Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1906 — A SALARY GRAB. [ARTICLE]

A SALARY GRAB.

Council Increases Salaries Over S6OO Per Year. COUNCILMAN AGAINST MEASURE, But All the Rest Voted for the Grab. —Can Not Be Changed Again for Four Years, and Taxpayers Must Submit to Outrage. ■■■—— J- '/-- The common council of the City of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening with all the members present. The most important business transacted was the new salary grab ordinance in which the salaries of all the city officials was raised considerably, and which must hold good for four or years, until Jan. 1, 1910, before any relief can bejiad by the electing of a Democratic council. The ordinance as passed provides for an increase of salaries as follows: Mayor, from Sts t0..5250 00 Councilmen. from S4B to 80 00 Clerk, from about $240 to 300 00 Treasurer, from $230 to 300 00 ■Marshall, from $540 to 720 00 City Attorney, from about $l5O to 200 00 Nightwatch, from $540 to 600 00 Fire Chief, from $25 to 40 00 The grab was voted for by Hildebrand. Irwin, Spitler and McColly; Gerber voting in the negative. As it applies to the mayor, clerk, treasurer, marshall and attorney, the new salary goes into effect Sept. 1 next. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for cement walk on Weston street in front of the Tuteur and Kelly properties.

The light superintendent was instructed to purchase water pipe to relay main at Washington street bridge, new. auction pipe for the new boiler and some 4-inch water main in the west part of town. A. F. Long and wife, G. E. Murray and Mattie J. Phillips remonstrated against the assessments made for opening-the new street petitioned for by Fred Phillips recently, and the matter was continued. *

The report of the city treasurer showed water delinquencies April 1,190 G, amounting to $383.26, among which are noted a number of republican office holders and ex-office holders, some of whom are delinquent four years. The following bills were allowed: COBFOBATION FUND. C J Dean, councilman| 6 00 H O Harris, same 6 00 Henry Grow, same 6 00 J C Carmichael, same 6 00 Warner Bros., merchandise 44 84 Chicago Fire Apparatus Co.,d'r springs 50 65 Bobbs Merrill Co., law book 6 00 J C Carmichael, whips 1 50 Lyman Zea, nightwatch 22 50 Harry Reed, painting city hall 46 00 John Eger, merchandise 125 B H Dillon, labor city hail 12 00 C M Hogue, same < 10 0O O P Robinson. same 5 00 J J Montgomery, same 10 00 Landy McGee, same 8 75 BOAD FUND. John Albertsen, work on street 75 Bruce Hardy, same 1 50 Joe Burroiigh, hauling cinders. 10 50 Jim Clark, work on street 75 J A Grant, hauling dogs 75 Charles Parker, hauling gravel 6 50 O S Baker, mowing park 75 Warner Bros., merchandise 6 32 Moses Leopold, assessment Seifert ditch 10 00 W S Parks, salary 22 50 Bruce Hardy, labor 10 40 electbic light fund. C SChamberlain. salary 50 00 Lem Huston, same 30 00 C L Thornton, same 30 00 Ray Thomas, labor on boiler 25 40 Art Bailey, same ~ a |Q Earl Sayier. work on line 12 15 Bruce Hardy, hauling coal 12 OO Central Electric Co., supplies y 88 General Electric Co., same 10 96 Warner Bros., merchandise 4 00 John Eger, same 3 83 Kvertt Warne, hauling 1 50 wateh fund. John McClanahan, work on main 3 00 Mell Abbott, salary 30 00 Gould Co., supplies 38 60 Flatt Iron Works, same 5 16 Globe Oil Co., same 43 00