New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-15
SALARYRATyNG BY TAMMANY
ASTONISHING ANb RIDICULOUS DIsTlNc'
TIoNs MADE

THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE OFFICES ABSOLUTELY DIsREGARDED-
SOME STRIKING EXAMPLES.
An examination OF the Tammany Hall salary list
Of this city will reveal remarkable disparity in
,ha nav NJ officials OF the same class. The quality
and amount of work performed does not seem
20 enter into the plan on which salaries are d.
ranged If the figures had been hXed apsoiu'eN
by the bosses of Tammany Hall nothing more u"-
eoual or incongruous could be expected. rake LOT
instance. the salaries of the chief clerks OF the
various courts. The chief clerk Of the Surrogate
Court receives s. 900 year, which Is SoV more
than the judges of the United states Dis"Io.
Courts are paid and $1,000 in excess OF the salary %
United States Circuit Court judges. Inc c"'ei
clerk of the General Term of the supreme Ooui
gets $1,000 a year. while the same official IN the
Court of General Sessions receives three ann one
hslf times more or $1,000 annually. The deputy
clerk in the same court has 5000 a year anu ule
assistant clerk 5000 In the Court OF Specla' So
sions the same eXorbitant methods Obtain inc GIN
clerk receiving the perfectly ndefenSible salary u
Sc Oeo a wear while the deputy clerk of TINS court
receives annually 5000. None Of these oihc'ais
have duties in the least commensurate VII" inc
pay they get.
The chief clerk Of the Superior Court receives
the same pay as the chief clerk OF the opeOi"i
Sessions 5000 while the chief clerk OF the Oou''
=, common plea: has only $500. The CHIEF clerks
of the CITY Court and of all the district ciN,I
courts receive the annual sum, s3V' am '','
the assistant clerks of the district courts SCI an
equal amount. ,..,, .,,oo,ars" IN the
When the sums paid to political 'heelers IN We
General and Special Sessions are compared 70 We
salaries of the first and second auuitOiS VI tiio
FINANCE Department they appear rldicuIouSiEE ~
cessive These two officers, the au1HoIs U. a., ~
Finance Department hold two OF the mos a ,r,,
rortant and difficult places under tne Guy $50.
inenf Through their hands pass all the NoutA -
a%preeating $50 COO 900 perhaps annually whch are
more depends upon the ability. watchiuhess' IN
ness and integrity of these men ,nai, VI Won the
two men in the city's employ, yet MI l-HCll, AZ
frst auditor receives only $i5OD ana NJ uouaS r
hurry the second auditor. is paid only s5vW
and the deputy auditors who supply tneli 60 ooo
in their necessary absence get only s-'-p any So
rcspectiyely When these salaries meaeie ~. ~, ~,
GREAT responsibility and labor deNolVlhs uP', o',,
ooffcials are compared with the NUMEROUS 81 81,
e. o0O and 81 900 sinecures aboundinS IN New
a. IS not surprising that there should arse d
mand for a readjustment OF salaries i'll 'he '"
departments 49, - .,roreb the whole list OF
Tho ctvs employees. StenoGrapherS' oOP; ia'' 90
tvnewrters are paid from $lV" 10 80 q ;yrbat
some of whom could not earn one,ItInmuv -, In
they get in any business house in New VI Q ss n
some departments the office boy salary 10 go "
week ,.or,nepts of Police
& GOO each The chief clerk OF the r.NC, Cini'ninp
nent has e 900 n year: that Of the Strtel tIc
Denartment 81 500 of the Dstrct-At'otfi. I3na ri
"a 200: of the Registers office, %5VW; oI t nent
IF Coroners 50 500, and of the FINANCE DeP''
"a n0n