Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-07
URGE HIGHER PAY
IN WATER BUREAU
Experts Declare Chief Is Most
important Bureau Head
in City
SUGGEST GRADED SALARY

increased salaries in the water bu :
reau were recommended today in the
| report OF Griffenhagen & Associates.
industrial engineers, who made n sur :
Veg OF the entire municipal service.
Inc position of chief of the water
bureau, according to the report made
10 the Civil Service Commission. Ia the
most important bureau chieftaincy in
Because of the great Importance of
the water service and because the chief
must De highly trained engineer, the
report continued. that official should
receive from $4,000 to SIG, 900 year.
But as department. directors only re :.
cciye ,SlO,00O year, that sum is sug-
gested as the maximum salary for the
water bureau chief.
Inc graded salary recommended for
chlet follows: First year. SS4OO second
years, $4,000; sixth year, S1O. 900.
The present salary of Chief Davis "a
SIC, 900 year. He is the highest sal-
aried bureau chief employed by the city.
AS he has been in service more than six
years, he would not be affected by the
lower salaries as graded.
Suggests Many Changes ..
/, Changes in pay and titles in the water
bureau, as recommended in the report
follow: 'o'''
Laborer, 81 day, changed to handy
man, at 90 to 81 cents an hour caulker
and driller, at $3.50 day, changed to
utility man. $1580 to $500 a year |;
purveyor, SlS4O year, changed to
water distribution inspector, at S218O
70 S24OO year; general foreman at
Sl62O year, changed to assistant dis
trlbution supervisor, at $500 to S2040
a year. - y
In the high pressure service of the
mended: :,
Laborers or caulkers at 81 to $3.50
day changed to emergency men at
Sl44O to $16S0 year; assistant super
intendent Of high pressure ut $500 a
year, no change in title. but increase
recommended Of from S216O to S24OO a
year superintendent of high pressure at
S242O. no change in title, but increase
to $284O to $4,000 year.
Filter Plant Changes
In the filter plant service these are
the suggested changes:
Laborer. 81 day. changed to filter
cleaner, $126O to $3.50 year; fore
man Of laborers changed to foreman Of
filter cleaners at $162O to S1S60 a year;
filter attendant at $1,000 a year, no
change In title, pay increase, $1440 to
$1620 a year.
Chief operator, $3.50 a year, changed
to filtration plant supervisor, $21O0 to
$2340 a year; superintendent of filter
plants. no title change, pay increased
to S2760 $4,000 q year.
Other changes proposed in the water
bureau follow:
Inspector, $144O, changed to water
meter inspector, no pay increase; super
vising inspector, $3.50, seitle changed to
district water meter inspector, no in
crease in pay chief inspector changed
to chief water meter inspector, pay in
creased to 1920 -$22S0 a year hydrant
$4,000 a year, changed to
water waste investigator at $1440 to
$3.50 a year; chief hydrant inspector,
to chief water waste investi-
gator at 5000 to $22s0 a year.
Up to City Council
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, president
OF the Civil Service Commission today
issued a reminder that adoption of the
pay increases and title changes in the
service, recommended by in
yestigators, depends on city Council.
The recommendations would add about
So ,O0O, 900 to the municipal payroll
next year.
Mr.. Woodruff received letter from
an apprehensixe taxpayer who asked If
the recommendations meant an in
crease in the tax rate for 1921.
1.-The functions of the civil service
in this respect" Mr.. Wood
'uff declared, are merely advisory.
The recommendations must not be re-
,arded as tantamount to an appropria-
ion.
"The report Of Griffenhagen & Asso-