Evening journal., 1918-05-10
PAY Increases FOR
some CITY OFFICERS
Council, However, Does Not
Grant Clerks All They
Asked For
NINTH WARD DOESN'T
LIKE SMOKE SCREEN

That members OF City Council are T
endeavorlng 20 comply with the re-
quests OF men in the various city de-
partmeuts for pay Increases. but lhai
such requests wil not be- granted In
full was made evident last night, when
nnal reading was given the ordinance
In Council fixing the wages Of twenty
or more employees. These employees had
asked for considerable more than they
Will be allowed under the new ordin-
ance, except In the case Of the secretary
20 the Mayor. who 10 TO get an Increase
OF $500. The new scale as approved
last night is as follows Secretary 10
the Mayor, 1920; clerk OF City Court,
1850; clerk 10 the city auditor ana
clerk 10 the city treasurer, 81 $50 each
assistant building inspector, inspector
/ Of meats and the clerks In the once OF
/ the city tax collectors, si'5JO each
health officers, $1,000 each; the four
/ city vaccine physicians. 500 each :
balllff Of Council and guard at Eighu
street Park, 500 each. The new oruln-
ance was referred TO Mayor Lawson TOT
his approval.
attended by twenty or more school
ianiiors. who had planned TO ask
Council for an increase in wages, Dut
as the matter had been ihreshed out
at the conference between Council ana
the Board Of Education. members on
Wednesday night, ii was not brought
up last night.
The report Of City Treasurer Banks
The following payrolls were approved
showed a bank balance or s24Oe2Os I.
and ordered paid: Police, so'ez4 70 !
Council s295.75 Miscellaneous, % 100
and the Public Building Commission
s6ifiO. The appropriations allowed
were as follows: Board OF Educalion
SOS. .3O3: Wilmington Free Library
$500: street and Sewer Department
$1,000: Board Of Health, HOOO' sno
d the Board OF Water commissioners
$4,000
j Tho street and Sewer Department
. also sent letter stating that inc
J damages awarded for the opening ol
- south Broome street had been approved
: bv the court and they asked that th'
. $500 needed be advanced. This mat
, ter was referred TO tho Finance Loh
mittee
- Members OF the c. A. r. Memorla
e Nav Parade committee sent an invita-
: tion 20 Council 10 participate In the pa
5 rade on May 30 and It was accepted.
Twenty residents OF the east end o
: the Ninth ward sent letter protestin
against smoke from the power plant q
the Wilmington and Phlledelihia Fra'
ton Company and the city pumpln
station. The letter was referred TO IN
\ law committed
A. Rae duBen. one Of the team car
l-l teams OF the coming Red Cross can
~ naiqn. asked Council to cooperate WI
his team in raising funds for the h'
p Gross. It is proposed 10 have teams
IS women in each Of the wards work WI
,f the central committees.
n Fire Chief Patrick Golden submltt'
n his report for April, showing 10 DC
Il alarms. two false alarms and one ST.
l. alarm. .-
n Ellis p. Preston presented MS year
report as building inspector ana y
, reading OF the report which had De'
n published several days ago in the zoe
!, neOyspapers caused Councilman RoDer
,s son 10 protest against city officials 81
~ ing reports TO the newspapers Defo
D.. they are presented to Council