MAINTENANCE 



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EXAMPLES 



Population of city approximately 900,000. Area of 

 parks approximately 2,225 acres, majority of which is 

 improved. 



Maintenance Employees 

 II senior park foremen receiving from $1,800 to $2,100 



per year. 

 4 junior park foremen receiving from $1,560 to $1,620 



per year. 



I chief gardener, $2,400 per year. 

 I zoo keeper, $1,800 per year. 



Shop Employees 



I foreman of mechanics, $3,000 per year. 

 I carpenter foreman, $1.37^ per hour. 

 3 carpenters, $1.25 per hour. 



1 painter foreman, $1.30 per hour. 

 8 painters, $1.25 per hour. 



3 electricians, $1.50 per hour. 



2 truck drivers, $5.00 per day. 



Street Tree Employees 



2 wardens, $5.50 per day. 

 7 sprayers, $5.00 per day. 



4 gardeners, $4.50 per day. 



17 gardener-laborers, $4.00 per day. 



Comfort Station Caretakers and Watchmen 



3 caretakers, women, receiving $1,080 per year. 



4 caretakers, men, receiving from $1,200 to $1,320 per 

 year. 



7 watchmen, $4.00 per day. 



Bathhouse Caretakers, Watchmen and Laborers 



Four Centers 



23 caretakers, women, $3.00 per day. 

 4 watchmen, $4.00 per day. 

 14 laborers, $4.00 per day. 



Recreation Maintenance Employees 

 I foreman, $135 per month. 

 4 laborers, $4.00 per day. 

 I laborer at dance hall, $4.00. 



I matron at dance hall, $2.00 for each evening and 

 $1.50 for matinees. 



General Laborers 



190 laborers: 6 of these, specially high-grade laborers 



and gardeners, receive $5.00 per day; 2, $4.75; 18, 



$4.50; 3, $4.25; and 161, $4.00 per day respectively. 



While the report did not show whether some of 



these laborers were used on construction work or not, 



no doubt that is the fact. 



Population of city approximately 800,000. Area of 

 parks approximately 2,900 acres, the greater per cent 

 of which is improved. 



Maintenance Employees 



5 district superintendents, each receiving $2,400 per 

 year. 



3 assistant district superintendents, receiving from 



$1,450 to $2,080 a year. 

 3 head foremen, one each in the three larger districts. 



Rate of pay from $1,300 to $1,456 a year. 

 9 gang foremen each receiving $1,092 a year. 



3 head gardeners, one each in the three principal 

 districts, each gardener receiving $1,456 a year. 



11 gardeners, each receiving $1,092 a year. 



20 park keepers, one receiving $1,144; 1 7> $ I >4; an ^ 

 2, $988 a year respectively. 



4 field keepers, three receiving $1,092 a year each, 

 and one, $1,201. 



3 toilet keepers, each receiving $972 a year. 



12 women attendants receiving from $275 to $686, 

 the majority receiving $572 a year. 



2 janitors receiving $915 each. 

 i head carpenter, $2,080. 



6 carpenters, each receiving $1,716 a year, 

 i boss painter, $1,352. 



4 painters, $1,248 each a year, one painter in each of 

 four districts. 



I blacksmith, $1,196. 

 i shop man serving all parks, $1,300. 

 i machinist serving all parks, $1,472. 

 i plumber serving all parks, $1,560. 



1 electrician serving all parks, $1,528. 



2 assistant electricians, $1,196 each. 



2 steam engineers, $1,300 each. 



3 assistant engineers, $1,092 each, 

 i engineer and chauffeur, $1,300. 



i stable boss, $1,201.20. 



6 stablemen, three in one park and one each in three 

 other parks, $1,119.56. 



5 utility men, $1,248 each. 



6 machinist chauffeurs serving all parks, $1,098.24 

 each. 



I head animal keeper, $1,456. 



3 assistant animal keepers, $1,092 each. 



176 laborers distributed among the various districts. 

 Each laborer receives pay at the rate of $1,000 a 

 year. 



Population of city approximately 430,000. Park area 

 approximately 4,800, 90 per cent improved. Approxi- 

 mately 1,250 acres of water. 



Maintenance Force 



4 foremen employed year round, $5.20 to $6.00 per 

 day. 



43 park keepers employed from six to ten months, 



$5.20 to $6.00 per day. 



6 janitors employed year round, $4.40 to $4.80 per 

 day. 



