New-York tribune., 1841-04-29
SALARIES OF CORPORATION OFFICERS.


SALARIES OF CORPORATION OFFICERS.
~ COMPTROLLER ia defiance of all order and system and
,noarenty with the design of nysying the City accounts
has placed this item City expenditures under the head oil
Miscellaneous come It'd with charges for lavern licences
rnting and stationery &c According to his Pechcaon'
in pages 9 sc OF his report Is al enumeration OF ABOUT
forty officers with the salaries attached 10 each winch forty
officers beginning with the Mayor, and ending with the
Ward Inspectors, may be called the Kitchen Cabinet Oh
,o c,oo Council The aggregate salaries Of these forty
gentlemen set down So 4S3 o. But it must not be
nf.rred ,ba, these salaries include all their receipts In
very rnanv cases the salary little more than neegs
which like those Of the Counsellor and Attorney of the Board
b;b we have already remarked, is the commence
meut of the Prerequisites and spells appurtenat to the Office
bese abuses are fast growing into precedent and unless
bev arc immediately checked will be claimed right
no Tho ;ncunben,s Neither it be understood that
,hee household troops any considerable portion OF
the whole number live and supported directly IN
Directly pon the funds OF the Corporation They constitute
, yey little more than the onehundredh part Of tina; num-
her and their salaries enormously cxtrayagant as they are
are no, the tenth part the city expenses of that nature
The questions, which would propose TO the next
Common Council are there any necessity for all these Of
6cers Are not their salaries high and they prop
crly aPporhoned!
The frs, salary on the Comptroller list is that of the
Mayor which is put down 5000. The duties OF this Of
6cer if they well performed, arduous admit and
we do not think his salary high provided it is conceded
that any municipal officer ought receive so large
sum of money. But then the Mayor allowed Clerk ut
1850 and Messenger $780, These efces we take to
be sinecues. If Mayor capable and willing to perform
his official duties there be very little necessity for these
officers; and if any, their duties must be SO light that
one half salaries allowed would be sufficient compensa
ton
We then come the official paraphcrnaa of tho Board of
Adermen-Ce 81 600, Assistant Clerk $780, Clerk to AS
sistant $780, Messenger $596,77 High Constable $4,000,
Reader $780, amounting in the whole to 1888 49, The
mere statement of these salaries qHte sufficient TO show
their enormit. 1t is we'll known that the Board usually
but fortnight and these Clerks have not steady
employment. half the What does that Board wat
of High Constable, such cxtravagnn salary Why
would not a common Constable at ten shlings day
swer the same purpose What does it Of Reader
Cannot the Members eud Cannot their Clerks read One
half or one third of those salaries might be rctreHched with
great propriety
We find an account of First Marshal, with salary of
5000 Who is he What are his es.ecal duties, for which
he receives this salary Commissioner $4,000 Assstan;
SI4O3 So Comptroller S., 500 Deputy Comptroller $3.50
Are the qualifications of Street Commissioner Of high
grade that be requires salary equal the Mayor We
should infer otherwise from the number OF applicants
for the Office whenever there is vacancy Why do the
Commissioner and Comptroller receive double the
of Assistant and Deputy The qualifications required
in both the Deputy Keeper of City Hall
and Assistants 1905 Is possible that the of
these be required perio that duty and that their
salaries when their privileges and pcruses consider
ed are not extravaganza So much for municipal pa
nce court, and minions. We might say much this
branch of the subject but this suffice for the present
The Eckfora ErpLostoa.-Yhc of the instantly
killed by the explosion of the Eckfords boiler Amos
Belchow Of Palermo, Oswego Co where ne has left wife
aud one child. The whose leg broken john
Swart of Oswcgo.
We rejoice to state that this accident quite dis
as,rou of life led believe requiring the
scene rf The engineer very badly injured, and
had no limbs broken Capt, Tee comfortable and will
recover His is bruised bu, the d.,
located The fireman who i killed Is named Anthony
Derrick We believe the above includes all the dangerously
injured The escape OF several others be deemed aos,
miraculous.
Ncu- York Caaals.-Thc Western division of the Erie
Canal opened Saturday the eth. and boats left Buffalo
fog Albany tina, day The Eastern division opened Mon
day bu; business Albany embarrassed by the high
water the River and basin The tolls received Albany
on Monday amounted TO s6362 50
Two lines of packet boats leave Syracuse and Buffalo