Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-28
COMMITTEE WILL
LEARN COST Of
RUNNING COUNTY
Investigators viii Report To-
morrow Night to Taxpayers
Who Probably viii Make
Recommendation.

Taxpaycrs. who met at The Com.
mcfcinl club last night. provided for
/ The appointment of committee to m
Ncstipate the cost Of conducting eoiin-
ty Offices a. y. StrOup, who pre-
sided, made the appointments. when
follow j. Korbcr, JuBtlce George r.
erals. a. Ficlschcf and Don Rankin.
Mr. Stroup himself Is aombcr Of
the committee through motion pass
cd al the meeting
The committee will havo only two
DAYS for Investigation. II Is to re-
port following The Commercial clubs
regular meeting tomorrow night. THIS
means that the report VIII be read
about . o'clock. Taxpayers who are
moi members OF the club as well US
those who are members are expected
TO be present
More than twenty men attended
last night They included men repre-
senting practically all the big BUSH
ncsses Of the city. including the banks.
mercantile firms aud others. Several
county officers were there.
What They Get Now.
After fully thirty minutes OF gen
eral discussion which did not promise
~ evolve q definite plan OF action the
meeting got down 10 business at the
suggestion Of Frank Mckee. cashier
OF The First National bank. County
Clerk a. r. Walker was asked what
salaries county officers were get
ting now. He said the commission
ers allowed him as county clerk $4,000
a year which Includes the work Of the
probate court The pay OF his depu.
Ties comes out Of this amount The
district clerk he said. gets s225
month. An fees 60 to the treasurer
Mr. Walker, still answering qucs-
lions, said the sheriff was not being
paid any allowance except mileage.
How much does he get Tor board
ing prsuners?' was asked. Five hun
dred aud fifty dollars lnonth. was
the answer He said the sheriff paid
his deputies, Replying To- another
query. he said he did not know
whether or not the sheriff turned fees
collected by him over 10 the trea-
surer
The assessor ana treasurer are nj
lowed $4,000 year and the county
superintendent $i25 a month, penl-
ing the passage Of a bin fixing their
salaries.
Ought Co Run boarding House"
we ought to rim our own boarding
house. said someone In the crowd
after question had been asked as to
the provisions Of pending legislation
for the feeding of county prisoners.
chief McMlllin responded TO a ques-
ton rs TO how much the city paid for
the board Of prisoners. What the
city gave was hardly fair basis TO
Judge upon. he said. The council al
lows nineteen cents meal, but that
pays for the janltor and Jailcr who
has to sleep la the jail at nights aud
answer telephone calls, he explained
Frank Ilubbell cautioned the eXer-
else of fairness In fixing salaries lis
friends, the bankers, real estate deal
ers and others whom he pointed out
IN the crowd, wanted TO make fair
profit In their business he said. Of
flcers are human like the rest. The
people out of office are In the ma
jorty but they should guard them
selves against injustice to the office
holders, he said
Recommendations Before Monday.
lie wanted the committee to learn
OF the officers the number of deputies
needed by each and the exact cost Of
maintenance Of his office. lie ex-
pressed the belief that the superin-
tendent was the worst paid man In
the county today"
Mr. Hubbell said the taxpayers
should make their recommendation
In regard to the salaries they thought
sufficient for the officers of this
county TO the legislature by next Mon
day The salary bill would very like
ly be a caucus measure, he stated. lie
did not believe there WIS Any danger
of the Bills being passed this week.
quite a number of Legislators Will 60
TO Socorru today for the funeral OF
II, ~ Doughcrty ana both houses
surely viii adjourn Friday until Mon
day, he pointed out
When the motion authorizing the
appointment OF tho committee was
passed, Mr. Stroup asked &. O. Cush-
man, president OF the Commercial
club to make the appointments. MIR
uushman declined saying the Conn
mercial club had not taken any part
In politics and that he believed The
less IL was involved the better. some
one suggested that this was not poll
tics but business MIR. Stroup, who
presided. then said he would name
the committee after the meeting
Only BcrnalillO Considered.
Instructions to the committee indie
cnte that the meeting tomorrow night
VIII not make any attemp TO say what
salaries saould be paid in any coun.
ties other than Bernalillo. This was
the sense expressed by several men
prescnr last night