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Show cutting expenses! ;:; ''. ' 1 Clly Finacca Commlllee Triparln, i ! Great Slash. ' : j; 1 ' ro aiiolisii .i:kiii.e.s oiriciH : ' , ) ) . t . t . , . . Illg tularin to lie Cut llown It. ' '. ;''!.' Ireiirlimrnt nf Many Ihomanili J ' of Hollars. ' v''" Many of Ib. municipal oflloars an ' being turned on Iho spit of anxiety ,, ' ' . awaiting tha report of lha finance oom ' ( , mltte.ol tha Clly Council, which Is li ' '', ' coma at this avsulog'. station. U ; I ; course Is understood there will b. ' 1 t torn heavy cutting. and If thennjorll , i ' '.' . '. ' of Ilia cummlttaa ba bail lb nervi ' I ' ' ' to wltiistand Ih political "pulls" then . will be a matrrlal redurllon lu Ihaclt) ; t fllco furre within the preMnl month. j . ', Tlirr. are m ny of Ilia departman I In fact moat uf Ibem whera Iben ' '' ar mora amployee than nacasaary li - ' du In work. Those are lo be die , 1 ". cuarged, unleaatb oommtlta can bt persuaded lo let up In particular quar -lera which ara urging It, anil bitugloi ' all manner or pillllcal prtssur lo baai - to ellocl that aud. Tbera ara alii , . many oaaaa whrr lemplnyM havi j been paid much higher ealarlee lhat la customary for lha ulaaa of w..rk r ."i. : tunned. In these, Il Is expected, Ibl ' committee will make the ile.lred cut, i" " Meny ot the clerical i lllcua now oo ' . cunleu by city tiuplnyie wer oltiltc ) N tolly fur political purpuara. Tber li ' " ' 'i hardly a drallluoul lu which Ibis uoet ' ' 1 , ' ual apply, and In a way Ibat Ih llano hi ad ul lb deparlmeat could :''..'. 1 nut help It li it wanted . I . K 1 r to; but In all caeee the da. .".'.: tarlment bead oanuot avail culpa " blllly aurullniee li Is directly r puu.ibl.. Aa an llluttrailuu ol ofllcsi. ' , cr.ated eulely lur lullllcal purposes, i ! ami paid lor by lha publlc.tha eudimr'l , i ofllou may be o ted. When lue nHlot ' thus ciened Is thai of denuly auditor, I ' -, - ' Wlilrh Is ah III as u.cesary lo Ih clly ' ' ; , ' ', ailnilui.tr. tloa .a l. lu tl tb wheal u r. , , a wagon. Hut Ilia utile waa made, aud I . '7. had tu be tilled, end thus theoilybai ' ' kv been paying tl,;oi mere tur years i , , ' when every rent cuuld have bn pul " ' i , lu a liellur uurpote. Il Is undeiatuiKf .'t ' 1 lhat the comuiltle en flnauoe will 1 " ' meka the .aviug lu thai clllca, aud add ,' auuiherfJ ly reduclug th aujilur's ; i '. al.ry Iu1,6ihj, leaving ouly one man I ' I ! In the u.p.rinienl. Ihlt uua man osa ' v '; do all the wurk ..illy. . - T h.u there le Ih treasurer's depart- 1 vi '" meut, lur lliusirallun. tail tha man. ."'j ' agera bave bad a heavy pull alwaya, ! M s ,v aud now bava, ao baokneua will ba " ; ' l uerveaary fur the out wblcb good gov. etrm.nl abeo utely demauua. Clerkl i t ' ', lu tbal utile hav bro gelling :it ' i, i-' . . muuiu more than iquelly caj able nieo ' '. . c In similar posillooa els.wbsre . 'v ' ' f' whur in. re is muca mor work. . , ; ' Them exoeteive ealarlee, Il la expsoted, " ' eie to receive Ih abavlng neceoeary, ' and alleatt two clerk-will bevelogu, !, ' ' aa there ara that many too aiany bow. ., L : I h treasurer la making a desperala 1 ellurl le prevent this (educlloii; and II . - i, I ' he does II will ba lecauae of laok of ' , ' . . nerve oo th pari of soma of tb oom- i . . ' oilll. Who glv way lo political ' '. '1 preaaura, bul It I. nut aura any will ' ,'i " .' , . j do; iu Iba Indication, ara Iba , w; - i 1 other way. Aa au Illustration ot Iba ' ' , . ;". I ellurl to enow Ib assumed need u( all , , I . - 1 th present loro In lb treaiuret'a Ue- i . -.''i ' parlmeul, II I. aald aa extra oiark baa ' ' 1 been lured, Ju.t lo maka appearanoea, . yra tbu. keepiug three mora uieu under '' ' bigb p.y than lb oily really bai ' k V t any um lur. ,Th llnauua oomailliee . '! eeemalo b. fully on to thl. scheme.aod ! a rvport la view o( that knowledge li anticipated by lha Irlauda of ralorm aud lue laxp.yer, ' Other deLarlmeult might ba named ash-lug supplied, soma with regular foro aud eum lo lha way of axtra , clerk alluwauces, But all are lo noma I ' wltbln reanb oftba oommlllee'e slckl. ' i Uu leaiur la nulabie lo tba ouillug ' ; , to ba dune: The common worklug. ' i man ara nul to uudergo any reductluu, ' ! their wagea being luw euougb; Ih big 1 ealarlee ar lo oom wllblo raaob of I lb public purs. I With this protprol before the clly : otllc bolder In the 11 uanoa oommli t'a repurl, It Is uul to be wondered si lb .1 Iben Is uneasiness in publla also ara eager lo sa huw well ibelr ' ' laolad rapretulilT. aerv lhou '. |