New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
Under TIE NEW CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
rHr FIRST EXAMINATION AT THE POST OFFICE
AN APPLICANT CAUGHT "cRisBiNG.

THE FIRST ExANiiNAItoS NJ :,
AN APPLICANT CAUGHT " cRIBBING.
The frat examination az the foss 0cd aH was
esl1 for the NswYork Post Once are
h.,ar;msns: i. s. Post. chief clerk of the Ex--
a",,s;va Denartment, and +. b. Grove, store
Keeper. They. were selected several , mon has
zoo Int the number of vacancies IN the service nas
not heretofore, been large enough TO Justify me
holding CT an examination. The new rules 90 not
differ very greatly from those formerly The ~ age Of
the anpcant except in the case of former soldiers
was limited to fron eighteen to twenty-nve !os d
Thrtyhye years is the Extreme ,i have " Served as
the new law, except tor thosc VIM now
Nineteen applicants appeared at the examine "a.
ton Tos p0'S1t sa were i cerkshps 5000
The stampers, distributors and in fact all the EN-
poyes of the Post Office except carriers aad PorSl s
are iuciuded under the designation OF clerks lne
a.ries of the clerks are gradually increased IRON
5000 to 5000 One of the applicants nsa evlaeh hay
College bovs call a crib" He was seen examining
q paper which he took rom MS poo the
and which Was st found and 20 Territories with
their capitals and principal, cities. Gcogra-
ply was apparently not his only aiSys;as weae
point. as his paper showed e9hsnoeia The
i@norapce of photography and capltalizalon ne
psp er he had prepared was taken from MN ana he
Was dismissed. The other applicants finished the
examination in from ss Sie were asked in the
ram;notion Tbey were designed to test
the knowledge of the applicants in copying. spelng
ton implied slight knowledge of geography. Inc
questions were much simpler ana were ieMeI =;
number than under the rules formerly astnus will;
he varied from one examination to another, put
will be Of the same general character,
ond some of those who answered the questions well
will he Immediately appointed to cerkshlps. Inc
Others will be appointed as vacancies occur
THE STATE CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION.
The work of the State Civil Service Commiss on
era has thus far consisted in making preparations
for the report which they are called on Ny VIC ac'
latnre and in laying basis of operations for the
competitive examinations which Cmei- Examineii
Burt will begin next January Iney nave
on the pay-rolls OF the State who come unoeI tne
Civil Service rule, and have found tnat tney
number about 100 Thsy nave a al, tbe de-.
partments employing these persons requsSs, rd!
SPECIFIC information as TO all their suDoldi,
natesther names qu anosjutme D to present
position rate of COMPENSATION, term oil service'
by whom appointed and by whom remoyae pc.
The Civil Service act requires the Governor OF tie
State TO make classification OF ali persons In tne
State service before September for the purpose or
the examinations to be conductcd py tne ov h us
Commissioners is to supply the Governor Win tne
,nformation which he will need: -,
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syracuse. Rochester and Buffalo. and twenty-six
III the sixiy counties of the state fall WITHIN the
fifteenth section of The CIVIL Service ACT, ana IN IN
them the Commissioners are charged with the duty
Of making an investigation into the metnods Oh
snpoIntment of clerks and other employees NOT
appointed BY the OF MssoT ner bstbs
ooiticaI Influences are behind appointments and
removals. and whether competitive examinations
nj tbe public service. To this end circular
letters have also been sent to all heaos
of city and county, ofnces. Colohel pun.
said that besides all considerations OF I'M
moving the Civil Service by nom partisan Compel
five examinations for admission, the mere bringing
together in definite shape OF such mass OF inior,
ration az the Commission must acquire In regard
10 the numbers duties and compensation OF clsii
servants would of itself be great public beneiit
The Of the public service Sv tbe
people and this fact tended to facilitate extrava-
grnt and corrupt methods For TINS reason tne e1-
fensiye powers of inquiry bestowed upon the Com
mission In regard to the public service OF large cities
and counties ought to prove OF great vsiue.
WOMAN AND THREE MEN AGAINST A CITY
Some time ago the Board of Alderman of Pater-
eon. N. j. voted to open Warrens alley to Tyler-st
WarTen's alley begins at Westinghouse. In neigh
hood which % ts sSSss ssSs to
where in particular, stopping tnirtyuye ieet snors
of Tyler-st At tue point where the alley Will enter
nionerty. and the alley when extended will pass
between the premises of Henry Milne and his
mother. and n fact will cut on part Of M Mines
front steps, The Mines formerly allowed people TO
pass from the alley between their properties
70 lyler-st. by means OF gate: o. S%1 t ahs
became an and msss it thoHoughfare
IN FACT as well az in law. When the city proposed
to open the alley Its Bureau Of Street Openings
awarded the Mines $3.50 compensation. They re-
fused it, however asserting that the opening of the
street would let il, upon them the dlsreputable
population Of the African SHORE ana nan no cOmpep
wonl6 do. They expressed determination TO resist
the opening of the alley,
arrived upon the ground to direct tho opening o.
the alley upon the proper lines he and his assist
arts found all approaches to the s atsvp property
standing along the fence ready TO to resist resist
land Henry Milne seized sa;n vh s% fbs s sa. ws
marked that If. force was to be used ne would no
reslst it. He went back over the fence and sent To-
the t 2b. were about to proceed
with their work when Mrs. Milne seized their tn
the Sss %oh IN fF
retring ia good ORDER leaving the Mines in posses
sion Of the field. Friday has been fixed upon for
renewal of the attack, and as tho Mines express
Srm resolve to hold out the issue is awaited will
interest
DRowNINGs BY ACCIDENT AND DESIGN
unknown man about forty five years ldjumpe
from Christopher Street ferry-boat into the MORT
River at 0. IN. yesterday and was. drowned. HI
Soat and was sent TO the Morgue. The man was O
t1nedium height and had dark hair be wore olu
ifiannei suit. a<.
old. with gray hair and chin whiskers was found \
the East River at the foot Of Ninety .ninth-st.
fbs bodv was clothed IN onya pair OF bathin
lights it was believed that the man was drowne
The body Of John Lorey age forty-fve,. Ger
man. who committed suicide on July 2 by jumpin
into the East River, was found by Ohicer Charles
hopping, of the Delaney Street Police. at the foo
: Of East Twelfth-st.
HANDSOME QUARTERS FOR THE MAYOR.
ror thres weeks the large room on the nam foo
NJ the vast wing of the City Hall, occupied by tn
Mayor and his secretaries ss WORKING room, "a