The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-14
BOOSTS PAY
Of FIREMEN
AND POLICE
Council Comes to Aid
of Two City De-
partments
MINIMUM FOR
EACH is 1000
Aid. Schultz Seeks Ad-
vance For Station
airy Engineers

without the formality or commit
tee consideration, the aldermen
Tuesday night gave substantial sal.
airy increases 10 the members OF the
police and hre departments. and
would have proceeded even further
with the boosts in pay in other de
partments had II not been for a
timely objection OF Aid Robinson.
OF the Tenth ward. The ordinance
granting the increase was introdue-
ed by Aid. Burton. OF the Second
ward. and received the unanimous
approval OF the body under suspen-
sion OF the rules, after IL had been
debated whether IL should frat 20
TO q committee
The aldermen were OF one mind
that immediate action was neces-
sary 10 attract new men 10 the po-
lice department. which is now short
80 men because OF the small pay.
The minimum salary OF patrolmen
IL fixed at $1,000 a year instead Of
81 900. During the second year he
will receive $1,000. and sl.4O0 for
the third year and thereafter This
Is an increase OF 5000 year for the
new man In the department, and
$40 year for the man who has
seen two years service.
F1remen now will receive 81 200
for the first year, 1900 the second.
and sl.40o the third. compared with
salaries OF $1,000. s1.lOo and 1880
In the past. The increases are ef.
fective July 1.
Upon the recommendation OF Pc
lice Commissioner CouEens. Aid Yer
nor, OF the Second ward. brought out
an ordinance increasing The pay OF
Inspector william r. Rutledge, OF
the police department, from y2.4OO
30 $4,000. and giving him the rank OF
chief inspector The aldermen pass.
ed II unanimously.
These three increases, having
gone thru without serious objection,
Aid. Schultz. OF the Seventeenth
ward, moved that salary boosts also
be awarded the city stationary en-
gineers. He made a thoro explana
ton OF the amounts OF the increases
asked and was about TO move that
the ordinance be passed az amended
when Aid. Robinson interposed.
Il object 10 putting these salary
increases thru on the floor" he said.
What we are doing is raising the
budget right here, giving one in
crease and then another. II Is Just
as Aid. Vernon remarked, We are
reading on dangerous ground"
The one objection served TO lay
the ordinance over until the next
meeting.
Aid. Schultz ordinance proposes
the following salary boosts: Assist
ant engineer at the parks and boule-
Yards heat and power plant. from
$1,000 TO s1.450: assistant engineer
at the Belle Isle bridge. $1,000 to
tl,4So; nrst assistant engineer at
the Fairview pumping station. from
$1,000 TO 1880; second assistant at
Fsirview, from $1,000 to ti.t5O; Re
ceivlng hospital engineer, from
$1,000 to s1.4oo: chief engineer at
the Belle Isle bridge. from $500 to
81 500.
When the ordinance carrying the
salary increases to the police and
nremen was adopted. the FIRST ap-
plause In months came from the gal.
lery. Later, when other proposals
20 boost salaries were introduced
there was another burst OF ap-
plause.
TO those m the gallery. I would
say be careful OF your applauding."
remarked Aid. Vernon. looking up 10
those who had interrupted the pro
ceedings. You are working against
your own interests. II any depart.
ments ask for wage increases and
deserve them, I can assure you that
the council will be only too glad to
grant them. but you are only hurting
your own interests by such demon.
STATIONS"
Aid. Allan and Robinson also
spoke In favor OF giving more salary
to those deserving. but asked the al
dermen to give opportunity for am
pie discussion or each increase
asked.
Aid. Walsh introduced a resolu-
ton providing for $50 a month IN
stead Of SIS for widows OF police
men and nremen. II was referred
to the committee on ways and
means.