New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-14
FIFTY CIVIL SERVICE RULES
SOME EFFECTS OF THE NEW SYSTEM.

COMMISSIONER THOMPSON UNHAPPY UNDER IT
ODD KxpERENcEs-Two OF Mr.. oLNEY's A-
PoINTMENTs. =,
by Mayor Edison is watched with anxiety, oy the
politicians who were before able to eontro, r ' n
patronage Of the that tn Sss n APPOINT
ments could be made for places to which the T he
apply unless the persons apgoiptSG Ms% p and
IF snch positions" Inquiry of the ex-
smnsrs yesterday howeysr deyeiO 10 Sssan nSe
Of the regulations The clerks Of the Board of Alder
men were appointed without the examinaton Re.
quired by law and there is f them on The fall
ure of the Board Of Estimate TO make an appropria
tion for the clerks employed by the Commissioners
Of Accounts legally terminates tnedf epiSIydISe ai
afices was made they were reappolnted without
passing an examination. Commissioner Thomp.
s s9n e&0T until some time sfterward. One
of the examiners said yesterday that this inspector
was unable to add up hg9res ana tsed 70 pass sIe
Thompson was displeased with TINS interlereHIcee
with his patronage and wrote letter OF complalne
to the Examining Board This is the only instance
IN antagonism to the work of the examiners s.
But under the law Mr. Thompson is o6nged 10 us lis
charge the inspector. Engineers ana persons ~
plying for places which require expert
undergo q homeopathic examination py spoH,ai
examiners Persons apPynssb s e0I heads Of Depart
menfs Recently a fine looking man, who SAID ne
was Colonel" Blank, came before the M o "
GET an engineers certificate lie salu no M5S
seTSdnate Of West Point. The examiners sad II
that was the case the examination wouiu 20 =
matter of form ne nf fbe Civ Of New
YORK General Webb, president of the college. is
West Point graduate, and the examiners went TO
him with the name of the Colonel" lie searcned
the list of West Point graduates and could not lind
any such name. The Colonel" was then informed
that he must undergo regular examinatOn' he
leaked confused and skunk away
The politicians hardly yet understand tnori
oughy, that their favorites must t ue TeaIea
n the wbS room W a5ons that Of the examining
board few days ago, while the board was in SEES;
sion, man walked into General Mebb,s room ana
Webb replied that he was. The man took out
Civil Service certificate filed ont, and mentioning
the name Of Eeknown o p8afc fhS a eeqcste
GsD Dsd Web SRd that directed Ssa to the
ROOM His application was OF course ialiq ire
Secretary of the Civil Service examiner Z. s.
Nadai, with complete lists of all employees with the
dates Of appointment ana I.1eT WITH thus REQUIRE
ment except the Public Works Departnent.
Another requirement is that the sSGs tn IfS
s saSs responsibility and requiring the
same degree of capacity. within certain UNITS
The classification is not yet completed. whenever
there is vacancy to be filed the head OF depart
ment is required TO inform abe CIVIL Service eX-
aminers Information has been given as yet OF only
few vacancies, the departments having presuma-
bv filled all the places they could before January l.
An examination was held yesterday for positions as
nurses attendants and orderes for the city hospitals
and asyums The first examination OF applicants Tor
clerks cOpyists, and bookkeepers Will De
held on Friday So far large percentage OF the
applicants have failed to qualify, although the
examinations extremely simple Inc examl-
high terms of the aid which Mayor Edison has gwen
After District-Attorney Olney took Office in
December he made several appointments that took
effect on Jan. !. Matthew McKeon, messenger
under District Attorney McKeOn, kept his place
Merzbach. Rudolph l.. Scharfe began service as
law clerk on Jan. z. Controller Grant refused to
paw the salaries of these men, because they had not
been examined. The Corporation Counsel held that
these positions did not come within the civil SER
vice rules which went into effect on Jan. 1. but
that they were covered by the state Civil Service
act, which went into effect on Jan. A..
Afidavits were then prepared, which the Two
men say that the appointments were made before
jan A. Mr.. Merzbach says that on Dec. 20, 1883,
MIR Olney appointed him, telling him to begin work
ON Jan To- Mr.. Scharfe makes affidavit that he
T. MIR. Oney Endorsed on the atidavlts: " Upon
the annexed affidavts, which believe to be true
statements of the facts hereby certify that henry
MerZbach and Rudolph l.. Scharfe were appointed
prior to Jan. f. 1884, the date Of the taking effect
Of the Civil Service act" Certified copies of the
payroll were sent to the Controller yesterday with
those afidavlts. The payroll shows that the law
clerk and messenger draw pay only from Jan:
and JAM Is, several days after the Civil Service
oct went into effect.