Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-02
Ordinance No. II, ,095


An Ordinance providing for the number
of persons to be employed in the Street
Department of the City of Los Angeles
and for their appointment and liking
their several compensations.
The Mayor and Council of the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section /. There shall be employed In
the Street Department of the City of Los
Angeles, beginning with the first day of
October, 1906: One chief outside deputy at
a salary of $4,000 per month; one secre-
tary of Street Department at salary or
$125.00 per month; one assessment clerk
at salary of $15000 per month; one clerk
for opening and widening of streets at a
salary of $4,000 per month; one book
keeper at salary Of $1,000 per eIo month; m /;
two desk clerks at a salary of $4,000 each
per month; one record and assistant as
sessment clerk at a salary of $4,000 per
month; one stenographer and assistant
assessment clerk at a salary OF $6o.OO per
month; one corral foreman and store
keeper at a salary of $500 per month; six
inspectors at salary of $lOO.OO each per
month, each of whom shall furnish a
horse and buggy at his own expense; two
street sweeping inspectors at salary OF
$500 each per month; four inspectors Oh
street sprinkling at a salary of $4,000 each
per month, each of whom shall furnish
horse and buggy at his own expense; nine
gang foremen at a salary Of $500 each
per month; one inspector of street sweep
ing machines at salary of $9o.OO per
month; two engineers of street sweeping
machines at a salary of $1,000 each per
month; one steam roller engineer at a
salary of $3.50 per day; one repairer OF
street signs, with horse and wagon, at a
salary of $500 per day; two drivers of
street cleaning machines, each with three
horses, at salary of 5000 each per day:
fifty street hand sweepers at a salary of
800 each per day; four drivers with
teams for street sweeping at salary or
$4 90 each per day; los drivers of two
horse sprinkling wagons at salary or
81 90 each per day; ten drivers of four
horse sprinkling wagons at a salary of
S2.25 each per day; one chief sewer iusher
at salary of $4,000 per month; eight
sewer fiusherS at salary of SO. 90 each per
day; three gutter layers at salary of
SO 90 each per day; one boss carpenter at
salary of $500 per month";; two car
penters at a salary of $500 each per day
one asphalt foreman at salary of $S5 .OO
per month; seven asphalt workers at a
salary of 800 each per day; three culvcrt
flushers and alley cleaners at salary OF
81 each per day, and one man with
horse and cart at salary of $500 per
day; fifty-five drivers with teams at a
salary of $4.O0 each per day; three cart
drivers at a salary of $2.25 each per day
1870 laborers at salary of 500 each per
day.
The persons whose compensations are
herein fixed by the day shall receive the
Following overtime for Sundays, holidays
and extra night work: Sprtnkling driV-
ers, time and one-quarter; teamsters en-
ployed in sweeping department and hand
sweepers. time and one-quarter; laborers,
time and one-half. All others employed
by the day. time and one-half.
The persons whose compensations are
herein fixed by the day shall be paid only
for the time they are actually employed
All of the said employees shall be APP
pointed by the Street Superintendent.
Sec 2. All Ordinances or parts of Ordi-
nances in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Sec. g. This Ordinance is urgently
required for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety;
and the City Clerk shall certify to It's
passage by a two-thirds vote OF the
Council, and cause it to be published
once in the Los Angeles Herald, and
thereupon and thereafter it shall take
effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the whole num-
ber of members of the City Council OF
the City of Los Angeles is nine, and
that the foregoing Ordinance was
passed by a two-thirds vote of said
Council, at its meeting of September %
1905, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes-Messrs. Blanchford, Ford, Ham
mon, Healy, Hitler, Houghton, Smith ano
Summerland (0.
Noes-None.
City Clerk
Approved this 2sth day of September
-'''' OWEN McALEER,
1912 1t Mayor.