Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-08
CITY CLERK AND
FINANCE Com. At
ODDS ON SALARIES
Former Says He Can Raise Sal
aries Without Committee.
Latter Says He Can't.

The long-discussed equalization OF
salaries of clerks in the various de-
partments at the City Hall was taken
up by the finance committee of the
Common Council last night, and the
revised schedule will be submitted TO
the Council tomorrow night for adop-
ton.
The only department not affected by
the committee action is that of the
city clerk, but the clerks in this de-
partment will be considered as soon
as City Clerk Connolly can take the
matter up. He stated in a letter to the
committee that he had sufficient au-
thority to make increases in his de-
partment without consulting the COM
mittee, and intended to present his
schedule directly to the Common Coun-
ell tomorrow night.
After looking up the law the COM
mittee decided that the city clerk could
not increase salaries without the con-
firmation of the finance committee, and
the recommendation of the city clerk
will be reviewed by the committee be-
fore the Council meeting tomorrow
night. The increase voted last night
aggregate $1,000 a year, and will go
into effect on December &c.
City SeaIer Has to Get Ordinance.
Increases planned for the city sealer
of weights inc measures, the assistant
sealer and the smoke inspector will
have to be provided by ordinance and
this will be done.
The various clerks affected by the
new schedule and the Increase voted
in each case are as follows: In the law
department:
George E. Carpenter, clerk, from
1880 to 1000; Ambrose T. Ball, mes
senger, from 1920 to $1,000. In the
comptroller's office: William F. Nee
han, clerk. from $2,100 to 2,40O; Will
lam l.. Rabone, clerk, from $1,S 800 to
| 1000; William Torppey, clerk, from
$3.50 to $1,000; Mahlon w. Parsons,
clerk, from $3.50 to $500; James Nc
Cam. clerk, from ST. 500 to 1880; Ed
ward L. Price, clerk, from $1,000 to
1 900. In the auditors department:
Joseph Heinrich, clerk, from l 800 to
ST. 800; Henry w. Tillard. clerk, from
81, 500 to s1,s00; John ". Murphy. clerk.
from 1890 to $1,50O. In the city treas
urer's department.: Fred H. Beebe.
clerk, from 81, 800 to $500; John J..
Sugrue, clerk, from 1880 to $500;
Samuel T. Kearney, clerk, from $1.320
to 81, 500; Frank N. Macdonald. clerk.
from ST. 800 to $1,000, n Thomas II.
Tunison, clerk, from 81 200 to $500.
Salaries of Court Clerks.
The salaries of the deputy clerks Of
the First n Second Criminal Courts.
Elmer Freeland and Fred c. Oehring,
were increased from $1,000 to $1,000 a
year. Smoke Inspector Daniel Maloney
was given $500, an increase OF $500.
and City Sealer John H. Sullivan was
increased to 1900 from 1890, while
his assistant, Patrick j. Caufield. Will
receive 1920 instead of s1,100.
In the Building Department the sal
airy of Clerk Henry S. Tolen was in
creased from $1,000 to 1920; that of
the assistant clerk, Solomon Heller,
from $1,000 to S1,100. and that of In
spector Jacob L. Crosby. from $l,1O0 TO
81 1000. Lillian E. Cavanagh, ~stenogra-
pher and clerk. was given $3.50, an in
crease of $50.
John ]. Gaffney, electrical inspector,
was raised from $1,000 to s2,1o0. Will
lam R. Morehead. chief clerk in the tax
receivers office. vas given $1,000, an
increase of $500. AMI L. Doremus.
cashier, was raised from $500 to $4,000.
The two assistant cashiers, August j.
Chambosse and j. Frank Dwyer. were
given 1880 instead of $1,000, and the
clerks, Herbert H. Mats, William II.
Knapp, Frank e. Corbett, George w.
Church and William L. McKenna, were
increased from S1,S20 to $500.
Clerk John j. Dwyer, of the poor and
aims department, vas raised from
ST. 900 to $ 1900, and Engineer Mathew
Cavanagh and Waterman John Burke
will both receive $500.
Charles Helmstetters$ clerk in the
department of public buildings, was
raised from $1,000 to 1890; the two
telephone operators, Edith McKeon and
Lena H. Shepherd, will receive $720.
Andrew Coyle, the window cleaner,
was raised from $3.50 to 1912, and
Thomas Moore, James Chadwick and
Adam Leiss, cuspidor cleaners, were
raised from 1924 to $720. Oliver B. Bur-
dett, clerk and surveyor of the assess
ment commission, was increased from
100 to 1900, and Charles A. Reilly,
clerk, from 81, 200 to $500.
Vote Transfer of Accounts.
At the request of the Board of Works
the committee voted to transfer $1,000
from inactive accounts to h street
department account, in order to make
e,,rn that the work of the department
can be carried out the balance Of the
month without having to face a deficit.
Similar action was taken in the case
of the building committee, which was
voted So, 200, and the City Hospital,
which was given $4,000.