The sun., 1891-02-27

| The temrtHtiDn to inursnse the salaries
| and emnlumeIrts Of public ufiinials would be
| leas vicious the burden Of tire inurease
| could fall whnliy upun those who make It.
AT q recsnf nlssting tho Tnmmany Gem
srul Cpmmittee mindful If the gafferHuninn
principle uf iruEAlity in public expenditure
tiannunued by resolution certain items uf tn
rrUase proposed fy msmbers q! the 1reGiBls-
tlre; and tliRt tho warming oi this historic
organisation came none too sDon h prcved
by m examination uf snme Of the bills Al
rvatty presented by Nsw York city members
Of the Iegislaturn
On Jan ~ AsasmblymRn KERR1aAE q the
sevanteenth distriptintreducsd bill raising
the pay nf police prerinct dourmen 30 that It
should correspond with thnt uf pRtrnlmsn.
To 81 100 and b 100 respectively. according to
grade. There has bean no change In the tiu-
ties ol dSnrmnn, and the Police Matruns bill,
II passed, will materially deurcsse their ls-
bors. The uilange proposed by MIR. KERls1-
aKE would involve IN addition Of about
d 600 yenr to the nity's taxes.
On Jan n Mr.. SULLIVAN N the Second
district introduced bill raising the SALARY
Of the under sheriff irDm 81 .0OO tn q. .000 and
uf the tlaputy BhcrifIs ,td whum ths,e Rre
twelve> irum % 500 to q, ,0aO each . year; and
thut Of the BhsrtE,s COUNSEL rum 46,OOO to
Ss.O0O tntal inur0Ase To he borne by the
taxpRysrs Of sss, ,G0O annually.
On Ian - Mr SUi11m Of the Fourteenth
district tntrnduced bill increasing the
salaries ui the attendants In the Court us
General Sessions. There are forty attendants
1t this court, fiftean uf whum repeive 81 l.2O0,
md Twenty-Five Sl.DSO. Though no extra
duties are to he required, It is designed to
raise the thuusand-tlDliRr men TO 81 ,2D0, an
extra cost to the city o: SsO0O 3 year. These
attendants serve Ave days Q wSek, and stx
hours day, On the average.
On Fcb. Nr. B1E1E OF the 1wentinth dis-
trint introduced hill increasing the
pay uf pniine rnundsmen from s. lsGD to
Sl,5DO zach, ui police SergsRnts to q, 200 tn
stead Of 2.OOO, and of patrDtmen frnm l.D00
to s. 100. 81 100 to 81 800, and trom Sl.20D to
81 ADO 30 that every member uf the police
force IN this city, below the grade Of Cnp-
tatn, should gnt S2nO additional puy, maxi
ing difference to the plty Of SB60,000 year.
An addition oi more than three-QuRrtas Of
3 milliun dullnrsI yenr IN the public burdens,
with no corresponding increase Of duties
and responsibilities, would be step hack
ward and not forward; and the TnmmRny
HRn General Cummtrtee showed pleRt az
probation uf the situation and Of the periis
tnvOived N the passage nf these hills when
1t disclaimad all responsibility fur thsm.
Yet there Il vary little doubt thRf II II were
once started by the passage Of one Or Two
bills, the craze for increase would sDnn eA-
tend to other departments, and the 1reeis-
lrt,ty TN foH
lanEhe Of demands from public servants,
all clRmnrous for additional nay 1t is
much easier to stup movement nj this sprt
1t the beginning than after It hns gained
hsadwRy; and the service which THmmRry
Hall hns rendered to the people by calling q
halt in these hills, involving the expenditure
nf almost million Of dollars, has prevented
the addition Of probably -four times Rs much.