Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-19
[|CEMEN AND BREMEN GIVEN
 INCREASE

nt Parking Laws Affecting
 utos are Deelared to be un-
 satisfactory and Will be
 Revised.
 y firemen and policemen of all
 es were granted salary increases
 Fom 30 to 60 per cent at a meet
 of the City Council last night.
 he instance the increase represents
 Increase of more than 50 per cent.
 increases were granted as a
 t of petitions filed in behalf of
 firemen and policemen several
 Is ago. The change was provid-
 or in two ordinances, one fixing
 salary of the members of the fire
 rtment, and the other fixing the
 y of the members of the police
 rtment. Under them the salary
 fixed for the fire department
 follows: Chief of fire depart
 $50 per month; assistant chief
 captains $110; drivers $100;
 hen, $90; beginners, $75 month
 hnd during the first six months.
 he salary of the members of the Ee department was fixed as fol-
 ]: chief of police, $200 month;
 Btant chief, $125; city detective,
 l; motorcycle patrolman, $110;
 olmen, Sl00; desk sergeants, $9O;
 hd men, $90.
 the case of the fire department,
 increase of $35 month is repres- Pd in the salary of the chief and
 assistant chiefs, of $25 in the
 of captains, and of $3O in the
 of drivers, beginners and fire he new salary of the chief of Ice represents an increase, of $85 nonth; of the assistant chief and
 detective, $35;' of the motorcycle Folman, S25; of patrolman, $15; and desk sergeants and pound men, Service on Ice.
 resolution to request the Pine Pf company to complete a detail showing the location of all street |hts in Pine Bluff was adopted. A Polutlon was also adopted request the Pine Bluff company to install nus at the following intersections and Beech. Tenth and ||sourl, Eleventh and Indiana, in the Enter of the alley between Pine and lestnut between Barraque and cond. > Alderman McGibbony brought up questlon of poor service by the ice m!pany, and stated that after a nlefence me with the operators of the lnt, ne had decided that the manu- Isqrers of ice were beset with a moef of difficulties at this time. \ seased that he was told that every N se or Ice leaving the ice house to resent 100 pounds really weighed ,,. pounds to allow for melting. The wness y Of delivery was given he u s,, as the reason for underweight ir Jumper Of cases and said that the people stated the only relief from 2 sr1S was to stop the delivery of ice V o0iu scales be put on the ice wag. } ne was told, the delivery womb ,s' so ol SLOW that it would not pa, 'usn La to maintain. He was assur, al, ne said, that every effort wa. ,a "s p3ls mage C. by the ice people to give T bluff efficient service. "In the ,her i.er or short weights" MT. Nc. e1Iny atbay sad, "it is a question as te ss''er ,ts consumers wish to pay 5( 'ss TOT S0 pounds, or 75 cents fol z pouhos. For," he continued, |" ; un u0la ;i that that the price of ice woule fp fl..l II the deliveries were slowed tho from having ice scales installed n, Defends Company.
 ,a rlaerman Means stated that ever, ;m ;m,, nearly in the country was sui 's rss an an ice famine except Pin, n, on,, ne stated he believed the ic, 'pany sa, was giving Pine Bluff al ost se,sice tan possible under the cir orqu question was raised about tn, AIIiehe of present traffic laws ;f fA..aaerman Means asked the may tho 'ne recent traffic laws passed ,ne me.. council were as yet effective e ne nea told that because the safet, inIpne H poses had not yet arrived, tn, as ,ce regulating traffic at thes, % sic were 1T, not being enforced witt bo me great majority of motor ;ta r sald, did not realize that tn ,s' e aatal,I markings laying out the safet, e e. actually constituted a safet, nn;aal m, ana that motorists were stii esng eat their automobiles whel $ ,t tats t were discharging passen t.,so.. E.. these places. The arrival O oh, hs;on of the safety zone post fanos..i vusiaIe 1 this confusion. he said. res',' rssor Hollis told the council traf nc;l 1ncS;l1,ations recently drawn by tn i tha+ were te unsatisfactory, and ask s;Ja,.s sHS sne matter be given furthe and asked that a ney nance be brourb+ ;, .44L .'