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Show DRIVERS OF SPRINKLING IMS MT PH Councilman Martin Has a Conference Con-ference With Men on the Suhjcct. The question as to whothcr the drivers of the street sprinkling carts shall be pnld for the lime that they aro laid off from work during the summer remains unsettled by the Council. A few weeks ago a petition was sent In by them, asking ask-ing for full pay for their tlmo when they are laid off from any cause. This Councilman Martin opposed, on tho ground that It was too broad and mlpht be productivn of grafting. Talks With Drivers. Councilman Martin met a delegation of tho drivers Wednesday night, and discussed dis-cussed the matter with them. They explained ex-plained that during a number of days during tho summer they were required tr. report twice' a day, whether they worked or not. Should Have Compensation. On this phase of the question Councilman Council-man Martin agreed with thorn that they should havo somo compensation, although he was of the opinion that their request was still too much to bo granted by tho Council, In that thoy took their Jobs subject sub-ject to wcathor conditions, as do other workmen, nnd wero well paid by tho city. Injustice to Men. Tho drlcrs, he says, get from $120 to $130 a month for ono man and a team, the cltv furnishing the vehicle. lie recognized recog-nized that their being required to report twice a, day, only to bo told that thero would bo no sprinkling done, was nn Injustice In-justice to them, nnd that they should be allowed at least half-tlmo for such days. Ho will probably draw up a report to the Council, covering his views, to be submitted sub-mitted to tho Council next Monday night Effort to Kent "Water Cars. City Engineer Rlter has been endeavoring endeavor-ing to rent water cars from the railroads, In order that they might be used to draw the canal water from the street ditches, to be used in sprinkling the streets, but has been unsuccessful. Ho says both the Oregon Short L.lne and tho Rio Grande railroads aro using all the tank cars thpv havo and all they can borrow, as thero Is a general water shortage along both systems. What His Plans Are. His plan wns to fill tho tank cars from the ditches and run them along the street car tracks. One car. he says, would carry enough water to sprinkle twenty blocks. As he could not get the cars, howover, he wns compelled to nbnndon the Idea. |