Arizona republican., 1913-10-07
CITY SALARIES
 ARE INCREASED
Policemen, Bremen and Building Inspector Are Given More Money By Common Council at Monthly Meeting.

The members of the police de- partment. with the exception of the i chief and the night captain, the members of the fire department with ! the exception of the chief and the city building inspector were granted increases of salary by resolutions adopted at the regular monthly meeting of the common council last evening. In addition those members of the volunteer fire department who respond to alarms and work under the direction of the chief of the de- partment will be reimbursed at the rate of $1.0O for the first hours service and at fifty cents an hour 1 for service thereafter. The increase
 of the salary of the building inspec- tor from $125 to $150 per month becomes effective this month, the in- Creases of the salaries of the police
 men and firemen becomes effective November l and the reimbursement of the members of the volunteer de- partment becomes effective at the expiration of the time of publication required by law.
 It was a busy session for besides
 the auditing of the regular monthly bills, there were monthly and quar- terly reports to be read and apprOV-
 ed. proposed ordinances to be given consideration and there were a host of communications from various sources. The reports of the police department and the city building in
 spector appear elsewhere in The Re publican this morning.
 The ball was started rolling with
 the introduction of the resolution in
 creasing the salaries of the police men and firemen. By the terms of
 the resolution the scale of wages
 monthly for policemen after Novem- her will be $75 for the first three months of service, $9O for the sec ond three months and $100 per month thereafter. In the same re- solution provision was made for the promotion of Fireman William Sim mons to a fire captaincY at a salary of $110 per month. and for the pay ment of volunteers turning out to fires and working under the direction of the fire chief &t the rate of $1 for answering an alarm and for the first hours work and fifty cents for every hour thereafter.
 Secretary C. E. Wood. of the Fair Commission presented d petition ask ing that permission be granted for the exclusive use on Thursday night of Adams street from Central avenue to First street. for the holding of an open air public dance with a pavil- lion erected midway in the block for the First Regimental Band of Ari- zona, which will furnish music for the dancers on that occasion. The request was granted.
 A permit was given Thomas Rain to maintain an automobile stand in front of the Health office saloon. petition was received and refer red asking that the city cooperate with the county in improving South 1 Seventh street from the railroad tracks to the HenshaW road, with a
 caliche and oil dressing.
 : City Tax Collector C. ". Barnett 1 reported the receipt of his office 1 for the quarter as being $11,303.10 l in that time 462 dog tags were sold from his office.
 l A resolution was passed granting 1 Charles Korricll the privilege of us | ing all that ground underneath the sidewalk about the New York Store building. with certain restrictions. It
 was also suggested and approved
 that similar resolutions be prepared
 to deal with the Pratt Gilbert, Luhrs and AckeI buildings now in the course of construction.
 The plumbing bond of John F. l Donovan and the. electrical bond of i w R. Bertram were approved.
 Councilman Cisney asked for an in vestigation of the use to which the
 city market site is now being put alleging that it is being used for a
 lumber yard. Councilman McDer- mott called attention to the apparent violation by the Mckee Cash Gro cery of the city ordinance requiring
 awnings to be eight feet from the sidewalk Referred to the city mar shal.
 The heads of the city departments 1 were instructed to collect the county poll and school taxes from non property holding city employees.
 The city engineer recommended the bid of the Cement Workers Con crete Company of $70 be accepted for the construction of the basin for the fountain in the federal park. Councilman Warren asked that the cit-- engineer be instructed to pre- 1 pare plans for complete fountain after the bid of the company had
 been accepted. The same company was the sole bidder for the construc-
 ton of 230 square feet of sidewalk just north of the canal on North | Central avenue at 13 cents per square foot and the bid was accepted
 The actior, of the council in ap- 1 proving a one tap drinking fountain
 in federal park was rescinded and
 the building inspector instructed to advertise for bids for three tap fountain folc the same purpose and | location.
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