Evening star. [volume], January 14, 1923, Page 13, Image 13

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LOW PAY HAMPERS
INSPECTION*
Building Inspector Healy
Says It Is Impossible to Re
i tain Competent Men.
USE OFFICE AS SCHOOL
Board of Trade Committee Assails
Policy Toward Small Com
i' pensation.
Building: inspection work, which the
remarkable building: boom through
out the country has elevated to a
plan© of paramount Importance In the
construction world, is hampered
seriously in the District of Columbia
through the low salary budget al
lowed for tho staff of the municipal
building inspector, persons In touch
with that office declared yesterday.
Th© local Inspection headquarters
is considered by th© few applicants
In tho light of a valuable training
school to prepare them for their reg
ular technical career, it Is said. This
condition, while so far resulting in
ro marked hazard to the community,
carries potent dangers (hat even the
layman cannot afford to overlook, it
is pointed out.
In this connection Building Inspec
tor Healy himself makes the follow
ing statement in his annual report:
Healy Deplores low Salaries.
“Promising men will accept statu
tory engineer positions only for th©
practical experience that may be ob
tained, the ultimate object being to
form outside connections. Experienc
ed engineers decline to enter the
District service, either because of the
statutory small salary or because,
though the salary may be satisfac
tory, th© tenure of office under an
emergency or a temporary appropria
tion is too uncertain. The best evi
dence of this lies in the fact that
during the past year three engineers
resigned because of offers of more
lucrative financial conditions, and re
cently two clerks left the service for
tho same reason.”
An investigation conducted by the
committee on public and private
buildings of the Washington Board of
Trade found the situation to bo acute.
This committee, following a probe
of tho adverse conditions under which
Mr. Healy’s office must work because
of the small number of employes, lack
of adequate technical help and low
salaries, said:
Trade Board Flays Pay.
“It is not meant as a reflection
upon the majority of those doing
* work to say that they are not en
gineers of long experience. It needs
only the mention of the salary paid
to confirm the Impossibility of pro
curing the services of high-class
members of that profession.
“Th© truth of the matter is that
the building inspection division of
the District has served for some
years, to a great extent, as a school
of engineering. One possessed of
technical knowledge remains long
enough in the service to acquire prac
tical experience, and then promptly
and justifiably resigns to accept a
position truly remunerative of his
professional services."
It is pointed out that men of tech
nical ability, plus practical training
are not going to bind themselves to
remain, even for a year, in a aerv
ice that compensates them at the
rate of only 16 a day—about one;
half flic wages received by the car
penter, bricklayer, etc., whose work
they must supervise. Yet this low
wage is greater than that received
by men who have faithfully and cap
ably served the District of Columbia
for years in a like capacity, it is
emphasized.
Technical Knowledge Xeceoaary.
Methods and materials of building
construction have kept step with the
advancement in other directions.
Concrete and steel construction, with
attendant features, has forged ahead
until it demands a degree of expert
knowledge that is possessed only by
men of technical training and tested
ability-.
In view of these requirements, can
it reasonably be expected that serv
ices of competent men can' be se
cured at the “ridiculous” salaries
now provided, friends of the office in
quire, or can it reasonably be hoped
to keep , intact a capable staff, even
if fairly recompensed, when only
temporary employment may be prom
ised?
HAYNESPARTYTOURS
WEST AND SOUTHWEST
Dry Chief and Associates Start In*
ipcction of Liquor and Drug* En
forcement Conditions. ,
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes,
accompanied by representatives of
th© legal and narcotic divisions of
the bureau, left Washington last
night on an inspection trip through
tho western and southwestern states
•which is planned to comprisa a thor
ough investigation of the federal
agencies for enforcing prohibition and
anti-narcotic laws.
Members of Party.
In tho commissioner’s party were
I<. G. Nutt, chief of tho narcotic sec
tion, and H. W. Orcutt of the bureau's
legal staff. After a brief stop in
Chicago, which is expected to have
soma connection with reported Immi
nent changes in the organization of
the office of the state director, Mr.
Haynes will proceed to Portland,
Ore., where he is scheduled to deliver,
a public address January 17.
Th© purpose of the tour, it was de
clared officially, was to attempt to
work out methods of better co-opera
tlon both among the field forces of
the bureau and between these and
tho law enforcement agencies of the
Various states.
Mr. Haynes said he had been im
pressed during the course of his simi
lar journey recently through tho
south Atlantic states with the benefit
which had been derived from per
sonal contact with state officials, •
with whom he had discussed the prob
lems of his office.
