The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-03
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
More Trouble About the Fire
mems Pay Warrante.
IS A STAMP A SIGNATURES
Correspondence Of The Mayors and Comp
tFOlltT'S Secretaries.

The contest between Mayor Wckham and
Comptroller Green in relation TO the signing u
the nremen's warrants yesterday assumed a new
shape AMI more serious complications have
arisen. Two months salaries are now due 10 the
nremsn-ior May snd June. Yesterday afternoon
the Mayor sent over the following communication
10 the Finance Department.
ExEcUrIVE DEPABrMrSr, CRY HALLl
NEw YonK July q 1873.
Hon. ASpRrv II. GRErN, Comptroller &c
rlR-Tht Mayor requests you 10 send TO this ONCE,
upon receipt OF this note the Tor payment VI
''' '''' B6Rr0S n HARRISON.
the coMPTRoILRR's ANSWER.
o'' cosrrroIlsas oriloS, July as r u
Hon. WILLIAM H. WicKnAn, Mayor So.
sIRih he Comptroller has just received yours OF this
date reference 10 the aremen's warrants and IN
ierewith Tor your Signature The warrants in payment
otthese salaries tor May and jane. am further desired
signed BY you this afternoon the CLERKS pay master
tnis oinse Will be directed remain aiter he usual
Office hours IN order 70 make the payments, SO far as
''"S'-'-O''' ''-D'-A ELio1r NeooRMitGK Secretary.
LETTER FROM FIRE COMMISSIONER KING.
Mr. NlncenT c. KING, the recently appointed
Fire Commissioner, also sent the following letter
10 Comptroller Green on this subject
NEw YORK July l, 1875.
sie-I have rea tue letter Of the Mayor you, pub
s5ed th mgrains saggesn5g mode ioT settling the
bremen sha be very S1d % sefEs p Ins ea6Sae 81
teS and am 0uite willing To- furnish bonds ip sny
amount you ma .inE proper for the faithful perform
OF course should receive no extra pay or this parte
"'''' SINOESTC KING, Flre Commissioner
Comptroller Green refused TO accede TO this ar
rangement as TO the appointment OF Mr.. King.
le wanted TO have the work attended TO by his
own pAymaster.
TIE LATEST HITCH.
As all the warrants were Immediately sent over
to the Mayors ONCE by Comptroller Green 1T was
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and that the 1remen would receive their salaries
last night, or az least to-day. The glad news was
sent around 10 the dtuerent engine houses, and
tie fremeu looked forward 10 a Joyous Fourth Of
July. But the warrants were not ''sigDedn by
tho Mayors nand but simply stamped by his
Chief clerk under directions from His Honor, who
teryiew with I HERALD representative Colonel
Harrison, the Mayors ecretary, reiterated the
statement as 10 tue legahty OF this action.
AT THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE.
The warrants IN tbs shape were transmitted to
the CompIrolers ONCE between six aud seven
O'Clock last evening. Orders had been gwen to
several OF the clerks to remain duty IN the de-
partment that the warrants should be regis
iered and counterslpned by the book keepers. The
cry Chamberlain IS also compelled 10 put his
initials on eacn. IL was intended that this labor
should be completed In the Finance Department.
came over IN the custody or Tire Mayors messen-
GER followed by Colonel Harrison aud Chamber
ialu Tappen, rhe Comptroller refused TO recognize
RE SIGNATURES as legal Thus the whole pro-
grlmme was upset. fine Comptroller claims to
take this Cou Sc nbOer aIilCLS D heCtOh ~, Vi the
q arteI, which says
Aupaymeuts BY or on behalf ofthe Corporation snail
throu the proper dsbursng officer the De-
parmeut OF Finance vouchers TO be filed de
Darmemt by OF warrants drawn on the Cnanl-
Derlain BY the Comptroller and eOun.ersgned by ID
Mayor.
Thus stands the case at present. According TO
Appearances the poor hremeu are much iurtner
rom re ewing their salaries tnan before yester-
DAYS proceedings.
TIE AERIAL LADDERS TOO LARGE.
About tWO years ago some excitement was
caused in the Fire Department regarding tne
Vaiue OF "A new ladder wncR was lnveated by
Mrs. ScOtt-Uda. several trials OF this ladder TOOK
place at tie city Han and lt was generally con
0emned as being unsafe. Az one exhibition fire.
man eu from The LADDER Rnd was severely
injured. Nevertheless the department. made
a requistion for SIS 600 70 purchase the right rom
Mrs IDA to bulld these LADDERS. Alter some OPP
position by Comptroller Green, toe money was ap-
prOpriated and three or four ladders were Quilt al
the shops ia Elizabeth street 1t now rranspires
that these ladders were Duilt zoo wide for the
glne houses, and therefore cannot be used. The
ladders are seven feet five Inches WIDE, Thlle the
doors OF the engine houses are only about seven
Ieet and as the horses run out Of the engine
houses at great speed, either the ladders or the
houses are useless. ~ VIII cost thousands OF dol.
lars TO the city TO alter the houses and even then
a number Of old hremen say tnat the ne6 ladders
Va q value.