Evening star., 1895-06-17
TO BE APPOINTED ON TRIAL
District Employees to Serve Six Months
on Probation.
Applicants for the Position of Assist
ant Building InspectOr-One
New Clerkship.

District appointments will hereafter be
made for a proba .ionary period of six
months. This has been decided by the
Commissioners, and an order issued ac-
cordingly. Why this was done has been a
question that has agitated the office seek
ers. 1t is we'll known that a large ma
jority of appointments in the District SER
vice up to the present time have been made
through congressional influence. When
Congress Is in session every vacancy that
occurs is Immediately sought by number
of congressman, and the Commissioners
are often greatly embarrassed. Men are
forced upon the District in this way who
are thoroughly incompetent. 1t has often
happened that to keep one of these incom-
petents at work the Commissioners have
been obliged to shift the clerks in an en-
tire office to make a place for him. The
new order will obviate all this If after
man receives an appointment he Is found
inefficient, then the Commissioners will
peremptorily remove him. The order re-
fers to all appointments on the permanent
roll. This includes the police At the pres
ent time Chief Paris of the fire depart
ment refuses to make any appointments
on the permanent roll until after a period
OF six months has elapsed, during which
time he has an excellent opportunity of
Judging the mans qualifications. If this
is necessary to the proper selection of fire
men, 1t is equally important in the selection
ton. who are sober and gentlemanly are
hit for such positions of trust.
The First Change.
The first appointment made sunder the
new order was made Saturday, when, as
exclusively stated in The Star of June TO-
the Commissioners promoted George W.
Evans. clerk in the assessors office, to
the new clerkship provided for in the new
appropriation bill. d. w. WincheN was
al pointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotion of w. ]. Donivan to the position
vacated by Evans.
Now that these positions are filled the
office seekers are turning their attention
to Commissioner Ross, In the hope that
cne OF them will secure the position of
secretary to the president of the board
But. as stated in The Star several days
ago. Commissioner Ross has already made
his appointment, which will be in the form
of promotion of one of the clerks in the
executive office, Commissioner Ross has
already stood up for promotions due to
gccd service records, and 1t is no new
thing for him. He has always been
strict advocate of extending the civil serv-
Congress convenes he will try to have
ell passed having such thing in view.
Assistant Building Inspector.
for the position of assistant inspector of
buildings. over thirty applicants have
applied fer the position, and are doing
all in their power to receive the plum
OF this number there are at least a dozen
who are backed by the strongest kind of
Endorsements. They are all excellent men,
and when the time comes for appoin ting
one of them the Commissioners will find
themselves confronted with at least ten
men, any one of whom would be accepta-
BILE to Building Inspector Brady. 1t was
learned today that the Commissioners
would make the appointment, and that
Building Inspector Brady would make no
recommendation in the matter. Mr.. Brady
says he has no favorites to recommend
Any one of the number stated above would
satisfy him. They are all competent men
and would fill the bill Inspector Brady
will make an Endorsement upon each appli-
cation and send it forward. The Commits
sioners will look them over and then make
the appointment