Stops at Tea Cities.
The itinerary includes stops at ten
Cities and conferences already have •
been arranged at each place with
fededral, state and municipal officials
for discussion of more rigid enforce
ment of the prohibition laws.
Schools of instruction also will be
conducted by Mr. Nutt and Mr. Oroutt
with state and municipal officials
charged with enforcement of the nar
ootlo laws and prosecution of cases.
i GIFT FOE WAR BLIND.
A gift of $49 for tha purchase of
B. Braille writer for transcribing
books for the war Mind has been 1
sent by the Park View Red Crossi
Auxiliary, Mrs. Ortena B. Hiller •
chairman, to the clerical corps of the
District Red Cross, Miss Anna C.
JKoerper chairman.
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Anguata, Ga.. now open. Southern Railway
offer* convenient cerrice to Aocnita and Aiken, >
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176 Entirely new rugs offered at P|p lii
savings averaging 25%and more EM
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patterns. No need to tell how good M 9 6x9 Wilton Velvet Rugs . . . $22.95 10 8.3x10.6 Axminster Rugs . . $44.95
measurements.
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want them—and at the
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v J 18 7.6x9 Tapestry Brussels Rugs . $17.95 and colorings.
January Clearance Sales of Decorative and Useful Home Needs
January Clearance Sales offer the most advantageous opportunities of all the year to select articles beautiful and useful for the home.
The qualities are, of course, as good as at any other time, but the clearance-sale prices are unlike all others in their meagerness.
Clearance Sale of Lamps Chiefly for the Kitchen
Including lamps of all styles and finishes oi bases and shades. Silk shades in many colors. / Mjl if \ /
Lamps in polychrome, silver and gold, walnut and metal. The comparative prices tell the jp 34 K/ \ /
Table Boudoir Lamps Bridge | if 1| Coul
Lamps with silk shades, many finishes. | _' t O-Cup Percolator 'YQ
with siik -' shades, for- White Enamel (9 QC Oyy
shades. For-> # Lamps formerly $2.70, Clearance price, sl.7d Ic'ft.rffS v M o. f Black Japanned, medium
merly S 3-.-0. Lamps formerly $4.25, Clearance price, $3.45 price, $22.50. i Universal Percolators, size
price- “ ” ” Dunps formerly $5.25, Clearance price, 54.25
- 32 2 '50 j Ump, formerly $7.50, Clearance price, $5.50 price, | g™* w. $6.75
Bridge, Junior, Silk Shades in a ’ .... Flour, -- .
Piano and Table and wealth of shapes and col- \I // Coffee Cannis- •
Boudoir Bases, in a vari- ors, from Bto 24 inches | '|| J ters. Set %p±9\J*J
S $1.25 to $45.00 " T Ventilators
>th Floor. Adjustable Wall 75c
Clothes Dryer Cans
v st 75c |M|M| ~ $ 2 ' 95
II Jj [ I H | Ivory Soap. 6 tor 27c. j ' al g f m c and good, anVdurablc.
| A January Clearance of Willow Ware
i rl Willowy ware pieces of every description included in the clearance. Gift
|| y Waste Baskets, plain and Fancy Decorated Trays, some
NgjKffy Jp |l t~_. V A / fancy W'eaves; various shapes; decorated with handpainted floral patterns; others
T TIM f and painted. Formerly 50c to $7.95. Clear- Japanese trays, with china bottoms, fur
I j 1 jllllj j ance prices, 35c to sandwiches. Formerly $1.35 to $4.25. Clear
i" II 1 Hill A ! Market Ra.kefs I A Fruit and Sandwich Baskets,
H lllM LlllllWlllWllß . marxet Baskets, every Size fancy and plain colors and weaves. For
-60c P wV9s d Oca r c e V pin ce s° o to $375. Qearancc
il (1T f 1 Yffllfll jma. Sewing Baskets in plain ami to s!ptw, c icarancc prices, *2.25 to tois.
I >11)1) 11. ll[ll{llj!lil|JJ|Kg|KH fancy weave; all shapes—round, oblong. Dog Sleeping Baskets ill dit
™ t ... square; some lined. Formerly 35c to $7.50. ferent sizes. Formerly $2.50 to $6.75.
: . 4 Clearance prices, 25c to SSJX). Clearance prices, $1.75 to $4.50.
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, t). ’C.. JANUARY 14. 1923-FART 1.
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