Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-07
POLICE AND FIRE PAY
INCREASES PASSED
Councils Act Favcrably on
Measures Granting Addi-
tional Salaries


crease measures were passed by Coun-
ellis today Tho two bills call for
total of s6ji, ,99J, of which the police
will get s407, ,s45 and the hremen Si3G,-
$50. A total OF SIos,00O goes to the
increased cost Of uniforms.
The measures as approved by the
Finance Committee had caused a great
deal OF grumbllng. becausc of the small
increases allowed. and members OF the
protective associations of both branches
OF the service have publicly hrarded
them as inadequate, in view Of living
conditions and the salaries paid police
. and flrcmcn in other large cities.
An amendment to Increase the pay or
nrcmen of more than n year I'm the
service TO $375 q day. introduced by
/ Councilman Hannum, Of the Thirty
fourth ward, was defeated in Common
! Council.
The original requests tor increases as
contained in the bills introduced by
/ Select Councilman Harry !. Trainer ~
/ tho first of the year called for total
! Of 81 400. .OOo-Si. $50 200 for the police
and $50 600 for the frcmcn. This
/ schedule if adopted would have met the
. full approval Of both forces, as they
nro,ided more than q hfty-ccnt-a day
/ increase for patrolmen and give allow
/ ances to all classes of police officers. Inc
| hill nassed today cuts out all officers
! above the grade Of serGeants and also
makes no provision for certain classes OF
guards or for city detectives. Ihe ralsc
| for each patrolman approHimates TWEEN
! tv.avc cents a day. This sum, the Off
Gers say, * not sufficient induccin'nt
10 hermit the department to get the
rl,ht kind or men to Join the force. The
one feature uf both bills that proves
attroctfyr is that tho increases are to
date hacI; 10 january T. thus insur'ng
! each patrolman and fireman ME"
/ lun,p sum IN the first pay after the bills
are authorized.
| The new schedules amend present pay
| rolls rs follows: Three thousand patrol
/ men increased from s3,25 to $3.50 day:
( Increase from $3.50 20 SO n day for pa
! ,rolp,en in service IeHs than 4 year; 131
! house scrgcants from $1,000 to si4oo
! vrar. and seventy-four patrol sorgcant9
/ to the same SUM
Eighty-four fire licutcnants from Sl3JO
/ 10 sl4O0 siNty-onc steam engineers from
! $1,000 to 1880; siNty-on" iiremen from
/ si.oc 90 $500: 1O3 drivers from $1,000
! TO $1,000: eighteen tillormcn from $500
/ 10 Sl35O: 452 hoscmcn and ladderlneu
/ from $1,000 TO S11O0: l0i hosemen and
laddcrmen from $l100 to $500. and SCI
hosemen and laddcrmcn from $1,000 to
! $500,
J Another salary-raiSinS measure intro
I du, cd in Councils today provides an in
crease Of from 50 to $3.50 a day for
the between 200 and 500 laborcrs in the
Bureau of Water
/ An ordinance providing for the in
/ ycStmcut in United states Treasury GER
tifirates of Indebtedness or other short
| term obligations Of tho Government
which become payable within the calen-
dar year wa. introduced in Common
. Council by Chairman Gaffncy, of the
Finance committee The city has be-
tween s6,O00,O00 and SI,000000 that
! could be so invested at good profit,
since tho banks pay only per cent to
tho city and the Government invest
mcnt would pay u per cent
\ letter protesting against the de-
plorablc condition of the city streets
signed by Mrs. George l.. Harrison, Jr..
Mrs. John ;. Newbold and Mrs. John
Cadwalader, Jr., for years active in civic
affairs, was read and referred by Com
l mon Council TO the Committee on Street
cleaning.
The letter said, in part:
we feel that something should be
done. and done at once, as all efforts Of
housewives havo been in vain in trying
TO keep pavcments and yards clean"
Tho letter protested against the ashes,
! paper aud other waste allowed to be
blown about tho streets by tho wind. The
letter also pointed out that the ashcarts
We're not covered, and that, contrary TO
law, scavengers were allowed to rum
mage in ash and waste cans, adding to
the dirty condition of the street
The repeated appeals to Robert c.
Hicks, chief OF the Bureau OF Street
Cleaning, the women assert, have been
10 10 avail They reply 10 the conten-
,ion Of Mr.. Hicks, that the dirty condi-
tions are due TO carelessness of the
householders that It is Mr.. IIicks's busi-
ness to see that the public obeys the
law and that lie should immediately
punish any violators. The approach of
warm weather sud tho possibility of
,nidepic a,,,onp children bocouaa as at,
was pointed out by tho letter.
The Committee, ON Sustenonco and
Relief reported that arrahgements had
been completed 10 hand over to- tho 1oSth
Field Artillery. now at Camn UancocL