Evening star., 1902-05-06
THE STREET CLEANERS
Reorganization Of Department
Proposed.
M'MILLAN RESOLUTION
OF PER DIEM EN-
PLOYES TO SALARY LIST.
Scheme Meets With Approval Of the
Commissioners and the Su-
perintendent.

If the amendment which Senator lrcMil-
Ian yesterday proposed to the District ap-
preparation bill be adopted it will result in
an almost complete reorganization Of the
street cleaning department, such as the su-
perintendent, Mr.. Warner Stutler, and the
Commissioners have urged for some time
past. The object of the reorganiza ton is to
readjust salaries in accordance with work
performed and to transfer the per diem en-
ployes to the annual salary list.
The only new place provided is that of
chief inspector, who is to replace the two
foremen whose services were dispensed
with in accordance with decision rendered
by the controller of the treasury during the
present fiscal year.
Submits Explanation.
Superintendent Stutler has explained the
matter as follows:
"At the present time there are twenty
two employees in the department on the an
nual salary list and thirteen on the per
diem list. The former class are engaged on
street cleaning work. But one of these Is a
clerk, the only one in the department so
designated, and owing to the increase in
office work, due to the continued increase
in the area of streets to be cleaned, it was
found necessary to detail two inspectors for
continuous duty, in the office in order that
the clerical work might be properly per-
formed. The balance of the inspectors on
the street cleaning annual list are paid from
5000 to $1,000 for supervising the cleaning
of the streets, and as their duties are iden-
tical in character it would be only just that
they be paid uniform compensation.
In July, 1900, the work of supervising
the collection and disposal of all classes Of
city refuse was assigned to this depart
ment and for this purpose it was necessary
to employ thirteen persons, who, as stated
above, are on the per diem list. OF these
eight are inspectors, six of whom oversee
the work in the six districts into which the
city has been divided for this purpose The
other two perform the necessary clerical
work in the office incident to the service
and by reason of decision of the account
ing officer they are also obliged to go out
on inspection duty, thus crippling the Of
flee to that extent.
The Classification.
From the foregoing it will, therefore, be
seen that the Office force at present consists
of one clerk (street cleaning), two inspect
ors (street cleaning) and two inspectors
Getty refuse), the three former on the per
annum list and the two latter on the per
diem list. Under the present classification
the service is seriously hampered owing to
the fact that some of the employees on
street cleaning work are better qualified to
perform city. refuse work, and vice versa
get the best results because of a decision
that employees on the street cleaning list
are to be confined to that class of work
and those on the city refuse list to city
refuse work, whereas if they were all on
the annual list each could be assigned to
such duties as he is best fitted for
The present salaries, both per diem and
annual, exclusive of laborers amount to
S42.49o, and under the proposed readiust-
ment and proper classification they would
amount to $4,000, being an increase of but
500. When it is considered, however that
the proposed change would add greatly to
the efficiency of the service, it NAV be said
that the slight increase would be more
than offset by the benefits which would be
derived from the readjustment.
THE proposed amendment on page %
line IL, reduces the appropriation for city
refuse $1,000 which reduction is due to the
transfer of eleven employees on city refuse
work to the annual salary list"
Text of the Amendment.
The language of the proposed amendment
is as follows: On page 10, line 1, strike out
the word Office and insert the word depart
ment.
On page TO- line 1, strike out all after the
word office and up to and including line o.
and insert the following: One superintend-
ent, S2,oOO; one assistant SUPERINTENDENT
Sl60o; one chief clerk, 81 400; one chief in
spector, S1,3OO; four clerks, 81, 200 each S4-
s0O; twenty-one inspectors, 81 200 each. $50.
2oo; one weighmaster, 1900; one foreman
of public dumps, 5000; one foreman of Gre
matory, $500; one stable foreman, $500; one
foreman at property yard, S7OO; one assist
ant weighmaster, $780, one messenger and
driver 5000; in all, $42 700.