Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-14
8R00HL YN POLICE
THREATEN TO QUIT
VIII Not Work for New Industrial
Plants Unless Pay is Increased
Chief Says.
TAXPAYERS OPPOSE RAISE
Effort Already Being Made TO Decrease
Tax Rate---Teachers, Too, Want
Higher Salaries.

spea king through their chief, Thos
" Irwin. on Wednesday, all the po-
Iiremen Of Brooklyn and Curtis Bay
this county. made ii known that unless
their salaries are increased they will
resign as q body and find employment
In the many industrial plants that are
booming at Curtis Bay.
The police say that their work has
been tremendously increased by the in
aux Of many foreigners and negroes
into the neighborhood as a result of the
industrial activity. They say also that
they would have no trouble in getting
positions far more lucrative in the in
dustrial plants.
Moreover. demanding increases in
wages Is in the air in this county.
The tetchers are insisting that their
monthly pay be increased from an av-
erage Of $50 TO an average of $50
And $50 a month, says the police, is as
much as a policeman is now paid. Ger
talnly.they argue, if a teacher is worth
$50 a month, a policeman is worth a
great deal more, for a policeman works
many hours a day longer than does
a teacher.
Chief Irwin says that the police force
is drawing up a paper, which all of
them have agreed to sign, asking DR.
George Wells. Democratic leader in this
county: John f. Potee, former Sherifi
Of thisc ounty. and now a member of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee and State Senator Frank NJ. Du-
vail, of this county, to have more
money appropriated for the police of
Brooklyn and Curtis Bay.
The police want their petition pre-
sented to the Legislature. Those who
are expected to sign the paper to be
presented to the county leaders are
Chief Irwin, who now receives SEQ
month. and Patrolmen Edward b. Up
ton, John p Helmer, Louis Miller
William MUIR, Frank Hasse, Howard
Swope. Lucurgus Reddish and John P
Sheppard, each of whom receive $50
q monht.
The taxpayers of Anne Arundel
county. on the other hand, are against
any increase in salary that would ad
vance the tax rate. In fact, the var
ious departments of the county are do
ing their utmost it is said. to scale
down the present rate which is con
sidered much too high. And there are
some ungrateful people who are said to
have pointed out the Police Depart
ment Of Brooklyn and Curtis Bay as
something that might come in for
pairing" These folks say that the
police now receive too much money for
the amount of work done.
To the defense of the police, how
ever, comes Magistrate James II. Fow
Ter. who says that there is too much
work at least at Fairfield and Mason
vile, where there are very large colo
uies Of negroes, most of whom are EN-
ployed at the big plant of the Pru-
Dental oil Company Only one police
man is assigned TO this territory now
Magistrate Fowler says three would
NOT lee too many for the amount OF
work that is to be done there, espec-
tally on Saturday night, when the ne
groes have a rather gay time of IT,
And don't forget, say the police in
effect, there are plenty of these new
companies that would be glad to have
hem and to pay them more than they
are getting now.