The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
CITY GIVES
....COOD'W,'I AGES
Many Increases Of Salaries Voted
for BY Common Council
last Night.
SAFE EXITS FROM 3 UlLDlNGs.

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INCREASES IN SALARIES
VOTED II NIGHT
city Accountant. 1900 to $1,000
Superintendent street t$ 5j III 81
Cleaning X 200 TO S1,5oo
Bookkeeper Il, 4 E ngi. Ii N # n
l,eer's offIco., ...s71 900 10 $1,000
superintendent Gas u
Works .....s............$2,7 1880 TO $4,000
Gas lnspcetor ,..........st,5 oo TO, $1,dD
| Tho above. are thc salary Increased
granted by tho Common Council last
night, all having previously passed the
Board or Aldermen.
In addition, the pay of laborers III va
rlous departments have boon raised. and
there has been h general increase ainonE
lthe heads or various departments. sS5$
+ New ordinances have been offered pro-
vidIns for urtherslrcrcases.
By rho Council held IN adjourned session
las t,-night, uhd transacted il gl'ca u dcal 7
Iofsbusincss. Tho ordinance prevailing sal lt 9
exits y 10 public buildings was adopted |,
and that to pay the members 81 ltle
Council was frecommltted. sG 4
Tho salary raises noted above were
adopted and the calendar clcuicd $ot, 2
mass Of work. h 55s j s$s NJ u n
8GA large quantity orS routine business
was disposed OF before ANY contested
matter was reached. Tic ordinance, which.
HAS alreadyS becn printed at len 9Th, pro-
|yidirig for safe exits 3 for all; puplios
buildings Il, tho city h,,d directing the
Board Il Fire commissioners 10 Put z y
Into operation, was read ,S al,d Mr. Huber
moved that 1t be lab ,ed and printed N. MI
Mills favored & this motion Ind 1t was vas
opposed by Mr.. CrcnshaW, who wanted
Immediate ction. sS.B S,,t
5I Colonel Cutshaw, city engineer, camefin
atEthis time ana was heard IN g Sl,lan:L.
ton Of tho ordinance no mott =! q
Mr.. ii libei.9 wa s rejected, and tho ordi-.
nance was ono eonherrpng
department and fire alarm service was !al'
al so adopted, and that incr easlng tl ~
salary OF tho city acc nj from Sl,Sv ~!
to =. 4oD per was e
d, FOR Paying Members.
,rh e$ordinnnc,. to amend the charter 50
Eprovlde for q In mem e
Barber and committed to the Committee
Nj. Nils opposed the suspcndirg OF tho
rifles for, the consideration Of nn ordi-
nance to raise the salary IT the claS
eleetriclan and 1t went 70 sho t1n siarss
Committee. as did that TO appoint @ clerk
to tho Committee on " alter. q ssiEs y,
Tho Ordinance creating the pos ton. q o.
city nurchastg gent wa 8 e a ~,
tie tie letter Of Hon. 5B.j5 "a. Munrord was.
received nnd filed, getting fort Ia thu 81
committee upon invcslig at ion was sails
lied that Mnnto5d trea A Tetlece'oh
II he report OF the special 20 tninitt tee Tc-
cornf1,endint: thai tho Admitting &c Ma MT:
|afncturing Company be g ven q roDate = e.
$3.50 on their tax contract was advocated
Is Mrs Pollock and opposed, Il ny A IT
Miner. MIR. Glenn advocated me sr y
as did also Mi. Erickssi Z }. ,r.
II MI. CARRIER opposed the eport ana MI.
Miner spoke agalnaon the same Lire : ih I'M
report was adopted yes. 2g: noes, ~, ..
resolution from tho Board OF Al
dormeh extending the sympa thies ol ltles
city TO the people OF ~, III II bsi On
|. motion Of Mi. BiootnbefE, Of, account T OF
the time which has elapsed.
increases in Salaries.
Tile ordinance fixing the salary or !, The ne
superintendent Of street cleaning ~ fl,ovo
changes in the ordinance fixing the sal .,i
aries Of the clerks and bookkeepers IN the
engineers department were rejected.
Ijpon roll-c;.ll Mr. Bloombers O1fereo al
ordinance increasing the pay of tho ply.
sieians 10 the poor from 700 to $40 per
month also e let ,,s I, rem
d
laughter, dpd both papers wen 70 tho
5Etnnnce Committee. g ii i, |, /. sl.,,
vote BY " liich tile body rejected the ordi-s
nance relating t sal rles In the engineers
department. and MI. Lynch moved that ! g!
Ep d 81 eas etty s Ss e A Esa
moved. as Il, substitute that it be made
MI. I,ync that it} be SS'soo ana
Z Mi Mr. I Poil6cf moved that the bookkecper's
salary ID liked at $500. and, this WAS
nsresa to ana tne Grone ens
: Mr.. Hargrove9 presented an ordinance
increasing the salary of tile audltor from *,
1890 hna 4 alGng
"A More for Superintendent.
Glenn called up The ordnance nn CO. 9 e
Tie gas depaltment aI so0 y, when non wns
slas ssS aqa b %syse 49, $ :. IS
Mr., crenahaw OPPOSED The g, in.
Advocated ted the the motion sof Mn Glenn ana
appeared for It's adoption. Though he
SAG tNe Peep ps AKA a bee able
to understand The exa ct status q fairs
ii tho works as to the cost Of making
Mi. Crcnstiaw thong lit the people should
know, aud that the supsrintalldent should
no able, IL any man was, 10 tell.
q The ordinance as amended WAS adopted
h Mr.. Glenn moved. to take from the
Of the sas Inspector, and 1t was adopted.
The ofdlnance raises The 50 larry from
$1,000 70 800, and MI tlickS. moved 70
5inent was adopted, and the ordinance
agreed 10.
The body then adjourned, 5i&