Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-07
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Continued from Pare One
many other Items are expected to turn
up for later action.
AVAILABLE FOR SALARIES
II Chairman Gaffney. of Councils
Finance Committee, sticks TO his plea
OF allowing all deficiencies not reported
today to 20 over until next year =
balance of about 10000 will be left
available for increases for the salaries
of policemen and firemen. Before to.
days session Chairman Gaffney declared
that just as soon as the deficiency biils
are gotten out OF the way the long ue-
Iayed question of Increases will be taken
up.
| Bills calling for substantial increases
| in the pay OF policemen and flremeh
we're long ago introduced by Select Coun.
| Gilman Harry Trainer. Of the Thiro
Ward, and the announcement OF Cha'r-
man Gaffney today means that these
bills can now be taken up without the
necessity OF introducing new sal
ary increase bills for the Bureaus oil
Police and Fire Thousands of dollars
already appropriated to the Fire Bu-
reau have been saved through the faii-
ure of Director Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Public Works, to put into erect
the two-platoon system among hremeh'
Each month of tlis delay means saw
ing of s45. 900. or the pay of the approx
imately 450 firemen needed to make
the new system effective.
Both branches OF Councils passed
a resolution empowering the presidents
| of the two bodies to appoint joint COM
mittees to cooperate with the Boaru
of Education In the formulation OF plans
for a memorial to the four firemen VINO
lost their lives In the fire which de-
stroyed the George Brooks Public
school, Fifty-seventh street and liaver-
ford avenue, on January 90. The me-
mortal. 1t IL said, will take the form OF
a monument.
Controller Walton's report to Coun-
ellis shows that no previous administra-
tion has ever had revenues and cred't
by loan authorizations pyramided as
has the present one.
DIRECTORS ASK TRANSFERS
Among new financial measures intro
duced were two transfers asked for ny
Director Wilson. of the Department OF
public Safety. He wants S1Os.ti0 for
increasing the annual clothing allowance
TO policemen from $40 to $50 and S2l,-
: 500 for new places in the Fire Bureau
repair shop. He also asks SlSOO 10
; create a regular salaried place for a
police bandmaster.
Director Datesman. of the Depart
ment of Public Works. asks S50,OOO ad-
ditional for removing snow from the
streets. and $500 additional is asked
for the maintenance of the Commercial
Museums.
bill was introduced in Select Coun-
, Gil by President Lennon, at request OF
the Park commission. to place on the
city plan two plots near the Rittenhouse
street and Wissahickon avenue en-
, trance to Fairmount Park. This bill
was referred to the survey committee.
This branch also received letter from
, Lottie NJ. Scholl. 253S North Sixteenth
street complaining about householderS
r shoVelng snow from their sidewalks into
the street space on either side of the car
tracks She suggests only a narrow
/. width Of sidewalk be cleaned and the
snow banked along the edge. The letter
was sent to the street cleaning COM
, mittee.
Another communication was from
p. Cret. former professor of architecture
. at the University Of Pennsylvania, now
In the French army, acknowledging thu
confirmation of his reappointment as 9
member of the comprehensive plan!
committee.
, Select Council received reports from
the following surety companies on tn,
total amount of bonds they furnished OF
, city contracts in the last six months
National surety. for which the Thomi,
, B. Smith Company is local agent. SO.
391 ,379.77; Globe Indemnity. 5000.
, 0O572: Maryland Casualty. $344,7O9. .5s
and American Surety. $11S,25iO7.