The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-01
PAY DAY POSTPONED
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 To-day. in all probsbiIlty. she am ployes of the ofty Of Montgomery. for the nrst time sn d dozen years. will lind thsir pay day postponed for the morrow. The ciEy traaeury is said to be low. In particular the general fund part of 1t. end this fact win neuesstr wages for one day, should extrn0rdi- nary action not he taken In. the mean tine.
 Tho appropriations set assde by the City Council for the general fund. from which source the city employees get their pay. have como near to be- ing exhausted. The extraordinary ex- pendftures that the city has undergone in the past year, brought about by the of them. among other things. are the attributed causes. ana the vast amount of permanent Improvements that have been going on in Montgomery since the last few years The interest on the bonds. issued for ths permanent work manship. has been steadily on the in- crease for the past few years. and the payment of this interest has played no small part In tha embarrassment of the general fund.
 Anticipating the cftyss condition 
 mitted 10 the Council at it's last special meeting . request that he be allowed to borrow s1s.ooo for the purpose Of adding to the general fund for the payment Of the city employees. The request was put in the shape of a res- oiutfon by Aldermen Lobman and pre- scented Co the Aldermen. but owing to the fact that suspension of rules was not asked for the resolution 1t was -~.Tn Iae. sfA.N.t
 The passage of this resolution will be ono of the features of tonight's ses- sion of the Council. II Is looked upon as certain of passage. and unanimous vote will probably order t. With the resolution passed arrangement will be made for the acquisition of the money at onca, and the employees, accordingly. will have their checks eashed whsn- ever they are presented tomorrow. The monthly pay roll amounts to about &t2,Eo0.
 But the failure of the city to meet payment today, should 1t fan to do so, will not work . hardship. The ot1a- cials whose names are on the pay roll are inclined to look at the condition in . jocular light. They say that they have laugh on City Clerk Farley and TreaAurer Wiiliams, who hitherto have been 50 willing tO surrender the city'g hard earned cash. day or so win not matter fin the least" saiE a mAm- ber of the police department the other day whom the eity's strait was mem tioned, s.when the fact is considered that others win have to bear the same burden. ! would not even object to script--S but at the word he was driven out Of the osIlee.
 saThe 1olxe.s said another of zte hear ore, mad gone far enough, auiee.r
 Tt is expected that the regular meet Ing of the City Council tonight will be one of It's mostlnterresting sessions in | number of months. The city fathers at this session will have before them for consideration matters cf grave financial and local interest. among the chief of which will be the report of the Finance Committee on the saloon license proposition. and tine communi- cations that are expected to come from Mayor Toague.
 The Finance Committee win report. doubtless, on the licenses that are de- sired for the fiscal year of 1907-1a0s saloon and well as the others. The majority Of the Comnittee. which is composed Of Aldermen I.obman. Hollo- way, Cunter. Taft and Foster, will re- port it is thought. favorably on the Mayors communication suggesting an increase in the saloon license to 41,O0O. n Is looked upon as little likely that the Committee win make radical changes in the license of the other bus tness establishments of the city, though few changes are looked for that will make an increase of ct least 150 per centum of the present license.
 The Committee, also. will doubtless report upon the communication from Mayor Teague asking the City Council to Increase the tax rate to it's consti- tuEionAl limit, from Is per centum to I-4 per cenfum. Much interest Is aroused in this particular matter, and though a number Of Aldermen are known to favor the plan, the vote upon it will be, In all probability. close. The city fathers will find out tonight, also, what Mayor Teague has done with the Hull Street ordinances which have passed the Council and have been pre- scented to him for consideration. The Improvements that will be necessitated by the ordinances will mean q heavy expenditure in the paving of the street and while the Mayor is known to be in favor of having the street improved as far as possible. his action on the or dinances ts uncertain fin view of the financial straits of the city.
 
 Ladies Free ct Casine Tonight.