The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-15
THREE DEPUTIES SELECTED.
COLLECTOR EiLB%h7H SENDS THE
MINES 10 HiSHTNG7Ox

The Port Has No surveyor. and charlie. r.
| Mcti~nand OF we-ich-.tcr IL Summoned
| 60 Washington In II HURRY Where Does
| Robert Gite- Monroe tomc IL, Anyhow
The port Of New York Ia now without a Sur.
| vcyor. Tho Hon. Geor:;o W. Lyon. Harrison's
Surveyor received official word from Wash.
| ington yesterday morning that thete wns no
| mistake In the communication which he re-
| ceivcd from Assistant Secretary William f
| Curtis on Monday. This official document
said that the Surveyors resignation sent July
e. had been accepted by the President to take
effect Nov II. which was Saturday. The en-
vclore showed that the document left WASH
ington \ o'clock Saturday evening. and Mr..
Lyon was puzzled. and asked for Instructions
Back came word from Assistant Secretary
Hamlin that Mr., Curtis meant lust what he
had said In hls letter. Mr.. Lyen had already
cleared out his personal papers and belong
ings. and yesterday afternoon he locked his
desk and handed the key to Auditor Samuel
Blntchfurd lnnsmnch as Mr.. Batchford is the
personal appointee Of the Surveyor and is
supposed TO hold office only as long as his
chief. II is difficult TO understand Mr Biatch-
ford's status Just at the moment
Mr. Lyon. before leaving his Office. said that
he believed the Washington folks had treated
him dscourteously The WASHINGTON folks
on the other nnnd. think that Mr.. Lyon was
dlsconrteous to the Fairchid Commission. So
1t ia about quits. The politicians OF the Gus
tom House believe that when MIR. Curtis aent
his letter President Cleveland had determined
upon Mr.. Lyons successor. but that thero
Is n hitch somewhere. They learned that
ex-senator Charles p. McCeand Of West
chester was telegraphed for yesterday and
went to Washington in n hurry.
Col. Robert Grier Monroe has been frequently
mentioned for tho Surveyorship. and the
names OF other candidates on file in the Treas
ury Department at Washington include those
Of u. lowber smith. Coroner Messemcr. John
NJ Wyatt whom Surveyor Eenttie hni removed
Ign and Charles Davis OF DinEhnInton. Mr..
Davis was Deputy Collector under Collector
placed on, nIe hs has been made receiver ;,i for
Mayor ltohinson's affairs in Elmira, and this
"e Goeetor Rb9eth rwsrded to Washington
Yesterday the names Of three Democratic Dep
Ny NY Collectors who n are to succeed Mr.; shea.
declined TO give the names of the lucky three.
but It was WHISPERED ere. that Charles I. Mcdeo
right hand man OF Maurice u Power when h"
Comrt.. oler Theodore W; Myers. With the adj.
p Fitch, on Jan. 1. Mr.. McGee might get a
=, The latest candidate heard o, for Deputy
division Of the Custom House is II. Deforest
Baldwin. who WAS Secretary OF the anti-snap-
per Convention at Syracuse In May n yeRrRgo.
Mr.. baldwin Is II great friend OF Mr.. Grace and
has the Reform Club behind him.
collectors it was said that Collector Kilbreth
had sifted III" applications. which at one time
were over n hundred. to about a score. There
Is one vacant deputy collectorship. that OF tho
second division. which has been vacant since
Wilson Bergman WAS transferred to a clerk
ship under the Chinese umbrella. 1t was the
opinion yesterday that the Collector will not
make further appointments Of deputy col
n hnf
does nol wish to interfere with the efficiency
OF tho service.