South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-06
BUECHNER To BE
COMMITTEE HEAD
First Warder May Be Chairman
Lang is President of COun-
Gil, Hagerty Vice President
May Increase Pay of Wat
er Works Head.

South Bends new council which
met and organized at the city hall
Monday night. will hold its first meet
ing Of the committee of the whole
Tuesday evening and elect a commit
tee chairman. Councilman Nicholas
A. Buechner. from the first ward,
being the most likely to capture the
honor.
Then there is 10 be a special meet
ing of the council called by Mayor
Keller. TO pass certain resolutions
and ordinances. having to do with
the approval OF bonds. and the pas
sage OF an ordinance fixing the salary
OF superintendent of waterworks
/ The special session was called when
the council failed 10 pass such an or
dinance Monday night under a sus-
sension Of the rules.
In fact there were two meetings of
the council Monday night, one for or
ganizatiOn, and special session called
by Mayor Keller for the transaction.
OF certain business, involving the fix
ing Of the salaries of certain officials.
and approving certain bonds. The
special session followed Immediately
which were brief
At the organization meeting Her
man +. Lang was elected president.
and Jere T. HageTty, vice president.
the latter after ne had been defeated
for president by the former.
Clerk ROstiser Prcsides.
1t was up 10 City Clerk Rostiser to
call the organization session of the
council to order. He was made tenn
pOrary chairman. Calling for nOmi-
nations for president, Councilman
4
Councilman Seifert advanced the
name Of Councilman Hagerty
1t was "a citizen versus democrat
election. and the vote appears 10 nave
been alOn- strict partisan lines, the
vote standing Lang ., and Hagerty
4-the former being the citizen. and
the latter the democratic strength
Councilman Miller nominated Ha-
gerty for vice president and Hagerty
tried To nominate Councilman BueCh- |
ner. but the latter withdrew. The ]
vote for HaSerty was unanimous.
Pres. Lang paid "A splendid compli- I
ment 20 his predecessor rs presiding |
officer of the council, Hon. T. Z. !
Howard. declaring h!m 20 be enc of ]
the most learned men of the city, and /
always a fair parliame Uterian. Il !
shall try TO emulate his example, and /
measure up 20 some extent 10 his /
standard. the new president declared. |
Cuts salary OF clerk.
Passing into special session. an or /
dinance reducing the salary OF the !
clerk OF the board of safety from ST.
200 TO $1,000 a year, Introduced by /
Buechner. was rushed 10 /
third reading and passed IN short or
der.
A resolution approving the bonds OF
the members Of the board of
public works. and city en-
gineer at 5000 each. also went
Through withou.a hitch.
An ordinance, however. introduced
BY Councilman Hagev. 10 increase the
SALARY Of the superinge ldent OF water
works from $500 10 81. 600 a year.
hit a snag under suspension OF the
rules. OF three votes and was passed
on TO the committee OF the whole.
and then 20 the special session OF the
council TO be held Tuesday night.
Pres. +. NJ Morris. and Member
A. II. Rice OF the board OF works. ad-
dressed the council in behalf OF the
ordinance. but when the vote came
Seifert. Hagerty and Smoger stood
against IT, ana unanimous vote under
OF the rules is necessary
Thompson. democrat, voted with the
citizens.
AS explained TO the council. the
board OF works wants 20 employ an
engineer for waterworks superinten-l
dent. and a man OF experience. regard
Ing the waterworks as 10 does. the
equivalent OF a million dollar corpora
ton. The man In contemplation is
the j. ". T0yen. mentioned In The
Sews-T1nes Sunday morning. He Is
row employed as architectural and