New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-26
ment of YOUR department, and which is not requreu
promote and secure the public welfare.
pIsAFrEcTroN AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE.


DrsAFFECTION AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE
THE COLLECTIONS SECRETARY FINDS MARES MIDI
WHAT MR.. EATON HAS TO SAY ABOUT ir'
herman r. Eaton. chairman of the Civil Service
Commission, spent good portion o. SSs,e'a ana
afternoon in conference with Collector heduen aha
opinions were interchange WIN Iii ae ggv service
niles as we'll as touching the selection any appoint
ment of new examiners on the Local uoalu "a as
coed those who have resigned =. the local board
thus making the number elgnt ins.eauc VI De,art
giving to the Naval Office and App.a'Sef EPaton
ment the additional representation nj. E h
APPOINTED Theodore Babcock, ,jr, who mas oeeh
acting secretary of the board, as tnG oo,nt
representa- from the Naval onGe "a the
ment of the representative all9t !e M ~ po,nrn
Innrasers Department was deferred I'll the return
of Appraiser McMullen, who IS now on! Oh so
Another vexed question mas rS, Service rules
and the most severe criticism of the civil servSSe
Comm sson was INDUCED in yesterday oy sne n I
Service law provides that the rules governing ,n'
Commission their examinations and appointments.
shall have the approval OF the Iresieeat tho Tom
first edition of the second annual report OF t4e 1a
mission filed in January last, section Oh huIo ~
reads: Nor shall any one remain elg,nie tn 9o
than year on any register iHero aiT and
names of those who have passed exatn,na.lons anu
not been appointed whose limit of elgio'Ity IL wss
supposed would have expired on Octooer ~. e 9na
few days before election and this fact gave tDe ooo
and more applicants for the examinations that are
10 take place next week great hope. On June 20 d
resolution was adopted by the civil neiaco N I'm
mission extending the limit of eliglDillty 10 Jan
nary l. 1886. This il is said by the custom 1ouso
Officers was an absolute violation of law, and the
Collectors private secrtary is credited Win 'ho u''
When the matter was brought to the attention OF
Mr. Eaton Yesterday he smiled and saId " me
Commission not only had 2 perfect rlgn. 10 pasSS
such a resolution but we did it in the interest Oh
the Government service. III was uone miVip p y
political motive whatever, ana Simply W heoP on
fhe list during the summer vacation as many as
possble from whom to make selections III CASE
Vacancies occurred The fact that there are ZVo vi
more still on the rolls docs not ams
one from presenting himself at the examinations
next week. and, if he gets higher percentage
Az = 10 nrged that the Commission went be-
yond its powers ID adopting the resolution OF June
20, Mr.. Eaton I" - - o. - orr
dis it, WELL let's see Here on page II Oh OUT
aeeond annual report it reads: Nor shall any one
remain eligible more thln one year on any rsgiSteI
except as may be provided for by regulation N99w
that provision empowers us to pass such resolI-
tinn II ia not confined 10 New-York i'll its oper-
alton but affects the whole country
I" Is this a novel case ii. :. H.. ,
lono Inv MS and last year President Arthur decided
as he had a right to do, that the names OF an
persons who shall have successfully paSssu oHo
examinations prevlous.t0 July lo,loof' mhS roh"'"
on the register for TWO years .
said afterward: There rs On amendment 10 h ,n
I6 which appears in the second edition OF the
second annual report, but il not IN the hrst edition
Ii is embraced III the words, except as may DO pro
President Cleveland approved OF that amendment
We will see IL is strange that the resolution was
adopted two days before Collector Heddeh ana sur
veyor Beattie came into Office"
The report Of Surveyor Beattie IN the case OF
John L. McBuIney, the assistant ganger whom
Surveyor Beattie reported as dencleht In ,en,ur-
day sent TO Secretary Manning who will decide
whether or not he will be retained in his position
SEWAGE IN THE FISH POOL.
DIR. CYRUS Edison yesterday sent the Board
Of Health report upon the cohaiuqpn1 oI
Fulton Market Slip. about which Henry
Bergh made q complaint last week Inc WAFER
m the slip is so much contaminated by sewage
hat ii is not healthy for fish winch are kept alyc
there, but Or. Edison thin ks that the bad enects
of the water the fish have been exaggerated.
The Fulton-st. sewer constructed at hrst TO
discharge at the end of the pier, and the TIDES
swept away the sewage raDidly that the water
in the Slip was not polluted. About fifteen years
ago the mouth of the sewer was partly ODstructeu
by bulkhead built by the Union Ferry Company,
and the result was break ~ the sewer near 'he
shore end OF the pier. The break has widened so
that the sewer now DISCHARGES directly INTO the
Fulton Market slip. TO remove the nuisance com
planned of by Mr.. ergh, II IS only necessary TO re-
construct the Fulton-st. sewer 80 that IL VIII
discharge at the end of the pier again.
The suggestion of DIR Edison was made recon-
incubation from the Board of Health TO the Com
missioner of Pubic Works.
The following letter was received last night:
To me gdttor or The 7rftHne
SIR: Actuat,d by the best Of motives some days
,nce Instituted an inquiry condition OF the nsh
basin at Fulton Market which betrays condition
OF things both and nausea;ing ana which, IN
letter TO the Health Board given to the pdOlc IL
is hardly necessary for me TO say tha my pcis9n IN
terest IN the matter Is Identical wch tha1 OF a o,er
citizens and having stated the case To the proper
authority, 1t my purpose to .et the subject alone
newspapers under the form Of interviews with leading
fishermen, deem Il proper 10 reitea!e them; ana ADD
that further inquiries reveal tue Iart tt nave sery
considerably understaed the evil-or Instead OF one
great OF the city empyng Itself INTO the basn
there toO am informed added 10 wblch the Closets
Il is asserted by fishermen that the vast array
OF fish in the basin are never used IN the sum
mer and only for time In the winter What are
they for But, my own observation connets Win
this declaration, for, on the occasion OF my Efesenoe
took therefrom baskets full OF large, dead n-h when
| they carried into the market TINS personally WIZ
nessed Another man engaged In scooping up crabs
from a tank out as they all dead hc threw them
lack again Nor this astonishing, for no creature,
In my opinion long survive Immersion IN the Ioui
| fnid which is 10 be found there: ,,,- -, -, l.,
Here my duty Let all the sceptical indulge their
dsbe ef while Tiers would say, this Is not spec
native inquiry but is susceptible Of demonstration.
Go and 4 u be true that even one ~ sy 'e ,Se
has been represented is imaginary hold that II Is not
proper place conine fish destined Tor human con-
Iadrcss this note to THE TRIBUNE because III the only
Newspaper which has deemed this grave subject OF
sufficient consequence TO cdtorlaliy aiiuae TO- No.,
HENRY BERGlL
STRIKERS AND EMPLOYERS.
The striking cloakmakers have not yet gone 10
work They have determined that before they do
40 the terms of the agreement entered into between
their committee and that Of the bosses should DO
signed by the latter. number OF the larger firms
signed the agreement yesterday, and it is conf,
IDENTIFY expected that all of them Will have signed
to-day and that the men will return to work to-
morrow. u
The strike in the tin and slate roofing establish
| mont of Nicholson a. Galloway has lasted for
| nearly year. Last week an arrangement was made
between the firm and the TIN and Slate Roofers
| Union and the strike was declared OIL. On Satur-
day last. however. MIR. Galloway concluded that he