Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-22
FIND COMP ARSON
!. Of SALARIES HARD
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ark receives A salary Of 1000 year,
while Minneapolis and New Orleans
pay their city solicitors Sc. 000 a year.
The salaries of these officials in the
other cities ranged from $4,000 in
Milwaukee and Los Angeles TO 5000
in Buffalo, San Francisco and Gin
cinnau.
Some Discrepancies shown.
It will be observed that the Stats
tician sights Newark on the ques-
ton of the mayors salary. It is $40
900 per year. authorized by 1egisla-
tive enactment with Common Coun-
ell concurrence. And il was known
before the last election for mayor,
that regardless of who would be the
victor, the incumbent of the mayors
office would receive a salary OF s10,-
900.
As to Newark's city auditor He
receives $4,000 per annum, and his
duties has been largely increased.
Board of Education work. not pre-
viously handled by the auditor and
for which $500 a year was paid, is
now taken care Of by the auditor
ical force of his office. Other duties
have been loaded upon the auditors
office. 1t is not set forth that New
arks population approximates 100000,
as per figures issued from the Census
Bureau, whence came the present cir
cular or advance sheet of course.
it may not have been contemplated
to go so deep into details, but these
little matters strengthen the asser-
ton of the statistician that compar-
isons of salaries paid by different
cities can only be partially made.
Group 3.-1OO,OOO to 100000.
In the thirty-eight cities of group 3
the mayor of Seattle, Wash, received
the largest salary, $500 a year. The
salaries of the mayors of the other
cities ranged from $1,000 in Paterson,
n. j., and Grand Rapids, Mich, to
Sc 900 in Denver, Colo, and Memphis.
Tenn. The salaries of the city clerks
in cities of this group ranged from
81, 500 per year in Paterson, n. j., to
IS, 900 in Jersey City. The comptrol-
lers in these thirty-eight cities were
paid salaries ranging from $4,000 in
Seattle, Wash, to S1.S00 in Paterson,
| N. j. The treasurers received salar-
les ranging from $4,000 in Denver,
Colo, to $500 in Bridgeport, Conn.
The salaries of tine assessors ranged
! from $4,000 year, Wtich was paid
| in Denver, Colo. 10 IS per day in
Toledo. Ohio. The auditors received
salaries ranging from $500 in Den
yer, Colo. to 81 500 in Lowell, Mass.
| The salaries paid to the city attor-
news of the cities in this group
ranged from $500 a year in Provi-
dence, r l., to $500 in Spokane
| Wash.
Group 10000 to 100, O0O.
The cities in group 4. which num-
bered 81. paid their mayors annual
salaries ranging from 5000 in Mobile.
Ala. to 81, 900 in Saginaw. Mich. The
city clerks were paid salaries ranging
| from SO. 600 a year in Norfolk. Va, to
| $500 in Allentown, Pa. The comptrol-
| lers in this group of cities were paid
annual salaries ranging from $4,000 in
Elizabeth, y. j., to $1,000 in Johns
town. Pa. The auditors received sal
aries ranging from $4,000 in Fort
Worth, Tex, to $500 in South Bend.
IND The city treasurers were paid
salaries ranging from $4,000 in Ho-
boken, \. J., TO $240 in Sacramento,
Cal The cities of Fort Worth, Tex,
and Altoona, Pa, paid their treasur-
ers $500 a year. The assessors sala-
ries varied from $4,000 a year in Du-
luth, Mimi, to 800 in Norfolk, Va.
The city attorney or solicitor of At
| lantic City drew a salary of $4,000 a
year, being the highest for any city
! of this class. The salaries of the
! other cities ranged from 5000 a year
/ in Houston, Tex, to $1,000 in Man
| chester. y. H.. Brockton, Mass,
Portland, Me; Holyoke, Mass, and
| Allentown, Pa
Group $4,000 to 10000.
In the cities of group 3. which num-
! bered S2tthe mayor of Superior. Wis.
was paid the largest salary, $4,000 a
year The salaries of the mayors OF
! the other cities of this group ranged
from $4,000 in Montgomery Ala, to
! 800. which was paid in Flint, Mich.
! The city clerk of East Orange, n. j.,
was paid the largest salary for cities
| of this class, 500 a year. The sala-
ries of the city clerks of the other
cities ranged from s., 500 in New Ro-
chelle. N Y. to $500 (plus fees). which
was paid in Superior, Wis. The
! comptrollers of cities of this group
I received annual salaries ranging from
! s., 600 a year in Bay City, Mich, New
| ton. Mass, and Mount Vernon, n. Y,
/ to $500 in York. Pa. The auditors
| salaries ranged from $500 in Tampa,
| Fla. to $500 in Rockford, III. The
| treasurers or chamberlains were paid
annual salaries ranging from $500 in
/ Bay City and Jackson, Mich, to 500
! in Mckeesport. Pa, The assessors
We're paid salaries ranging from $1,000
I in New Rochelle. n. Y. 70 $500 in
! Chester. Pa, and Amsterdam. n. Y.
! The city attorneys or solicitors sala-
/ ries ranged from 5000 a year in
Mount Vernon, n. Y, to $3.50 year