The times., 1901-06-11

A Auuestion pertaining to the payment OF
per diem employees of the District was
recently raised, which has led to consld-
erahe discussion. Yesterday the matter
took the form Of official action by warner
StutIer. the Superintendent OF street
Cleaning, forwarding to the Commission
ers a statement relative to the matter as
it affects his department. The statement
follows:
j have the honor herewith to submit
statement with reference to the duties ol
certain per diem employees Of this depart
mont and the labor performed by them
together with the time required each day
in which to complete the work of the day
and rcsnectfully ask to be advised at an
early date as to what the proper allow
ance in pay will be for the service rem
dered by each. ..., IN,
.'rrhe emploves referred to are Two IN
spectors on hand cleaning, work uoHe uo ~ "
rectly by the District OF CoIl'IHDla' Sl', 81
sDcctorS in charge OF city refuse I'M,
contract system; Two CLERKS IN InS M Ti'' nc
in charge of the contract NoIh' - - -
weigh clerk at the garbage transfer s'a-
"The two inspectors first named t hdFe
charge OF a number OF laDoreFS ..aSlli
whose day of labor under the Ia" - - -
at eight hours In the absence OF l"N
ing as to the time OF service the pay u
the two INSPECTORS has been hNed py N
hours
hand cleaners, eight hours being Tes"lUeN
as a day for each inspector ,,,.,-, 20
IN the case of the six inspectors -
ferTed 10. il should bc stated that lhJlI
5S,ties vary Each is assigned to q certain
section of the city, SUBJECT ol t1'-''u ,,rlr
transfer. and each superNists tlS ~ re
done under four different cohlLacta ~ ne
section. In each OF these cont 49, ;-,'ig
COLLECTION of garbage and deau aniIi!eiS,
ashes. miscellaneous refuse anu ~, ne EN-
soil respectively-it re IS specIheu III lllc s,,l
I -. .sya mis-
and ashes shall be collected between ~ ~
hours of in the morning an ~
tho evening, and night SOIL from y i;rb a.
to 9 D. m. making the hours uul i"5 -, a
81 work may be done from a. m. TO
TO properly supervise this work tb SaS,r sgGr
insnectGr must be on duty at the i hoIl
tIt ~ first contractor commences "orh'
which is O'Clock a. m, and must IeIii'rl'l li
on duty until the work for the udS y -, 80
nIeted which is governed py Ihe .tL'u,-f ,f
~ y-orl 10 be done during the Gay diIG
the force employed. Ihere are 1900 uns =
cnUrse when the contractors colnPIStS
,beir work earlier than 6 o clock, IN WIliCu
/ case the INSPECTOR is relieved from GUY
/ II occa sionaly happens, thoush not -
auently. that an inspector has put SIX
! hours of service in gwen uay, Du' ~ ~
- eI,biect TO duty until o'clock IN the
! evening and more often than othtr WIS., WIS.,
! are on duty from ten TO Twelve houie
~ ..T,ba = fwo office clerks in charge of the
! contract work are often Obliged py @ @the
necessities of the service TO go on uuoy ~
( at o'clock a. m, ana remain slS I'd,
I : o'cIock D. m. for the reason that, uhuer
! The contract the office must iurnlsh llit
contractor each morning ana evening h5tS
I of dead animals reported thIoush, .liI ~
/ Police Department as having accuihuidISu
| since the previous collection, ana aIso d
/ list of complaints and the requests ~ Lol
! special or other service n4eu WIN IN m
/ once each day one OF these two clerks
! is required 10 be on duty every day IN the
year including legal holidays "hen ne
would be entitled 10 pay IL not on uutyi
/ and SUNDAYS The Sunday duties OF inns
/ ciarI, do NOT ALWAYS require the customary
number of hours Of service Tor the Lea-
son that a part Of the contract Wofh -
! suspended on that day. but the iull
! amount OF work necessary for that DAY
1 is always performed. ,.:-,-
/ ed is 10 weigh all garbage prou8nt ny
| the contractor TO the transfer station ana
/ make daily reports 10 the once. lie Is
| Obliged 10 be on duty at clock a. m
daily and remain until the iast loau GI SI
| garbage for the day IS delivered. On
! secular days, the last load is frequently
not delivered until 8 p, M, put On D ouii, Z,
! day owing to the fact that garbage ID
| oniv collected from hotels, flats, restau-
| rants. and boarding houses on that DAY,
his duties often end as early as l o CLOCK
p. m. .raoiao 1.u or
an order of the Commissioners, / nave
allowed each of the foregoing employees
for a full day upon the complexion OF
the work REQUIRED IpT lIdl poi lltLLifAl
day ] deemed this to be equitable ana
/ lust. since if the time each is empIoyeu
| during the year We're computed at tiie
! average of eight hours per day-what IS
Tecognized as legal work day for the
two inspectors first referred to-each IL
spector, each clerk, and the weigh clerk
would be shown TO have rendered more
than the number Of days for Whlch they
were paid.
IT is the purpose of this communica-
ton to obtain from the honorable Com
missioners, or, If in their judgment il is
| necessary. from the Comptroller OF the
United States Treasury, a rating Tor tht
future guidance Of the street tleaHlhs
Department in making the allowance OF
nav TO the employees not on the annual
"As it is the desire Of this office to
make any corrections that the honorable
Commissioners may deem necessary pre-
vfous to closing our accounts for the
current year. ! would respectfully Feques'
an early response. 80.
foregoing statement from MIR Stutlvr'
moved that il be referred TO the comp
troiIer Of tha Treasury Tor d uttlSlo4i-, -
/ is understood that this viii be agreed 70
l by the board.
several davs ago John Kane Of the
Fire Department. forwarded TO the Com
/ missfoners request that he be retired
on account of disability after twenty
| three years continuous service in the
| department. on the request OF X. w
| Dutton the Chief Engineer, Mr.. kan'
| was ordered TO report to the Board ol
| Police and rire Surgeons for eXamlna
tion as TO his physical condition. i n!
| was done. and Chief Dutton has hoN
| referred the papers TO the Commissioner!
! with the following report:
"ResDDctfully returned TO the honoFabl
! Commissioners, inviting their attention L
l the enclosed communication of Dr. tranl
p Vale Secretary OF the Board OF 70
| lice Surgeons, dated June 4, 1901, IN whlcl
| he states that the board found Watchma,
I Kane unfit for duty a fireman, thougl
4 able in the opinion OF the board, 10 per
| form the duties Of Watchman. The rec
/ ords SHOW that the honorable COmHis
| sIoucrs declined May 9, 1900, to plac
/ the reason that the Board of Surgeon
/ had found him not physically incapacitat
| ed for performing the duties OF WaICh
| man. Mr Kane, while d private IN IN
1 Fire Department, was reduced 10 the po
/ sition Of watchman, not at his own re
l quest however, and was therefore. grant
| ed no opportunity of appearing before IN
| Board Of Surgeons as fireman. II
4 I served tWcnty-threc years as an dclIN
1 member of the Fire Department, ana tina
4 fact il seems 20 me, should be cor Slderet
1 Were he now an active member of IN
| report of the Board Of Surgeons, be er
| titled as "A matter of right, to retlremen
| yet he was deprived OF that right,
1 would appear through no act OF his
1 Believing that Mr.. Kane Is entitled
| by reason Of his long service as an activ
| member of the Fire Department and be
| cause of his inability to longer periori
/ the duties of an active member OF the d'
1 DaTtment. to be placed on the rellfed us
/ have the honor to recommend thai n
] application for retirement be granted, an
| / that he be placed oa the list of pension
4 gggaTH VI. "a Ia n