructions. on motion of MT. Andrews tho com mittcc on Public Works and Property were instructed to inspect the places where 1t is necessary to build new ..t.t, ,nupnr to In tho matter of providing n desk Tor the city treasurer. Alderman McGrath reported that one could be purchased Tor seS. and on motion the purchase was au- thorizcd.
 Mir Andrews reported that he had pur- chased a hose wagon from Remick Mclean. for sio and that they were now fitting 1t with sidc boards and other nec- essary equipment.
 | c,,v Engineer Ruud stated that all the piles for the wing dam had been driven ard that nearly all the facing was In place. Tho work of removing snags rom inc river bed win be finished when tn' | weather becomes milder. At present the surface of the gravel is frozen. makihs |, now much more expensive to remove | tho snors than when the surface was | softer. Defcnses for the west side or the river cannot bc built without an addi- tionai appropriation.
 MT. Leslie. who has been doing the phe driving work, registered kick because he had not been paid for his services
 After n general discussion 1t was re, soIved that the bills for labor incurne" m the work of the city engineer shall DC
 made up by him and submitted to the chairman of the Ways and Means Com
 m,ttee which will be equivalent to snch SnIs having been referred to that com mittcc
 Councilman McGrath said that he had hoen informed by a member of tho lire departmcnt that the water was very low in the reservoir and that fin case or a
 freeze up there would bc danger or a
 scarcity in the water supply. He said
 that he understood that therc was only one foot of water In the reservoir. MT
 Henton explained that the water compa
 ny was deepening and widening the reser lvoIr. SO that there would soon be nor
 water. When this work is finished thcr
 Will be no further danger In that regard City Clerk Chcalander reported that h
 had turned over the city tax roll to tn
 city treasurer and that he hnd audltc