Show city council last night k A bill ti amendole amend amen dile the ordinance tit velt il thin to licenses was reported by the cost cam mit teeton jual clary on mollon ila bill wua laid 1 I on on the table subject to c call a tile I 1 mr brown blown immediately after this wall iia put and carried moved that be bill lie 11 bakon ken r from rum tits the table anil and lin its reading bo be with willi mr browns motion was wai lout lost and mr booth moved that but the tha report of the iba conr com luellea ou finance recommending reduction lathe in compensation or of city off officers leers be 19 taken from the table the inot motion ion pre ie valleda and discussion ensued mr boolba ar gued argued that hat ai the city was not practically in debt and that noten men these dull times limes were not ei as prosperous prospero and sole to asset their obligations ai limy were ivere when present salaries w word rd oeta blish ed anil and that mechanics trade tradesmen far farni M arf er and work tors generally aurally ge were performing wore work for no ito higher compensation than they ibey obtained a year or two ago A reduction la in the salaries lal arles of carthin nr n f tb ibe a officers slid and incidental expenses would lid ile a just and proper slop sep in the ilie direction 1 f ro laying the lie city of its tha adoption adon tion or of ile he kosport rosport and argued nome ol of the officers were ere armaly too poorly paid though be favored the ilia reduction ollon of the be surveyors lurye yora compensation nir mr brown opposed d the ti option of the report cef he favored rit secret eore t ser vitte fund ail long g ar prohibition ruled sir bir aioo ih ma made do a few add additional illonal rn ret mark in fai of the tha rn port and the question was waa put the result showing 6 for and 4 against als adoption ad option the mayor cast his vote und willder r the rule making the vote a ties it and the motion to adopt wits was therefore Ibo declared lost loal mr air booth bootle thereupon asked to be relieved ot of his galation poal llon a ai chairman of iba committee on nance the chair ruled that he could not comply council hen ad loureed lour ned |