Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-04
STATISTICS SHOW
F|REMEN UNDERPA|D
This City Below All Others of
Equal Size and Many Smaller
in Salaries.

Statistics regarding the salaries paid
the FIRE department officials and men,
bers I'm several cities throughout tho
country. as complied and just publish
cd by a magazine devoted to fire in
purance and fire department affairs
show that Wilmington Is far below
the large majority of such towns.
even cities where the population Is
many thousands less than that OF this
city. The mcmbers OF the fire depart
ment here have become much in
terested in this data, especially at this
particular time when there is 30 much
discussion about n retrcnchment policy
I'm all departments and the apparent
undsrstandin that the Public Safety
Department IL going to be one Of the
first and. probably. the hardest hit.
The statistics as gathered by the
publication above referred TO are from
cities with a population ranging from
10000 to 10000. and Wilmington is
included In the number. In many OF
them fremen are being paid at the
rate OF from $500 TO $500 a year
whereas the firemen In the local de-
partment receive only i.400 per year.
The ajority OF the cities from which
these financial reports have becn re-
ceived have from l6 20 is men In each
of their companies while this city has
only IL TO Ia men to a company.
In the event there are any con-
crete developments along the line OF
salary reduction about which there
has been so much discussion or any
definite action toward cutting down the
pay the firemen are getting It IL very
probable they will bring to the attcn
ton of City Council the figures "a
Just published In the fire magazine In
order 10 support their claim that they
are now paid less than the firemen In
any other city OF equal size In the
country.
The statistic, afford an interesting
comparison and are rs follows: Will
mington. population. 116.16S chief
engineer. $4,000; deputy chief. $4,000;
captain. $1,000: lieutenant. $500;
nremen. sl.400: Trenton. n. j.. popu-
lation. 1899; chief. $4,000; deputy
sa.700: captain. $4,000; lieutenant
$3.50: fireman. si.s0o; Nashville
Tenn. population. lls.3A2; chief. s4.-
lieutenant. sl,74o: fireman. $1,000;
Camden. y. j.. population. $1,000
chief. $4,000: deputy. s2.A2o; captain
$3.50: lieutenant, N.74o; fireman
$500; Norfolk. Va. population. 49,
~: chief. $4,000; deputy, s2.62s
captain. sa.10o: fireman. $3.50.
Albany. y. V. population. 1894
chief. $500: deputy, $4,000; captain
s2.o50; lieutenant. $3.50; fireman
$1,000: Cambridge. Mas, population
1os.s 94: chief. $4,000; deputy, $4,000
captain. $3.50: lieutenant, s2.150
fireman. $l.S25; Spokane. Wash
population. 1O4.437; chief. s3.1OS
deputy, s2.416, captain. 1920; lieu
tenant. tl.79a: fireman. SLIPS: Kansa
city. Kan. population. lol.777: chief
$1,000: deputy $4,000: captain, 81 500
lation, ese17: chief, $3.s6s.9s; deputy
$4,000; captain. 1850; lieutenant. 81.
go: fireman. $500: Elizabeth. n. J.
population. 1878; chief. $3.50
deputy, s3,o0s; captain, 32.so7; lieu
tenant. s2.o2s; fireman. sl,sse; Som
mersville. Mass. population, s3,oe1
chief. $4,000; deputy. $4,000; captain
$4,000: lieutenant. S2.050; fireman. 81.
S?5: Oklahoma City. Okla. population
1895 chief. $500: deputy, $4,000
captain, s?,Ioo; lieutenant $500
fireman, $500; Bayonne. n. J.. popu
lstion. 1874; chief. $4,000: deputy
$500; captain. $4,000: fireman, 81
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