The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-23


afternoon for the purpose OF comforting with
him on the affairs OF the city. We suggest
for their consideration, among other things,
these topics:
Our Police FORGIVE are now paying
about S32OO,OOO a year for our police in sal
aries alone. There are four Commissioners,
who, among them, receive $4,000; one SUI
pcrintcndcnt at 5000; four inspectors at
$500 each, nineteen surgeons at salaries
amounting, in the aggregate, TO $4,000; thir-
ty-iive captains ut $1,000; one hundred and
forty sergeants at 1900; two thousand two
hundred and sixty-one patrOlmen at 1900;
and sovcnty-eight dOOrrncn at $500. Besides
this, $4,000 is required to pay messengers.
telegraph operators, and other employees.
II seems TO us that the bulk of these salaries
could be safely reduced one-third, and there
by $l,00O,00O year DO saved to the tax
payers.
The Fire Departmcnt-The annual cost OF
this department is 81, 22G 900, Of which over
sl,0oOO00 goes for salaries and pay rolls.
The rate of compensation paid is altogether
too high for these hard times When an in
dustrious mechanic can hardly earn 5000
year it is too much 10 give "A fireman 81 200.
Let lthe conference inquire whether some
$4,000 or 500, 900 year cannot be saved in
the Fire Department.
Our Public Scholastic amount appro-
priated for the Use Of the Board Of Education
this year is $3.5oOOoO, OF which 81, 7oO, 900 is
for teachers salaries We have too many
teachers and most OF them are paid too
! much 1t is absurd for the public to give
instruction in music and the foreign Ian
guagcs gratis. Why should the taxpa yers,
for example be saddled with even $4,000
year for "pianos and repairs Of pianos,'
Tho whole system should be- reformed and
the cost OF our public schools be cut down at
least another lslliOn.
The Department Of Public Charities and
Correction costs sl,190.O0O. A severe econ
omy could doubtless reduce this some hun
dreds OF thousands.
The Judiciary.-This will coat us ss5s 600
this year The supreme Court takes Sl2j, 500;
the Superior Court slj2, so; the Court Of
Common Pleas, Slj6,000; the Marine Court,
sllG,GoO; the General Sessions, $4,000; tho
Special Sessions, $4,000; tho Surrogatc's
Office, $4,000; the City Judge, $4,000; the
Recorder, $4,000 the Commissioner Of
Jurors, $4,000 the County Clerks Office,
ot'''Vi anu tHe biNli 80 ATTORNEY once
$4,000 Numerous usol 49, hnngcrs-on could
be- dropped from this department, anG the
salaries Of the rest cut down so as to save at
least $4,000 year.
Street Cleaning.-The cleaning Of the
streets under the direction u the Police De-
partmeut costs $4,000 year, or nearly
1900 II day, and the work Is only half done
Juuiciou7 system "i ulslrlc'ihS ana us
trlct contracts ought 10 save onc-third Of
this sum.
When the conference have disposcd Of these
topics. they might take nm the snlaries paid
In the MAYORS and Comutrollers Offices tho
Law dopartmont and several other donort-
mont. If which H., ,,.ill ,i,, o.,i,,,to,
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""'' "n" '"o 'N''"F"S",' which 1t '"S'h-
uoren' nave peeh severely put down ny our
clilHchs III thelr private allairs' ana II Is
high tlme the same wholesome process was
applied To public expenses The Tax Levy
! for this year will take nearly Sal
OOOOOO II need not have required
moro than s2s.eOOOO A saving of 50. 900. 900
means a saving OF oyor 500 on each 81 oOD
| ~ oAsn.s,d valuation ~ r,al md uor.,noI
,,o,,.,tv ond isn,t Lao d...,i..l
Tho outlnol; for p,uhlcrs in tl,is ,it,, ia
unfov rnhla h.perloI of t,.ir trnnl,-
tion r,a, bo abort l,t if nron,f.s thr,otrir,,l,,
for tb.m nj fine nuts,t Tbn teen.rs. ,f a f,ro
,,n,o doc. J., NaIi.,, so,,,,r., n e..,i,n - ,h.,
,i,,, ,,hr., me-, ~ tho ,,,,,,,,i,,,, lax,
wont fr,,,, Iu,l,, ,,,.rs,t,r,s C',,rt ,.,''r'
day to the ucnitontiary for slN months. The