South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-01
1ITY EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TO
WAIT FOR PAY
,ity Controller Fails to Ex-
plain Purpose of $4,000
Transfer Measure and
Council Defeats It.

. Through the failure OF City Con-
roller John A. SwyEart 20 give the
i ity council sufficient time to- con-
lder an ordinance transferring
20 900 from the track separation
ind 10 the general fund. or 90 prop
rly explain 10 what use the 100000
s TO be put. the members of the po-
. ice and fire departments may be
breed 10 wait two weeks for their
: pay for the last half OF September.
s Thursday OF This week IS the day ON
which the employees of the police
nd FIRE departments should re-
Give their pay for the last half OF
sbeptember. According TO City Con-
roller Swygart. the city is short
bout $4,000 in the amount neces-
Isary 10 include the mem bers Of the
NO departments for the last half OF
September
A special meeting Of the city coun-
30 was called 10y Mayor Carson for
Monday night TO transfer $4,000
From the track separation fund TO
he general fund. The council met
n special session Monday night in
nswer 10 the call. but IL was not
ntil after the members had voted
gainst the transfer of the $4,000
hat Mr.. Swygart explained 90 them
nat the city was about 81. 600 short
ID the amount necessary TO make up
ne full payroll for the last half of
September
Controller Fails to Explain.
Before a vote was taken on the
ordinance. which was up for third
eading and passage. the controller
told the members that earlier in the
year the administration had paid
back to the track separation fund
$50, 900 it had borrowed, and later
il was found that the money was
needed. He declared that the taxes
were not being paid In i'm sufficient
amounts 60 meet the expenses. He
said nothing about needing the
money to meet the payroll
Councilman Luther declared that
|he objected 10 the 18th hour method
OF city departments going before the
council for appropriations. He said
that these requests should be made
in time for the council 10 give them
consideration.
Still Mr.. Swygart said nothing
a bout needing the money to meet
tho payroll. He admitted that he
should have explained the ordinance
90 the cOuncilmen at their meeting
last Monday night. and he apollo
gized for not doing so. but he did
not say anything about the payroll
Ordinance is Lost.
The ordinance was then placed
upon its passage. -Four cOunciimeu
voted against its passage and three
for il. The measure was lost. Those
voting against the ordinance are
Councilmen Luther. Bailey Kus and
Wieniewski COuncilmen Hagey
Judsou and Goebel voted for the
measure
No sooner had the ordinance been
defeated than the controller explain
ed that the city is snort about $4,000
in making mp the $4,000 payroll
1af the past two weeks. He de
clared that the law prevents him
from issuing warrants when there
- AN iUNtttN OH manu- " lAN W tlEA 20
paw them lie said that the police
and frcmen would have 10 wait for
their money
The council failed 10 take any
further action on the ordinance
other than 20 accept Councilman
CCebeTs motion that il should be re-
ferred 20 the committee of the whole
fr.- .sr-,-fFnr.F
Slick Goes To Rescue.
after the meeting City Atty. Slick
atteus pted to go to the aid o. the
controller by saving that ne would
give a LEGAL opinion that unless there
Is sufficient funds on hand TO meet
The entire payroll none of it should
De paiG Thus the entire corps OF
city employees is 10 be punished alone
with the police and Gremen for the
icrle-t or the city controller in go
ing before the council in ample time
end ia fully explaining the purpose
of the ordinance
Controller Swyeart explained after