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R. C. P.
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<br /> "I would advise the Council that I hays received an offer for the rental of the portion
<br />of the City Farm not being used for the purposes of the City Home~ the area amounts to between
<br />fifty and sixty acres~ The offer has been made in the na~e cf ~Lr. Frank Hulcher, 615 London
<br />Street, and is for the sum of One H%uudred Dollars for th~ rest of this year, that is to say un-
<br />til January let, lgl~.~ The offer specifies that the i~nd is to be broken and sowed in black
<br />fullpeas a~euntand corn.of theI wouldrentalrecommendln ~v~nce,that I be authorized to accept the offer and to receive the
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<br /> "Dr, Gut~hrie has made' me an offer to be transmitted to the'Council for the ':
<br /> purcn_se of the
<br />lot which bres~ks into the N, W, corner of the Oa~k Grove Cemetery. This lot is about 59X86 feet
<br />in size and will make about nine cemetery lots. He has advised me that if the Real can be con-
<br />summated soon that he will deed this lot to the City for the sum of Two Hundred ($200°00) Del-
<br />
<br /> "I mm in receipt of numerous complmints concerning the creosoted a~ud tarred telegraph and
<br /> other poles which some of the public service companies have erected in the streets. As the
<br /> dinance now stands, they are required to ereo~ only painted poles, The companies contend that
<br /> the poles above mentioned are painted a~d I am at a loss as to what~ steps to take to remedy this
<br /> condition in view of their contention. I would suggest that the Council enact an ordinance pro-
<br /> hibiting the erection of any poles from which s, uy material used in the preservation of the poles
<br /> will under any conditions of weather exude or assume the condition such that the material will
<br /> ~un, become sticky or rub off. I would further suggest that this ordinance be made retro-active.
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<br /> "In m w~y I regret to have to advise the Council that owing to the unexpected increase in
<br />the collection of th~ back taxes, the amount appropriated in the budget for the ~arrent year
<br />will not be enough sad would ask that the additional sum of TP~ee Hundred and Fifty Dollars
<br />($350.00) be m~de available for thi~ purpose. I am attaching hereto a statement showing the
<br />s~mount collected on this account up, to date as compared with the amount collected in other years.
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<br /> "I re~etfully call the,~ttention of the Council to the fact that practically ali of the
<br />City employees are finding it impossible to live on their present ea~aries and that they have
<br />petitioned ~or incrg~ees, The members of both the Police and Firs Departments are petitioning
<br />for mn increase of pay to TD~ee Dollars per diem, the Captains of Police to One Hundred Dollars
<br />per Eonth, and the Sergeants to Nine~y-five dollars per month ~
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<br /> "Attached you will find a tabulated statemen~ of .the amounts required to meet the various
<br />requests for raises of pay and the only ~vailable savings which I can find with which to meet
<br />the demands,
<br /> .TABULATION OF SALARY INCRE. ASES REOUESTED.
<br /> "POLICE DEPARTk'EHT:
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<br />Captains, from $1020.O0 to ll~O.O0 Reqd. for 8 months, $ 160.00
<br />Sergeants, " 960.00" I050.00 , ," , 160o00
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<br /> $ ~100.00
<br />"FIBRE DEP~RT~NT:
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<br />~SE~neers.. ' from $i000.00 to i1~0.00
<br /> " 810.00 " 1080.00
<br /> " 7zO,O0 " 960,00
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<br />"INCI1T~- RATOR:
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<br />$
<br /> o.oo
<br />__ So.oq
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<br />Z Men, increased 1/8th
<br />"CEMET~RYi
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<br />176. .0
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<br /> " " 16 ,70
<br /> 2 ~en, increased 33~ per diem, ,
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<br /> "These amounts make a total for the remaining 8 mos, of $E~38,I0,
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<br /> ~I would suggest the following as possible savings, the total ~mount may possibly be
<br />creased by economy in other items:
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<br />in-
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<br />"Washington Street Parkways,
<br />"Boar~ of Review Account,
<br />"Binding Reports (Saved on bids),
<br />"Salaries of Secretaries, 6th and yth Wards,
<br />"Reduce appropriation for playgrounds by,
<br />"Leave of Absence Fire Department,
<br />" " " " Police Department,
<br /> "Total Savings Visible at this time,
<br /> "Amount Needed to Grant Requests,
<br /> "Deficit,
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<br />"It will be possible to mmke the following raises and
<br />~nam o-tom above.
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<br />~t the same
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<br />$3ooo.o0
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<br /> I0.00
<br /> 375.o0
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<br /> 50,00
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<br />tiros keep wzm~zn the say-
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<br />"RaiSe all of the members of the Police Departmen~ excepting the Chief ~ "'
<br /> ~wenty-z~ve Cents
<br /> This requires $!SgS.?5 for th~ rest of this year,
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<br />"Raise the Fire D~oartment as follows:
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<br />"3 Engineers from $1000~00 to $1%11.25
<br /> 18 Men from 810.00 " 960.00
<br /> 3 ~en " 720.00 " 960,00
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<br />Reqd~ for S mos., $~ 22~.50
<br /> " " " " 1~00.00
<br /> " " " " ~S0.0_0
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