TRAMWAY OFFICERS' SALARIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 8

TRAMWAY OFFICERS' SALARIES.

1 - - INCKEASES-GEANTIjD, Tho City Council was called'on last evening to considerja nujnhereof(ijiorehkes in salaries in' the municipal < tramway and lighting departments.; L : that " the I following wokmsos should be granted, to take effect from Octobor. 1:—. . L , Present' ..In-'., ' ( salary. crease. ?• ™ 5, 6 M rs< i n ' a «ountant .... 350 0 ' 25 0 ,J. ,W.,l,al!aghan,' cashier ......■ 230 0 ■15 0 I/..-N.; Taylor,,swages, clerk:... • 182 0 ' 10" 0 .Crombie,,. asst., cashier 178 0 ' 13 0 ! J'...F. Jones,-cash clerk .:. . '169 0 13 o ji. A. .Chapman, cash.clerk... 163 0 13 0 I. W. Whittakorj-cash clerk . 169 0 13 0 U. N.-Evans,', assistant clerk..., 130' 0 '13 0 Junior clerk -117 0 13 0 p' E-LV 05 "®' assistant: cashier'. 130 0 10 0 Mjss ; HoWarth, accounts' clerk 104 0 10 0' l '71 10 elO ' 'i.CounoiUor'.Shirtdliffe...expressed his relucti SS C ®''OPPpse-.tlie.' recommendation, lie officers no donbt deserved' an increase, but | he. : did mot .think ■ the: tramway and lighting nnances ;were : sufficiently buoyant, to justify 't. j ,I , n f, r^ases, '' lt present. ■; 'fhe net earnings had fallen, off, ..but he'was. confident teat the under Wring, would improve its standing. Councillor Shirtcliffe'.thought', that, it the, salaries i of ,the and electrical'officers' wereito I Rfi ■' reviewed,' | it./would': be: only; fair to 'treat serVjce-in tjie sairie ; way.' :He . moved, tha't . consideration: of the recommendation should, be: deferred until 'the end oftho present financial•> year. • f Councillor, Cohen, seconded the'motio'n. > . .Councillor; Hindmarsh' . considered that the increases should be granted. Early in the year a. promise .had .been pve'n that increases woiiH be considered, arid- it 7 would! br a 'breach of faith, if the matters .'were not'gone into; Councillor, Fletcher .supported' the previous speaker. '.He. thought -. the. time had coma'to do-tho,right thingvby the ofers'mentibned,' and-pass the small increases ' recommended by tn© engjnebr. . ' '• • . • 'Councillor' Ballinger' 'said .no/promise 'had been given . to- the electrical department, but ono bad'been .made to : the "engineer's department. He was against- tKo". matter 'being 'dealt with. If tho. whole of tho members' of the committee had, been present, at tho meeting ho did; recommendations would ' ever, liave.ietwhed- the- council. He believed in paying good salaries to' good men, but he did not -think- that; increases ,in':the senior 'salaries should ,bo considered .at present. ! .Councillor Devine supported tho recommendations., -.I I '.-'. " o. .7 .-■ - 1 Councillor Smith did not suggest that tho employees did not' earn the salaries asked,' but the time was .not ripe 'for such a.move. The council should wait until thoy wero in a botter position financially. . . ' Councillors Frost, AtMnson, Fitzgerald, and Carmichael' also spobo. • ~., , The Mayor explained that'a deputation from the tramway , department bad'waited upon him ' and he understood that last year pertain increass had 'been ■ promised, half to be paid to them, and tho balance to,bo considered this v year,-, ■, , Councillor Shirtcliffo's amendment wm lost on tho oastfng :vote of'.tho Mayor, and tho increases were granted; ■