, 1877-01-28

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MUNICIPAL SALARIES.
From Our 0,cn Correspondent.
New YORK, Jan. 24.-afr. Langbcfn has il
trodueed at Albany bill not less favored b
the taxpayers than opposed by the of1iccholt
crs of this city. By its provisions the municipc
salaries are reduced to the amount of 1856, Isl
This desirable result is accomplished both b
1esscnlng the number and pay Of officials, priu
| cjpally by the latter method. Among tn
changes the following are the more important
The Mayor will receive $4,000 instead Of S12,
600; the Corporation Counsel, 5000 instea.
Of $1,000; the Commissioner OF Public Works
$1,000 instead of $4,000; the President of til,
Board Of Police. $4,000 instead Of 5000; tn,
President Of the Fire Department, $5,00
instead OF $500; the President of tht
! Health Department, $500 instead o
| sG,5o0; the President Of the Common Council
$500, instead Of $1,000; the Aldermen, s., ,OO(
instead Of $4,000; the Superintendent OF Build.
ings, $500 instead Of Sc, 500; the Chamberlain,
$1,000 for salary and ST. 900 for clerks instead Of
$4,000; Police Court Justices 81, 600 instead OF
| $S,000; justices OF the Supreme Court, 81 ,O00
instead OF S11,oo0; Justices Of the Superior
Court and Common Pleas, $4,000 instead OF
$4,000; the City Judge, 5000 instead Of
S15,000; the clerks and subordinates OF the
Mayors office, $4,000 instead of S33, 600; tho
| employees Of the Aldermen, SO, ,Oo0 instead of
$4,000; the Corporation Attorney, s., 1000 in
stead OF Sc, 600; the Commissioner Of Jurors,
s., ZOO instead OF $4,000; and the President Of
the College OF the City Of New York, Sc, coo in
stead Of $3.50.
THE MOST TENDER SPOT TOUCHED
By the bill is un9ucstionably located In the
Boaru OF Aldermen. That any man should
dare even to propose the division OF an Alder
mans salary is indeed an unusual show of
tcmcrity, and will be punished, il the outraged
Councilmcn can bring it about, in properly Sc
we're manner. True, the proposed reduction
would save the city 81, 500, but what is that
when compared with the possible loss Of the
Board? For it must be remembered that it
costs money to get elected, even in the easiest
wards, and that s., 600 would be no induccmcnt
at all to q man who realized that the great ring
and great jobs had passed beyond his reach.
The heaviest reduction, in reality, falls upon
the judiciary. In the Superior Court aud Court
Of Common Pleas $50, 000 would be saved: in
the Supreme Court, ss7,500; in the police
courts, $4,000; in the civil courts s22, 500; and
i'll the clerks and attendants of the civil courts,
So, 400 making total of 1921, 400 in these de-
partments Of justice, or nearly one-half Of tie
entire reduction. The salaries Of three Fire
Commissioners, amounting now to S12,500, arc
abolished; also those Of two Health Commis-
sioncrs, who received $500 each. Three Tax
Commissioners, who were paid S11 800 In aggrc-
gate, and three Dock Commissioners, who drew
$4,000, arc disposed Of in equally summary
style.
Strenuous efforts will be made to secure the
passage of this bill. The lending business men
arc aroused 10 the necessity OF a thorough re-
form in the City Government, aud there is d
thoroughly practical movement in that di- |
rection.
THE MUNICIPAL SOCIETY
has already conferred with the heads of various
departments, AID met with so cordial reception
that 1t was decided to call on the Mayor and |
Comptroller, ITO express the interest felt by |
the Committee in the Government Of this city
and to tender to these gentlemen its cordial
sympathy and cooperation in the discharge OF |
thcir official duties" Among the members of
this Society are such men as William Cullen
Bryant, John Jay, Theodore Roosevelt, William
orton, Oswald Ottcndorfer, David Dows, How
ard Potter, Horace B. Clatlin, William L. .Ap-
oleton, Joseph H. Choate, and Levi P. Morton.
Much hope in regard to the improvement in !
ity Affairs is founded on the position taken by
Mayor Ely, who is emphatic in the assertion
hat1 is highly ncedfu1 to simplify the City Coy
lie fagors, moreover, distribution of
'owcrs among the different departments, and
he cutting down Of the number Of Commits
toner's, not seeing why one head would not
uit in some Of the departments as well as three
II four. Better still, the Mayor, who has been
diligently studying the present system in all Its
ctails, is convinced that the city could get on
uitc as we'll with half the number Of employees
ow engaged. In nearly all points, therefore,
e IS professcdly in warm sympathy with the
Propositions presented by Mr.. Langbein. He
aust be excepted also. in company with some
ther OF the higher officials, from the list OF
hose who oppose the reduction in salaries.
PLAIN TALK.
Speaking OF city affairs, in connection With IN
ldrcss made BY Mr.. Cowdin to the Assembly, :
n evening paper cditorially INDUCES in these
lain remarks:
Mr. Cowdin shows that while in 1885 the yalua- | !
on OF city property was o42 tfmes as much as its |
onded debt, in Isis it wns only nine times as |
uch. The bonded debt in lS35-S9O0, 600 L
mounted to 81, :t' to each inhabitant: in 1875 the
onued debt Ind increased to S117 OOO COO rem
sentlny taxation OF Sill. O6 per head. The in |
ease of the city debt far outruns the growth OF
ty population. No people can bear these bur
Ems 1or any length Of time, no community can e
onrlsh under such conditions. is 1t not a mon
fons anomaly that, while the highest price Maid
u labor on the Riverside Boulevard now | f
adcr contract. between Seventy second and One i
1nuEed and -thtrt1eth Streets is ninety cents |
w. STU. o00, 200 aEe lawfully distributed among
e e ., Nv oaacer: and employees who control the
tEona2e ana administer the affairs Of this city? ~
MIC INC mass OF laborin. men unable to find n
npoymcnt at over s. day, II they lind it at ali,
c se1ect Jew favored BY city departments receive
:. .oO PIT daT 1t must be patent to boulevard Ia
rees Ina! e'esy man tccelrins employment direct.
2u the city through Aldcrmunic or other olicial =
luencc robs them and their little ones OF exactly
zty cents PEI daE. With the price OF lalo. at 81 ~
onen market. every live men who by cspecia1
sor receive 81. 60 per day, take the bread out OF
mouths Of three men who may be ANXIOUS and
ling to work atS1, and yet are forced to remain
e because they Gun find nothing to do
lille appropriations for city purposes are still on
eck1ess scale OF eItsarngnnce, the city ta1-rc-
pts are coming In alta rate OF $18, 600 to S2O- :.
day, instead Of $50, 600 TO $50, coo; and |
'1c remains 81, 600, 600 unpaid Of the taxes Of