The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-07
DEPOSED WATER BOARD
EMPLOYEES TO GIVE BATTLE


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purchasing agent Mr.. Gaimartin will
be- given two weeks vacation with
pay TO June /. Mr.. Starkeys pay IL
increased from 81 500 To $4,000 julius
w. LoefYler. auditor. has the paymas-
tsrship added to his duties, and his
salary 10 raised from 81 200 to 81 500.
Daniel G.. Grobbel. cashier. Is succeed
ed by his assistant. G. w. Kenna, who
IS raised from 1880 TO $500. Two
new positions are created. assistant
teller. Benjamin Cohen. az 1880. and
chief district inspector. Charles REG
err $l.350
Other men dismissed are: Louis
Montgomery. permit clerk C. NJ.
Shielks, clerk in the meter depart
ment: J. +. Callahan, e. Manchester.
T. Barrett. l.. b. Kilroy, Il. Murphy,
Frank eBrnier. department clerks; T.
~ Doherty, Thomas Walsh. Frank
Kunkel, T. Borden. S. Goldwater and
Alfred Isaacs, inspectors.
The assessors were abolished. and
their work Is now given to inspectors.
Just how the changes affect the pay
roll Is a matter Of dispute. Mr.. Gil
lespie says that they reduce II: Sec
rotary Gilmartin says that they In
crease it $25. 900 year.
Other changes made were as fol-
lows: Elmer Horton, teller. $1,000.
increased $3.50: Oscar Riopelle, assist
ant teller. 1880. increased 500: Ben
jamin Cohen assistant teller, 1850,
new position: w. G. Bowen. chief
clerk. rate department. 81 500. incheas-
ed $3.50; Charles Gilmer, chief clerk
meter department. $1,000. increase
$3.50: James WortOn, assistant chief
clerk meter department. 1880. in
creased $3.50: G. V. Gesley, permit
clerk, $3.50; II. Wickham, assistant
permit clerk, $1,000, increased 800;
Charles Rieger, chief district inspect
or. $3.50. new position.
District inspectors at $1,000 each
were named as follows: A. Stattler.
j. w. Palmer. NJ. A. Dettling. G. p.
Mogg. w. r. Hole, l. Alderman, Leo
berg. VI. J. HALEY, II. Brede. Chris
Cannon, Charles Parks. NJ. ]. Hamer-
mix. Albert E. Cotton, c. l.. Dusky,
Jerry Sullivan. Henry 7. Meeks. Max
Petzold. Walter Dill. Henry Streng.
Clerks Of rate department at $1,000.
raised from $l.100: T. J. Clancy. A.
Vogel, W. r. Cosgrove, J. c. Becker,
B. F. Walton.
Clerks in the meter department a,
81, 200. raised from Sl.10O: Arthur F..
Dingeman, Richard Mccarthy, w. s.
Campbell.
Commissioner Wilkie read the re-
port OF the committee which investi-
gated the filtration plants OF neigh
boring cities, and recommended imme-
date action. The engineers were In
structed TO make tentative drawings,
plans and estimates for the installa.
ton OF n mechanical filtration plant.
A request signed by a dozen EN-
ployes of the pumping station asking
for more pay, was put over a week for
Investigation
Secretary Gilmartin said that he
had been notified by ST. Mary's hospi-
tai that George Basdick, injured In the
fall OF the water gate last winter, re-
fuses to leave the hospital until he is
paid $4,000 damages by the board.
The secretary was instructed to notify
tho hospital that the board will be
no longer responsible for Basdick's
treatment and care. The hospital re-
ports that he Is At for light work. but
insists on using crutches. The water
board Is under the workmen's compen-
sation act. and has been paying for
Basdick's care under the terms OF the
law.