The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-09-30

uiC ioi lhc Hloiill Oi oeptS'HDeT ldSt night at the chambers in the city hall.
 Appearing before the council to protest against an assessment levied against her, Mrs. McFarane stated that she at no time had the prop erty described in her possession and that the taxation was not justified in being levied. A committee was ap- pointed to investigate the cause of the complaint
 The matter of reinforcing the wa terfront below the bridge and the Turner street dock was taken up. Owing to the large amount of gravel being deposited there the billing and the facing is being forced outward into the slough. The matter was re- ferred to the street committee with power to act.
 | Many other matters also came up in regard to the streets. all of which were also referred to the street committee.
 The salary fund and general bills were also passed upon and ordered paid.
 An emergency ordinance was given it's third reading and passed. This ordinance is an amendment on the one providing for the display of tail lights on automobiles; as passed last evening the display of tail lights was done away with.
 Acting on the matter of retrench- ment schedule of ways and means was introduced by the mayor. which was as follows:
 At the last regular meeting of the council and after the fire and police committees after long consid- eration had been unable to reach an agreement as to a feasible and satis- factory plan of retrenchment in mu- nicipal expenditures, was requested by the council to submit at this meeting an outline of plan for such purpose such as would be cal culated to effect the greatest saving in the fire and police departments consistent with required efficiency.
 AS said to the council at the last meeting, regretted the in. ability of the committees to agree upon a proper plan and regretted the apparent necessity of submitting this matter to the mayor, and only the imperative demand of cutting down expenses to conform to the re duced revenues which the city can expect to receive during the coming year led me to undertake 70 comply with the councils request.
 "In making the recommendations contained herein I have been influ enced by no other consideration than of maintaining what consider the greatest efficiency in the important departments of fire and police with the least possible expense. The ques tion of personalities has been elimi hated except only insofar as it bears upon the question of efficiency q recommend that Frank Wise man, in addition to the office ol chief of police which he HOW holds be elected to fill the positions of city clerk, city assessor and fireman al his present salary of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per month;
 That Henry Gohres be elected chief of fire department at salary of one hundred and seventy-five dol lars per month;
 That two regular firemen recon mended by the chief of the fire de partment be elected at salary o one hundred and twenty-five dollar: per month;
 That the city mess now main tained at city expense be discon tinued. but that the same be main tained by the fremen and that eacf fireman be allowed thirty-five dollars per month in lieu of board; That city magistrate be elected at a salary of twenty-five dollars pei month
 "The expense of salaries of tho police and fire departments, city magistrate, city clerk and assessor including the allowance of $35 pei month to each fireman in lieu o
 board will, under the plan herein
 recommended, amount to nine thou sand seven hundred and eighty dol lars year. making saving O
 seven thousand five hundred ant 1 fifty dollars per year as compared !. to the like expenses of these depart ments during the past year
 q further recommend that just al :, soon as proper equipment can b.
 procured either one or two moto z vehicles, as may be found necessary , be purchased and installed 10 carr, Q the hose and chemical apparatus. ant
 that the two teams now employed |, for that purpose be disposed of. Thi q will effect a further yearly savini lin maintenance of at least thirty.Si