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Show I 8111 EMPLOYEES ON ANXIOUS SEAT Period of Waiting for New Council to Take Charge Brings Restlessness. LAST MEETING OP OLD COUNCIL MONDAY MORNING Probable Chairmanships of the Several Standing Committees Commit-tees Given. With the change of administration so near at hand, many employees in tlic oily offices arc no donbl on the anxious sett. the. samn as some ol" Ihe heads of 1 ho different departments. With one exception oliJy, the city officials have decided upon their appointees aud there are few changes. All but. City Attorney Dininny have completed their lists, and lie is trying to deride upon his second itsislnnt to till the place of Edgar A. Rogers, -who is not an applicant for reappointment. re-appointment. There are a number of applicants for thejdaco and tho attorney attor-ney has not. decided whom he will ap-So ap-So far as have been decided upon the appointments in the various .officers aro as followrf: City Attorney Ti. J. Diuinny First assistant attoriiev, P. J. Paly; stenographer, stenog-rapher, Mrs. Xellie K. Montgomery. J i 'it v Recorder Ben S. Rives Chief Wzf i?f depul'v recorder. If. Warren Smith; ITfl 'dork.' F. K. Shonpo; clerk and stcnog- ff I r.'inlinr lvflir.1 A1 . rinnnld demitlCS ill city conn. F. L. Pnlmquist, Lostcr E. Mrireton. J. 1. Canning: stenographer ciil division citv court, Edna PngiOey; stenographer criminal division 'i(y court, Devereaux Wilson., clerk of board j of park commissioners, 2seva L. Hoy. ' Citv treasurer Gideon Snvdor Dep uty, Frank Ciodbo; clerks, M. M. Beaver Beav-er Brig Snvder. C. II. Kraft. L. K Mo Arthur. 'The latter will take the place of 1 Tarry Mercer, who will be ap pointed humnno'offiecr by Mayor Brans-ford. Brans-ford. Citv Auditor Rudolph A Iff Chief dop-Ml dop-Ml v. C. Ti. Stevens; bookkeeper, Charles ftuek: clerks, Charles Weaver. Joseph Cecil and .Tack Aconib; deputy license a-sessor. Frank IT. Kimball; license inspectors, in-spectors, Vv. S. Daltou aud Bud Black. Sevoral Are Old Employees. With the exception of four in the citv recorder's office and one in Ihe city treasurer's office, those in tho above lit am" at. the present employed . in the oflices mentioned. Some change : is couiemplated with reference to tho ordinance Telating to tho office of dog . tax collector so that for the present Treasurer Snyder will not send in an i-? appointment to that place. The trcaS-af trcaS-af Mirer also desires to have his ofi'ico force I increased by the addition of two men, and if the council sees tit to allow him I that additional help he will appoint j the two extra clerks who are now cm- j oloved in his office. I Mayor Bransford has not. announced ( any more appointments and it 33 quite likely that his list will not bo given !nut unlil the new council meets at noon Monday. There is still considerable speculation as to who will land the appointment of city engineer, ft is understood that the list of applicants for I hat position has been weeded out by the mayor until his choice lies between be-tween Iwo'men. These arc said (o be M. M. Murtaugh and George F Me-if Me-if fjonipnl. Kaoh of Hicso men is highly qualified for the position and has strong backing, so that the ma3or has a pretty hard .job on his hands to detonuiuc which" ho will appoint. The old erfuncil will hold its last I meeting Monday morning at 10:30 k jo 'clock and wind up its affairs and k at; noon on that day tho new council IJSV: tviII meet and organize by electing W. jj 1 Mont Ferry as president. At that Ml meeting the mayor will have .his lisi W of appointments for approval mid all IB riie other city ofticials will send Jn their flf appointments." ffl Personnel of New Council. fi ' The iip- council is composed of the fj following members; m First Ward .T. B. Morclon. J. W. n McKinney, Oliver ITodgson. f Second Ward E. G. O'Donncll, D. F .7. Wood. C. IT. Reed. I Third Ward John Holler, F. S. f Fernstrom. C. M. Lees. . 1 Fourth Ward W. Mont Ferry, L. E.! Kail. Walter "'. J,vno. SKiffh ward f. E. Mulvcv. A. J. Davis, .Mark Heedall. The political lineup of the council is ten Aniericans, two Republicans and three Democrats. President-to-be Ferry is said to have practically completed his committee lists and it is believed that he will be prepared fo announce them-at the liteot- ring of tho council Monday night. It is likely that the chairman of the. sev- oral important stauding committees will , be as follows: S Streets Davis; Health Rcednll: Public Grounds Wood; Finance Davis; Da-vis; Claims MeKinnov; Engineering Rcedall; Police O 'Donncll; Waterworks Water-works M.ulvey; Licenses Moreton; Fire Mulvoy; Improvements Reed. |