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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
1
The city paid fire department chief a salary of 1000 dollars per year after aldermen approved the measure at Tuesday night’s session. The action follows the council’s vote on compensation for department leadership.
Durham Traction Co sends letters to state corporate interests seeking support for a new law to make losing parties pay costs in pauper suit cases. The notice outlines a paid fire department plan for Durham with detailed staff wages and equipment costs totaling 16 900 dollars. It urges rapid legislative action and cooperation from businesses and local papers, naming R H Wright as president and mentioning A B Mathews joining Khedival Tobacco Company.
Regular correspondent outlines Senate and House actions from January 26 to 28, detailing tobacco warehouse charges, paperless primary moves, Confederate pensions funding, railhead electrification, public documents mailing, fires relief funds, and various local measures. A Newbern drowning incident closes the summary.
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