The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-23
Eetters to tbe Gditsr
The salary Increase.
., Montgomery. Nov. aa. 1905.

The Salary Increase.
 Montgomery. Nov. 22, 1905.
 A great deal has been said about in, creasing the salary of the city em. ployes. As a. member of the old Salary SDmmittss tee two years c ago, 3 competed @ q Kohn and myself. and also of the late Salary Committee. I am familiar with the salary ordinance.
 Advertiser figures the inerease in sal- leagues on the Salary Committee figure
 s and aaraS sas asEos s T. ssEssss' 4heas F, are two sides to this question and ac- sra9S sSe ta r sne say sy so thnk as ieasnes Sss" protect. f % %because they W asured nys the increase of the Fire Department at S5,700, when according to the city pay 9 it s aoy Os sesea ocsa sasS sssss soss same officer, Mir. Ed Graham. has been signing the pay roll at patroIman's year. which is only an increase of $500 per year and not $1.0S0. We did not create this ofice, only. elevated the of- tiesr to his right position % ,a The follow Ux, in my position on the new salary or ' Per Year. SIty lTeasuIef.' = ss s'.ss'''$ evv'vv Two W Meat inspectors at slaoco
 chief Sanitary inspector. .... 2oS.So Sanitary oficer in charge of -
 Immigration wagon. 10000 City Electrician. ..... 10000 Chief Engineer at power house. 30000 w work. ... ....... l5o.oo
 mate Si1 days at So 50. ......... 157oo One meter reader and repairer. 10000 One Captain of Police -. =. 300.00 One Day Sergeant of Police.... 240.00
 troiman to detective. =. - -. soo.oo One roundsman elevated from
 patrolman to roundsman.. .. 120.00 Assistant City Engineer. s00.00
 Total increase city officials. .s3.477.0o Less decrease Market Janitor 300.o0 Net increase city ofscials. .ss.i77.oo Fire Department.
 Assistant chiief. aiso, Captain 'O'''' Captains. $500 per month, ,..ou
 $60.00 per year. .... 1S0.00 Engineers. $500 per month,
 sso.o6 per year. '. ...... sOo.oo
 siso.o0 per year. .. 12o.oo drivers. s15.o0 per month.
 $1so,00 per year.. .... s6o.0o pipemen, $500 per month,
 s1so.oo per year. -. 72o.oo siso.o6 Der year. :. -. 72o.Oo sI2o.O0 per year. .. -. 24o.0o
 s1so.UO per ysar .... s54o.oo tffIermau SI5 0n mar month
 $1s9o0 per year. .......... lSo.oo s4 Total Fire Department. .s4.Oso. %
 Total city officials. .. .... 3.177.00
 Total increased. .. :. ....s7,257OO Increase of Water Department,
 not coming out of general
 fund, and therefore to be deducted. ........ 55o.o0
 ' Te make aJ my position clear 'S,"i;Se on the Fire Department increase, two years ago. for example, the pipemen, ladder men and tillerman were receiving sal at sS pep onh tbe Committee agreed to recommend an tn- crease according to the length of ser vice in the Department, and to start the new men at $45 per month, one year in service at $50 per month, two years in service at $55 per month. So, &C., cording to the pay roll some of these Hlcu nave WOfhtU up tO tHC llultLt anu are receiving above salary which will stand under the old salary ordinance. The new salary ordinance starts all new men in service at the increased salary as per my figures above. All new men viz. pipemen. laddermen and tillermen from now on will begin at $i0 less, or $50 per month.
 Since the city of Montgomery has taken in the new territory we have not created any new offices, only put on ten additional patrolmen and five additional sanitary inspectors, and this additional increase in salary is about 6 1-2 per cent. of the total amount salaries paid out.
 In regard to the annual deficit of $65. 900 this was explained by Alderman Gunter on the floor of the Council Mon- day night. It was caused by the per- manent Improvements being charged against the general fund, such as about s15,000 for emergency hospital about $12.0O0 for fire steamer, chemical en- zines and new hose, $11.000 for two new engines houses. opening of South Mc- Donough Street and other items, such as patrol wagon, storm water sewers, additional lights, extra quarantine of ficers, and payment on the worthless gravel pit. Tn fact of all these extra expenditures as a conservative business man I think the City Council and Ex- ecutive Department have done we'll
 Adolph Roemer,
 Member of Salary Committee.