Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1913 — CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS NEW SALARY ORDINANCE [ARTICLE]

CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS NEW SALARY ORDINANCE

Salaries of Clerk, Treasurer, City Attorney and Engineer RaisedPresent Officers Not Affected. The city council at its regular meeting Monday even'ing adopted the salary ordinance for 1914. It will apply to the city officers to be elected this fall only. The clerk, treasurer, city attorney .and engineer are given increased salaries. The ordinance provides for the following salaries. In the table the present and new salaries are given: Old. New Mayor $250.00 $250.00 Councilman Clerk 300.00 400.00 Treasurer 300.00 400.00 Marshal 720.00 720.00 Engineer,-per hour .. - .30 * .50 Attorney 200.00 ' 300.00 Chief Fire Dept. 40.00 40.00 Night Watch 720.00 720.00 D. M. Waymire petitioned for a sidewalk on the west side of Main street from Park to Walnut street. City attorney instructed to prepare a resolution for same. Glen Overly et al asked the council to abate the dust from the Babcock & Hopkins elevator. Referred to ordinance committee. A resolution was adopted for a sidewalk on Cornelia street from Division to Van Rensselaer street petitioned for by Ed Herath et al. The clerk was directed to advertise for bids for sidewalks along lot 8, block 38, Weston’s addition, on Webster street and along south end of Scott street. At a previous meeting the council decided on brick for the Washington street improvement and the contract will probably be let yet this year, but owing to the lateness of the season the contractor will not be required to do the work until spring. The time for remonstrating is passed but the property .owners yet have time to ask that other material be used. The following 'claims were allowed : Electric Light Fund. C. S. Chamberlin, salary $50.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same ...,. 30.00 Dick Hartman, wk on line .. 25.00 Jesse Gates, haul coal 25.44 Gen. Elec. Co., sup ..v 153.49 Dearborn Elec. Co., same .... 28.93 Same, game 7.00 Monon Coal Co., coal 63.25 Central Rubber Sup. Co., pack ing ... 5.70 Healey & Clark, letter heads 3.50 Warner Bros., merchandise ... 5.95 Ray D. Thompson, freight .. 127.15 Corporation Fund. W. R. Shesler, marshal .... 30.00 Frank Critser, nightwatch .. 30.00 W. S. Parks, extra police .... 2.00 Fire Depgrtmt, alarm Sep 19 12.00 West Disinfectt Co., disinfect 6.25 W. Frank Osborne, serv city engineer 98.60 Henry Nevill, assist engineer 2.40 Warner Bros., mdse 9.95 Grant Warner Lbr Co., Ibr.. 48.68 Road Fund. _ . Chester Zea, sal teamster.... 30.00 Vern Robinson, wk on street 20.00 John Albertson, same 10.00 O. S. Baker, same ..... f ■. 2.00 A. L. Padgitt, use of horse ... 5.60 John Knapp, same/' 3.50 Healey & Clark, advertising 10.00 Same, same : 6.00 Warner Bros., mdse 10.16 Park Fund. Tom Cox, work on parks .. 5.00 Water Fund.. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00 Ernest Cockerell, labor 7.00 John Hordeman, same 24.50 Knapp Supply Co., sup\..... 296.22