New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-13


CIVIL SERVICE BoARD-PoLlCE
COMMISSIONERS sHoRN
OF A PART OF
THEIR POWER.
Mavor Strong made four changes in the Board
n, Education Yesterday. He appointed Charles
r Wehrum TO succeed George Livingston.
Nathaniel A. Prentiss in place Of Miles NJ
OBrien Joseph j. Little in place OF James w
NcRarron and William H. Hurlburt TO succeed
Thaddeus Moriarty. The men removed are Tam
many Democrats Messrs Prentiss and Huriourt
are Republicans; Messrs. Wehrum and Little are
Democrats.
Nathaniel A. Prentiss until about three
wears ago Republican leader Of the Nth Assem-
bly, District lie is lawyer by profession mas
an office a, No. 100 Broadway, and lives at NO
131 East Twenty-sixth-st
William H. Hurburt is a retired manufacturers
and was formerly in the hat business de lives
at No. 200 West Fif;y-seventh-st.. ana mas al"
ample fortune. He belongs to the Union N'"eN
C,,h bu, has never been politician
rosanb T LITTLE is the head of large pruning
house g., Aston Place. He lives at NO :" west
Fortv-hfth-st Mr. Little was Schooi 'o'i'i''S-
sioner during Mayor Grants hrst ADMINISTRATORS
hut resigned after being elected TO congress DIS
Tammany Hall Democrat from lhe 1>li'"
District TO succeed General Frances Is Spinold
w Rourke Cochran was MI Titles successor III
Congress.
charles G Wehrum is also former member
q. the Board Of Education. ha'i been APP
no,nted by Mayor Gram in 1890 He served his
fun term of three years. and was an energetic
ord useful member Mayor Gilroy failed to re-
onnoint him in 1899 but put A. p Montant IN
his n,ace Mr. Wehrum lives at No. Slo East
Twentieth-st.
Navor strong said after making these appoint
wants that he expected the women would nnd
fault with him because he had appointed only
men. but he thought 1t might be pest 10 uS
u,,ls new blood in the board now, and then IN
feet some more later on.
MADE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINER
Francis Collingwood, % No. 127 East Twenty
third-st. vas made a Civil Service Examiner by
the Mayor yesterday The pay is $40 day Whie
the incumbent is on duty.
civil Service Commissioner Everett p Wheeler,
president of the board. and Lee Phlliips secle-
tarv. had a half-hours talk with Mayor strong
Yesterday and afterward> announced tha' an
entirely new set of rules had been adopted D! 'he
board governing future Civil Service eXaiiiiiia-
lions. The new rules abolish preliminary or spe-
cial examinations. and every applicant VIII mere
after be under the supervision Of the board from
tho time he first appears eligible until ne
receives his commission. This change especially
affects police appointments There are TO be no
moro preliminary examinations OF candldates U!
notice surgeons. but both TIE physical ana men
tai examinations will be conducted Under the Ill
rect supervision OF the Civil Service Board. Inc
Commissioners believe that this will strike dow
~ class Of appointments in the police force
which have proved detrimental to the service.
MUCH POWER TAKEN AWAY.
Under the new rules agreed upon the seec-
ton Of policemen. 1t is asserted VIII De prac-
ticaily turned over to the Civil Service Com
mission The old regulations allowed the Ponce
Commissioners 10 call for specified number
of names from the Civil Service Board From
these the Police Commissioners selected those
they desired TO appoint Their favorltes were
sure of selection The new rules provlde tha'
appointments shall be made in batches or zen,
and that for every batch Of ten only tweiNe
names can be demanded from the CiVil service
Commissioners. In other words whenever zen
new policemen are TO be named they husV pe
taken from list of twelve submitted from the
eligible list by the Civil Service Commissioners.
This will give the Civil Service Board the power
20 name pretty nearly all Of the members Oh the
force. A., .. .,r,a
There are 300 vaca ncies at the present tme.
They must be filled ten at a time out or hs's
OF twelve men, so that In filling all OF the va
cancies the Police Commissioners will have con-
sidered only $50 names. 49,,
What is to be done with the present eligible
Kerwin say is fraudulent will be decided later
II will expire by limitation on April l.
Commissioner Brookfeld said YESTERDAY that
the reports about his appointing j. Langdon Erv-
ing, known as Sunbeam Erving. to be Water
Purveyor had no foundation Neither Ut. mark-
hurst nor the Mayor, he said. mad asked lot ouh-
beams appointment to that office, or 10 any
other. II am flling these offices myself, Mr..
Brookfed added.
THEIR FIDELITY TO BE REWARDED.
The Commissioner repeated yesterday state
ment that he has made frequently in the last
fortnight, that he meant TO stand by four Re
publican district leaders who had stood by him
and his friends. regardless Of the criticism it
might cause. Mr.. Brookfe!d said that he re-
ferred especially 10 John simpson John Collins,
Martin IT. Healey and William Henkcl. "These
men adhered 10 u.s." Commissioner Brookfield
said. through thick and thin am not going
back on them now. l have already appointed
Henke Superintendent Of the Bureau OF Encum-
brances and am going to appoint Simpson. Col
Inns and Healey TO positions. What they will get
] cannot say now. but they will have appoint
nents In my department.
But for the loyalty Of these men Mayor
Strong would not be where he Is now nor should
be Commissioner # Public Works The Re-
publcans who favored combination ticket
would have been beaten IN the convention had
manned steadfast. They stood by us when it
looked If might lose. They refused to
train with Plat. and as result Strong was
nominated. i will make 1t my business 10 see
that they rewarded"
The Mayor intends TO appoint DIR. Edward II.
Peasey, Of No. 90 Madison ave. in his next
batch OF School Commissioners. Commissioners
John L. y. Hunt Republican. and Robert Ma
clay. Charles Strauss and Charles y. Hubbell,
Democrats are on his list for retention.
OBRIEN NOT YET APPOINTED
In spite Of the numerous reports circulated by
the OBrien Democrats to the effect that ex-
Sheriff James O'Brien would be Police Com
missioner before shutdown yesterday, Mayor
Strong left the City Hall without announcing
Mr.. OBriens appointment. When a statemen,
IN an evening paper saying that O'Brien's APP