Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-25

cense department was created with an
Inspector. a deputy, "a clerk and book
Keeper Their salaries amounted 10
s4,6SO and the work that they do was
accomplished year ago with one man.
In this department alone there Was an
increase in salaries OF 50, 500.
Rudolph AIN. who draws pay az city
auditor has to employ two extra clerks
in his office to carry out the method Of
bookkeeping established by the audi
tors at an increase in salaries OF 5000
a year. The one redeeming feature
about the auditors Office is that Depu-
~ City Auditor stevens is spending all
his time attempting TO simplify thc
method.
NEEDED TO ANSWER KICKS.
In the street department. an extra
clerk was employed and also an extra
poll tax collector 10 answer complaints
mostly. Raleigh increased the pay OF
his teamsters 50 cents day and also
his spilnkling cart drivers The health
department appointed a number OF ad-
dttional inspectors and assistants and
their salaries were raised among the
others. The city engineer followed suit
and 50 did the waterworlxs department
TO say nothing Of the other depart
ments. The pay rolls show an increase
of 80 clerks and assistants in the depart
ments for this year. The American"
administration pays out I'm salaries this
year approximately s3s5.00O which Is
more than half Of the amount received
directly from taxes and nearly one
third OF the total revenues received
for the entire year.
FARM Run AT A LOSS.
In the apportionment allowed the
land and water commissioner is an item
OF 81 1881 for his farming account. It
cost this year to harvest the hay,
81 ,60S.0s.
When Frank Matthews attempted 70
sell his hay Thomas Holiday. superin-
tendent of waterworKs. refused to buy
II. Jake Raleigh street supervisor
refused to feed il to his horses and Il
was sold for about $500. a pure loss TO
the city Of nearly $1,000. The receipts
from the farm amounted to only few
dollars compared with the amount
spent on the city's property.
The land and water commissioner
Is also supposed to keep records OF the
city's lands but there is nothing on
file Matthews has a stenographer
who holds a position which was Great
ed for a sister Of President A. ]. Davis
Of the city council.
A FEW SIDE ISSUES.
Another source of extravaganza is
the purchasing OF gravel az Is cents
a load. Jake Raleigh. the street sup
erintendent and his partner. William
Harmon, have sold the city s., 600 worth
OF gravel SO far this year. T.. J. Moran,
the official contractor, also sells gravel
10 the city which he would be glad 10
get rid Of for nothing.
The city crematory Is another expen-
slNe place The furnacemen and en-
ployos out there received a salary Of
s. 100. When Councilman Fernstrom
was out there a few days ago, he found
that one man was IN charge OF the
works, and that the other two were
skinning dead animals and selling
hides for their own profit The
crematory is operated about six hours
= day when Il IL supposed to be kept
IN operation Tor eight hours a day.
PARTY ORGANS PICKINGs.
In the matter OF advertising. it WIN
cost salt Lake this year about $4,000.
The prevailing price which the
American" party organ charges Is 80
cents an inch but a great deal OF the
adfcrtlsing costs 81 an inch.
J. Il. MOretOn, city recorder, refuses
TO ask for bids whereby he could cut
this amount In two, saving the city
about $4,000 a year.
The advertising deal which tho
county commissioners put. through a
linquent tax list cost s. cents an inch
But this price Is not exorbitant COM
pared 10 what the city pays Tor its
legal advertising
INCOMPETENT EMPLOYEES.
The oarelessncss OF tho employees and
the negligence Of the heads OF depart
ments are responsible for the large
number of damage suits for personal
injuries which are brought against the
city. The board OF estimate ana ap-
port lonments decided that $4,000
would cover an the claims against the
city this year There are already
however. claims amounting 10 $4,000
against the city. A number OF tho
cases have been tried and some have
been beaten but others have obtained
damages
AUTOMOBILES FOR MEN
Louis &. Kelsey who was city en-
slnecr until recently. started another
me Of extravaganza this year when
ne city purchased him an automobile.
The machine has cost the city about
ila month 10 entertain Kelsey and
niE family and friends. A movement
u now on foot 40 buy more machincs
next year n the Americans" are sue
'esHfll IN This campaign
The city II now paying for about 10
lofnfa ana CARRIAGES for Officials. Thc
humane officer for Instance makes about
lne trip week In his horse and buggy
Ior the city. The rest OF the time he
uses HE rig IN attending 10 his private
business az a veterinary surgeon
COMIC OPERA INSPECTIONS.
The board or public works emplovea
io Inspectors last August on the public
improvements, They are not recuirod
lp pass an examination 10 nnd out N
'heN were competent but the only
lea llncaton a. 10 have the endorscnient
pr inc district chairman OF their ward
"a one instance the cost OF the inspoo-
~" on one soNef contract awarded %
the Ross CONSTRUCTION company VA
naiI as much az the extension.
hefe are a few Of The places where
me taApaycrH money goes la the "a.