The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22

The revised fee and salaries ordi-
nance came UP for consideration De
fore the committee. But few changes
We're made though Councilman Hughes
endeavored to secure an increase OF
the salaries of the chief of police and
the superintendent of the electric light
plant of from 81 900 to $1,000. He
wanted a reduction in the salary of the
to reduce the plumbing inspectors
salary from $1,000 to $500. What
does he do?" asked the colonel He
doesn't work over six or seven hours a
day and here is the chief of police
working night and day, II or 1S hours.
He has 35 men working under him
and he has to be responsible for them.
While here is the plumbing inspector
with not one man under him, responsi-
Bile for no one except himself and he
gets paid the same. 1 tell you there is
no equity in this system. The city is
not paying its employees according to
their ability. You take the Superin-
tendent of that electric light plant he
has to be a highly educated man. Any
one with common sense can be
plumbing inspector. If you're not go
ing to raise the salaries of the other
two men you ought to cut the plumb
ing inspector down to $50 per month"
Councilmen Howe and Green sug-
gested that the plumbing inspector
might be induced to have longer hours
by putting the inspection of meters in
The captains of the fire department
had their salaries reduced 81. The
old ordinance specified that they
should be paid 1902.
Whats that 81 for?" said J. w. f.
Hughes.
Il don't know" responded William
Green. Its in this old ordinance that
way. I can't imagine what it is for
well 1 move that it be cut out"
said Councilman Hughes. The motion
prevailed.
Somewhere, somehow the city has
lost an ordinance. That ordinance
must have provided for a reduction in
the salary of the food inspector from
$500 to $500. for all along for the past
two years the council has been paying
$66.66 a month to that officer. But
the ordinance cannot be found and the
only ordinance that exists provideS for
salary of $500. The committee decid-
ed to recommend that the city pay
$500 year to the food inspector.
As the fee and salaries ordinance
was recommended for passage Coun-
Gilman Hughes announced def1antly:
Il am going to move to increase the
salaries of the chief of police and the
superintendent of the electric light
plant in the council meeting and I am
going to win, too"
A new proposition for the sale of it's
enclosed arc lamps and the rewinding
or the armatureS at the city electric
light plant was made by the Fort
" eAS AlC EAGClIlC COHlDduy last night to
the committee. The sealed offer was
opened last evening. They offer to do
the. reminding, furnish new com
mutators, regulators and 342 lamps
for $3.50 cash, f. o. b. Topeka and
$1,000 for monthly payments of $500
each, f. 0. b. Topeka. The old lamps
are to be the property of the electric
company.
The Warner Electric company. the
only other rival for the city's business
in its proposition claims that it is moi
necessary at at this time to rewind
the dynamos and its offer is propor-
tionately less. On the basis of the
necessity of reminding the dynamos
the two propositions are about even
The committee decided that the matter
was too technical for them and de-
cided to employ the services of two ex-
pert electricians and submit the two
proposition to them for decision.
The streets and walks committee
held an uninteresting session last even
ing. There was nothing of impor-