The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-17


master on several occasions.
Il want to say. also. that I have
been made the goat by other city
departments because have not
come before the committee 3 each
year and asked for salary increases.
said Koch. II am asking for In
creases ut this time simply to bring
the scale OF salaries In my once up
TO the figures to which they have
been boosted In other ofices. viii
say that I never heard OF q city en-
ploye resigning because his salary
was not increased. II I had wanted
an Increase for Reinhardt I would
have asked you gentlemen for H. ]
am capable Of running my own Of
fice."
TIE committee increased Rein
hardt's salary to $500.
The board or assessors asked for
salary increases for members OF
their once force, the assessors hav-
Ing had their own salaries Increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 year by char
ter amendment. Chief Clerk John
Scott's salary was boosted from 81
ESQ to $4,000 year. The mortgage
ard deed clerk was allowed $1,000.
an increase Of $3.50: the stenosraph-
err and assistant roll clerk was al
lowed a similar increase. A new ati-
tomobile clerk ut $1,000 was allowed
and one extra clerk at $1,000. An
item OF $1,000 for overtime work
was allowed to stand after little
discussion. This makes the salary
OF the regular clerks in the once.
ti.400 a year.
The committee increased the sal
airy of the corporation counsel from
$4,000 TO $500 a year under the
charter amendment. Corporation
Counsei Lawson having neglected to
do so. The nan who succeeds Law.
son will benefit by the increase. The
shift that Mr.. Lawson made In HIS
once force some time ago. changing
some OF the salaries. were not In
terfer.d with.
Boiler Inspector John c. McCabe
was down for $500 increase, but
the inspector addressed a letter to
the committee asking that he be de-
MED the increase and that increases
be allowed his assistants instead.
Mr.. McCabe draws $4,000 a year.
The committee accommodated Mr..
McCabe as far as his own salary
cut was concerned. but refused to
grant his assistants the increases
asked. One clerk was advanced
from 1920 to 400 and an assist.
ant inspector OF innammable liquids
was allowed at $500 instead OF
$500.
Building Inspector Henry A Dn-
pont was denied $500 salary boost.
He draws $4,000 a year. His secre-
taryis salary, however. was In
creased from $500 to $3.50, and
the once plan examiners salary
from $3.50 to S1,440. Two permit
clerks we're given, increases OF 800
each. An extra elevator inspector
at $1,000 was allowed. the two now
employed receiving $3.50 each.
Nine inspectors were denied In
creases OF $50 each.
The civil service commissioners
salary requests were cut from -,
500 TO $4,000, the commissioners
having lost out In their nrst round
In the courts on the salary PROPOSE
ton. The $4,000 IL for the new COM
missioner who IL to be appointed In
July. The law will not prevent him
from drawing q regular salary. Fred
w. Smith. secretary Of the commits
sion. was advanced rfrom $4,000 to
$4,000. and the investigators salary
was jumped from $1,000 to $4,000.
Two new clerks and one new mes
senger were allowed.
The committee on public lighting,
not to be outdone by the other bud
get committees, allowed all the sal
airy increases asked by the lighting
commission. Tuesday morning. The
snlary OF Frank T.. Mistersky, gen.
eral superintendent, was boosted
from $1,000 to $500. The assistant
superintendent was advanced from
$1,000 to s2.4o0. The other increases
we're as follows: Tive clerks In sec
retary's once. $1,000 to t1.100 each;
chief clerk. $1,000 to 1890; assist
ant storekeeper. ss60.7s to $1,000;
storeroom clerk. Ss60.75 to $1,000.
Another storeroom clerks pay was
increased frcm $40 to 5000.
Only two items we're cut In the
commissions improvement fund,
and they we're eliminated entirely.
One was for the decorative lighting
OF Belle isle ut a cost OF s2T,s45, and
the other for the illumination Of
Palmer Park at cost Of S3,175. Two
items, one for service connection
and the other for the purchase of six
automobiles. were taken under con
sideration.
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