Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-24
Wide Variance in Compen- sation for Similar
 Positions.
MEMPHIS PAYS WELL
That City One of Two in Group of Thirty .eight Paying Mayor $G,OtN)- ChicagO's Mayor Gets $lS,OO0
 and New YOrk's $3,OOO Less.

Washington, June 22.-The numbers terms of office, and salaries of thu legislative and general executive off cers of cities having a population o over 3O,OOO are given in a report ol financial statistics of cities whicl has been issued by William J. Harris director of the census, department O. commerce. This report was prepared under the supervision of Le Grant Powers, chief statistician for finance and municipal statistics.
 Statistics for 195 cities are given divided into five groups. Cities o group l had population of 5OO,0O( and over in 1912; group 2, a popula tion of 100000 to 5OO,OOO; group 8, { population of 100000 to 100000; group 4, a population of 50,OOO to 100000; and group 5, population of 30,O0O tc 5O.OO0. The city officials included in this report are the aldermen and councilmen, commissioners, mayor city clerk, comptroller, auditor, treas urerer or chamberlain, collector uf revenue, assessors and city attorney or solicitor. The report calls atten- tion to the lack of uniformity in nomenclature of city officers and of tho duties assigned to them. Any comparison of salaries paid by the different cities, therefore can be made only partially, the cost to the city for specific services being deter minable only by ascertaining the char acter and extent of the services rc- quired of the officials.
 Salaries in Cities of 5OO,OOO and Over.
 The officials of cities in group 1. having population of 5O0,OOO and ies than those. of less population for example, New York paid it's may or $l5,Oo0 year, while Chicago paid it's chief executive $18,OOO a. year; Phila- delphia, $12,0O0; St. Louis, S5,0oO; Boston, $10,00O; Cleveland, S10.3Cc i; Baltimore, $6,00O; Pittsburgh. $1o,oC0; and Detroit, $5,000. The salaries of the icty clerks for cities of group ranged from $S,OOO, which is paid in New York. to $3,00O, which is .he salary in St. Louis. The romatroller of the city of New York received a $15,0G0 salary; of Chicago, SIC. and of Philadelphia. $8,0O0. The othe" cities in this group paid salaries of either $4,O00 or $5,0O0 per aan1m to the comptroller. The auditor of. the city of Boston was paid $6,OOO year, larger salary than was paid by any other city in this group, the salaries AJr other cities ranging from $4,OO0 to $5,OOO. The city chamberlains or treasurers of New York and Chicas D each received salary of $12,000 q year, while the salaries of those in the seven other cities ranged from $3,5On to $lO,OO0 year. The assessors of the cities of group received salaries ranging from $7,000 in New York to $2,7OO in Pittsburgh. The city attor- ney of New York city received $15,- 900 year, and of Chicago and of Philadelphia, $1O,00O. Baltimore paid the lowest salary of any city in this group to its city attorney-$4,5O 800 a year-the salaries in the other cities in this group ranging from $5,OOO to 5000.
 Salaries in Cities of 3OO,OOO to 5OO,OOO.
 The cities of group 2 include Buffa- 10, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Cincin- nati, Los Angeles, Newark, New Or leans, Washington and Minneapolis. The mayors of Cincinnati and of New Orleans .eceived the largest salaries for cities of this group-$1O,000 a year-while the salaries of mayors in the other cities ranged from $4,OOO in Milwaukee to $6000 in San Francisco. The city clerk of Newark heads the list for cities in this group, receiving salary of $500 year, while the city clerks of the eight other cities ranged from $2,40O in Los Angeles to $4,100 in Cincinnati. The comp troller of Newark, N. J., received sal ary of $5,000 year, while the comp trOllers of Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Buffalo received $4,OOO each. Four cities in group 2, namely, Buffalo Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Minneapolis paid salaries of $5.OOO a year to their treasurers or chamberlains. Los An ington, D. C., $3,o00; San Francisco $4,000; and Newark, N. J., S4,5OO. The auditor of Cincinnati is paid salary of $5,000 year; for Buffalo, $2,50O; of San Francisco and Washington. .$4, 900; of Newark, $4,5OO; of Los An geles, $3,00G; and of New Orleans, $3,- 500. The assessor of San Francisco is paid $8,000 a year. which is the high est for any cl,y in this group. The salaries of assessors in other cities ranged from $2,000 in Washington to $4,200 in Minneapolis. The city attor- ney or solicitor of Newark receives a salary of 5000 year, while Mime apolis and New Orleans pay their city solicitors s6.00o year. The sal aries of these officials in the other cities ranged from $4,000 in, Milwau- kee and Los Angeles to $5,O00 in Buff falo, San Francisco and Cincinnati.
 Salaries in Cities of 100000 to OO,0OO
 Tn the 38 cities of group the mayor of Seattle, Wash, received the largest salary, $7,500 year. The sal aries of the mayors of the other cities ranged from 5000 in Paterson, N. J.. and Grand Rapids, Mich. to $6.000 in Denver, Colo, and Memphis, Tenn The salaries of the city clerks in cities of this group ranged from $1.5OO per year in Paterson, N. J., to 5000 in