Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
BOOST IN SALARIES
Some District Employees Get
Substantial Advances.
NEW POSITIONS CREATED
Numerous Changes in Service Under
Appropriation Bill.
PROVISION FOR FAIRGROUNDS
Additional Fire Engine to Go Into
Commission in August-Public
Library Force.
PROVISION FOR FAIRGROUNDS

Inc properly clerk OF the D1Slrlct
will be officially known hereafter as
the purchasing officer. and with the
new title goes an added $3.50 in annual
remuneration. His assistant will be
called deputy purchasing officer in
stead of deputy property clerk, but
added dignity is all that he gets.
In the assessors Office an additional
clerk. Miss Grace l.. Schooler. went on
the pay rolls at s720 per year. while a
record clerk, John P. Bardroff. was APP
pointed, to receive $500 year. For
preparing numerical books for use in
that Office an appropriation Of $4,000
becomes available.
Fifth Assistant Corporation Counsel.
new assistant corporation counsel.
making the fifth, took Office today. He
is John NJ. George, and his salary will
be 5 500 a year. Carl A. Mapes has
been appointed an additional stenographer
at $50 year.
A one-thousand- dollar clerk in the
office of the superintendent OF weights
and measures. Miss n. c. Lillis. ad-
vances today To one-thousand-two-hu
dred-dollar salary.
In the municipal architects office in
creases in the salaries of the following
became effective today: r. S. Hart.
craftsman. at 81 300 a year; j. E. Bur-
reli, craftsman. at $3.50 a day. w. L.
Webster. superintendent OF construc-
ton, at $4,000 year: Henry Storey.
superintendent of repairs, at $1,000, NJ.
Nj. Hildebrand. copyist. at sS4O q year;
NJ. +. Burrows. storekeeper to clerk
at $640 a year; Charles Ortlip, boss
grader, at $1,000 a year.
In this office several new positions are
to be created, as follows: A heating.
ventiating and sanitary engineer at
5000. craftsman at $1,000 and an as
sistant superintendent of repairs at 81 200.
Three additional assistant inspectors of
street cleaning at 500 each, a wheel
wright at 500 and painter at $3.50 are
provided for the street-sweeping office.
Public Library.
AT the Public Library an assistant at
SI20 year is to be appointed in lieu OF
a cataloguer at 500 This appointment
has not been announced.
Upon the rolls Of the District will go
those in charge OF the Fairgrounds. and
the salary list totals S15,S70 Provision
is made for forty-seven employees. includ-
ing supervisor at 800 per year, nine
directors Of Fairgrounds at $75 q month,
two assistant directors at $50 per month.
one assistant director at $50 one watch
man at SO, all to be moIo eel not ex-
at $40 per month, six assistant directors
at so, three assistant directors at 500,
ave assistants at $40, eight assistants at
$40, two watchmen at $40 all 40 he en-
ployed not more than three months. and
seven Watchmen at $40 per month, to be
employed for the year.
For the maintenance Of public conver-
fence stations the appropriations for the
year are less by nearly $3.0co than for
the past fiscal year.
In the Fire Department.
appointed new captain, lieutenant, en-
gineer. assistant engineer. driver. assist
ant driver, seven additional firemen and
hostler. an increase Of fourteen in the
number of employees and Of SIS, 10 In the
department pay roll.
As the new fire engine house which
these men are TO fill will not be complet-
ed before August. it is not likely that the
appointments will be made before that
time.
The new fiscal year in the contagious
disease service is not expected to be
marked by the stringency of this year,
as the appropriation has been increased
5000, or 33 1-3 per cent. For the public
crematory there will be available only
$3.50 instead of $1,000 as during the
past year.
~
Court is to be appointed at a salary of
$1,000. and new inspector of the board
of charities at $1,000. Neither appoint
ment has been announced.
A reorganization of the STATS of the
Washington Asylum and Jail becomes
combining OF the two institutions. the
pay roll is reduced by upward of $1,000.
L. F. Zinkhan Is made superintendent
of the combined institutions.
- tla a~h
children's guardians, at $720 a year. is to
be appointed.
Improvement of Anacostia Flats.
An appropriation of 100000 for the i'm
provement of the Anacostia flats becomes
available after July /. In the War De-
partment a tap clerk at $1,000 and q
chief inspector of valves at 81, 400 are to
be appointed.
The salary of the building inspector
will be increased from 81, 7JO to 5000 per
wear, beginning today. The chief clerk
OF the Engineer Commissioner office Is
raised from 5000 to $3.50. Inc salary
of the superintendent Of repairs Is BOOST
ed from 81, 500 TO Sl.6eO and or the chiet
craftsman from 81 800 to 81. 700. The as
sistant electrical engineer will draw W
600 instead of $1,sUv for the year which
begins today.
The surgeons of the police and llre oe-
partments get an advance from $6Vo 10
S12u. beginning today; the chleI cierk
of the fire department goes from $l,ooo
to Sl,s3o. and the superintendent Oh ma
chinery from S1.SOO to $2OOo.
Judge De Lacy of the Juvenile Court
gets a raise of his salary from S5.OV
wear 10 Sa,6st-the same as the PoAce
Court judges-after today.
Secretary George S. Wilson or the
board of charities will draw $500 In
stead of 5000 after today. Seven
graduate nurses in the tuberculosis
Hospital go from 1920 to $500 year.
The water registrar advances from
s21OO to $1,000, superintendent OF the
distribution branch of the wafer ue-
partment from $4,000 to $3,3oO ana sew
eral clerks in the same branch OF the
mnnicipal service will get raises of pay
Change at the Jail.
The ceremony attending the taking
over of the jail by the District TOOK
place at IL o'clock last night. Former
Warden Thomas H. Mckee handed over
the KEYS to his successor. Supt Louis
F. Zinkhan The latter gave his re-
ceipt for the REIMBURSEMENT OF the
buildings prisoners and supplies, and
the exchange Of control was accom-
pllshed.
The combining Of the jail and asylum
resulted in g. Encouragement or the
force of officials and employees. Those
who retired last night with Warden
Mckee included Charles r. Burhans,
second deputy warden: DR.. D. K. Shute.
physician; j. w. Watson. hospital stew
ard; Mrs. Elizabeth e. Wood, matron;
Edgar E. Lyons. assistant engineer;
James w. Walters and William 7.