Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-15

No wonder the County COMPTROLLER
carries II special ianltor ON his pay roll
for his office. for. according to the Rec.
ord. frequent complaint is made of the
dirty. unhealthy and unsghtly coudl.
ton of the County aud Criminal Court
Buildings. Lawyers whose business
takes them into both buildings declare
that the windows are seldom washed.
that the floors aud stairs are never
clean. and that plies of dirt offend the
sight and cumber the corridors. al.
though the county pay rolls show there
are enough janitors. window-clcancrs
ana Scrubwomcn drawing pay to keep
both buildings as clean as an up-to-date
skyscraper
County taxpayers are called upon
each year To pay for the labor supposed
to h. used In Keeping clean the county
building S25. $50. and for the Criminal
Court Building $1,000. This money.
according TO the pay rolls In the pos
session of James l.. Monaghan. Deputy
County Comptroller, Is paid out only
To janiturs. mattresses and window
cleaners: the pay of the watchmcn. Ell.
gincers. etc. Is not included.
From figures obtained from au,hori-
ta,ive sources 1t Is estimated that If the
Criminal Court Building was rs large
as the Masonic Temple the ianitOr AMI
Misunderstanding service would cost
SS:I.S'jo a year AT the rate paid It's help
by the county. and the identical labor
costs the management Of the Masonic
Temple only $1,000 Il year.
II the County Building was rs larg"
a. the Monadnock Building 1t would
cost for janltor service annually. NJ the
rate paid 10y the county. Sl6S.l6S.
whereas the floor and Misunderstanding
pay roll of the big office building i but
$4,000 year.
The County Building has but five
floors. with Il iloor space of ij.3bo
square feet: It has 80 windows. ana on
it's pay roll are forty janitors and JAM
tresses. whose yearly wages aggregate
So5 $50 The elevator hatchwnys are
cluttercd with rubbish. the banlsters
and walls are coated with dust. dirt
and CRIME: the floors are seldom II ever
thoroughly scrubbed: the windows are
rarely cleaned. and large heaps of rub.
Dish on Saturday We're in dark corners.
The Criminal Court Building has six
floors. with u floor space of I3,oOo
square feet. II has JOS windows: II has
Oh It's pay roll twenty-siX janitors ana
wlndow-cleanerS. whose yearly wages
aggregate SlG,2UO.
For purposes of comparison figures
were obtained from the management OF
the Masonic Temple. MonadnOck Build
ing and Marquette Building, all mod
eru, up-to-date office structures clean
rs Dutch kitchen.
The Masonic Temple has twenty
floors. with 25S.00O square feet OF rent
ell floor space. ana with an aggregate
floor space which must he cleaned OF
Isl 600 square feet. II has AGO win
dows to be polished. ana the aggregate
annual wages of forty-three janltors
and mattresses are $4,000.
The MOnadnock Building Is seven
teen ana Onc-half stories high lis rent
al toor space Is o,ij,OOO square feet
and its total floor space Nncluding
halls, corridors, stairs, etc,I Is 10000
I''l, ~ s'''' 49,
IT requires eighty janltors and window
cleaners 10 keep the building clean, ana
their annual pay roll aggregates S:O.'
GGO.
The Marquette Building has sixteen
floors, with a rente, floor space of 40
O10 square feet ana Il total floor space
of 100000 square feet its iifty-two jan
itors and wlndow-clenncrs are paid
$4,000 yearly.
II has been figured out that II the
downtown office buildings were run on
political" lines and according Ia the
system IN vogu" IN the County ana
criminal Court Buildings their owners
soon would he bankrupt or else office
rents would be fabulous.
Using the payroll figures given by
Mr.. Monaghan and the space figures
given by Bruce Watson, the county
architect. and comparing them with
the figures given by the management
of the three office buildings, 1t Is tig'
,Irrd out that II the Criminal Court
Building was a. large ~ the Masonic
Temple the ianitOr service would cost
SS} 500: II ~ large ~ the Monhdnock
Building IL would cost SlGS5io: II as
large a. the Marquette Building the
cost would bc $4,000. II the County
Building was a. large "a the Monad'
mock Building the Ianltor service would
cost slGs los; II rs large ~ tl" Masonic
Temple 1t would cost Sl2T 400, and II a.
large as the Marquette Building the
cast would De- SOL 500.
In addition to IT, expensive service
The custodian Of the Criminal Court
Building spends annually for watch
men ana other "rarc-takers' S2i,0S9
making the total pay roll Of that build
ing 81 80 IN the County building
watchmen and others on the pay roll
Of the custodian are paid S3i,s5T, max,
Ing the "cIrr-takcrs' pay roll OF that
single building SGo337 a year
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