The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-18

coupled with the generosity of the Amer
lean party city administration toward
few Of its Officials. has drawn attention
to the rewards in salary of those who
serve the public.
There has been little blame for the city
administration when it increased the sala-
ries Of the city engineer and others re-
Gently. The county administration also
wants to revise its salary list and in
crease some of the salaries of executive
officers.
The county, however, is not so fortunate
in this respect as is the city adminstra-
ton. The city can increase the pay OF its
servants at will by the mere passing of
an ordinance. The county salaries are
fixed by the legislature and can only be
altered by that body. The county COM
missioners will therefore ask for permits
sion to make some changes at the present
session Of the legislature.
The salaries of officers of state, county
and city were fixed many years ago, and
while some are quite large enough the
work of others has increased with the
growth of the community until the pay Tor
the work seems pitifully inadequate to the
workers.
The county has number of things to
have fixed by the commissioners in this
line 1t has been shown that the COM
missioners had no legal right TO appoint
a pauper clerk and pay him $lo0 month
The law provided that one of the commits
sioners should be designated to handle
the pauper work and that he should re
ceive for doing such work the sum OF sou
a year. For many years. however, tnat
$500 has never been drawn, but a pauper
clerk has been appointed and has Fegu-
larry drawn his pay The legislature VIII
be- asked to legalize this position ana 70
also provide for clerical assistance should
such be necessary.
Commissioners Ask increase.
The commissioners will also ask that
their own salaries be increased to S2,40O
year They now receive $3.50 year
There is also an allowance of 500 Tor
travelling expenses but John (. Mackay
is the only one who has drawn this Inc
commissioners claim that during the last
few wears the work of the office has in
creased to such an extent that to prop
erly perform the duties to which they
were elected it is necessary for them TO
give all their time. Their request Tor
more salary follows closely or an expose
Of slipshOd methods in conducting their
office.
They also want an increased salary for
the county assessor. This is one instance
where an increase is almost necessary It
the county wants the work Of TINS Office
performed in d creG9table manner
The present county surveyor, }. p.
SWp0Son is a civil engineer and the du-
ties of the position are such that it re
ouires the services Of an engineer The
salary is but 1920 a year and the allow
ances for assistance are so small that ne
cannot secure competent men 10 nelp hilll-
he is allowed 50 a day for draushtsman
and 50 80 a day for other help as II may De
required He says that be cannot get men
fit to do the work for TINS money SaIt
lake has recently increased. the salary
| of L. c Kelsey. city engineer, 10 S5,Wo
/ a wear. The legislature viii be asked to
| fix the salary of the surveyor at Sl'S'V a
year. 800
! a year and his two assistants S125 and sll9
/ a month. The bill to be presented will give
I tho attorney. who is one of the most I'M
p0rtant officers in the county, SS,Vov d
wear the amount at present PAID the
sheriff This will enable his deputies 10
receive more as the law allows deputy
/ to receive two-thirds of the pay of his
County Auditors Salary.
The county auditor and assessor now
receive $3.50 q year each. 1t is proposed
to give the auditor 5000 at least As IS
the case with the city. the auditor Of
flee has become one Of the most import
ant This will enable the deputies mere
TO receive more. the chief deputy now only
receiving s95 a month whereas two of City
Auditor Rudolph Alffs deputies receive
more. 9. r. Stevens chief deputy ana
S l. Goldman deputy license assessor. re
ceiVinE Sf25 and 800 month. respective
" RudOIph Aft however. receives only
Il 500 . year but the work is entirely
done BY his deputies. as IS the work OF tHs
city treasurer. who gets 9-Soo- Inc cnleI
| DEPUTY in the city treasurer oIIfcs hsiS
| been raised to $500 a year. which IS the
salary of the chief deputy in the oEtlce
/ of the county treasurer
IL is not proposed to touch any OF the
other salaries The county clerk receives
/ 81 400 a year and the two chief deputies
| 500 a month each; the county treas
/ urer. SEQ a year: the sheriff, 2@o: the
! recorder. $1,000: the county physician
I 81 500 and his assistant 81 200, ana these
I salaries will be left as they are
4 The salaries Of minor officials in the
! county offices are not big enough TO De
/ tempting. certainly not enough to cause
2 srch a scramble as occurred Just before
I fbe first Of the wear. The court deputies
I receive only $95 a month. Wnien IS aoout
| the salary in most OF the OFFICES lVt a
| clerk The custodian on the county sue
( of the CITY and county building gets ~
I = ,,o7th and the superintendent of the
county infirmary receive SlVo month
/ with a salary Of SO month tor ms VIE
as matron and a few other little peFquls-
I ties which make it one of the pieasahtest
Jobs in the gift of the county
City Is More Liberal.
The salaries paid by the city are not
/ nigh. but some Of them are on more
/ liberal scale than in the county The
MAYOR receives s.. 500 year and Is given
I a private secretary at 81 200 The city at
/ torney gets s.. 800 year. his first assistant
s. 900 and second assistant Sl-21 The pest
I raid. however. of all the city officials are
the city engineer and the chief OF police.
| who under the recent increases are now
| receiving 5000 year The chief OF the
I fire department is paid $. 100 year ana
/ the assistant chief S1.440.
/ The city recorder. city treasurer ana
| auditor receive $3.50 a year each In the
/ 81 800 class are the building Inspector the
deputy treasurer and auditor. with the
[ stipeTinteudent of wsterworkS and the
| building inspector Jake T Raleigh comes
| in here with his two salaries. as street su-
/ psr-visor $3.50 and water master 500. The
| chief deputy of the latter is now to re-
ceive 81 900. which is the salary paid the
/ health commissioner the land and water
| commissioner. the clerk of the board q
nubIig works the food Inspector. The
/ plumbing inspector gets Sl-3So- which IS the
/ salary paid the deputy recorder
/ The assistant health commissioner. one
Of the hardest working officials in the
4 citv-s employ. receives Sc month And
\ both these are professional men The as
~istsnt commissioner has had IS smallpox
eases under his charge during the past
/ wear He does not even receive an al
/ iovance for 4 horse and buggy, though
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