The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-25

Salary increases for Detroit public
ofnCisls totaling s2O,s00 were APP
proved by the charter commission.
Tuesday morning. and with the $16.-
600 which will be paid the members
Of the street railway board, the add
ton to the tax rolls will amount to
So. 300.
The mayors official stipend was
raised from $4,000 to $4,000 first.
over the protests Of Commissioner
Merrel. Later In the morning he sue
ceeded in getting reconsideration
and It was out down to $1,000.
Aldermen will cost the city $4,000
each, and since there will probably
be II alderman under tho new char
ter instead OF IS as now, the change
viii cost about $4,000. The SO alder
men now serving receive 81 100 each.
drawing as q body $4,000 q year
The new council Of 81 aldermen, II
$4,000 each, will draw $52.50O.
The city clerk, the city treasurer
and the superintendent of the House
OF Correction have been drawing 81,
900 each. They will get IS. 900 under
the new law II II Is finally adopted.
A sharp debate was brought up by
the question of the corporation coun
sells salary. Commissioners Heating
declared the salary of that once
should be flexible, 90 the mayor and
council could change 1t to suit the
caltber Of the man In ONCE
I'VE all know" said Mr.. Heating
that II the common council had its
way about 1t now, II would reduce the
~ hn
sci to about $500 q year"
The proposal to allow the council
to tx the salary at the appointment
Of each incumbent at some figure be
tween $4,000 and 10000 was defeat
ed. and $1,000 finally chosen as the
definite figure.
Recent diflculties In getting a good
man for the position of commissioner
Of public works we're cited to prove
the need for raising the salary OF that
once anc II was boosted to $1,000.
Commissioner Burton offered srgu
ments for cutting out the provision
for $1,000 salary for each OF the three
members Of the street railway board
He said the mayors proposition. to be
submitted TO the common council
Tuesday evening. might be OF such q
nature that there would never be any
need for a commission to devote all III
time to city traction lines, and that the
commission might be largely honorar,
after the street car question 10 final
ly settled. The other commissioner
disagreed with this proposition ant
left the proposal as It stood.
Although the commission addet
$4,000 to the city's payrolls durint
the morning 1t did to q certain extern
restrain It's extravaganza. Commits
sioner Eikhof warned the commission
that any heavy increase In expendi
lures would be sure to defeat thu
charter before the people. The frs
salary increase proposed for TIT
mayor was cut down, and a PROPOSE
ton from Commissioner Szymanski Il
raise the aldermen from $4,000 TO 50.
900 was defeated.
Commissioner Wreford's committe,
reported favorably on the proposition
for q municipal garbage plant Of som,
kind. but no specific choice was mad,
between an incinerator or q reduction
plant Of some other sort.
/ Favorable reports on q municipa
gas plant, q municipal telephone sys
tcb and municipal hospital we're pre-
pared by the municipal ownership
committee In q noon meeting.
! Measures that have been long ad
!, vocated bv labor leaders, such as IN,
eight-hour day in all city work, tn,
adoption Of the union wage scale IN
all organized trades employed by IN,
city, and publication OF the elections