Arizona republican., 1898-11-12
GOSSIP OF
 NEW YORK.

1 New York, Nov. 11.-Tha greater me tropolis has a voting population of 5000 or more. Strange as it may seem to many, an army of something like 30,000 employees is required to car ry out the will of these voters and ren- der complete the workings of the many departm eLts necessary for the proper
 government, city, state or national. or this total the municipal employees com
 prise an overwhelming majority. The
 machinery of e.ectiOn requires in addi-
 tion to these the services of nearly B. 900 individuals-inspec and poll
 clerks, while owners Of 830 buildings servicable for election booths tend to further deplete the city treasury. Un- cle Sam's local staff constitutes small army in itself. The stipends paid tc the heterogeneous mass of tolerS on
 Father KnickerbCcksr's pay roll, who embrace men, and not a few women, in every s,atiCr Of life, range from an an nual salary of S25, 900 down to a beg garly Der diem Of 50 cents. In me chanical enployments and day labor the usual price fixed by ths trade or ganizations is paid when the men are directly employed, though contractors arrange their own ratio of wages with their men. Professional employment I6CSIh eS lG1Idl pay, NHOue5h p'SoAO'J
 not in all cases what it would command
 in private life So, also, are the wages
 of janitors, sweepers, scrub women,
 clerks and messengers arbitrarily fixed
 by .she employer. But in all eases the
 rewards are fairly commensurate with
 the skill, responsibility and exertion
 demanded.
 It is usual to consider he chamber
 lain the best paid officer of this great
 municipality; but, it should be ramem-
 bered that from his salary of S23,OOO he
 is required 10 pay his own clerk hire
 and other office expenses. The sheriff,
 rominally a county officer, has sai-
 ary of $20,000, and as he receives it all
 for his own benefit he is paid as liber-
 ally as the chamberlain. The justices of the supreme court, who were elected as such, receive $11, 800 salary each, but
 those who, under the operation Of the new constitution, came to the supreme
 bench from the old courts continue to draw 300. The corporation coun- sel and the district attorneys are paid the same stipend, $12,000 year. The head of the finance department, the comptroller, receives $1O,O0O year, which is the came as is paid to the mayor. The chief engineer of the de- partment of public works, which in cIudes the Croton water system, re- ceives but S7,000 a year, while the en- gineer of the new aqueduct is paid $10.- COG. Members of the boards of com missions are paid $5,000, but single de- parnental heads receive more. Skilled labor on the public works of the city is paid at the rate of S2 50 a day, and unskilled $2.
 The guardians of the public peace and the fire laGdies are well provided for. Patrolmen are paid from S1,000 a year to $1400. Roundsmen receive S1 800, sergeants $2,O00 and captains S2. TOO In the fire department foremen of companies are paid $2,106; assistant foremen, $1,SOG; engineers Of steam fire engines, S1 500; firemen, firsi3 grade, $1 400; second grade, s1,200; third grade, S1 GOO. The chief is paid SG,00O, and chiefs of battalions $3,300. Street sweepers receive $720 a year; section firemen, $1 900; stable foremen, $1,200; district superintendents, Sl,800; super intendents, $3 eco. Mechanics ill all the departments earn from s2.50 to $5 a day, according 10 the rate Of their trade unions. Inspectors in the build ing department are paid from S1,100 to s1 TOO a year Ambulance drivers in the city hospital get $500 year and their board Chaplains are paid S450 a year, oIderlies from S180 10 $264 and l board. Prison wardens get $2,50G; ! martens, $500; keepers, $500. Other