Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1920 — Many City Managers. [ARTICLE]

Many City Managers.

United States now has about 180 city managers. The number is growing steadily, and city managership has now established Itself as a profession. One of these managers has advanced step by step from the Job of directing a small city In Michigan to taking charge of city matters in Dubuque, la., at a salary of SB,OOO a year. This Is the only Instance of three promotions thus far recorded, but three city managers have been advanced at least once. The highest salary the profession as yet commands is $12,000, paid by Norfolk, Va. Dayton and Akron, O„ Grand Rapids. Mich., and Wheeling, W. Va., are among the larger cities now operating under city manager charters.