Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
Police Assured
of Higher Pay


Continued from PAGE One
pared by larry +. Johns. president of
the Police Beneficial and Protective AS
socia;ion. The increases asked by the
pC licemen and the increases asked ny
Director Wilson In the Gaffney measure
differ In sCnc material instances The
Seger bill also provides increases for
city Hall guards, The measure totals
about sl,.50OoO and like the bill intro
drced by Mr.. Gaffney was referred To the
Finance Committee for action. The
Seger bill in full is as follows:
Az ORDINANCE
. FIXING tho salaries to ho paid to captalns,
MSuIenan,s; street house aud patrol ser.
GERS and police boat hrsmcn' licutcnan's Of
my nnr ng rinsn STsTGs Eng My sa EuafTas fcr tbr
year 1918. and provldins an appropriation
Section I. The Select aud common Coun.
Ills Of the city OF Philadclnhia DO ordpin,
That the sum OF -.--.-- dollars he ana ~
he annual sTnropriation an % y" 10 Ihe' Department
Of Public safety to carry into effect the
t' Gartains ti s5Soo,' "a and s55 for uniforms
ngrts s2nno. and S7a for unif1rmss,
street house mud patrol srrgcnnts, SlHoO,
and 500 for uniforms.
Detectives, Slnuu
pstrolmCn. after ono year OF service.
ratrolmen. loss than, ON year Of service
rnliccboat pilots, Si50u. and $50 for uni
P'"iiccboat engineers. $500. and $50 FOR
Poiicc6oat aremon. $1,000. and $50 Tor
uniforms, .,
iE.,'irnants Of Ct,y Hail suards. slIoo
'nT 9W s ra aqT snSrds @niGs" s,goo as $50 for uni
IA the even, of the fremen mastering
enough strength to get through their re-
quest for fiat increase Of $3.50 from
battalion chiefs down the line. an addi-
tional s296. 600 would he needed FOR
them Tho two together more than eat
up all balances available, leaving no
money for unpaid bills. etc, and no
emergency funds of any kind.
Appropriation bills planned t. he
passed before the close Of the year
approximate $45.3OO, 900. Total revenue
| for 1918 under the new tax rate is esti-
mated at $40 100000. and the difference
Is all that Councils can count upon 10
meet any unforeseen conditions that may
arise next year.
TO eat up all available balances under
the tremendously increased tax rate and
to place the city again in the position
of having no money available FOR emer-
gencies is an action that is causing mu-
nicipal tlnancicrs much concern. Two
alternatives present themselves and may
result when the requests for increases
are brought up next week.
Transfer bills to provide funds for
automobiles fer the Bureau of street
Cleaning and for expenditures favored
Lv department heads. between now AMI
the close Of the year. were passed by
Councils today. The transfers are mad"
ulI largely 10 cover bills already IN
CURED and to replace funds taken from
salary items for other uses.
Most of the seventeen budgets of the
county departments were reported Ia
Nurahly 90 that they may be got out OF
the way before Councils are hnaly
called upon to pass upon salary increase
demand; made by city departments. The
total 70, the county budgets is SlS,-
SOC. 900 and this is s3.0O0,O0O in excess
of the amount used this year Plans
are now under way to earmark eNpendl-
ture items SO that not more than one
twelfth of their total can be expended IN
any one month of the year.
Bills scheduled for passage rroNide
for transfers of loan funds, the location
Of gasoline lamps and a number OF hlgh-
way measures which for one reason or
ar, ther were left go until the close "t
the year. \ final cleanup of the calendar
will result from the two regular sessions
this month and the extra session y an
Led to pass the city budgets, which
form the greater portion of the more
than Sii.O0O.O00 expenditures to he au-
| ,horiZed for 1918.