The Washington times., 1894-07-02
ITS GIGANTIC PATRONAGE
Tammany Controls an Army Of Fifteen
thousand Office-holders.
BIG SALARIES IT REWARDS
A City Administration Government More
Costly Than the Total Expenses Of Half
the States in the Union-Eighty Eight
Millions We're Disbursed Last Year.

Everybody who has ever heard OF the Tam
powerful organization, that it is the admins
traitor of immense patronage, and that at
present it controls the municipal affairs OF
this city, says the New York Herald. But
only those who are members OF Tammany 8
inner circle and the few who have examined
the city's pay-rolls and analyzed the annual
reports Of the different departments have any
idea how enormous is the extent OF this
patronage and how farreaching is Tammany's
power.
few figures will serve to show some OF the
elements OF Tammany's strength and tell what
the organization has to fight for and why 1t
will fight to the last to retain its power and
patronage.
This city disbursed in one year. according
to the last published report of the comptroller,
the sum OF SsS. .924, ,245. as follows:
On appropriation account general ex-
penses of the city government. -. $34, ~ ~
On special and trust accounts...--.... 30,5o60os
For redemption of the city debit. lI,4looos
For payment OF interest on city debt. 6,lS',5o
Total .$oo,sS4'sao
1t is not proposed to demonstrate by these
figures that the government of the city OF New
York is or is not an economical one, but to
show what vast army is fed at the public
crib: an army Of generals. captains, and pri-
Yates of which all are the creatures OF the
political society known rs Tammany.
THOUSANDS OF oFFIcE-HoLpERs.
An examidation of the pay-rolls shows that
in round numbers Is. 900 men and women are
employed tho year round by the city govern
ment, in the following departments:
Executive Observation-Disclosures office, 9;
License Bureau, 10; total. 10. Legislative
Depar.ment-Common Council, 4S. Finance
Department omptrollers office. IL; Audit
ing Bureau. So; Bureau OF Collection OF As
sessments and Arrears of Taxes. 81 Bureau
OF Collection of Taxes. l5: Bureau OF Collec-
ton of City Revenue and Markets and Mar
ket Cleaning, 63: total. 1856.
Law Department-Office Of Counsel to
Corporation. 50; Bureau of Corporation At
torney. 10: Bureau of Public Administrator.
6; attorney for collection tax arrears. 4; attor-
ney to commissioner Twenty-third and
Twentv-fourth wards, 2. Bureau oil street
Opening. l3; total, Sc.
Police department. 1858.
Department of street cleaning, 2.l5O.
Department of public works, l,727.
Fire department. l.263.
Department OF buildings, 13S.
department Ol puDllc cudritles duu COITcc-
ton. Los.
Health department. 3l4.
Department of public parks. 6sS.
Department of street Improvement, Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth wards, 22S.
Department of docks. $50.
Department of taxes and assessments, II;
board of excise. 81; board of education, SO;
aqueduct commission and bureau of engi-
ncers. ia: commissioners of accounts. IS;
board of city record. Il; civil service boards.
Il: board armory commissioners. 2; secretary
board estimate and apportionment. l: secre-
tary gas commissioners. l; secretary board OF
revision, l; secretary committee sinking fund,
/: secretary street opening board. 1; exam
ining board Of plumbers, 8; sherlffs Office, ~;
county clerks office, co; registers office. 126
surrogate's Office, Il: coroner's Office, IA;
district attorneys office. 4S: supreme court,
IS: superior court, AZ; court of common pleas,
AZ city court, 80; court of general sessions,
Sc; commissioners of jurors. 20; district courts.
SO; police Justices courts, 40: court of special
session s s. Grand total. Il. .69S.
There is to be added to this total those who
work is being done by the departments of
docks. parks. and public works. This will
bring the average number OF employees in the
service of the city to at least $1,000.
SOME OF THE SALARIES.
Following is a list OF yearly salaries paid
to 1852 of these employees. none of whom re-
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