Las Vegas optic., 1913-04-03

ly TO discover nov policemen Of i've
/ years standing or less i've and what
connection If any there is between
i the slender pay they draw and graft
ing charges. The result Of these III
+ Festigations is at least interesting,
/ particularly 10 the majority Of per
sons who believe that corruption
among the police force Is confined 10
a comparatively few members. They
show that the policeman and his ram-
I ily IN the policeman's 1irst few years
on the force live On q pretty slim al
lowance The first year patrolman
gets $500 and has to pay cut OF his
salary from 500 70 s275 for equip
ment and station house expenses. The
city pays for nothing Of his equip
ment except his badge and the pre-
einct numbers OF his coat Even The
ice used al the station house has 10
be paid for BY the policeman With
an average of $3.50 for these first
year expenses the $500 patrolman
really has $3.50 on which 70 support
himself and his family. The gradual
increases In salary do not bring him
I'D TO the 81 AGO point until his sixth
year IN the department The t@ti-
mony Of the wives OF several hundred
policemen so far interviewed indi-
cafes that Il takes the average pO-
Hceman the first eight years Of his
life 10 get out OF debt
Railroad Men 70 Reverse Heavens.
While New Workers, after the great
railroad operations which have been
carried on here IN the past few years
are rea0y 10 admit hat there is hard
ly anything which modern engineer
ing cannot accomplish, the ineffect-
uaI attempt Of one great transp0rta-
toin company to swing the heavens
around has caused considerable
amusement This attempt, which
was brought to light BY a lOwly CON-
mutef. did not involve turning over
the sky, however, but has TO do with
the ceiling decoration OF the last
great terminal TO be opened here
This ceiling, which covers the great
waiting room, contains g beautiful
representation OF the heavens, stud
ded with golden stars which al night
twinkle With electric bulbs. After
thousands had sdmired il, it remain
ed for the commuter in question to
discover that the constellation Of
Aeqarius occupied the position right
fully belonging TO the constellation
OF Pegasus, and so on with All the
other consultations. In other words.
east had been made west, and north.
south. The way IN which this cur
ious mistake came about was that
the artist in transferring the design
to the ceiling projected It from below
himself as it lay on the table IN
stead Of holding It above his head /
and duplicating the effect thus obtain /
ed. As q result the great decoration /
is nov viewed hind-side-to, as it /
were. 1t is Hkely that no attempt /
VIII be made to rectify the error. /
The decorations were applied from q !
scaffOlding suspended through the /
ceiling on wire cables attached TO he I
girders above. The twelve hundred ]
Ddd holes through which these cables
we're withdrawn are eleyerly conceal
"a by as many plugs painted exactly
ike the ceiling. and these were pull
ID into place from above when the
sables we're Withdrawn There is
title chance Of their being moved
Sig Sugar Contract
That economies IN iae admlnisEra-
ion 81 the federal government 50
sften ana forciBly demanded BY am
lihous politicians about election
dme. occasionally become accomplish /
d facts was strikingly illustrated
here this week by the closing Of az
spoeh-marking contract A. result
i wiz cost less than i has for many
years % sstify the sweet tooth of
DC navy. The contract "a question
eas for 10000 pounds q sugar for
.he use y tbe nayY or enoag6 y
slYe E years aysfage spDply " afs
commodity y more fhaD iz9e ger
sous i.af8e AS n t9e quantity hoW
sfaf tAe fenaEke5.e teas4re n fbe
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slioh a feaf als 8eteHha eaDi