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SEPARATIONS FROM THE SERVICE. 



During the fiscal voar tliero wore 84 resignations of cnginct'i-s of all 

 grades, and Go resignations among the cleri( al and su])olerical forces. 

 Practically all of these employees resigned to take positions at higher 

 salaries outside the Government service. Five engmeei*s of the senior 

 grade resigned to take positions outside the Government service at 

 mcreases in salary rangmg from $2,500 to $5,000 per annum. Two 

 senior highway engineers received increases of $500 and $1,200 

 annually on resignation. One engineer economist accepted an out- 

 side position at an advance of $1 ,140 per year. One highway engineer 

 was offered and accepted a position paying $900 more tTian he received 

 from the hm'cau; one highway draftsman received an increase of $720 

 annually hy accepting an outside offer; and an architectural drafts- 

 man of long service with tlie hureau resigned to accept an annual 

 salary of $4,000, almost douhle the salary he received from the bureau. 



Prevost Hubbard resigned as chief of the division of road material 

 tests and research to become chemist for the Asphalt Association. 

 He has been succeeded by Mr. A. T. Goldbeck. 



J. T. Bullen. district engineer, resigned to accept employment as a 

 county engineer in Louisiana. 



To fill the vacancies left by the resignations and to provide for 

 necessary enlargement of the force, a total of 230 engineei-s of all 

 grades and 127 clerical and subclerical emplojees were employed 

 during the year. 



COOPERATION WITH RECLASSIFICATION COMMISSION. 



At the request of the Joint Commission on Reclassification of 

 Salaries the bureau detailed to the commission one senior highway 

 engineer from October 21 to December 12, 1919; one economic 

 geologist from Xovember 4 to 28, 1919; and one engineer-economist 

 from August 13, 1919, to March 12, 1920. 



Data fmnished to the Joint Reclassification Commission showed 

 tliat there were 715 people employed in the bureau, of which 180 were 

 located within the District of Columbia and 535 outside at the 13 

 district offices. Of the total numbei- 312 were classified as holding 

 engineering positions and 403 as clerical, legal, and miscellaneous. 



