The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-12
SALARY RAISES
ARE APPROVED By
THE
Many increases Made at Sug-
gestion of the Finance
~Cammittee.
HOSPITAL EXTENSION
PLAN is ENDORSED
Would issue $40, 900 Worth
of Bonds for This I'M
4 pr0yement.

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The Board of Freeholders this after
noon approved the following raise OF
salaries agreed upon at a recent con-
ference:
County 4rIerkls office Clerks. Francis
u. FlQEes from $500 a month to SIS,
and James E. scotland. from $50 to
so tQ~ So d month. Dr. Whitehorne,
ReCalpp,. $1,000 to sl.a00 a year; John
Wolfe Sf5 to ss5 a month; John Kerr,
so to SS5 a month. DR.. Whitehouse.
Fhysjcjan.s at the p~enitentiary, will get
81 600 2 Year instead of $500. and Or,
Stiles and DR.. Payne. at the county
hospital, 81 800 instead of 81, 500. while
DIR. CASTOR, an ~internes is to get $1,000
1~nsteadGof s606. and John A. Patrick, a
clerk in the Institution, S45 instead OF
$50 a month.
x Other increases also made at the sug-
Nestion or the iinante committee were
approved as %follows:-
4 DIR. 1Robert Bolton. county hospital,
Fixed at $2.a0G an increase of 500; DR..
H. T.-McGofmick. same institution, at
80. 500. an increase of $500.
At the suggestion of Freebooter Theo-
fore n<Gottlieb. who is not a member
Of the finance committee. the board de-
cided to raise the salary of John Gas
eoyne. chief probation officer. from
81, 500ssto siSse0 a year, his assistant,
Harry Burns, from $1,000 TO 81, 200. inc
ysAiiss Paula Laddey, another assistant in
lthe office from 5000 to- $1,000 a year.
There was -some opposition to the lat
Ter raise, bnt it was swallowed up by
Abe large. majority in its favor.
Auto for Inspection.
= Amgug. the resolutions passed after
the salaries We're disposed of was one
on behalf of the committee on roads
and assessments providing the commit
tee wnh All auto for its business.
The board finally approved the action
of theyfinanee committee in the reso-
luton asking for the issue of $440, 900
hospital Extension bonds Freeholder
Amos W. Harrison. its chairman, be-
ing the moving spirit This brings the
total so far up to 81. 200, 900 for the work
at the asylum. Besides bearing 4 per
cent Interest the bonds win run for
forty years. Bids will be received on
Nednesdsy S. Junea.
The reports Of the various commit
tres of the board. showing the work
That had been lone by them dlEYiag%the
past year, were In part offered for
reading, MT Freebooter BACamp asked
~ Notwithstanding be tfrspensed with and
iris Was idenel the hoard directing that
5ee copies be printed
emcer-' Reports.
In the reports submitted by the va
rious-eounty-officer that of Probation
uficer Gascogne showed S2S persons on
probati cnssdsx u 19sSi number of new
cases T43.snhmher discharged, 391. The
building committee showed expendi-
lures amounting TO $4S.519.6 6, and a
balance on hand OF $730.34; while the
Speedway committee has a balance on
hand Of $500. The report of the free
bridge committee presented a total ex-
penditure of $50, 1897, and has a bal
ance of IS cents, According TO jail
Warden Steadman, ne had a daily av-
erage of 211 prisoners in his charge
during the year, while Warden Desch,
Of the penitentiary. showed 2I9 prison
ers at date, and records three escapes.
The whole number discharged was ZIG.
In the. Isolation Hospital report, 1t
sgas shown that the total cost of the
maintenance of a patient per day is
soSsS.
The committee on hospitals for con-
tagious and Infectious diseases, through
its chairman, presented a report of the
trip it recently made 10 various parts
of tbs ssaHf7y, in order 10 find out the
cost mi btslfdings to be Used for it's
purpQ<s 4 went 10 White Haven.
snake Hill and other places. The re-
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