Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
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FLAUNTS SELF IN
AFFAIRS Of CITY
3ETRENCHMENT Is APPEAL OF
"CADS" AT REGULAR MEETING
PLEAS MADE FOR iNcREAS.
INC EMPLOYEES PAY.

High cost of living and financial re-
'tronchment caused warning to be is
sued by Mayor Bradford and Commis-
sioner of Finance Charles Campbell to
their colleagues this morning at the
weekly meeting OF the city council.
That there will he occasion for all de
partmcnts to conserve their resources
to the nth degree was admitted by
beth officials.
The warning was sounded in antici-
patton Of compilation Of the annual
budget which takes places about the
first Monday in May. Commissioner
Mcaghe,. injected the retrenchment
plan into the meeting when he al
leunced to his colleagues that the city
will reuire about $3.50 tons of coal 10
operate its different institutions ana
announced himself as buying right
now instead of waiting for the future
to have the municipality in its grasp
with all attending doubts and fears
of further price inliations.
The mayor was in accord with Mr..
Meagher's idea and said he believed
a try should be made to get bids on
he coal at once and take no chance
,n what prices would be in August.
Commissioner Palmer also cited the
rapid climb that Is being made by wa
ter pipe He said this pipe las gone
up $500 since the last quotation;
Mayor Bradford asked the members
n arranging their share Of the budget
to confne themselves to absolute nee
ess'ties."
Want Sanitary inspector.
The outbreak of inraltile paralysis
in the home of MIR and Mrs. Frank
Leady, who went to Marseilles from
Ottawa, just few days before the
disease made its appearance, caused
members of the ottawa Public Health
Nursing Association. the Woman S
Club and other feminine bodies to pc
tition the council for a sanitary in
spector, whose duties it would be to
make a tloro inspection of all places
where filth and disease germs exist
Tie petition was presented to Com
missioner Palmer, by Mrs. z, H. But
terfeld, representing the signers. 1t
was referred to the council as a whole
to be taken up at some future date.
Election Cost s467.
The Ryburn Memorial Hospital elec-
tion cost the city $i67 according to
figures ready by Clerk Curtis while
the pay roll was up for final disposal.
The pay roll for the two weeks aggre-
CATER $T6l785 and warrants were ord
cred drawn for the several amounts
therein.
Bids for "Clean-Up Week"
Two bidders were in the field for
hauling away the rubbish during
cleanup week. The city was divided
into districts and the bids were as
follows.
/ Christ Kammerer--
Districts / 2 3 4
AZ 11S III ll2 81
Armstrong & Frazer
Districts I 9 8 4
co 1875 l50 80. 49,.
Armstrong and Frazer did not biz
on the last two districts.
! Present PoIice-Firemen Plea.
/ Postmaster James J. Dougherty ant
! Fire Chief Joseph Boissenin were be
fore an informal meeting of the coun
Gil after adjournment, with a plea fol
increasing pay Of members Of the flrt
and police departments. Mr. Dough
erty addressed the commissioners, cit
ing to them the high cost Of living an,
A the absolute need of the men gettinI
more money in order that they woul,
have enough to pay their ordinar,
household and living expenses with.
Mr.. oueherty said that all the mel
were entitled to $40 more mont
each and asked the council to Civ