New-York tribune., 1871-10-10
FALSE PAY ROLLS.
REPORT OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE oN
SALARIES

CONTROLLER'S OFFICE PROMISED.
NEW YORK, Oct. Q. 1871.
VIM A. BOOTH, esq, Chairman, 5c.
SrR: The magnitude Of the work devolved upon
your Committee, compared with the means at our
disposal for performing it, has prevented US nom
presenting q full Report. -
TbouRh we have been treated with great courtesy
by the gentlemen of various Departments, and our
requests for information have either been at once
| acceded to or there has been given us some ap-
! parently good reason for q noncompliance WIN
| them, we have met other dlfhcultles ho' i0"'"'
overcome.
| Besides the Pay Rolls In the Department OF PARKS
| the Police, the Docks, the Fire Department the
| Board Of Public Instruction, and in the County
| branch of the Controllers Department, there are
about fifty different Pay Rolls In the City branch OF
that Department. We have not found them in books
| by themselves but they are entered among the ac-
| counts Of the other Disbursements
You having decided that there were reasons which
rendered it very important that very full and accu
rate extracts to the Armories Courthouse fr'ne
ing Stationery &C., should be made as speedily as
possible from these books. during the limited Tunes
when they could be spared from the Controler
Office we felt that to obtain the details we required
as to the Pay-R Rolls would materially delay the ac-
complishment of your object. aud perhaps prevent
|
ters in which the public felt an especial interest
! The accompanying statement, marked "A" may
| aid in explaining the ground we would have Deeh
| obliged to cover to get these details.
| As the result Of our investigation to the present
time we regret to say that we think more money Is
expended in the Pay Rolls than the proper require
4 ments of the various Departments OF the Clty anu
| County demand.
| In some instances they have doubled or trebled
| within the past five years. The salaries OF the
judiciary and the Employees which in the year 1889
were S5652 A. in 1870 were S949,SS7 49, aud though
in this case considerable portion of the increase Is
due to the fact that our judges formerly received
compensation inadequate to the talent and services
required, we do not think it right that IN these
| Courts many persons should be placed On the ray
Rolls as officers and attendants beyond most
liberal estimate for the number that would be neces
sary, For Instance, we find that In the FIVE County
Courts 90 per cent more Of officers and attendants
are under paw than are required and that i'll this
one item an utterly needless expense of over $4,000
| per annum is thus incurred
Perhaps in the Judiciary this arises in some meas
| ure from the system of appointment. This power,
instead of lying as formerly with the Judges OF the
| Courts, who ought best to know what officers are
| needed in them, now rests elsewhere.
statement of amounts of some of the various pay
! rolls ia appended marked "B," taken partly from
the books and rolls in various offices, and partly from
| the printed reports.
We arc happy to see that method Is now being
adopted by the Controllers Department, which with
their large and effective force and thorough sc-
quantance of the subject will much sooner place the
public in possession of the facts earnestly desired
than it would be possible for us to give to them with
ont great DELAY PAUL N SP0FFORD.
i. A. ROOSEVELT,
| PAYROLL IN THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE (CTrY).
Controllers Office Roll
Auditing Bureau.
Bureau of Arrears.
Bureau of Receiver of Taxes
Bureau of Markets.
Bureau of City Revenue.
Bureau of Deposit and Disbursement
Bureau of Licenses.
Taxes Bureau for Collection of Pay of Temporary
Clerks.
Contingencies Controllers Office.
Charges on Arrears of Assessments.
| Charges on Arrears of Taxes.
Assessment Fund.
Law Department.
Corporation Attorneys Roll
Public Administrator.
Department of Public Works, Office Roll.
tingences-Department of Public Works
Aqueduct Repairs and improvements.
Free Floating Baths.
Lamps and Gas
New Stone Bridge at Kingsbridge.
Roads and Avenues.
Supplies for and Cleaning Public Offices.
Sewers-Repairing aud Cleaning.
Additional Alterations Of Aqueduct.
Croton Water Pipe Fund.
Croton Water Fund
Street Improvement Fund.
Department Of Buildings
Revision of Assessments.
First District Court-Civil.
Second District Court-Ciyil.
Third District Court-Cvi
Fourth District Court-Civil.
Fifth District Court-Civil.
Sixth District Court-Civil
Seventh District COurt-Civil
Eighth District Court-Civil.
Ninth District Court-Civil.
First Police Court.
Second Police Court
Third Police Court.
Fourth Police Court
Fifth Police Court.
Record Clerk.
Board of Excise.
Sdlaries-Legislatiye Department.
Mayors Office.
Board of Assessors.
PAY ROLLS IN CONTROLLERS OFFICE (CoUETY).
Judiciary, Executive, &c. and moro than twenty
different Pay Rolls
Salaries-JUDrCIARY viz:
Supreme Court.
Superior Court.
Court of Common Pleas.
Court of General Sessions.
Surrogates Office
Marine Court