The news & observer., 1905-01-08
Dispensary Officers For
Increased Salaries.
EN- LIKEWISE
Dispensary Commissioners Jones Re-
signs..-F. r. Brown Elected PO-
Iiceman---DispensarY Profits
Last Quarter $24,528.56-.-
For Athletic Park.
For Athletic Park.

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it but not what he wanted.
The Board of Aldermen last night
had some calls for money. The Dis
pensary officers names were sent in
by the Dispensary Commissioners with
increased pay hitched to the list.
There is likely to be hard shedding for
this.
This was done by the Dispensary
Commissioners in transmitting their
report for the last quarter of 1904,
sending a check for $40, 900, one-half
for city and one-half for the county
the recommendation being that the
salaries of the Dispensary officers be
increased as follows:
w. p. Batchelor, Manager, $1,000
to $1,500 per year.
H. j. Heilig, Assistant Manager. ST.
900 to LOO per year.
w. A. Baker. Clerk. $40 to $50 per
month.
w. n. Snellings. Commissioners, $40
To $50 a month.
This was referred to the Finance
Committee who will report back to
the next meeting.
There was also a call for more mon
ey from another quarter. request
from members of the Raleigh Fire
Department for an increase in pay was
received. An increase of from $3.50
TO $1,000 q month was asked for by
E. j. Parrish, Ed. Ennis, Lamar Perry.
of the Hook and Ladder Company
Ernest Hill and p. Mangum, Capital
Hose Company, Gordon Harris, w. w.
Flow, NJ. Pennington, Rescue Com
pany. This was endorsed by Fred
w. Mahler Assistant Chief A SINH
lar request came from Robt Watson,
John Haywood and William Haywood,
of the Victor Hose Company.
The request states that the men are
required TO be at headquarters from
8 p. m. TO 9 80 a. m During the win
ter months of course our duties are
harder and more severe.
request was received from mer-
chants i'm business on Wilmington
street for a swinging arc-light across
Wilmington street at the east end of
the city hall. Referrd To Light and
Finance Committee.
A request for the use of Metro
politan Hall for the state Cotton
Growers Convention on the 18th of
January was granted.
a request was received from the
Athletic Committee of A. and M.
College for the granting of permission
TO use a space within Pullen Park
for an Athletic Park, this to be equip
ped and cared for without cost TO
the city. This was referred to the
Park Committee and City Attorney
With power TO act.
'rhe resignation of Mr. w. y. Jones
as a member of the Board of Commits
sioners of the Raleigh Dispensary TO
take effect on the first of February
was presented by Alderman Habel, who
said this was to have been presented
at the special meeting to take effect
January first but he had not handed
l. J.
first. II further explained that Mr..
Jones had TO neglect his private busi-
ness for the Dispensary affairs, that
he had never Intended to stay on the
Board long and wished TO resign as
DispensaTY affairs were in good shape.
The resignation was accepted.
The financial report showed receipts
to be for December: From Chief of
Police, $413.19; from Sanitary In
spector, S403.43 from City Tax Col
lector $6,S4S.67. OF this $4,871.00 be-
ing general tax, $1,S26.90 special tax,
$65.17 penalty on taxes $3.50 for
street paving. The disbursements
were: For salaried officers, $1,402. 30,
for departments, $2,764.2S. The total
expenses were reported as being $10,-
329.95, of this $2,550.228 being to the
water-works for fire protection. inter-
e1t to Citizens National Bank $7S1.1S
and to Raleigh Electric Company for
lights $772,54.
The report of Chief of Police Null
Inns showed 103 arrests i'm December,
of these the whites being 50 male, 0
female; colored 81 male, female.
Sick time loss was reported as fol-
lows Bell. / day; Haynes, 81 days;
Rogers, days: Leeson, IA days.
The charity practice report showed
for December 100 visits made. lS0 pa
tiients treated in Dispensary. SO pre-
Scriptions written. l patient sent to
hospital, 240 people Vaccinated. Rex
Hospital report showed q paid and
II charity patients. Receipts from
paid patients $470.S1. Tota expnses
$442.S2.
The Dispensary report for the quar-
showed sales for October $19,975.571,
November $17310.S2, December $22,-
996, total $60,222.53. Expenditures
in the way of dividends, merchandise,
salaries, &c, $46,2 ,226.57. the bank ball
anceS being $30,900.1S. The standing
at end of quarter is stock on hand
$1S,169.21. The profit for the quar-
ter is $24,52S.66 and $4,000 has been
paid to the city and county for the
quarter.
Alderman Johnson said that the
Committee on Franchise to the Ra-
eigh Eectric Company had not had
time to meet and report on the fran
chise asked. Time was given the
committee.
Alderman Johnson stated that the
Finance committee in a few days
would meet to consider the claim of
Kirkland injured ait the city farm, and
the killing of a horse OF Mr.
Schwartz. Time to look into these
matters was given, and an agreement
is possible.
The following ordinance was intro
duced by Alderman Separk. 1t goes
over to the next meeting:
That Chapter xiv of the Ordinances
of the City of Raeigh be amended by
adding thereto the following section:
Every druggist or apothecary
whether a person, firm, copartnership
or corporation, dealing in spurious.
vinous OF malt liquors, or mediicated
bitters, shall pay a semi-annual IL
cense tax of fifty dollars for such priv
ege. Every such license shall have
printed thereon, in large colored let
ters not less than one inch high and
one-half inch wide. the words Drug
gists Liquor License, and whenever