Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-08-01

controversy, ALREADY outlined, as TO
certain employees of the street clean
ing department who, it is alleged,
were paid in full for working only a
portion of several days. Miss Clara
Bee, a sister-in-law to Superintendent
Stutler, was named as the person most
overpaid. The excess in salary which
it is charged was given to her for
Sundays, when she worked only an
hour or so, is estimated at $144.
This was reported by District Auditor
Petty. In answer Superintendent
Stutler said the door records, on
which Mr.. Petty relied, were not ac-
curate; that Miss Bee had worked
much longer than those records indi-
Gated, and that he was following a
precedent in allowing a full per diem
pay when the clerk had performed all
the duties of the day. He cited in
support of this last contention the
case of Discussing Officer Rogers. who.
he said, while a per diem clerk in the
assessors office, accepted full pay for
many days during which he spent but
one or two hours in the district build
ing. The point of that particular
instance was that Mr.. Rogers Joined
with Mr.. Petty in making complaint
Of Mr.. Suffers payroll. Efforts were
made by the commissioners to quiet
the matter, and it looked as though it
had been effectually smoothed over.
certain to lead - u thorough eXamina-
ion of the di5t.i,t rolls and read
justment of al per diem payments.
In case the a.-burstng officer, the
district auditor and the treasury Off
Gals shall examine the rolls as care
fully as Mr.. Timme has advised the
commissioners to do it it is believed
the result will draw considerable atten-
ton to the district government. 1t is
said that not only have many per
diem employees been given full pay for
work that requires only an hour or an
hour and half each day, but many
others now hold two positions at the
same time, or do the work of one posi-
ion while drawing the larger salary of
another. If the clerks in the district
building were to be set at work ac-
cording to the payrolls it is common
knowledge the whole force would be
upset.
Francis Nye, for example, is now on
duty as private secretary to Commits
siOner Ross. He draws the 81 500 sal
airy of the assistant superintendent of
street cleaning. His place as private
secretary is-on the rolIs-filled by
a clerk in the executive Office of the
commissioners, who does the work of
a $1,000 position and receives $1,000
salary
Waldo Hibbs, private secretary to
Commissioner Macfarland, is now
down on the books as private secre-
tary and is given the salary of that
post-$1, 200. Until July l, however,
he was nominally a clerk in the au.
ditor's Office, and the work of that
clerkship was done by someone en-
rolled as a messenger or telegraph
operator or janitor.
Miss Marshall, one Of the typewrit-
ers in the executive office, is said to
be clerk in the assessors office, as
far as the rolls are concerned. These
instances are believed to be only few
of the many similar cases that exist.
The only official directly concerned
who is now in the city is District
Auditor Petty, who will not discuss the
question. Commissioner Macfarland
was asked what course the commits
sioners would probably adopt At
first he said only one clerkship was in
yolved and the disbursfng officer would
be called upon to certify the name of
that clerk. He said later, however,
the matter was one which only a full
board could discuss and that no &C.
ton would be taken until commissions
ers Ross and Beach had returned to
the city.
Several subordinate officials ex.
planned the alleged existing conditions
on the ground that a similar situation
prevails in each Of the departments
and that the House Of Representatives L
had been shown to sanction a much (
worse state of affairs In all their I
blank forms as to estimates It was
said. the commissioners were directed
to note "details" OF clerks, and some
such special direction was a part OF
every such form furnished every de-
partment Of the civil service.
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