Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-03
CITY COUNCIL
DECLINES TOBE
SALARY GOAT
Pay Adjustment Makes Little
Headway, Says Council
man Wilson.

The city council is not going to be the
goat longer for heads Of city depart
Eentg who pass the salary y-increase-for-
city employees buck.
The council so declared itself at the
regular meeting last night when #
unanimously passed a motion, made by
Councilman Louis B. Carnehx. instruct
ing the secretary Of the council to notify
the board of public safety that the coun-
ell had requests from members OF the
police department for 81 a day increase
and that the council dld not feel Ike
acting upon she request until the board
OF safety had an opportunity to inves-
tigate the matter.
Mr. Carnehx said that he had been
approached a number of times recently
by policemen and their friends on the
salary matter, but that he had steadfast-
ly refused to introduce an ordinance
providing for an increase because he
thought IL about time for the council
to declare itself.
SALARY CHANGES
ARE NUMEROUS.
IF there has been a meeting since we
got here at which there hasn't been some
change in somebodies' salaries, I don't
remember IT," said Mr. Carnefix
The city has some 1000 employees and
there never has been a time when each
and every one OF them has been salts
fed.
"As long as we recognize everybody
who goes over his department head and
comes up here 10 us with a plea for
more money We are going TO have this
condition.
Il stand for just payment Of wages
10 every city employe, but believe that
this council telittIes itself when il
makes these countless changes at the
behest OF everybody who approaches US.
II feel that some adjustment should
be made In the police salaries. but 7
also feel that the board OF safety should
be the body first approached. and then
II they refuse to recognize their own
men think the council will .a6e ac-
tion."
Councilman Russell Wilson supported
Mr.. Carnefixs stand. saying that the
council has not been accomplishing sal
ary adjustments as It started out sew
eral months ago to do, but has just been
making salary increases"
The discussion of the salary question
was incidental TO the passage OF ordi-
nances raising the salaries of n number
Of employees.
sweepers was raised from 45 to 30 cents
per hour; salary of the chief of the
assessment bureau TO $500 per year I;
of clerks in the assessment bureau to
500 per month. and of the three as
sistant street commissioners from 81, 500
per year TO 5000
TURN DOWN FOUNTAIN
SQUARE MARKET SITE.
Following a report of Councilman ia
cob p. Brown, chairman of the commit
tee appointed to investigate the demands
of the South Side Women's club for a
city market in the present city barns in
Shelby street or upon the curbs at
Fountain Square. some lively discussion
ensued.
The committee reported that the barn
would make a good site for the pro
posed market, and disproved Fountain
Square as a location.
Mrs. Martin Relffel, 1919 Dawson street
president, and Mrs e. E. Kuhns, S57
Buchanan street, vice president of the
South Side Women's club. led a delega-
ton which appeared in favor of the mar
ket.
We've stood for mules down there
about as long as we want to-" said Mrs.
Kuhns. We've had slums and things
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