New Britain herald., 1915-02-18
MAYOR VOTES TWICE
 ON SAME QUESTION
First T.m} Since Administration
 Of Samuel BaSSett.
II CARRIES A SALARY INCREASE
Common Council Spends Nearly an Hour Debating on Raise of $1oO Per Year For Girl CIcrk.-AU Talk ing Records Broken.

ing Records Broken.
 All records for loquacity in the common council were shattered at the February meeting last night when a number of the members showed signs
 of being in talkative mood and blos- somed forth with their opinions on nearly every known subject. It took the council nearly an hour to decide whether it wanted to give a girl clerk an increase of $150 per year in salary and Demosthenes in all his or atorical magnificence was dumb ! in comparison with some of the per l orators.
 After the talkative ones had used up much valuable time telling of their solicitude for the welfare of the city it came as a rude jolt to have Super intendent Reeks of the health depart ment remark that not over a dozen | members of. the council had shown | interest enough in that department to visit his office and learn what is be- ing accomplished.
 The gems of oratory were so fre- | quent and so long that number of the councilmen quit and went home. Even Mayor Quigley succumbed and 1 left the gavel in charge of President 1 D. B. Warwick.
 Before going, the mayor featured the meeting by leaving the rostrum l to speak in favor of an increase in the salary of the sanitary inspector and later by voting twice on the in- crease, once as a member of the coun- cil and immediately afterwards as mayor. His vote as a member of the council tied up the vote and his vote as mayor put the measure through. This is the first time since the admin 1 istration of Samuel Bassett that q mayor has voted twice on the same l subject.
 The big fight of the night occurred on the report of the committee on salaries and Alderman Parker, in 1 vehement speech, denounced those | council members who attend meetings with the sole purpose of fighting against salary increases.
 The salary committee made three recomnlendat tions. that the salary of 1 the clerk to the board of assessors be | increased from $750 to $90U; that ! of the sanitary inspector from S7S0 ! to $900, and that of the plumbing in- { spector from $500 to $1,200 if he de- votes all his time to the office. Councilman. Landers spoke in favor of advancing the salary of Miss Paul inc M. Richards, clerk of the asses sers. He said many young women, who have less responsibility, are re- ceiving more salary in local factories. "Th CSC days. if women are found competent, they are properly compen5 sated,'' he said.
 Councilman Landers reviewed tho increase in salaries in the past three years, which shows they have crept h1t ho T iC fact should interfere with an increase for Miss Richards.
 Councilman Dolan spoke against any increase in the clerks salary as he believed in waiting to see how the charter amendment making two the membership of the board works out I
 Councilman Warwick spoke along the same line. '
 As q member of the salary comniU- tee, Counci1lhan Conlon spoke against the raise.
 Alderman Jester registered his dis 1! approval of any salary raises. He con- | sidered S75O handsome salary.
 Councilman Chamberlain made his 1 maiden speech and it was against the :! project. He believed in regarding it from the standpoint of the position and not the occupant.
 Councilman Landers did not believe the work of the clerk would be de- creased any by the charter amend ment.
 Councilman Conlon said that Chair man Burckhardt could not sec any merit in Councilman Landers view.
 Councilman Wagner thought S7J0 all the job was worth.
 On roll call the vote was as fol- lows:
 Yes-Parker, Shine. kcrwin, Dan berg, Huot, Brzozowy Riley, Paonessa, Coyle, McCrann, Landers.
 No-LaWyer, Dolan, IIausmann, Anderson, May, Eichstaedt. Teich, Cham berlain, Voight, H. Johnson, Staedler, Knowland, Degnan, Conlon, Jester Warwick.
 The measure was lost, IS to II. Alderman Parker Hays "Economists."
 Alderman Parker flayed those members of the council who attend 2 the meetings with the sole intention of I hammering down salaries when the , question of raising the salary of the sanitary inspector came up. He said that the board of directors of a CO., operation would place some weight on the word of the head of q department | nho recommended an increase of an V employees salary. For this reason he ] believed the council should follow out q he recommendation of Superintend- ent Of Health T. F.. Reeks.
 Councilman Noisht replied that the ploNcS of any corporation should i. g consider themselves lucky to hold V tn cir jobs c
 Alderman Parker said the efficiency l