Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-11-30
cops ASK RAISE
TO $1,000 AYEAR
Aldermen at Busy Committee
Session, Hear Plea for In
Creased Salaries

A committee composed of Traffic
Officers Frank Kasperak and John
Dunham and Patrolmen John Reager
and Albert Mcdonald, representing
the patrolmen of the local depart
ment. appeared before the hoard of
Aldermen at their committee meeting
at City Hall last night and Informed
the city fathers that they had been
appointed to ask that the salaries of
all patrolmen be increased 5000 more
per year.
The committee showed by figures
which they had with them that the
lowest paid patrolman in the depart
ment at this time receives 5000 per
year and the highest paid patrolman
gets S1.400 per year. Until a short
time ago the lowest paid man re-
ceived $500 a year and the highest
$500 but the aldermen gave the
patrolmen a raise of 500 a year for
the duration of the war.
The aldermen were informed by
the committee last night that this
800 could not be taken away, as,
according to law, once a raise In pay
has been granted to a policeman the
rcity could not lower 1t again.
The committee explained that the
high cost of living and the great
amount of money they had to expend
for clothing caused them to ask for
more money. With 5000 per year
more for each patrolman 1t will mean
that the lowest paid man win get
s1,100 and the highest $1,000. The
, highest paid man will then be re-
ceiving more salary than "a rounds
man and Just as much as the SER
geants.
After the committee left the alder
men talked the matter over Lat did
not arrive at any decision.
hn old rnann&
public mass meeting of the citizens of
this city with them and the Board of
Health and went into details in re-
gard to this matter OF the $4,000 ap-
preparation. 1t Is said that most of
the members favor giving the health
board $40. 900, which is twice as much
as that body was given last year, and
give them more the following year.
This matter will be discussed before
the budget for 1919 Is made up.
Samuel Garretson, representing the
Alpine Cemetery Association which
owns>Alpine cemetery in Amboy ave-
nue.. was present to find out just what
the aldermen are going to do regard
Ing the dead which they ordered
buried in a certain section of Alpine
cemetery during the influenza cpl
demic. 1t was generally understood
that the aldermen planned to buy this
section from the association and to
use 1t for Potter's field but 1t is said
that the association does not favor
this plan and that they stand ready
to sell the whole cemetery to the city.
The aldermen, II is said. favor a
municipal cemetery for. Perth Amboy
and they may decide to buy the land.
The erection of suitable monu-
ment for the sailorsfand soldiers from
this city who gave their lives in the
war was discussed and II the alder
men decide to buy Alpine cemetery
they will erect a handsome shaft or
monument here.
The cases of four patrolmen. name
ly Charles Quinn, James Egan. Nels
Lybeck and Chris Hanson, who are
accused of being absent from duty on
October 8. were up for. discussion and
the board will most likely announce
Monday night at the regular meeting
what disposition is to be made of the
cases.
The board discussed the many rob-
berries that are taking place in this
city. Most Of the aldermen are OF
the opinion that the night detectives
should be on the job at all times and
they plan to make one and possibly
two detective sergeants and to abol-
ish the rank OF detective.