The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-17
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Cost of State Of Haine
Government
lie Cost Of County Of Los
Angeles Government

,Surv6yO'.... JuSO
Total ......$i3, 900 Co. Physician. 5000
Total. 49,. sec, 900
If any taxpayer thinks that things are
not being run at high pressure in this
county just observe the comparison Of
figures given above.
The state Of Maine hss a population OF
G61 0s6 and the c. unity Of Los Angeles has
10l. 00n people living within its boun-
daries. Maine has an assessed valuation
OF 5000, 1873, 101 and Los Angeles county
has a similar valuation of 1000, UOO.
The salaries of the officials OF the Maine
state government are given on TIE right
side of the column. On the left-hand
side are the salaries paid in Los A Angeles
county.
The stats of Maine has six times the
population :of Los Angeles county and
four times the assessed valuation. and
yet it costs aDout one-half the amount to
conduct its state governments that it costs
to run the aovernne nt Of Los Angeles
county. The defense that will Do put up
10 that the law fixes the salary OF the
county officials. True, 1t does. But Is
there any existent reason why the laws
should not be changed. 1t can be done,
and it muse be done soon. The fact that
the Law fixes an expenditure does not re-
lease the charge of an extraysgantly
managed county government. The COM
parative 6gur 3 given abOvs are only for
the beads of departments. When the
salaries and numbers of deputies are
computed and compared then the show.
Ing would be twice as bad for Los Apge-
les county governmental economy.
The Superintendent of schools Of this
county, with 10000 population, gets
5000 year, while the superintendent of
schools for the great state OF Ohio, with
year. And 30 it goes.
The comment Of the citizens OF Los An
geles upon the revelations th at have bean
made by Tho Herald with regard to the
EXPENSES Of the county. government as 1t
Is at present beng conducted on q 81, 900,
600 basis, woild make volume Of no
mean proportions. But the universal
s4niiment eau be embodied IN a very few
words. The showing IN cold figures made
by The Herald and taken from the public
records discloses governments character
lied by the most wanton extrasagance
and Misrepresentation of the leople S
m ney that has yet been known in the
history Of this county" This is the
sentiment OF the people regardless of
pol tics.
TO be sure there ARE manv expenses.
many salaries. which are fixed charges
on the county made 50 by the state leg
islature. But still there are thousands
upon thousands of dollars that are spent
by til direct order of the p1ard OF super
visors. They approve every demand
made Gpon the public treasury and they
can stop all the leaks il they see fit.
d. IL, Iofn Af,~t
be made for the present Repu blican COM
bine that lids the reins Of government tai
oo.itrol in this county. They are IN the
saudle and they are certainly pushing
things. as the $94I 80 disbursed In the
first six months OF this year is evidence
for salaries OF deputies and for labor for
the county.
PROVIDED FOR BY LAW.
The legislature has by law created the
following Offices for Los Angeles county
and specified the salaries that shall be
paid. The salary roll for August shows
that the amount. named we're paid:
Six superior judges at s166. 66 each; B.
Waiter Van Dyke, Luoien Shaw. J W.
McKinlev; John Burr, sheriff, $3.50. "a.
This following Officials drew $500 each
7. E. NewlIn, county clerk; Chas. +.
Bicknell, auditor; Il. @. HodRman, re-
cordef; A. n. Merwin, tax COLLECTOR;
Thomas Thomas J: J: Cumming, treasurer; J; A.
Summerland. assessor, $225. Sturgeon
y: Ril-y, superintendent OF schools.
$3.50; Frank M. KELSEY. public admins
traitor, $3.50; five supervisors. W. l..
Wondw ard. A. ". Francisco, E S. Field,
James Hay, James Hanley, $3.50 each;
George .Varcoe, chief deputy county olerk.
SlSD. nine deultV cnunty Clarkq "a xICS
each; c. W. Bell, G. l.. Logan, c. W.
AXE. a. W. Francisco, jr., J. M. Duns-
moor. Sherman Smith. George y. Nun
roe, A. W. S-aver, ". H. Whitemors. W.
W llianls, assistant district attorney,
tl60; g G. MoComas. deputy district at
torney. $l35; W. P. James and f. r.
Willis, deputies, $lUo each; H. y. Glenn
ents under sheriff, $135; e. g. Wood.
chief deputy county auiitor. $1lO; Alex
Call we'll, chief deputy recorder, $40; R.
p. Wade chief deputy tax collector, $llo;
SIG; Dean Mason, chief DEPUTY treasurer,
$40: VIM. .. Wright. assistant superin-
tendent of schools, 500.
Now Ia addition to these Offices WHICH
are directly created ny the statute below
IS revie"ed toe positions created by the
the com pensation they we're to receive. Il
EN- bodies quite An armv and the amounts
each individual received are not large
but when added up they will make very
respectable sum. 1t is all sim ply an in
dication of what the present %, QUO, 900
per annum govern ment OF Los Angeles
county is.
A FAT THING.
The Horticultural com ission was not
. bad thing in August. 1t furnished a
snap for number Of the boys. The AL
lowance roll shows them up something
like this: John Scott, com m ssion o.. $l35:
three separate demands for expenses.
s65o5. $40 and $35s.4o; inspectors as
follows: II. l.. Coffman, $63; George
Colnpere, $6s.25. william Evans, s.. rs.
ga ,n. Loneyi $3.50; W; Il. Payne,
total expense of this luxury for August
was $i336.70. 1t is not all enumerated
above. The rest of 1t went aome otheI
way.
SOME GOOD THINGS.
The i'm UOrtant office Of tn iatIe eradi