The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-20
NEW CITY Administration
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appointments of committees, which
are as follows:
Following are the committees:
Finance-Goodrich Bullock, En-
right
Judiciary-Martin, Goodrich. Bull
lock.
Water works, sewers and drains
Hall. Howard, Goodrich.
Fire department, buildings and
lights electric and gas)-Howard
Enright, Hall.
Streets, alleys and public grounds
Bullock Martin. Howard.
Cemetery and dithces (rep. No. 8
ditch )-Enright, Hall, Martin.
Board of health-Mayor and all
aldermen.
Then the crowd sat up and stiff.
fened their necks when the mayor
announced that the matter of appli-
cations for city positions had been
reached. There we're seven for city
marshal. o. T. Wilson. Roy Collins,
Ben F. Marsh, w. j. Ahrend. Will
liam Joyce, Dave F. Camp and Ben
H. Florance. There were three OF
these in the running, as Camp was
elected on the first vote. getting four
Of the six with Ahrend and F1orance
each with one.
or{R tn ffNr
supervisor. George E. Washburn.
Joseph H. Kidder. John s. Holland
and Milton Seaman, the last being
the present incumbent. Seaman
won on the first vote. The salary
for this Office was fixed by resolution
for one year at $11O per month.
The city attorneyship required
only one vote, Joseph C. Ewing. in
cumbent, receiving four on the first
ballot. C. c. Townsend. Walter f.
Bliss, Nixon & Nixon and H. E.
Churchill were his opponents.
Zeal Contest ON
The battle of the ballots began on
superintendent of water works
There were four candidates. E. NJ.
Howard. j. W. Hunter. C. H. Wads-
worth and Jesse Nolin. and it re-
quired three ballots to elect Mr.
Nolin.
Another hot contest resulted in
the race for police magistrate. j. J..
Robinson, H. E. English. A. W.
Davis, Emil B. Hatch and G. O.
Stevens were entered, Hatch finally
winning on the third ballot.
The salary OF city physician came
In for some discussion in that 1t had
been fixed by ordinance at not more
than $50 per month and one of the
applicants offered his services for
1888 per month, or $500 per year.
1t was suggested that II competitive
bids were to be received that all Of
the physicians be notified, 80 that
none should have the advantage.
The salary was finally decided upon
at $50 per month and the balloting
began on Drs. ]. W. Kussart, w. H.
Shields. w. l. Miller, W. e. Thomp-
son. w w Harmer On the second
ballot DR.. Shields was chosen. He
was the city physician under the last
administration.
Unanimous Choice
City Engineer o. F. Shattuck was
complimented by receiving the solid
vote of the aldermen. L. l.. Stim-
son and r. G. Mcdonald opposed
him.
). A. McClintock, who has been
superintendent OF the cemetery for
many years, was again appointed as
was his assistant, Thomas r. O'Neill.
who has also served several terms.
Both received the full vote of the
council.
James Mcdonald. incumbent, was
made superintendent of bitches at a
salary of 800 per month for the
months that he works.
A. w. Davis, former police magts-
trate' was made city auditor at a
salary OF $40 per month. He re-
.eised nVe votes and was opposed by
A. u. pascoe and Ira I. Sides.
IN the minor appointments the
council struck a snag when dump
ooss was reached. The Job seemed
10 DE a mystery to most of the alder
men ana 1t was decided to defer this
appointment with others until a fu-
ture date.
me hrst touch Of real grief came
when Alderman Howard moved to
conhrm the officers chosen for the
IRE department by the Volunteer
f1remen's association. This stirred
up slumbering differences which
zane 70 the surface 30 quickly that