Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-12
PREPARING EXAMINATIONS
FOR MANY CITY JOBS
214 CANDIDATES ANXIOUS FOR
POSITIONS
Saturday Promises to Be the Biggest
Event in History of Local Civil
Service-Contests Arranged for
Fifty Municipal Situations

Members of the civil service board
Saturday will hold the largest and
most important civil service examina-
tion that the city has yet called. Two
hundred and fourteen candidates are
registered for the examinations, which
will be held simultaneously at the
Turnveren gymnasium on Figueroa
street and the Grand Avenue school
house.
approximately fifty positions are
open to the ones who will pass with
the highest grades. OF these positions
the majority are now filled by emer-
gency appointees. The salaries of each
range from a minimum of $50 month
to that of the position of sergeant-at-
arms and council committee clerk,
which carries with 1t a salary of $3.50
a month.
Bert Farmer is the present occupant
of this position, which was handed
over to him with all the grace and
good will of Walter Parker. 1t is the
big plum. Farmer has big advantage
over his only competitor, Jerome ".
Scofield, deputy in the tax collectors
office.
Farmer was appointed to the place
on the resignation of Willard Goodwin
six weeks ago. His experience and
general knowledge of what is expected
of him will count largely in his favor.
He resigned his place as license clerk
to succeed Goodwin.
Library Examination Put OFF
At the Turnverein gymnasium the
physical examination Of candidates for
f1remen will take place. Capt. Charles
Kiener will be in charge. All other
candidates will be examined at the
Grand Avenue school house by Arthur
Slls Knight and Irving M. Walker, at
torneys, who have prepared the ques-
tions for all the positions excepting
those relating to the engineers depart
ment. For the last the examination
will be conducted by j. G. Avakian, an
engineer.
At the request of Librarian Charles
r, Lummis the examination Of candi-
dates for the positions of assistant
principals in his department has been
postponed until the second week in
November.
The positions to be filled are as fol-
lows:
Care taker, Fairgrounds department; |;
watchman, park department; stenogra-
pher, water department; file clerk, wa
ter department. school nurse, health de-
partment; sergeant-at-arms, council !;
hoseman, fire department.; telephone
operator. fire department; blacksmith,
fire department. chairman, engineer s
department; instrumentman, engineer S
department; craftsman, engineers de-
partment; surveyor, engineers depart
ment; assistant engineer, engineers de-
partment night foreman outfall sewer.
engineers department; superintendent
outfall sewer, engineers department; /;
assistant superintendent outfall sewer,
engineers department; inspector, en-
gineer's department; messenger, en-
gineers department. tool sharpener,
school department. fuel inspector,
school department; building inspector,
school department; assistant book
keeper, school department.; superin-
tendent's clerk, school department.; car
penter. school department.; general at
tendant, school department; page, IL
brary; assistant assessment clerk,
opening and widening streets; machin-
ist, street department; engineer pneu-
matte sweeper, street department; fire
inspector, building department; build
ing Inspector, building department.;
clerk, electrical department.