The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-29
CITY COMMISSION
MONTHLY SALARIES RAISED
EXAMINER RECOMMENDS
BONDS APPROVED.

1t was the view of the commission
ers last night in their session at the
city hall that men working on a
monthly salary for the city should
have a raise in wages, due to the in
creased cost of living. Pursuant TO
that decision the ordinance intro
duced three weeks ago, and which
was partially amended at the second
reading. was further amended last
night. granting a SIS raise all along
the line. 1t affects the chief of po-
lice. night watchmen and all EN-
ployes of the street and power and
water departments.
After the meeting had been called
to order by Mayor Robertson, bonds
of C. l.. Breedlove. A. w. SponholZ.
r. l.. Biederstaedt and j. s. Thomp-
son were approved. The auditor and
treasurer were also authorized to pay
freight on some engine repairs. and
on the arrival of a car of fuel oil, TO
honor the draft for it.
A hole washed in the street on
Egan avenue, at the front of II. j.
Munro's store was ordered repaired
A scrubber for the gas supply plant
is needed, but the commission decid-
ed TO fix the old one temporarily.
The application of c. j. Armstrong
for license to operate a pool hall was
held up another week pending in
vestigation.
The contract with Alex Richardson
for hauling garbage and the installa-
ton of a dump ground as a private
enterprise was considered. and the
commissioners were to visit the place
today to arrange for fencing the
premises. The plot has been sur
veyed during the past week by the
city engineers, and stakes marking
corners have been set.
The interference of other matters
with the arrangements for Memorial
day was briefly discussed. The com
mission became a little incoherent
here. the subjects of hog pasture,
garbage. inspection and memorial
parades being somewhat indiscrim-
mattel mixed i'm the discussion.
+ l. IAmpe. public examiner, ap-
reared before the commission TO
make a tentative report and 10 rec
ommend certain equipment and sys-
TENS for the conduct and recording
Of citv transactions. lie expressed
himself as being very faHorably i'm
pressed with the ear and good 1udf-
ment shown in the conduct oil inc
citv's financial transactions. and
made the statement hat he had
checked the warrants and some other
matters from May. 1912, and had
found the records TO be in excellent
shape. When certain of the work he
is engaged on is completed, he IN
tends TO check the vouchers farther
back. He recommended the pur-
chase of a steel fireproof filing case
for the auditor, arranged for certain
instruments. and certain changes IN
the manner of handling collections.
and the recording and receipting Tor
same. An adding machine which had
been left at the auditors office was
recommended to be purchased. say
ing thereby a great amount of work
ON the part of that official The
commissioners regarded the purchase
of the requested equipment taNofably'
ordered the purchase of the ming
cabinet. and showed a disposition 10
regard fayorably the purchase of the
accounting machine if the cost was
not too high. Mr.. Lampe. by the
way. is the examiner who checked
the books for the delinquent Water
town auditor.
Mr.. Lampe later urged the revision
and recompilation of the city ordl-
nances into a modern volume ahc
recommended the incorporation
therein of the state law under which
the city was formed into a commits
sion government. The proposal met
with the favor of the commissioners
DR.. F.. W. Goldman appeared Ter
the purpose of having Union emu
between Fourth and Fifth streets
NV. vacated, for the purpose OF
bringing together two parcels OF land
owned there by him. There was con
siderable spirited discussion OF the
plan of vaeating public highways for
The benefit of private individuals.
but nothing definite was done,
though it seems to be the sense OF the
commission that it is lot a proper
action.
Andrew Peterson, bridge builder.
working on Lee avenue submitted
his method of measuring the ingred-
tents for cement in the bridge he is
building. which method did not meet
with the approval of the commission,
on recommendation of the city engi-
neer. Another method than the es-
timation OF shovel measure will be
substituted above the subfoundation.
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