New-York tribune., 1891-02-06
TAMMANY'S PETTY SPITE.
ANNOYING ANNEXED DISTRICT PEOPLE
THE MAYOR AWAY AND TO EMBARRAss HEINT.

THE MAYOR AWAY AND TO EMBARRAss HEINTn
HIS SUBSTITUTE REFUSES TO ACT.
The evident purpose OF the Tammany city govern
ment to throw obstacles in the way Of Street Commits
sioner Hentz's administration in the Annexed Dis
trict is attracting good deal Of attention. inc
trouble which the Commissioner is having to get MS
officials, clerks and engineers salaries paid for the
month Of January is believed to show what Ianimahy
Hall Is disposed to do for the purpose OF hahperihS
the head Of department whom it cannot CONTROL ia
speaking OF the difficulties which he Is experiencing
Mr. Heintz said yesterday:
As early as December 20 / made application TO we
Civil Service SECRETARY Mr. Phillips. TO have cla'slh
cation made by the supervisory Board of the places n
fourth wards. The Park Board, under the advice VI
the Corporation Counsel passed resolution dischars-
Twenty third twenty fourth wards to take effect
on the 31st day Of December 1890. The supervisory
Board realizing the dicul of the situation. classified,
as have stated, the 30th OF December, and the
next day the secretary of the Board submitted the same
10 the Mayor FOR MS Signature Believing that there
would be delay his signing II under the crcum-
stances ma made the appointments The classification
had to make the appointments in accordance with
peroSs OF on S1S @ p1S SSsasa qua & T
sXyone persons who had been discharged from the Park
Board and appointed them 10 corresponding places
under Tie pay Of these persons, well as OF
the Others appointed, is also stopped ..,
Mhe Ih M spec inE G T. SsyS ayror ta' IN
the first place, authority to do anything Of
the End @"d n the he next a Rae If ays ree the es sos
several days before took Office The date OF the
signature shows that what say IS correct.
Mr. Ilentz made public yesterday the following
letter. which he sent TO Acting Mayor j. Ii. " Arnold
on January 20. which the Commissioner believes eA-
plains the whole matter
The supervisory Board of the New York Municipal
Civil service the 3otb day of Decembe. 1suO. at
special meeting called for that purpose, made IN pur-
of the Civil service regulations, classification
Street Improvements of the Twenty third and twenty
| fourth wards The office of said Commissioning was
545. laws Of lo90 and went into existence on the lst
day Of January. le0i.
TO the Mayor for his signature on the BIS day oi
December $500.
public busnes, my control have made appoint
ments on the 1st day of January. loOl, and subse-
| provided By the said classification.
over sixty OF said appointments were made by trans
fer from the Park Department which, up u January
!, 1e91. had charge of the public works OF the sid
wards because | believed that on account Of their
familiarity with the duties 1t In the interest OF
the public service that these persons should be retained
Tic Mayo, has yet signed the said classification
the city and Will not return before the 18TH OF next
month.
upon the Mayor several occasions during the present
month VIII & leeGmGc I. s a Nth tSe
same. but simply stated that he would dispose oil ths
am now advised that without the Mayors sigma
ture 10 the said classification. am not althoHzcn by
law pro perly certify to the payros Of the employees
I'm the several bureaus # my Oco ana that, A. con-
sequence the payment Of Their salaries ana wages VIII
have to be delayed until at least the Mayors return
This will entail harlshps upon large NUMBER ot
person, who entitled to compensation on the nTst
of the coming month for services faithfully performed
by them Tor thc city.
I therefore respectfully request that under IN" CIR,
cumstancc, moreover In view Of the fact that the own
Serglce regulations referred 20 have boon made BY
hoard specially authorized 70 perform that duty, yon
will a, Navor pro tenn sign the said cla,Sihcau1n n. 80
that an unpleasant embarrassment may be avoided IN
an important branch of the public service.
Mr. Arnold has declined 10 take any action In tho
case on the ground that Mayor Grant had the clasSi-
ncarionr under advisement when he started on h'
Navor for Short time be does not feel justified In in
orferinr II +, remarked that Mayor Grant has shown
Hon will Inconvenience Mr. Nciuz I'm h~ department.
han when deciding the important question OF fasten-
witch Mr. IIelntz and the people Of that part OF the
city so strenuousy opposed.