New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

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The chsirman--A confidential clerk does not
come within the provisions Of the Civil Service.
Mr. 8 sullivan-I would like to ask only one aues.
.tion, Mr. Chairman May I? uaughterD DID you
serve as delegate in the Republican County Com
nes Of This hsr ysss essa ,ne Yes I
Il Mr.. O'sulvan-That is all.
Mr.. Mo.s-It is evident that other folks know this his
s Ssn besides myself Mr. Brady wiz you tame 'e
n BRADYs CONFIDENTIAL MEN.
iBuILpINGs COMMISSIONER CANNOT EVEN
h REMEMBER THEIR NAMES.
Thomas J. Brady
II Mr. Moss-Have you appointed any CONFIDENTIAL
Examiners since you have been Commissioner
{A.-No. sir.
E o-How many confidential examiners have you!
lA--Four
! o-Who are they? A-Elmer E. Roy. with
william MILL Mr.. Barnes-I don't recall the
i' ouis " Il Mr. Hacke,t? No. sir.
0-what is Mr.. Hackett's position? Ain
o.SHave you some more CONFIDENTIAL inspectors
there A,lnsrsetors; 1es' consaent,a inspectors
iscse SOT yon have spoke
OF eon1dsntal examiners. as.,,
I,nspecsorsF a." A@Thefe is diTerence between con
4 Mental examiners and conhdentai nsPec pee, ,h
parties who are appointed confidential inspectors
are qualified TO inspect, and do that work In
sp Smas!ye A yOq spP siT, any
4 S-Are there here any confidential inspectors lasting
over from the previous administration? ,e have
s;r. There are confidential examiners VINO nave
o.SThe conhdential inspectors are all of your
f0~How do you provide for the payment OF their
salaries? A-On the regular Appropriation ana
0"it Is not necessary to issue bonds? A-No'
'o-who are the confidential inspectors? Give
their names? Al don't think have got them;
wlI =, see nemorandum BOOK Harry Cole is one
Of them Nicholas Rsy is Ole iae eanFS' , sTa
me as s the record is Concerned There is Ander
'V gle, me read this to you and see If they are
SJsmes CLARK confidential nsGsGtG3si ,1 rs
s s,ss r't of the Board Of BUILDINGS ...,
o.-one thousand eight hundred doiars'
Campbell IT, , iU%hd 4. hs B6 s'fGOS Of
Buildings.
SON OF A COMMISSIONER.
o-Dsv,d campbell IT, is a son Of Commissioner
icampbell isn't he? Ayes. sir
o-And didn't he endeavor TO get into the De
partnent through a civil Service examinations
Al never heard Of IT, .
"a o-Don't you know he endeavored to get III
under the civil Service examination and failed,
aid then was. appointed as conhden''a' S'e''s
fa 1p"tc,er j Andrews. Is he the former Assem-
blyman? Ale is the former Assemoiyman'
Q-Matthev f. Heeley? A.Yes Isl sir :, ri Hs rs
no. special Inspector now, he is inspector OF pudo
as Seaso t ai hundred dOSTs' A-N0
~ oN egG is $500 in the City RecOrd7 A-No' sir;
'no5t -Andrews Sta IN Speaking Of ANo, you said
nseley: .,o man vor have made
SMs't o pum t A~Yes sir He resigned
from the building inspector position to take 'he
pg eSicS Se LyinssIGn Henry Kind
Franksn6srg al dSwr al how does she act as
N eoSadental Inspector? A.-she keeps report 10
all Of D6 59e WSF he E gSns these BOOKS
X over the reports and knows w9a1 gIes oi No
o.-But simply tabulator of the reports or 4
Is We sIr and watches over the inspectors WoIk;
Is 'Sos.ifs she the chief OF inspectors. A-No sir;
IL *. kept % SSGs except s0s as she
20 me- she De copying papers al i1res
Other times she is looking over the inspectors
9james p Young Maekin, Charles P Mq pore
appointed by you? Ayes. sir; ,., ,o.ooo,or >
Joseph F. Gibson is CONFIDENTLY al, nspe d;dnt
a-Yss sir: that is the fourth one that uioh
recall the name Of
REDUCTION OF SALARIES.
o-You remember when you were Superintendent
A OF Buildings before. DO you? Ayes. SIT.
Il o-Now in the Borough Of Manhattan. how many
more employees have you than you hao then' A.
n couldn't tell you the exact number
h o-About how many? A.-oh had possibly
About l5 more than you had then? A An !
III have salaries been increased In your department.
A oIsome have been reduced? A.-Yes, sir.
The psyrolis we're transferred Decem6er
81 1877 and 10 continue the non Sae Increase my ap
propraton by 1000, TO carry that m non
payroIi o Sy NAM men suffered reduction in the
ssyne way? A-The general reduction was 10 io9k
Ss,e one man had been Increased from 400 TO
2o he reduced back 10 ~ sk puu nm ,'S that ss 90
tbst that monthly payroll OF 1897 would be In excess
OF the appropriation had to operate the Depart
NO" o'Hsnce then you have had liberal appro,
priations have. you not? A-lSss have got al
yn have been able TO increase your force?
"o,-And to increase the salary list? A.-Yes, sir
0-How many have had their salaries Increased,
sbou,' Al think probably about twenty-five the
what been the amount XII sS
o-why did you not restore the salaries OF the NJ,
men whom you reduced to meet the semp Sdnt
o.-It was altogether. then. matter OF wor'hi-
owhy da retain gnwoghy men 1d in the retain PS
stlon Of confidential examiner saye hem hem uO
" oMr Nihyou designated hin M, as an IN u un
worthy man. j found that he attended TO his
duties in anything that assigned him to do; r,,s
you Sh haSs n ssGeP' A nm 'S sir '"s
hsye you 9Gs ha he WAS Worthy for
Inc services he was rendering the Department.
any more than other men performing practically
the same class OF work
o Now let us see: Confidential Examiner Rowe
was getting 81 200? Ale was formerly getting
s. SO and reduced him also.
NOT ALL REDUCED THE SAME.
Q-Gibson: he getting A1O? Ale is an
iron inspector and doing inspectors work.
o-Those are the reasons for the differences!
AThcse different classes Of cases. different labors
being performed by those people.
Q-That was not the reason you gave for reduc-
ing Nihills salary II reduced for a temporary
necessity? A.-No. sir. not for a temporary neces
sity; II was reduced for the purpose OF getting
inside Of the appropriation: and during my years
Of administration used my judgment where rec
cgnixed merit