The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-23
REVISING 4 PAY ROLL
Waterworks Employees Kept
Out OF Their Wages.
ITEMS ARE INSPECTED
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES ARE
STRICKEN oFF-PAY TODAY.

Once more the payroll of the water
works department has failed to receive
prompt approval at the hands of the
watch dogs of the city treasury.
Yesterday all of the city employees were
paid off for the first half of this month,
except the two score or more of men who
recognize Superintendent Hines as their
superior. OF course, the disappointed
waSe-earners did not like it a little bit
that they We're being kept out OF their
pay, but they could do nothing more than
register kick Superintendent Hines
shlIted the blame to other shoulders, and
there the matter rested for the day.
chairman Robertson of the city council
nhance committee was really the one re-
sponsible for holding up the payroll after
the council had perfunctOrily appropriated
the amount for this and other rolls Oh
Tuesday night, but from later develop
mentS, the counci.man'S colleagues agreed
with him that he was justified in having
the council order the mayor to withhold
MS approval of the payrOllS until the
finance committee could investigate some
OF the items to which attention had been
directed.
The object Councilman Robertson had in
bringing about this action was made
known last evening at meeting of the
finance committee with Mayor Thompson,
Chairman Davis of the waterworks COM
mittee and Superintendent Hines asso-
ciated.
Items Objected To.
1t soon developed at the meeting that
objection had been raised to the item in
favor of Jim McCallum, one of the pipe
men, for overtime in the face of the
edict that had gone forth since Jodey FL
dredge's overtime graft had been given
whitening blast that no more of this sort
of business would be tolerated.
Despite the protest of the superintend-
ent that 1t was necessary to have the
piDeman do extra work after regular
hours, the surplus dollars and cents were
wiped off
TIE next item to scrap over was the
name of Hines. jr-, for services as in
s9ector of meters at $2.75 a day. AT the
first of the month the scion had only
thirty meters to read, and since then only
about as many more water measures nave
been installed, so his duties have not
been very eXacting. When it was pointed
out that no such office as meter inspector
had been created by the council and no
allowance made for compensation, Super
tntendent Hines gave a dissertation on
spite work. When he cooled off he laid
down the proposition that the ordinance
made him the responsible one in having
the meters read, and il the council had
not made provision for suitable man TO
do the work and to pay an adequate sal
airy, it was not his fault
The Mayors Position.
Mayor Thompson was asked to give an
expression, but he said little, Dreterring,
evidently, to steer clear of the trouble
that was engulfng members of his official
family.
However, it was agreed by the commit
tee, without dissent, that the name of
Hines, jr., should come off the roll until
such time as the council could fix his
probably at a less rate
than his employer wishes him to re-
ceiVe
During the meeting Councilman Robert
son declared that he now saw the way
clear to get through the council a COM
pietely revised salary and allowance or
dinance 10 guard against just such abuses
as had been recently encountered. He
said he had met with such opposition be-
fore when he proposed the scheme to de-
fine and limit all items for COMPENSATION
for services, that he had to abandon the
effort.
The waterworks roll will be paid today
as amended by the committee for the APP
prevail of the mayor