South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-15
MANNING BALKS At
PAYING ROST|SER
City Clerk Has 500 Coming
as Primary Election
Commissioner.

Whether or. not a public officer in
the employ Of the city shall get
paid for extra time spent at work
strictly not included in his duties. is
the question that will confront the
special session of the committee on
elections OF the common council at
meeting which will, no doubt, be
called some time this week.
Controller Manning, as a part of
his money saving regime has, ac-
cording 20 reports, refused to pay the
S10O allowed 10 City Clerk Harvey
Eostizer for his work as election
commissioner at the primaries this
sprins Mr.. Manning has turned
over the allotted amounts TO Walter
A. McInerny and Dan ShurtZ. the
two other election commissioners,
but has not yet paid Mr. Rostizer.
Committee TO Investigate.
At the meeting Of the common
council Monday night an ordinance
asking for a special Investigation
| by the committee on elections Of
the council was introduced. This
committee will hold a special meet
ing on the matter and then report
back to the council which will then
act accordingly.
Through his refusal TO pay the
election judges and other members
of the election boards at the rate of
/ So for each consecutive day of eight
| hours. Mr.. Manning is said to have
saved the city nearly one-third of
the total cost of the election. Some
of the bills of the men who served
on the primaries. it is understood,
have never been collected by the
men who declared their unwilling
ness to accept the cut rate.
Councilman Goebel took exception
to the report of the committee on
streets and alleys of which he is a
member, together with Councilman
Seifert and Hagerty, and submitted
a verbal minority report to the eff
! feet that since Robinson st. crossed
/ the tracks of the New York Central
there should be light there.
! The majority of the committee
presented a report advising that no
light was required at that point,
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with but a single dissenting vote.
The committee also reported that no
light is needed on the sample st.
bridge.
Health Board Wants $4,000.
A special appropriation of $4,000
for the use OF the department of
public health for the remainder of
the year was requested i'm a special
/ ordinance presented at the meeting.
Dr. Charles $. BOsenbury, secretary
of the board, appeared and spoke
for the adoption OF the measure and
he showed how the appropriation of
$500 already allowed the board
had been spent in caring for an un
usually large number of scarlet fe-
liver patients. The doctor appeared
before the meeting of the council
because ne will be IT, attendance al
the meeting of the health officers OF
the state at the time of the meeting
of the committee of the whole, when
the special milk ordinance submit
ted at his request comes up for the
third time. 1t was understood tina,
he would appear and speak 70 the
committee for its passage.
The ordinance turning over Ewing
av. from Ernsperger st. TO Prairie
av. 10 the park board was referred
on motion of Councilman Setter &c
the committee of the whole. IL is
understood that plans are being laid
10 open this street all the way to
Mishawaka where ii lets out on Sixth
St. as a third highway of travel be-
tween the twin cities This street is
already opened at least as road
for nearly the whole distance and
now the park board is asking tc
include it as a part of the boulevard
system.