New-York tribune., 1886-02-02
NEW OFFICIALS IN CHARGE.
BROOKLYN DEPARTMENTS CHANGE HANDS.
DEMOCRATS IN POWER ONCE MoRE-APPofNTMEN1s !
SURORDISATES.

DEMOCRATS IN POWER ONCE MnRE-'APPOlNIMi.Nie
OF sUBoRDINArEs.
The new Democratic heads of the Brooklyn mu-
iicipal department Is assumed ofhce YESTERDAY,
ihronr of heeers," cage for the spolls OF once
,urped in the public buildings, aud the indecent
haste shown by the newly appointed subOrdlnates
IN getting their places was freely eoniarm,o9 hmon9
the first appOin ments made Dy tne noW
officers were two which showed clearly the anlmus
Of the administration Of Mayor hlthey. ne nem p
rorpor1tion Counsel Almet f. jerks. was re
,ubIcan until lie was appointed an assIstant !, ~
bIstrict-Attomey RIdgway; Now DoSS III ie
Langhlin vouches fOr bIs DemocIaiic prlhclpeS,
~ he was urged for the position of Corporation
Eonusel. at So, 900 year, by ex,Judge Gilbert
and that Recommendation naS4[ " ni.HoS ant ~
,ays he appointed hlm. The hrst oH1clal aGl Oh
M Jenks was to appoint as his first assistant VII
IAN r. Gilbert son of eX-Judge Gilbert, at $0'UOo
a wear and as secOud assistant Daniel u. whitney;
r. son of the Mayor, at $4,000. They succeed
Alfred T. Nudge and +. W. Catllni respectively.
Chief Clerk X. Il. Greenwood, jr., was reapp0lnted
IA early as possible II the morning the new Ilt{
Works Commissioner, George RIcard Conner, fol-
lowed by his stan of subOIdnates visited the Iliy
Clerks Office and filed his appointments 10 Tue
places under him not covered by the CNh service
rules. The chief appointments were me ioIoWc
ing: Deputy CommlSSlOner, James a Murtha, Oh
Flatbush TO succeed r. NJ. Whiting, II. WAFER
Purvevor Henry Hawks. TO succeed Peter Mime ;
ir. =: Chief Accountant. A. b. Martin. to succeed
Charles II. Pelletreau; Registrar OF atef KateS, YES
Edward Ofy9n; to S%ccGGG of Sfriots a. j. Han
nan, 10 succeed William J. Tate Murtha IS
brother OF Register Murtha, and has been CLERK IN
District Attorneys office. Hannah was iolIhellS
AN Assemblyman. Hawks Is plulnDer aIu was
formerly Supervisor for the Ninth ara. SAshucl t
H. Swan, who was appointed cnirI cIedh ,+ant ~ an
Martin has had experience with the accounts OF
the CITY but it had not been supposed that MI
Pelletreau who had charge OF Ie m oo"Fs ,s,ncn% i %
All the new officers al once took thelr desks CIV
ing their predecessors Scant time Tor moving Ion
missioner Fieeman In Teurlng mace oIIeI M
,.ncech 10 his successor to which Mr.. Conuer re-
rpOnded with the assurance that he meant 10
make changes among the subordlhates. ~ - eA-
pectcd that he Will reappOnt secretary NOrthrup;
who mas held office fos twcnty-three years, ana
Eupernteadent of Sewers Col.
In the Police Department there was an eX-
,hange of courtaSies between Commissioner Part
udCe who retired, and his successor, Colonel Gar
roll The latter reappOlnted Deputy CommlSsIoher
Dalon. superintendent Clerk fredelck Il; @ JenH-
ms and SUPERINTENDENT of Steam Boilers lnoinas
f. Powers. The new appointments MADE were +.
a. McCloskcy Counsel and BENJAMIN heMlS heHS tbe
t1me Office. lie succeeds a. b. Ihorne.
Fire Commss sioner Ennis leaPpoInIeeu
Deputy Commissioner W. ID. Moore ahH oupeitHi, eatio
tendent Of Repairs James Lynch. DemocraiIc
1i satisfaction expressed with the appointment
IF X. :. Stoves deputy and cashier ny heGlsIraI
of Arrears Cole, who was himself adXanced from rom
the nosiIion OF deputy by Mayor Whitney. MI.
Steyes has been the cashier of the department Ior
long period. He is Republican and recently re-
riCned from the General Committee OF the county.
Renstrar Cole saln that Mr. Steves would he deputy
only in name. His saaryis advanced IRON 9Zfog
to $1,000 Tax Collector harden OoTgn new
Uealth Commissioner, DR.. OuerSon, made no
appointments. Owing TO illness Buildings C9IHo ho
missioner Platt did not assume once IL IN .ne ne
Hoard of Assessors I. A. Wilson took the Once oil
president. and Michael Ryan was sworn IN as an
assessor IN his place. ,
letter of thanks to Ponce ouPeT5nteniuTm' id,,o
Campbel from Commissioner Partridge
expressing appreciation of Mr. Campbelrs hearty
regeneration In improving the efhclency OF the
force was read to all the policemen YESTERDAY
The Democratic General Committee passed reso-
lutlons last evening expressive of the belief that
nIl the subordinate positions III the city govern
ment shond be filed by Democrats, preference
being given to the members of ward associations
who were recommended by those bodies. speech
against such action as il-timed and unwiSe Nas
made by Police Justice Walsh, but his words were
not bcedeG.