The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-04
sam CRABBE GETS
$l476 FROM CITY
ALDERMAN TIEBERT IN MAKING
REPORT STATED THAT MR..
cRA55E WAS BLAMED FOR MIS-.
TAKES FOR WHICH HE WAS.
NOT RESPONSIBLE.

According to The report submitted
last night at the council meeting by
the special committee appointed to In
vestigate the Office of the city engin-
eer, Sam Crabbe received from the
city during the fiscal year ending Sept.
l, 1909 the sum OF $1,476.75 in salary
and fees. Alderman Tiebert, chairman
of the committee, in submitting the
report, made a lengthy statement.
We found that Mr.. Crabbe was
blamed for a great many things for
which he is no more responsible than
you or ], Mr.. President" said Mr.. Tie
bert. In fact the city councils of the
past are more to blame than MIR.
Crabbe. In the early days many OF the
subdivisions of the city were laid out
in very haphazard manner Blocks
that were supposed to be 800 feet in
length were in reality laid out 3O2 or
3O1 feet or some other distance. Now
when Mr.. Crabbe starts to run a line
from one of these old corners he may
come out right and he may come out
several feet off. He may start a line
from one point and come out one place
and start a line at another point and
find when he gets the two together
that they do not. jibe at all. His lines
were right but the starting point was
wrong.
THE amount that Mr.. Crabbe gets
from the city of Fargo is not sufficient
to allow him to spend all his time in
this CITY," continued Mr.. Tiebert, land
1t is my idea that the city should either
pay Mr.. Crabbe enough so that he can
spend all his time working for the city
or pay some other man to do so.
I'VE found that the only fees that
Mr.. Crabbe gets outside of his salary
was the half of the building inspec-
ton fees. All other fees go to assist
ants in Mr.. Crabbe's office"
Following Mr.. Tiebert's statement
there was considerable discussion. AL
derman Stewart and Alderman Bowers
wanted more investigation. MIR. Tie
bert claimed that he had no authority
to act as a detective and pry into Mr..
Crabbe's private books and fatty re-
fused to do so. On motion of Alder
man Stewart the committee was in
structed to make an investigs ton as to
the cost of the engineers offices at
Grand Forks, Crookston, Aberdeen and
Sioux Falls. Alderman Tiebert re-
and Alderman Stern was appointed in
his place.
Following is copy of the official re-
port as 1t was submitted to the coun-
ell:
Fargo, N. d., Jan. 3. 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
Of the City OF Fargo. N. d.
Gentlemen: Your committee recent
ly appointed to report on the expense
and revenus Of the city engineers Of
fee. beg to report as follows:
Salary Of city engineer. 49,. $1,000. 90
Per diem Of assistants and
laborers ......l............ 1858. 10
Supplies and incidentals 1890. 4S9 20
s514s 40
Per diem Of assistants charge
able to special assessment
funds as Engineering ex-
penSes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 622. so
Per diem of Inspectors $500. 759 90
$652s. 30
The shove figures are for the fiscal
year ending September, 1909.
In addition to the above we
find that the city engineer
received as fees for building
inspector for year ending
Jan. l, 1909 ...,............ 276 rs
Being one-half of the fees from
the office Of building inspec-
tor. This makes the amount
received by the city engi-
neer from the city in salary
and fees .................. 1875 rs
The chief of the fire department re-
ceives half of the fees of the building
inspectors Office, which for the year