Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-28

The council yesterday amended the
salary ordinance of the police depart
ment in such manner that hereafter
there will be two police surgeons and
two assistant police surgeons, the lat
ter to receive 800 per month each. I'M
mediately after the ordinance was
passed the new places were filled by
appointment.
Councilman Healy nominated DIR.
Charles w. Bonynge and Councilman
Smith nominated DR.. Charles Freed
man. DIR. Bonynge has been in the
service of the police department as All
emergency assistant surgeon. DIR.
Freedman was employed in the same
capacity several months ago. He then
went east, relinquishing his work. Both
were elected.
The ordinance calls for the attendance
of one or the other of the assistant
surgeons both day and night. The two
surgeons Of the department are DIR.
S. j. Quint and Dr. A. M. Smith. The
surgeons are supposed to be always
within call of the department. They
each receive a salary of $3.50 per
month.
Another distribution of patronage
which has been making the councilmen
and the mayor uneasy was disposed of.
This was the parceling out of the
places created under the ordinance
which provides for the reorganizatio
of IN a tha r1O1ipo n tinn
This ordinance was placed upon it's
final passage yesterday morning, after
a long consultation between the mayor
and members of the council. 1t is
understood that the consultation had
to do with division of the places
created by the ordinance.
There are five of these places, one
identification clerk, one secretary to
the captains of police and three tele-
phone clerks. 1t was finally decided
that the mayor was to appoint the two
clerks and the councilmen the three
telephone operators.
The question that perplexed the Re-
publican members of the council was
how they should determine who was
to name the appointees. Houghton
was not present and the vote of the
other Democrat, Kern, was in great
demand among his Republican
brethren.
The councilmen went into the OBJ
scurity of the committee room, from
whence they sent out the fiat, mo
newspaper men admitted" Then they
held an election to see who the lucky
distributors of patronage should be.
The result was favorable to Hitler,
Summerland and Harmon.
Killers candidate is F. Lowe, a resi-
dent of the Second ward. President
Summerland will select Frank r..
Lemon, former police officer who has
been partially disabled by an accident.
Harmon has made no selection. 1t is
presumed that the member from the
Second will be interviewed by every
eligible man in his ward during the
ensuing week.
The mayors appointees to the clerk
ships will be former secretary of the
Republican city central committee,
Jack" Wright, and Joseph Anchors.
Mayor McAleer said he would leave the
selection of places to the men them
selves or let them agree with the chief
on that point.
1t is assumed that Wright will be
slated as the secretary to the captains,
as he Is a man of clerical ability.
Wright is now at Sacramento as
committee clerk in the state senate.
Each clerical position carries a salary
of $S5 per month. The telephone opera
tors will receive SIS per month.
1t is understood that all of the APP
pontments are what are termed
emergencies, and that civil service
examinations will be held for the
places later.