New Britain herald., 1916-02-16
TEN CENT INCREASE
 ONLY FOR POLIO
Joint Committees Recommend
 Cents for Bremen

the bones of contention at the meeM ing of the ordinance committee of 8 council, the safety board and the Sd W ary committee of the council at Ci Hall last night and after a lot of d cussion pro and con the recommen 8 ations of the board of public safe were accepted with one of two exec tions. It was voted to Increase pay of fourth year men in the il department twenty-five cents ds instead of ten cents as recommendd and the increase of $28O in the sala of the chief of the fire departme was reduced to $100.
 Commissioner and Clerk A. E. Ma H nell of the safety board explained h K boards recommendations, giving q tailed figures. Officers Theodo8 K Johnson, w. c. Hart, Andrew Richardson, and William P. McCtA appeared before the meeting as committee representing the police d partment and Officer Richardson prs sented the police petition for salad raises and the reduction in time
  the salary increase, Officer Hart spolS of the increased cost of living an. quoted salaries in different cities \ the state He thought New Brita ! with a population of 55,O00 shoull pay it's policemen $3.25 a day. T speaking for a reduction in time the grade system, Officer McCue sal present conditions require that a ma have five years residence in the cit, must work two years as a special an then put in two years at $2.50 an two years at $2.75 and does not reac 1 the maximum of $500 until the lift year.
 Boards Recommendations. Commissioner Magnell was aske about the safety boards recommend ations. He said they recommended | raise in the chiefs salary from s1 ,6C to $1,80O, the captains salary frol $1,4O0 to $1,500 and sergeants frol $1,200 to $1,250 and a reduction in th graded system so the maximum woul be $3.10. The grades would then | as follows. First year $2.50; secon $2.75; third $3, fourth $3.10. Tn I would mean an increase in the poliC payroll of $1,645, but if the poLt petition was granted the increas ] would total $3,405.75. Councilma
 Degnan moved to adopt the board
 recommendations, but Councilma 1 McDonough favored laying the matte
 over until all the increases could |
 acted upon together. The amend
 ment was carried and Commissione
 MagnelI then explained what the fir,
 men seek and the boards recon | mendation.
 The firemen petition for an increas
 in the chiefs salary from $1,400 t 1 $1,6S0, captains pay $28S to S3.4
 a day or from $1,05120 to $1,261. A
 lieutenants from $2.75 to $330, c l $1,003.75 to $1,211.25; hosemen, lad | dermen, etc, from s2.60 to S3.13 | day, or from S949 to $1,138 a year. The safety board recommended tn chiefs salary to be ST, 500; the cap | tain's S3 a day or s1 ,095 a year, lieu tenants $2.S5 a day or S1,040.25 an
 a new grade for permanent men o
 the fourth year, making their pa 1 $2.70 a day. an increase of ten cents
 
 l be s2.20 the first year, $2.40 the sec | ond S2.6O the third and $2.70 tn 1 fourth. The total increase in the pay roll would be $1,119.S0. Most of tn committee thought ten cents too smal to consider and it was finally fixed a 1 twenty-five and on the suggestion o | Councilman Paonessa the increase fo the chief was fixed at $100 instead o S200.
 School Board Hit.
 In the discussion which folIowc, over the proposed increases, Council man McDonough got after the schoo board for recommending a budget O $3O8,0O0 when ten years ago it wal only $128,0oO. He said the board wal going in for all kinds of fads, voca tional and prevocational schools and what not. The were f1attered when cities like Milwaukee and Indianapolis came here to inquire about the schools. Hartford with it's millions was going to wait and see how New Britain came out with its municipal slaughter house. While the factories are busy and some are making fine
 
 wages the city is not getting the profit and was never in poorer condition, said MT. McDonugh. Councilman Steiner thought some of the big app propriations should be cut. The school board got all it asked and the council voted $3,0Oo for pergola at Walnut Hill which is of no practical use.
 When the police salaries were acted upon it was voted to adopt the safety boards recommendation, which gives the fourth year men $3.10 day in- stead of $3. After adjourning tho board reconvened and voted to amend the recommendation regarding the ffremen so that the twenty-five cent increase shall apply to the fourth year men and to the captains and lieuten- ants and not to the permanent men of o+bar yradaS Tt was also voted 10