New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
INTERNAL REVENUE CONSOLIDATION.
'oRTY-s1x DISTRICTS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Oh
THE MONEY SAVED.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNE.I

IaY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUsE.i
WASHINGTON, June 26.-The Secretary OF
the Treasury discovered this afternoon that the oroer
nsoidatng internal districts cuts ntte oeep
erhan he had figured the number OF disricts ienlne
ia 80 instead OF s2-a reduction OF 46 Instead OF A. s
published to-day The dispatches sent out last night
contained an error in the Of California The num-
Der OF districts in State not reduced
was added to the WITH District The
two States and six Territories The total sum pau IN
1882 salaries collectors IN the districts when nave
been discontinued was $4,000
OF course would not be correct TO assume 'hae INC
yearly saving on collectors salaries will amount to the
sum named The salaries OF collectors are measured Dy
the amounts collected until the maximum salary Oh
$4,000 ia reached. That amount Is PAID 10 each COL
lector whose collections amount to not less tosh
81 100000 year. There will, however, be cohsluer
able reduction Of expenses ON account OF saleS' anu
also on account OF clerk hire rent and other once e1
penses It ia estimated that the annu& saving to the
Government by tho abolition OF the fory-six dsrcts
viii amount to from $4,000 to $25OOoo.
is understood to be the opinion OF some experenoeu
internal revenue officers that an annual saving OF an
equal or greater amount might be effected, Without
injury service, by reduction OF the force Oh
Deputy Collectors OF these there nearly one
hundred in the service nnetythree OF them receive es
than 5000 year EACH but the salaries OF all the otnss
nearly 81 100000 or almost two-thrds OF the entire
amount appropriated for salaries ana expenses vi
COueclOIb.
DISSATISFACTION IN NEw-JERsEY.
The announcement that Culver Barcalow Cot
lecter for the lid Revenue District Of NewJersey had
been chosen as Collector for the consolidated lld ana
With Districts has created much dissatisfaction among
Republicans the With District, which in It's receipts Is
six times larger than the other two districts co moned
Last year the receipts S46oO,0OO. The appoint
ment is due 10 the influence or Senator Sewe ROBERT
b. Hathorn has been Collector OF the Win Dlsric'
since 1873 and previously served as Assessor. "hen
the fact was days ago that the chang
was contemplated some or the leading Republicans Oh
Newark forwarded a strong protest TO washington
against Barcaow's appointment II was Represented
that he was identified with the PENNSYLVANIA hall-
road as a lobbyist at Trenton, that he held only
Quasi connection with party in the State, ana that
his appointment would njure Republican prospects IN
the fan elections IL also represented that IN tnS
consolidation the districts tho greater should absorb
the less aud the collector VINO had SHOWN thc Breatel
degree of fathuness aud ability should receive eue
preference. Among those who strongly dlssrnteu i.oh
The action OF the authorities at Washington are ehCo
gresham George A. Hasey, Senator William ID
Stainsby Assemblyman Young, ana ox-SpeaheF a.
DIVINE The new district will consist OF the counties Vi
Essex Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris, BERGEN
Hudson Passalc Somerset, Union ana Miq qt Es
There on some thirty appointments IN the 0u lIln DIS
trct IA IL Will be necessary for the new collector 70
appoint deputy, the saving Effected by the cOuLohIa'
tiOn viii amount 10 only few hundFel uol1E' al
salaries.