MUNICIPAL SALARIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 282, 21 August 1908, Page 8

MUNICIPAL SALARIES.

, « . NEW SCALE. The Power Stations and Tramwavs Committee recommended to the City Council last night that tlio , salaries of tho undcrmentioned officers bo as follow:— Head Office—M. Cable, assistant engineer, s.Vz'jt P°J] annum j f R. o.. Petersen, accountant, £oo0; A. J. Geary, clerk in 'charge, £90.5 • I'. S. Hoy; general clerk,.£l69: H. E. Chapman, sub-accountant, £182; "W. O. Bock C r> a V S^ iei V £ lr l8 A, G ,' E " Castlc > clerk,' A-JdO; L. N. Taylor,wages clerk, £182; P. I'. Percival, assistant wages clerk. £182P. W. Curtis, assistant ledger' clerk, £156 • C. It. Seaver, accounts clerk, £169; Miss E. Barron, accounts clcrk'and typiste, £120: Miss A. Haworth, assistant typiste, £104: G. Gibson, collector and motor reader, £163 ■ 16s. • E. M. Player, mileage- clerk, £97 10s. ; •J. B. Paton, head storekeeper, £192- H Palmer, junior clerk, £72; R. Diohl, junior clerk, £65; It. D. M'lntyre, junior clerk, Lighting Station.—P. M'Coll, stations superintendent, £425 per annum; H. "W. Roy, senior chief engineer. £382; C. Bell, senior second engineer, £240 10s.; —. Neubauer, senior third engineer, £221; —. Weber, senior fourth engineer, £208. 1 Power Station.—E. Hobday, junior chief engineer, £260 per annum; F. C. Marchant, junior second engineer, £227 10s.; H. R. fluggins, junior third engineer, £221: T Magill junior fourth engineer, £208; L. Silver, electrician, £228; H. Smith, draughtsman, £260;, C. R. Goycr, storekeeper, £156.

Overhead Equipment Department—J. C. Russell, superintendent, £315 per annum; A. F. Lord, inspector overhead lines, £187: P. A. Watson, cablo inspector, £187; TV. H. Buswoll, power supply and lighting inspector, £187; E. B. Toomath, electrician, £208. Car Sheds.—W. Leah, car-shed superintendent, £219 per annum; E. Mason, chief mechanic, £192; W. H. Cobliara, car-build-mg foreman, £218 per annum; A. Dilly, night foreman, £195 per annum; "\Y. Millier, junior clerk, £52. Traffic Department—G. E. James, traffic superintendent, £270 per annum; G. E. Simeon, traffic clerk, £175 per annum; M. Wlielan, assistant traffic clerk, £143: D. M'Gillivray, traffic inspector, £179; C. ratchett, traffic inspector, £179. Overhead Lines Dopartmont.—G. Lauchlan, superintendent, £384 per ■ annum; F. W. Good, assistant inspector, £208; J. A. C. Campbell, _ assistant inspector, £175 10s.; A. J. Hainsworth, draughtsman, £169; W. Barne, foreman, test room, £182. .Cash Offico Staff.—J. W. Callaghan, cashier, £230 per v annum;' N. Crombie, assistant cashier, £178; F. F, Jones, cash clerk, £169; C. A. Chapman, cash clerk, £169; ™ n 3??$ aker ' cash clerk, £169; \\. C. Wilkinson, cash clerk, £169; W. H. Giles, assistant cash clerk, £156; W. J. Sinclair, senior assistant cash clerk, £143; W. J. O'Mcara, junior dork, £117; G. AV. Evans, junior clerk, £130; W. G. Fleming, junior clerk, £117; D. O'Donovan, cadet, £65; J. C. Eedican, ticket checkcr, £39. Tho Mayor, in moving the adoption of tho report, said that salaries in tho lightin" department had not been so high as those paid for similar work by private companies. They lwd, therefore, been increased, though they were not yet equal to tho salaries given by tho Union Steam Ship Company, for example. Tho report was adopted.

OTHER EMPLOYEES. Tho Financo and Property Committco recommended that tho wages of tho undermentioned employees bo as follow:—A. Wilton, custodian To Aro Baths, £175 po r annum; A. Firth, custodian Thorndon Baths, £130 per annum. Custodian Reserves.—G. "White, Bolton Street Cemetery, 9s. per day; AY. Dobson custodian Basin Reserve, £3 per week without light allowanco; L. Brewer, custodian Newtown Park, £3 per week, without light allowance; J. Heath, custodian Nairn Street Reserve, 9s. per day; J. Quilici, Botanical Gardens, an old servant of tho Council, 8s 6d. per day. • Tho report was adopted.; L , A ' 10 "' Tl s ? a,0 1 of wages for members of nn ° J'rigado is given in another column. Iho report of tho Tramways Committee, which lias to rates of pay, will bo reconsidered by the Committco next Monday, in connection with a certain detail, and laid beforo the Council at its meetinc on Thursday next.