The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25

'dfu anu the clly commissioners Tn the lent J. H. Phillips. school principals and
 understood.
 and rodmen from this department has
 been directly caused by the suspension
 of public improvement work. | Cut in Street Department 1 Tn the street department a reduction
 of $lls5 per month has been made by cut ting salaries of some foremen and by dropping other foremen and a number of day laborers In addition to this, the of | flee force of the street department in- cluding the street commissioner get their proportionate reduction. The expenses of the street department | will be further curtaiied, so as to af- | ford an estimated saving of approximately | $7Oo by cutting out the cost of materials.
 such as chert, slag etc, for street and
 road improvement.
 'The aggregate saving in the street department, including salaries, street | work and materials, will be S22, ,6o0
 The salary of the superintendent of
 playgrounds is reduced from s166 .66 to s1oO
 per month Salaries of all supervisors
 was suspended in January, and will con
 tinue suspended indefinitely. ''The commission feels that the actiy- | ity now going on in this department as l shown by the large number of minor or ganlzation such as playgrounds, foot | ball, basketball baseball clubs, etc, as well as the investments heretofore made, 1 should be conserved and not allowed to | go to pieces for lack of some head to su- | pervise and hold it together until bet I ter times
 Parks are placed under the supervision
 of the park superintendent. who will keep 1 them up the best he can with day labor
 To Abandon Improvements | The city must necessarily abandon tenn | porahSy work mapped out for improving
 public property, also for buying ma
 terial to repair roads, bridges, etc. "Ths appropriation for the public library 1 Is reduced from $15,000 to $12O00 per an
 num- notwithstanding that increased fa- cilities are practically being demanded l and used by an appreciatve public | The commission expects to hold a | meeting with the board of education in l few days and at that time will an 1 nounce reductions in salaries of at least I the higher school officials. The commissioners realize that these enforced reductions have in many cases cut salaries much below the salaries paid l for similar services by other cities It | is hoped that before the year is out such | permanent relief will have been obtained 1 by the city that it will not be necessary | for the commissioners to ask any faithful
 and efficient employe to work for less l than their services are admitted to be l reasonably worth.
 Such better conditions, however, must
 be dependent on the citys realization of 1 permanent relief. The proposed bond is- 1 sue for temporary relief will have no
 bearing on these reductions In salaries. :"
 Salaries After March 1 The salary list of the city beginning
 March l, 1915, is shown below by the first | figures; the second showing the savings | effected in such department per month by the new salary list: Board of Commissioners-Thre commits 1 sioners $500 each, $500; one city clerk Slb0; saving, sl96.
 Purchasing Department-One purchas- ing agent $l35: saving, $50. Comptroler-One comptroller, s35o; one general bookkeeper $175: saving, $160. License Department-One license collec-
 tor. s225; assistant dropped; saving, s65. Building sDepartment-One chief inspec- tor, S150; three building inspectors, S9o | each, $270; one building inspector dropped; i;
 saving, s106.
 l Electrical Department-One chief inspec- l tor $125; one inspector, $100 one inspector s9o, saving, $25.
 Weights and Measures Department-One inspector, SS5 saving, $15. City Attorney-One attorney, 800 one | assistant, $225; saving, s13O. Recorders Court, Brmingham-One re- corder, $200; one clerk, $95; saving, s70. Recorders Court, Ensley-One recorder siO0; saving, $l0.
 Smoke Inspector One inspector, dropped saving, $166 bing Inspector-One chief inspec- one plumbing inspector dropped; saving, Sl56.
 Health and Sanitation-One health of ficer, $20O; one chief inspector. sl50; eight inspectors, $sO each, $640; one city phy- sician, s97.50; four sanitary inspectors dro pped saving $457. Meat and Milk Inspectors One chief inspector, $50; two inspectors, s95 each, $190; three inspectors. $S0 each, $40; sav- ing, s1e.
 City Engineer--One city engineer $350; one assistant, $50; one assistant, $135; one chief clerk, $120; saving S1361 Dropped-Four engineers. $100 each; one engineer, $90; two inspectors, .$S0 each; three inspectors, $70 eth; one rodman, $45; eight rodmen, $40 each. Police Department-One chief, $210; one assistant chief. s11O; One desk ser geant at Ensley dropped; saving $295
 Fire Department-One chief. $210; one assistant, $135; one assistant, $120; saving $142.
 Street Commissioner-One street com missioner. $100; saving $1170
 Fairgrounds Department--One super
 ntendent, $100; saving s541.
 Excavation Department--One superin- tendent, $120; saving $250.
 Welfare Department--One superinten- dent $S0 one assistant, $60; saving $10.
 Northsde prison, saving $S0.
 Parks. saving $b5.
 Charity Appropriations--Anti- Tuber- culosis association. $200; free dispen- sary, $50; free milk depot for babies s25; Girls home. $25; Holy Innocents hospital. $25; Jefferson County Orphans s association. $50; Mercy home, $75; Oc- tavia White home. s25; Old Folks home. $12.50; Old Home hc>Sital. $50; Pisgah home $25; Salvation Army Rescue home $37.50: St. Vincent's hospital. $50: United Charities, $25; Volunteers of America, $25; Boys. club. $50; saving $750.
 Library. 5000; saving sa5o.