New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-05
TAMMANY,S FEIGNED VIRTUE.
HOLDING BACK SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES.
INSTRUCTIONS PLACED IN THE WAY OF COM
MISSIONER HEINTZ


The obstrnctions which Tammany Is putting In the
,vov NJ street Commissioner Louis J. leintz Of the
Annexed District arc taking the form ot fhllrt
10 nav the employees under him. superintendent D.
Thomas stearns Of the department, SAID yesterday th
oso unnaid officials were abou sixty in number, and
that the payroll for January, duly certhed Dy inc
commissioner amounted TO something like 5000
The real cause of the difficulty is believed to lie In
the fact that when Commissioner Ilclntz teok from
m p,-l Dcn,rtrnent the supervision Of the street i'm
nrovements Of the Twenty third and Twenty fourth
yards he appolned q number Of his own friends ahd
supporters putting them in the places OF lo' Oh IAN
many men, who had served under the PARK Oomhis
sioners To do this he was Obliged 10 l"nc VIVA. tic
Civil service people call hew cEisShcd''oh' f"hi
ure to comply with the techncallie' OF 'he ON ser
vice regulations is the Ostensble reason Tor Withhold
ING the pay Of the Commissioners employees
CoutrolIer Aver, was absent from the city yc'er-
da, and DENNY Controller storTs referred Tribune
ruorter who sought reason for the trouDe u inc
First Auditor. William j. Lyon, OF the FINANCE DC
partment Mr.. Lyon said that the vouchers VI TIC
street Department Of the Annexed DiS'nc' Hau hO'
been paid because certain regulations OF the Oil ser
vice Commission had not been complied Wlh' ooin
missioner Hcntz," Mr. Lyon SAID when he 'N'''"''
the duties of his new Office, made certain changes III
,ho classification of the places under him. which re-
uircd the approval of both the Municipal civil service
commissioners ard the Mayor TINS nc" cidsS"'oa
ton had been approved by inc 'Nh 'eNl'0
Commissioners but has not yet been acted upon W
the MAYOR | do not regard the point to be one oil
orat moment because the supreme Cour mas ue
cided that where cmploye, arc assigned to duty by
competent authority and have performed the duteS
of the places they hold they are entitled 10 DC
maid whether the Civil service classification mas been
aDproyed or not. But Commissioner lich'L
certificate upon the pay roll distinctly stated mat the
classification although assentcd to by The civil service
Board had not been approved by The Mayor this
was such official notice of the fact that the Controller
couId not fail to take cognzanco Of It, and suspend
the payment of the vouchers
secretary specr, Of the Mayors once said that 'ls
vouchers of the Annexed District had not been nun
ND IN the Mayors Office. not having bcch receiver
there. a., .u - 80,
AS I understand the case" Mr.. speer explained
commissioner IeintZ, oil his own reslohslOIIN
changed The classification Of the lists Nhlch WeGi
turned over 10 him from the Park department IL
discovered later that this action needed Mayor Grant
approval Before doing this the Mayor dcsifs ~
eH anime carefully into the ma Ter ana VIII hahe '"i'
examination as soon a. h has time.
The laborcrs under Commissioner Hcintz have been
maid under the Weekly Payments Act. The questions
nj issue between the Mayor and COMMISSIONER HclhIh
arc to be tested vouchers OF the s;Lared men,