The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-20
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are civilian employees. or the patrol
men, 3l,294 ara unmounted and 1904
are mounted on horses, 7OS on motor
cycles and 514 on bicycles. Park po-
licemen detailed at municipal build.
ings and courts, 800.
The longest term of service neces-
sary to attain the highest grade is
found in Savannah, Ga. In this city
the patrolman serves five years at
$500, five at $500, and five more at
$1,000. and thereafter receives s., ,0SC.
Tn Terre Halite, Ind, and Charleston,
s. c., the maximum rates of pay
s1,0S0 and $1,000, respectively are
REACHED after 10 years of service.
Among cities of 100000 or more, the
longest term of service necessary to
attain the highest grade is found il
Washington, D. G., where, after tnrsc
years of service at 5000 and five more
at s1,0S0, the patrolman finally re-
ceives $1,000 per annum.
The most common length of daily
shift or tour is eight hours, but IN
some cities it is considerably greatc,
In 10 cities there are two daily tours
Of 12 hours each. In all but nine of
the cities the night force is equal to
or greater than the day force.
Public interest in the efficiency OIL
police departments is doubtless re-
sponsible for the fact that no fewer
than 1872 of the 204 cities of 10000 |
and over, including all those of more
than 100000, apply civil service reg
ulatiors 20 the appointment of police
men, 1876 provide some form Of retire
ment and pension system, and still
larger number prescribe age, height |
and weight limits In SO cities retired /
employees receive half the salary they
We're drawing at the time of retire !
ment. A number of other cities pay |
a fixed compensation amounting to as
much or more than this, while still
others employ sliding scale based OIL
length of service.
Polieewonen are now employed in
26 cities. Chicago has 21; Baltimore, :
Los Angeles and Seattle five each;
Pittsburg, four; San Francisco, Port
land, Ore, and st. Paul. three each,
and Dayton, Ohio, Topeka, Kans., and
Minneapolis, Nina, two each. Fif-
teen other cities have one each. Their
pay ranges from S625 per annum in
Dayton to $1,000 in San Francisco.
OF the 204 cities of over 10000, 155
have municipality owned water supply
systems, the total estimated value OF
which is s1,O7lOOO,OOO Municipal
ownership in this field has been in
force III Philadelphia, which built its
plant in 1901 and has operated it con
tinuously since that time for longer
period than in any other city.
The bulk of the water supply for
most cities comes, of course, from
lakes and streams, but there are 1854
wells in operation in AZ cities. OF
these, 1867 are in New York City
alone.
Five processes of publication are
employed, namely, sedimentationt
coagulation, slow sand filtration, me-
chanical filtration and chemical steril-
ization. In the 1856 cities of over 10000
which have municipal ownership Of
water supply systems, there are IN
operation 81 sedimentation reservoirs, 4
in which are treated 95S 100000 gal
Ions a day; 81 coagulation plants, han
Hing 492,1O0,000 gallons daily; 527
sand filters, which treat 59S, 100000
gallons day, and 427 mechanical