New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

R1ce 800 @ asded Led 20 the budget account makes
@ fef me nrst time They are official and have never
lished 1t is the frst and onv record OF the cost of
ITTTbtilnany Tb any TO the people Of this city
authorized for the purpose of supplying funds for
snnS e expenses which cannot be raised or
pelng 5Ianmany; when it came into power, at once
ofnarX: nut also extraordinary expenses Increases
scale How uch ah& these were 9de AMOUNT On 10 ba
peen a matter of conjecture and largely guesswork
in this instance the widest imagination has not
gerated 1gures Of TammanV's eStraVagances Even
e 1he most Isl expert guessers have never come any
Of the pockets Of the taxpayers and put into those
OF its place holders and faithful followers
BEGAN AT ONCE UNDER VAN WICK
van wyck o6k 0 H Pesded af at eeng
the Board OF Estimate and began by shouting loud,
he accused the reform administration of squander-
The Mayors own administration, notwithstanding
ms professions OF economy out-Tweeds Tweed IN MS
knowing just how much they We're paving toward
ness. Only in a few Instances when the Increases
were We're many any ana hneaVy. was any public Inenuon ho
obtained. The figures almost beyond relief. but
ma ns as we'll ' be e5T1 mentoned ST t6s # Edward
NJ Shepard is elected Mayor. no matter how
Of the public on a strictly honest basis consstent
Croker's county ticket is successful. In order TO
make this clear il is necessary explain the com
position Of the next Board Of Estimate and APP
,r5sr 6 81 FFsa5sa T 2a st IF 5e % Bos4a Of 3s G9a
and the five borough PFeside9ts The IN MayoI az e tIe
borougb g' pretdens of Tooklyn and Manhattan two
vote each. Even if Mr.. SHEPARD if elected desires res
people and men are IN c0mrI d f5 fS PTesea
of the Board of Aldermen Tammany men
with three votes each, the Borough President Of
nine vo4s in the Board of Estimate or majority,
wbieb is su+tcient to oyerru!e the Mayor on any
question ana 70 continue the salary sra0 @ 2 ba ere
pected in view OF the foregoing statement II lam IAN
the Official figures. as follows -, ~
At the outset OF consolidation during the year
bT taxStor and 54t -eSsived s2 more out
bond issues total OF $50 %. 465- ,.
One year later in lss9 the NUMBER OF IN 5re
han in ISIS The number engSggG ga r on ba9 5ag 6 year
before Al the same time Salaries were .,kited"
under the bond account 81 100 ~ or $lSoS2I more
same time the increases of salaries on the budget
account loT me year oSS nc ~ $50 - TSos 80
rsS s4i's73ssl for for 1858 g 'S'''s '''--''
DID NOT STOP THERE
The raid on the treasury did not stop there, how
keep down saIaTiesi;' Sut in the privacy of, his
back Office at the secret meetings of the Board or
1 more @ saary EGsG on9y % e IN R @ the empoyes had
a9d undif 6e boRd a6e6uR rom ia to @ or
Il 044 altogether and the salary appropriation has
been increased in the budget from S4I.ol3,sS 10
Ss3 9273I7. and bonds issued for S.n0Olb more
$50 30I and nearly onehaf OF that was spent Tor
salaries. The budget for 1850 net amounted 10
SS3. .45S Sl and than one-half OF taat was eX-
pended for salaries. IN other words, the amounts
paid for salaries out bond issues were equivalent
1899 % per OF the budget, ana IN 1870
10 about 56 per cent OF the budget -
The budget for 1902 will not be completed until
November ! and far as known there VII! be no
decrease in the salary account L can safely De
stated that the percentage Of salary Increases here
tofore mentioned viii be kept up and, II IamuaTy
is elected has been pointed out, continued by the
incoming Board OF Estimate
The Official figures snow that Tammany has a
paid army Of 44044 employees. The total average pay
Of each enploye is s06 "A from the budget account,
bond account is 81 .022 04.
The total increase in salaries during the last three
years and a half of the Tammany adnlnistFa ton,
the bond and budget account has been about
IS 900 GOO OF which Si.5O0Oo0 made mandatory
by legislation for the purpose Of raising the Of
school teachers. fTemen ana policemen. The sum
voluntarily by the Van Wyck administration among
the Office holders in greater New-fork. The reason
the Mayor complaining loudly about com
pulsory legislation from Albany and protesting
teachers proper compensation unuer the Davis law
is apparent. He and the heads OF his depart
could only give SO00O 10 the gang Of looteTs
who belong Tammanv Hall. They We're angry
because the other millions 10 the school teach
ers most Of whom women and cannot vote and
carry election districts
HOW THE wIGWAM REWARDS ITS OWN.
An analysis Of the figures in the accompanying
table gives a curious insight into Tammanys meth
ods Of reWaroing its The highest paid
those who have sinecures The lowest paid men
are those who make possible the success OF Tam