The Detroit times., 1910-12-07
SERVICE IS
m EFFECT
Fin DETROIT
~ City Clerk Files With Secre-
81 Of State Certificate as To
Vote On Amendment, Which
R Immediately Becomes Law.
)res o. City Employees Secure in
Their Jobs, Removable Only
For Cause.

Deputy City Clerk William s.. Deyer
~ for Lansing, Tuesday morning,
Nth the Official evidence 10 the ell
~ that the civil service amendment
4os carried in Detroit in the recen.
nlDctions. and when he handed over 10
1t4 secretary of state the bill and 9TH
~ Monuments pertaining TO il, the sys-
<e1b OF civil service Immediately De
came effective in Detroit. The conf
mission appointed by Mayor Bret
mayer in compliance with the pro
WILSON'S OF the law. will meet Jan. 10.
1910, for the purpose OF appointing
IL civil service examiner. The appoint
mant will be made by a competitive
test, the candidate taking the highest
marks to get the position. There are
naid to be many applicants for me
once. The salary is 20 be not more
than 81 500.
The commission is composed OF Lew
ia Barbous and Henry j. Guthard, Re-
5,oubl,cans, and f. c. Van Husan and
Charles ii. Bryan. Democrats.
The civil service system will apply
20 all departments of city govern
ment, but all officials elected or ap-
pointed by the mayor or common
Fc0uncil are exempt. II is not intended
no have the police and fire depart
ments brought under the civil service
h law. Quasi-cure service being now n
><efKect in these departments.
Among those whose positions are
h now secure for life, regardless OF what
changes politics may bring about IN
the heads OF civic departments. are
4 the following:
Mayors office-Robert Lewis. color
5 I'd, assistant clerk.
City treasurers ofice-Leo T. Sc
( bert, superintendent; John j. AnGlln.
\ assistant cashier; George Courvile,
z paymaster.
Controllers office--Lewis II. Echlin.
head bookkeeper; Frank McElroy.
bookkeeper: John Eisman. CHIEF
clerk; George ]. Finn. entry clerk.
city clerks office-Guy l.. ingalls,.
journal clerk; Charles A. Gadd. chief
4 clerk.
Department OF public works-Wil-
y lis p. Rand. chief clerk; Porter j.
+ Murphy, secretary; Thomas +. Ray,
Z bookkeeper; Thomas Hudson, permit
clerk; Charles r. Becker, payroll
clerk: VIM. J. O'Boyle. property
\ clerk; Otto Braun, assistant bookkeep-
4 ors r. z. Mahon, assistant permit
clerk; Roy II. Mather, record clerk;
4 Norman A. Goebel, stenographer, JOS
eph w. Lougheed. paving and sewer
bond record clerk: Chas. r. Foster,
nidewalk clerk; John G.. Stewart
\ oidewalk clerk: f. F. Hyland, gas eX-
& pert; L. L. McCarty. meter lnspee-
tor: Jas. III. Cole, description clerk;
Oscar Wanderer. assessment clerk;
Glenn Cathey, brick clerk: X. l.. Post,
voucher clerk.
Department of parks and boulevards:
General superintendent, -.obert Flow
erday: chief clerk, Chas. A. Rich;
etenographer and clerk, Marion w.
4 Crawford; aquarium director. r. j.
Conway forester, RI. j. Hunter; hor-
ticulturist. r. w. Unger; barn over
seer. f. b. Youngblood; engineer. w.
q. Maurice; foreman construction, j.
~. Dederich.
Assessors office: Assistant asses
sors, K. J. Korte, Johl Kohler and
Daniel Dilworth; chief clerk, Edwin
II. Saunders; description clerk, Her
man w. Gabriel: draugLtsman. A. E.
Gregg: mortgage and iced clerk,
francis ID. Balicki; probate clerk, j..
Denne.
Special inspectors: Chas. Krecke,
Dotroit City Gas Co.; Jos. c. Witler-
ELL Detroit United Railway; VIM. Cox.
water board VIM. G. -lahler. clerk
sewer department; r. j. Dever, ce-
menf inspector: G.. Schroeder, assis-
1&nt cement inspector; Adam Honses,
x6neral inspector; III. Bhohm. assistant
tnSpector: John Marek, assistant in
npector.
IL A NJ
h2phalt expert; Harry Bottomley, SUI
Derintendent j. Apple, foreman.
Garbage collection department: Jos.
~ Rumney, superintendent; A. II.
Chamberlain, foreman; F. Lapeer.
clerk: l.. Burmaster, blacksmith.
City engineers Officer. III. McCor-
mick, city engineer: j. X. Mitchell. |
Ubneral assistant. j. w. Reid. grade !
oeparation; w. F. Day, assistant en-
1m1neer: G.. Robinson. assistant engin- |
|1rk: H. o. Hanford, assistant engin- |
[41fs Leo Loehbiler maps and records: |
E|x1sY- Ladue, assistant engineer; P.l
Fl ~ Christiansen dreughIsmcn: f. J.. i
y utaeben, draughtsman: T. r. Will |
non. draughtsman: w. +. Fgshback, |
a fransitman.
miscellaneous appointees--William |
4 III Crossman. weighmaster w. D.;
4 Amos Curd, weighmaster r. D.. Geo.
w. Wesch, market clerk w. D.. VIM.
Ketel, market clerk f.. D.; c. Carabilli.
& assistant market clerk T.. D.; Jos. Nc
Kittrick, engineer, city hall: Geo.
+ Rhode. assistant engineer. city hall:
F1-ederick Hay, janitor, city hall; ].
AS Ostrow. elevator conductor. city hall ,
& a. Schultz, elevator conductor. city
hall; VIM. Prouty. elevator conductor
city hail; Chas. w. Ward. janitor
n. C.. bldg; Richard Kittner. eleVa
tor conductor. Municipal building
\ John b. FORMER. engineer, Fairvicw
Pumping Station; Sam Doriing. as
eiotant engineer. Fairview Pumping
nation: John Benoit, assistant engin
orr. Fairview Pumping Station
IS Charles Kocher. road boss in the
4hlrteenth ward. was removed. Mon
1ay afternoon, by Commissioners Elaar
~. It the behest OF AiG.-elect BrozO
r >houxh Aid. Goeschel. Ald.-elect Me
* 1<nffhy and score of residents. ask
n1nfor Kochers retention The con
&nkence I'm Hearers office was a hot
~. and afterward Mccarthy refused
xono's cffor TO draw lots as to which
6hould name the ward boss. Haarei
raid that he would appoint boss a;
noon rs they had agreed.
ID. r. w. Commissioner Haarer an
Dpunces that all the road employees