The San Francisco call., 1906-05-23
LEVY. IN FAVOR
Of HIGHER PAY
Asks Finance Committee
to Give Bricklayers
More Wages.
P. H. Mccarthy Says So
Per Diem Is Enough
for Them.

A difference of opinion between Louis
Levy, secretary of the Board of Public
Works, and P. H. Mccarthy, represent.
Mondays meeting of the finance commit
tee. Mr.. Levy had asked that the COM
pensation of bricklayers for doing emer,
gency work be fixed at S6 per day instead
of $4 per day, the compensation nXed by
the committee. Levy retired after having
been promised that the committee would
look into the matter.
After Levy had gone P. H. Mccarthy
arrived, and in response to question by
Chairman Phelan said that the 81 per
diem rate would be satisfactory.
The matter came up on communica-
ton from DIR. w. A. Harvey, asking that
the claims of the brcklayers should be
allowed at the rate of S6 per day. He
vices free of charge for several days re-
pairing chimneys for the writer's depart
ment and that his board. had agreed to
pay at the rate of Sc per diem as required
by the rules of the Bricklayers' Union;
also that the men had been employed
prior to the passage of the resolution OF
sation skilled labor at S4 per diem and
for unskilled labor at $3.50 per diem:
Louis Levy said that the adoption of
this scale of wages had caused much dis
content. They were all union men, he
added, and should be paid union wages.
They could have earned S12 day work
were in great demand at the time they
We're working for the Board of Public
Works.
'sHouseholders continued Levy, were
willing to pa them so many dollars per
hour for their immediate services in re-
pairing chimneys."
After Levy had gone Mccarthy came
in to urge the prompt payment of the bills
of men who worked under Colonel Kelly
ond C. Wesley Reed.
BY the way said Chairman Phelan;
I'VE fixed the compensation for skilled
laobr at S4 day and unskillee labor at
$50: is that right?'.,
cheerfully; that is perfectly satisfactory.
These men, no doubt, are perfectly willing
to cooperate with your committee IN
bringing about the normal condition OF
things"
All emergency work is to be paid
alike said the chairman, and we can't
make any exceptions.
In executive session the committee de-
cided to adhere to the regular schedule
of $4 and $3.50 respectively.
Chairman Phelan announced that S10,-
900 worth of tools had been sent to the
committee from New York by Colonel
Otis of the Los Angeles Times and that
they would be given to mechanics apply
ing in writing for them.
Customs Collector Stratton reported
that $4,000 worth of tools had arrived
from Canada and had been turned over
to the Red Cross. He reported further
that thirty carloads of provisions for
Oakland had been received from Los An
geles.
w Fuller of the Overland Freight and
Transfer Company urged upon the COM
nittee the necessity for speedy payment
of bill of s6S46 due the draymen for
emergency work.
letter from President Forgan of the
Chicago relief committee notifying the
committee that he had a balance of
s4S2 ,0e0 on hand available for the uses
of the San Francisco committee was
read.
The Rock Springs Distilling Company
of Owensboro. KY, donated SIPS.
A check for $1,000 was received from
the following named wholesale deal
ers of this city: Johnson-Locke Mer-
camille Company; Simon. Levy & Co.;
H. Campet Company; Laventhal Bros.
Hildebrandt. Posner Company; Cartan,
Mccarthy Company; John Leonfet Com
pany; Charels Meinicke & Co.; Sher-
wood & Sherwood c. W. Craig & Co. ;
Illinois Pacific Glass Company; Tillmann
& Bendel; l.. Taussig & Co.: n. Van
Bergen & Co.; Naber, Alfs & Brune; A
P. Hotaling & Co.; F. Chevalier Com
pany; the Rosenblatt Company; Fleisch-
man & Co.: Italian-Swiss Colony; Will
liam Wolff & Co.; E. G. Lyons & Rass
Co.; Hey, Grauerholz & Co.; Livingston
& Co.; Hilbert Mercantile Company;
Shea, Bocqueraz & Co.; Herscher. Sam
uels & Co.; Corning & Co.; Roth & Co.;
We'll Bros. & Sons; Wichman, Lutgen &
Co.; Siebe Bros. & Plagemann: Clarke
Bros. & Co.; Jones, Mundy & Co.; E.
Martin & Co.; Wilmerding Lowe Com
pany and Ahrens; Pein & Bullwinkle.