Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-03
COUNCIL ACTS TUESDAY
ON CITY PAY INCREASE
Resolution Gives 10 Per Cont Ad.
vance to All Employees Re-
cciving 81, 800 or Less.
NO OPPOSITION Is EXPECTED
VIII Cost City for Balance Of Fiscal
Year, to January 81, 1913, Total
Of $77,O50-Eight-Hour Day Pro-
posed for City Employees.

Action on. tho proposed increase Of
10 per cent In salary for the remainder
of tho present fiscal year to all city
employees receiving $500 or less an
nually. is expected to be taken to-
The regular meeting of tho Council
was postponed from tonight because
of the holiday in connection with the
celebration of Labor Day.
Since the resolution has been recon.
mcnded by the Finance Committee. no
opposition in tho Council Is anticipated.
To increase the salary OF every city
employee in the class designated. and
there arc about 100. will represent
an additional expenditure by the city
Of $77,o5o The measure is expected
to be adopted by the Common Council
tomorrow night and approved by tho
Board OF Aldermen in tho next few
days.
Its passage by both branches of tho
Council Will be in time. city officials
believed last night. to make the In
crease effective by September IS. which
would give employees the benent of
tho bonus for q period Of four and
one half months. Tho resolution at
fects all school-teachers. members OF
the Fire and Police Departments. en-
pioyecs OF the Water. Gas and Street.
Cleaning Departments. ard all other
city employees who are not earning
more than $500 year
EXPECT GENERAL ADVANCE
IN ALL CITY SALARIES
In Official circles II was the belief
yesterday shat the Finance Commit
tee will make provision in the 1913
bulge. for slight general advance
In tho salaries of all city employees
| In this class. 1t was pointed out that
| many members OF the Fire and Police
Departments have recently resigned to
accept moro lucrative employment Ia
other lines of endcavor, and the state
| ment was made that higher salaries
would be necessary to hold the men.
The Fire Department several weeks
ago had difficulty in nllins vacancies
at the present scale of wages.
Second in Importance only to this
| resolution. is tho ordinance which
Councilman Carter c. Jones. of Madison
Ward. Will offer In tho Common Coun-
Gil tomorrow night providing for the
establishment of an eight-hour work
day for all city employees. Mr. Jones
said last night that the eight-hour day
had been recognized as tho standard
by manufacturing plants and corpora
ttons. and since the Administrative
Board had introduced II at tho lower
gas works he thought the Same prin.
| cipal should be applied TO all employ ees
| Of the city.
| WANTS BET'TER HOURS
fOh FlNEnEN AND OTHERS
1t is highly probable that this reso-
| luton Will result In 4 general re-
arrangement OF the working hours In
several departments Of the city gov
| crnment. Mr.. Jones believes that 4
better arrangement for members of
| the Fire Department could be had in
order that they would not be confined
as closely to their station houses
He also pointed out that the watch
| men at the City Hall are now on duty
| for twelve hours at a stretch, and for
| eighteen hours once a week. when tho
| shift from day To night duty Ia made
by them. The elevator men in tho
building also work many hours over
| time during Council and committee
| meetings he said. and some other ar
| rangement should be provided.
There will be n number OF other
matters before the Council for con-
sideration at this meeting. among them
the resolution from the Finance Com
| mittee providing for the pensioning of
Fred l.. krenGel. former detective SER
ceant. at $50 per month. Opposition
TO this measure is expected to develop
| In certain quarters. but 1t was tho
| consensus of opinion yesterday that tho
measure would be adopted by tho Coun.
Gil.