Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-28
HELP. TO
Be BETTER PAID
BOARD INCREASES SALARIES
ALL AROUND
Several Promotions Are Made and All
Changes Become Effective on
October 1-Lummis Gets
All He Asks

With the exception of the immediate
assistants of Librarian Lummis ever!
young woman employed in the publl'
library department received a raise il
salary at the meeting of the board ol
library directors last evening.
The increase affects fifty-eight younl
women and is the result of an investi
cation by Librarian Lummis into thu
salaries paid in other large cities.
Mr.. Lummis sent for a schedule OIL
salaries paid in every large library IL
the United States and found by COM
parison that the employees of the Los
Angeles institution were pitifullS
underpaid.
When he found this to be the case he
placed the proposition before the board
of library directors and they were
unanimous in the opinion that salaries
should be raised all around.
Good service can only be secured by
an adequate remuneration" said MIR
Lummis last night. Our employees
have been underpaid and it has been
our idea to give them a living wage.
We want to make them feel that we
appreciate merit and that they will be
rewarded for efficiency"
Make Promotions
In addition to having their salaries
raised a number were advanced to
positions of more honor and RESPONSE
bility. Early in the meeting the board
adopted resolution to create the
position of assistant to a number of
heads of departments and in the ex-
ecutive session which followed, when
were named.
Following are those advanced in
position with an increase in salary,
effective October 1:
Misses Ethylene Fagge and Mamie
Bennett advanced to assistants In the
reference department; salary $65, for
merly $50.
Miss Stella Beckley advanced from
principal of the bindery department to
principal of the department of western
history; salary $75
Mrs. Emile Jackson advanced to
principal of the mail department; sal
ary $50, formerly $45
Christine Clark advanced from prin-
cipal Of the registry department TO
principal of the fiction department;
salary $40, formerly $65.
Edith M Wheat advanced 70 oseist
ant of history material department;
salary S55, formerly $45
Margaret Melzer advanced to assist
ant fiction department; salary $50, for
merly $40.
Katherine Hilton advanced to assist
ant mail department; salary $45, for
merlv $35.
Jesslyn Andrews advanced to assist
ant of accession and workroom; salary
$55, formerly $45.
Christine Tracey advanced to assist
ant of juvenile department; salary $50,
formerly $45.
Josephine Lancaster advanced to as.
sistant of the classical department;
salary S55, formerly $45.
Charlotte Casey advanced to assist
ant of school department; salary $50,
formerly $40.
Georgia Hargan advanced to princi-
pal of the bindery department; salary
$55, formerly $45.
Laura S. Hills advanced to principal
of the registry department; salary $55,
formerly $45.
In addition to those who were ad-
vanced in position thirteen young wo-
men who have been employed as sub
stitutes and paid at the rate of $50 a
month were put on the regular staff
and the minimum wage fixed at $35.
This increase in the minimum wage
will affect those assistants in branches
who have been receiving but $50 a
month. The $35 clause will affect
thirty-nine young women employees.