The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-05-29


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NKw YoRk. May IL MIR. wm- G. whit
pey, Secretary Of the Navy. has been In
New York fos several DAYS engaged on
spcc.al work connected with hts depart
meat. A reporter called On him AZ HE
residence on Fiity-seventh street and OBJ
tanned from him the following statement
IN regard 70 the recent wholesale dis
charge Of foIemen boSssx from the con-
struction department ~ the navy yard
II viii o. seen from Mr.. Whitney's re-
marks thSt the dismissal OF these men 10
the frst move In Z system OF rcorgsniza-
ton and reform that ne intends 20 carry
out In the entire Naval Department
ssYou ask me- said the Secretary,
sswhzt special significance II 20 be At
tached a. the removal Of these foremen
bosses. win tell you; Il means that
intend 20 introduce new system into the
Navy Department. aud I propose that Il
shall be conducted on bnsiness principles
In the future. had not been In charge
Of the department many weeks before
discovered that It's business was being
conducted IN q most remarkable manner;
that money was reckleSsly spent and
that men were paid for work that WAS
never done In fact that the whole sys-
TEN was rotten You may imagine how
bad II was when tell you that . wooden
shin OF 1900 tons displacement that
was lately finished 1f the Mare Island
Navy Yard cost the Government over
835o.ooo II IL not worth - fo- prac-
ticai war purposes. and IL could be built
90 dsy for $3.50. 900. This IL only single
instance Of many that l could name,
and some Of them are ten times worse
than this
.swheu came to examine the way IL
which the different navy yards through
out the country were conducted. found
that q lax aud unbusine<s like system
prevailed One Of the frst things that
attracted my attention was the way in
which the work was divided up found
that each navy yard had number Of diff
ferent departments for doing the same
work, and that there were altogether
too many Of these so-cslIed foreman
bosses The payroll in the yards
was In this way unnecessarily in
creased, and an extrava-ance prevailed
In the Government ship yards that no
private snip yard would tolerate for IN
instant II has been the custom In the
construction department every year 20
reduce the force abeut this time. but al
though the workmen were discharged.
the bosses were retained This year the
bosses went with the men. thought
lust as well 70 let them 20 now - on the
LIST Of July. when I hope to begin the
work Of reorganization
al intend to visit the principal private
ship Yards Of the country and make .
careful inspection Of their methods Of
doing business shall then decide upon
the best system TO adopt for the Govern
ment wards. A. yet I have come TO no
definite conclusion, but II seems 70 me
that the business can be greatly simplifed
and conducted more economically BY
uniting their different departments For
instance. al the work In . navy ward
could come under the head Of construc.
ton and repairs, also all the
work could De done By the
yards and docks department In
: few weeks I shall probably issue . cir
cnlar 10 the heads Of the different de-
partments In the navy yards, giving them
= plan Of the new system will say
here that as = rule. have found that the
heads Of my bureau are willing 70 coop.
crate with me in . system Of reorganixa-
tioE and reform Some Of them. as
might be expected, stood out on their
dignity and said they were opposed 20 in
novstions. but I hope, and most certainly
expect. thai they viii al fall in line when
The time comes to act--
"Do Won intend 20 replace al those
discharged forenen bosses with new men
on the first Of yuiyS-
.sUndsr the naval regulations there IL,
4 believe, rule that board Of appoint
meut shall fll all places Of this kind with
capsule men, when the needs Of the ser.
vice require l.. and all future appoint.
ments Of foremen will Be made in thin
way