New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
GREENE FOR DOCKS HEAD.
MR.. Low CONSIDERING FORMER CHIEF
ENGINEER FOR COMMISSIONER
COLONEL PARTRIDGE TO ANNOUNCE HIS
DEPUTIES sooN-THE OPPOSITION TO
LINDENTHAL FOR BRIDGE
COMMISSIONER

Mayor-elect Low is giving his special attention
TO the appointments of Dock and Bridge COM
nissioners- 1t is understood that George Sears
Greene has been considered most favorabIy for
Dock Commissioner. although objection
has been made TO him in letters which Mr. Low
has received on the ground that Mr. Greene Is
pre-enlinently engineer, and that the office
of Dock Commissioner. il stands under the
Revised Charter, calls more for man OF wide
business and executive training
The revised charter put the Dock Department
under head. and vested the powers Of the
present Dock Board in a single commissioner.
who is empowered to choose deputy But at
the same time the new act greatly limited these
powers so that this officer is subject TO great
extent in his official acts the approval Of the
Sinking Fund Commission AT the present time.
the Dock Board has the right to lease piers. ana
accordingly has the control of interests worth
millions of dollars. The commissioner can
make leases only on the approval Of the Sink
ing Fund Commission. and il is also provided
that any applicant for lease. who believes that
he is not receiving proper consideration has the
right to appeal TO the Sinking Fund Commission
The new commissioner has the right 10 let con-
tracts for repairs. but not to exceed 1000 for
any one job. The salary of the commissioner il
$4,000. and that Of his deputy $1,000
The Sinking Fund Commission urder the re-
vised charter consists of the Mayor Controller.
Chamberlain President of the Board of Alder
men, and chairman of the finance COMMITTEES OF
the Board of Aldermen
Mr. Greene is a brother OF General Francis "
Greene He is civil engineer and was former
" chief engineer of the Dock Department
Some time after the incoming OF Tammany and
Mayor Van Wyck Mr.. Greene was ousted 10
make way for a Tamnany appointee He IS
now supervising the reconstruction Of the great
wharves of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company. in Hoboken-
The persistent reports that Gustav Lindenthai
is considered at present with great favor oy
Mayor-elect Low for the office OF Bridge COM
missioner appears TO increase the oppoSluoh
against him II learned yesterday tnat Nr-
Low is receiving numerous letters from private
citizens asking him appoint man 10 this
place who is independent of corporate interests
Mr. Lindenthal many OF the letters saS' - - r.
nected with the Pennsylvania Rallroao dS tne
head of the North River Bridge Company: wnlch
still has z charter for bridge over the HUDSON
River with q Manhattan terminal in the neisn-
borhood of Twenty-third-st-
This bridge according TO these correspondents,
if built will complete q gigantic plan, 10 join
RrooxIvn and Manhattan with the Jersey ter
minal OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, the con-
nection being made complete by the tunnel un-
der the East River, plans for which nave al
ready been filed by the Long Island Railroad,
which is also controlled by the Pennsylvania
Mr. Lindenthal is being vigorously opposed by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and II
was learned yesterday that the New-1ork Cen
tral is also exerting its influence against nlnl-
Despite this opposition. friends of Mr.. Linden
thai said yesterday that they believed ne
would be appointed
It is known however that Mr.. Low has also
been considering William Berri and Rufus L.
Scott for the place. Mr.. Berri was president
of the board of trustees which had supervision
of the Brooklyn Bridge before consolidation.
but some opposition has also been developed
against him. or the ground that he is connected
with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Rufus L. Scott is being urged by the Brooklyn
Democracy.
1t was stated yesterday that Robert Grier
Monroe would be made either Deputy Police
Commissioner or Commissioner Of Correction
Close friends Of Colonel Monroe have said, how
ever that ne wants Justice Jeron1e's seat In the
Court of Special Sessions, place for which ex-
Alderman Benjamin E Hall is said TO be slated
Colonel Partridge will return from Albany to-
day and will devote the remaining time between
now and the holidays TO police affairs He will
have a conference with Mr.. Low either to-day or
Tomorrow. and IL is expected that the two
police deputies will be decided on before the end
of the week
Justice Jerome is said to have appointed Mar
shall B. Clarke OF the law firm Of Carter
Hughes & Dwight. al Assistant District Attor-