Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-30
GOVERNMENT SALARIES.

| ia manly lHoiuuCCS WDCTG
the qualifications OF the recip.
tents are far from being >commen.
suratc with their wages" and as an
apparent set.off we find very fire.
quently that educated intelligence and
trained ability are but poorly recon.
pensed. There are also many branches
of Uncle Sans service where appli.
cants for positions must show the
possession of high degree of lnowl-
edge, experience and ability before
they can hope to secure n position OH
tho Civil Service Commissions cell.
gible' list, from which appointments
are usually made by tho heads OF
government departments or bureaus,
all of which cause the average oh.
server to sit up and take notice." and
mt tho same time to wonder 10 him or
herself when those in authority will
begin to arrive ut Il realizing sense
of the situation, and to make an hon
est effort to straighten out existing
conditions. These unequal and I'M
satisfactory conditions are found In
almost every branch CT the govern
mcnt service, not only in Washington,
but In every city, town and village or
hamlet where there are government
employcs--and on sea as on land.
They arc continually being brought,
sometimes rather forcibly, to the ut.
tentlon of newspaper correspondents,
through the complaints of heads of
families, and of men and women who
feel thaa they are being unfairly
treated, either In their examinations
for positions or appointments" or in
the alleged inadequate salaries pnid
for their clerical and ether work. OF
course, there's another side to this
question, on which many cogcnt argu.
mcnts are quoted; and, also, equally,
of course, the complaining "eligibles"
may be reminded that there are other
fields of endeavor open to them II
they are dissatisfied with what Uncle
Sam offers us wages to his official
subordinates.
case In point, and as the exam.
nations are to be held in several
towns In every State i'm the Union
for the purpose of securing cllgibles
public interest attaches to the places
and the facts connected with them, Is
the geological survey examinations
The salaries attached to these
positions range from $500 to
1000 year, according to the quail
ifications OF those certified, and ac-
cording to the vacancies that may oc.
CUR In any branch of the service re-
quiring similar qualification. The pc.
sltions of primary triangulator, pri-
mary trayerseman, and precise level
man will be filled from this examina.
ton. The applicant will be examined
in mathematics and surveying. The
subject Of mathematics will include
arithmetic, algebra to and including
problems involving quadratics, plane
and solid geometry, plane trigonome.
try, logarithms and mcnsuration. Elk.
animation in surveying will include
the use and care of Instruments, such
as the thecdolite, transit, wye level,
prism, or precise level, and cxamina-
ton In the elements OF astronomy MS
applied to surveying. A good school
education and not less than three
years experience in the use of tram
sit and level IN field work are reuuis-
lite to. eligibility A technical degree
In civil engineering will be accepted
as equivalent to two years of these
three.
Training and experience are rated |
us even more important that the sub.
jects of mathematics and surveying.
Persons, therefore, who have nat had
the required training and experience
should not apply for this examination.
You have certainly got to know a
lot for little money in this instance
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TOO MUCH FOR THE JUSTICES.
1t is not often that the United