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Show -JE GET "OFFICES: BUDGE1MS PRUNED City Commission Confirms Newly Selected Appointees and Slashes Expenses. EXTRA JOB CREATED Further Reduction of Police Force Said to Be Under Contemplation. Fhe appointments of reor unirat.io:i lature an J a trimming of io-. 4M from the Ld?et requests constituted the noie-.vorchy noie-.vorchy doings of the city commission ,-eerd.iy. m0i the appointments were confirmed un.ir.imous vote, the action tvlns: taken it last night's meeting of the commission. commis-sion. Four were In the street department. depart-ment. Bryant Young was made assistant superintendent at a salary of $!S00 a .ear; O. G. Workman, east side deputy, it $!o00: Ralph Darhnc. foreman of the c"pa:r department, at a day, and Ar-:hur Ar-:hur T. Ball, chief of inspectors, at $lV?0 i year. The fifth appointment was that of Wil-!arn Wil-!arn J. Korth as chief clerk in the waterworks water-works department, to succeed Frank E-?chei'ski. E-?chei'ski. resigned. The commission con-irmed, con-irmed, on the motion of Commissioner Karl A. Scheid. the action of the due: of police in accepting1 the resignations of :wo members o: the police force, E. G. Stein and R T. Aid rich. An ordmanre proposed by Commissioner Herman H. Green was enacted to provide "or the creation of a position of chit: ;lerk in the park department, to pay a ?aiary of not more than 51300 a year. Miss Stella Connor, for the past two years secretary to Commissioner Green, is slated for the position. Pruning City Budget. The work cf cutting; the current expenses ex-penses of the city to fit the estimated -evenue was begun in earnest yes-.rday morning by the commission, and six sets ?f shears, including those manipulated by-City by-City Auditor E. A. Bock, were still being applied to the budget requests of various iepartments when 5 o'clock arrived. Tne request of the auditor's department wa.s passed as being already as low as practicable, as was also the estimate of Mayor W. Mont Ferry for his needs as mayor. In the treasurer's department. Mayor Ferry said he wouii have one rec-snimen-iation later that would constitute saving of $1 -).? a year, and probably others, reuestin that he be given more urus before a-jiion. should be taken on the department. A readjustment of the forces o: threeorder's department permitted a irfTaon c: from the salary role. A "t of $2443 in the allowance of the li----ense assessor's of nee is premised upon dispensing with the services of two inspectors in-spectors and one office assistant. A cut ouO was made in the request, of the Ciwf By water Scores. Though the request for the police de- partment was ' no: considered in detail. Chief J. Parley White not being ready j with his detailed and itemised request for consideration, a cut of $11. 1.53 through the j saving of the salaries of eight men already al-ready resigned from the department and - not replaced by appointment of others was figured. Still further reduction af the for:e was declared by Commissioner S''.eid lo be under consideration. Chief YV . H . B :-" w a t e r scored for his firemen as to maintenance of their salaries sal-aries and retention of ail men on the for-'e. co nvincing the commission that any reduction of either would bp unjustifiable unjus-tifiable hazard. He sacrificed his plans to purchase a new piece of motor equipment equip-ment at Jo 0 00 and consented to other r'-ouctions. bringing the total to ivJOO. Tiie request for the juvenile court was trimmed 51300 and that of the city purchasing pur-chasing agent $119. Ail items passed by the budget committee, com-mittee, especially with regard to salaries, are subject to reconsideration if need be. The requests of the street, waterworks, parks and health departments are yet to be considered. On Mavr Ferry's motion the commission commis-sion determine:! that the city shall carry it? own liability under '.he workmen's compensation law. -hereby saving $7 '.";') in reinsurance premium. |