The New York herald., 1874-07-18
WILLIAM A. BOOTH.
HOW ARD POTTER.
Comptroller Green 'sRises" TO Explain
the Reduction Of Salaries.

Comptroller Green ssRises'' TO Explain
the Reduction of Salaries.
Comptroller Green issues the following General
Order, No. 1872 headquarters County Court House,
whence he proceeds to throw red-ho shot into
the ranks of Messrs. Vance and Wheeler, on their
reduction OF his estimates for the balance OF this
year.
CIRCULAR no 10
CRY OF NEW York,
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
6riet statement necessary TO explain he reasons
n G my 81 M IN h s mnPa ne
aays since msOSTs Of the Board 0 Appor
70 assume the position tha, certain changes pro
aS1s q axaoS Is S cent Would made nasmnS
soara PLAN that q hess s had the to
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piled w The Sos bey Ses Me1s TO @
accordance with his Judgment than to prevent reduc
ton in The taxes mater in which every citizen is so
Among the reductions they proposed were the follow.
Supplies for hospitals almshouses, 200
Combusihle Bureau of Fire Department: 1864
to reduction OF s66,oo per annum ssos2
To pay of MORTGAGES Sc, on school houses and
Fire Department buildings In Twenty third and 49,
Department Of Pubic PARKS 1900
On The other hand the following increase was proposed
To pay for gas in the Twenty third and Twenty.
ourfh rt
Making an Increase over the amount proposed
by the Comptroller Of $74,OoO Tor gas in these
An item for LAWYERS bill Of. ......:...... II 225
The City Record appropriation for salaries was in.
The Salaries the employees the Board Of Aldermen
OF the amount allotted would be entirely adequate to
Every item in he Department of Public Works that
had been previously reduced was increased by Messrs
well OF you that the business the
ba4 and ss the eaegs e Of I
force have in some OF The bureaus OF the department at
rnee Iscd @ Of se cu and nar
temporarily IN the Tax otfice during the duh season
Sune.s s he Of these emperary eerE GnG the
Tax Office will not average SLIGO each for the whole
The public business must be attended to and keptup
great disturbance in the transfers OF real estate and In
% Shs @ n ras e the re
labor and the bills OF merchants for supplies must be
We have got to DO work With less men, conse
Wa 70 the the feIe W wo S uf e s
discharged, therefore compensation must be reduced.
LiIst1The iOree must be reduced where possible.
in order that we may see with what Justice these
paid in the Finance peparment 70 be made and also OF
s as bR ne oard anS %be
the amount proposed In the budget and also those paid
% s 81 FH Taxes and and De-
The following Is the result
The salaries OF the Finance Department average
70 each OF its employees. including the Comp
troer $l8i6
of Taxes and Assessments dnciudng the Com
The Salaries Of the clerks Of the Board OF Alder 1-'
The salaries Of the Department Of Public Works lou
It thus appears that the average OF salaries in the
Finance Department. prior TO reductions by Messrs
Vance and Wheeler less than the average in other
duties is greater than in any them. Not less than
$50o Of money have to be received and disbnrsed
recurring care in its receipt and custody.
have carefully considered the whole matter and ap-
preciae the hardships that is TO impose the ceri
cal force OF this department as well IN other depart
ments that have been reduced and
in order to keep within the allotted amount and yet
keep up public business nearly be accom-
plshed have concluded as follows
Iyrs-Ali temporary clerks In the Tax Once must be
suspended for TWO months without pay.
Second-The Office hours will hereafter be
ve O'Clock instesd OF from nine to four O'Clock, except
on SATURDAYS when they will be from nine to four
main as long after five o'clock as necessary to keep
up his work.
the department equal TO twenty cent directed
necessity to keep within the appropriations.
Fo10-Besides all this some removals will have to be
made and the work of those removed must be done by
the extra hours imposed on others.
Fyth-fhe usual summer vacation will be shortened TO
one week instead OF two as heretofore.
very regret this OF things as it will operate
with severity OF the employees OF the depart
ment. But the sua ion must be accepted II imposed
departments either through ignorance or design. The
burdens that are involved must be accepted Let
the city foremost in system punetuay and readiness
ANDREW II. GREEN, Comptroller.
Proportion Of Revenue from Croton
Water 70 the Outstanding Croton