New-York tribune., 1901-12-02
Cutting OUT BOYD'S WORK
NEW ECONOMICAL LAWS BEING PRE-
PARED FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION.
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Albany Dec 1-State officials expressed great IN
ferest TODAY In the development Of Governor
odelrs administrative policy. as manifested ov ms
choice yesterday Of Charles Spencer BOYD as Su-
perintendent of Public Works. That policy. it
seems to them, IS the selection Of men for once
who will apply business methods TO the depart
rnents they selected to govern The superin-
tendent of Public Works has charge not only OF
The canals. but also Of any Work tefldfls ~
improve their navigation; and thus II Governor
Odau acting in co-cperation with the legislature
should adopt any plan for the further improve
rnent Of the canals. this officer would have hsnis
responsible duties Commercial oo0les winch uesiie
that the work of Improving the canals should pc
continued have recently been before the GoFeiltoi
II is also known that the Superintendent of PUBIC
Works the coming year will have TO carry ou'
some important plans Of the Governor IN res4ro W
the canal bridges which cross many streets IN IN
terror cities increased cost or iron MAKES Inns
matter Of the construction of bridges important 10
Governor OdeIl. because Of his policy OF reouciis
the State disbursements and abohshins olrec' S'a'e
taxation.
The office of Superintendent of Public Works was
-restad ny an amendment TO the constitution MADE
IN 1876 result of Samuel J. Tildens attack ut'oii
the canal ring. 1t was made clear thaI respoilsi
bty for the administration OF the canals couu ilo'
he ascertained clearly if more than one person WAS
CHARGED with the care of the waterways. One man.
the Superintendent of Public Works. was then
placed in charge
MEN WHO HAVE SERVED.
So highly did Governor Robinson regard the Office
that he nominated for It General George b NC
c,IelIan. General Mcclellan was not confirmed as
Superintendent and then Benjamin S W. Clark
Was appoinfed and served creditably He was sue
ceeded by SIas b butcher Of Brooklyn VINO was
=ppointed by Governor Cornell Governor cornell
as does Governor Odell desired a business admins
tration Mr. butcher conducted tie AFFAIRS OF ms
office with great economy and maintained the
canals in excellent condition Then cane 1ai'ieS
sbanahan of Tribes Hill. appointed b: governor
Cleveland. Mr shanahar admirable execu-
,iva Frr politicans desired canal patronage anu
r6ward Hannah Of Troy was appointed by Gov
ernor Hill AT the request of Edward Murphy Jr-
Mr Hannah not q successfui aohilllstiato
He was followed by George w Aldridse OF fAocheS-
fer who had Charge of the Improvement OF the
canals with 100000 voted for that purpose by the
peorle Then came Colonel John n. Partridge
whose fins administration is about to end
Cc!onel Partridge is a Well INFORMED business
raan ard he has conducted the canal department
g. he would commercial enterprise NO man was
,rr,itted 10 shirk work under his administration
=, Superintendent of Public Works went so IRE
o,,entIy over the Erie, the Champlain ana the
cswego canals on inspection trips He dd not MAKE
Albany the place where he could always be found
ON the contrary, one had to make sure that he
would be in Albany certain day; otherwise
one might discover that he was in Syracuse,
Rochester Whitehall inspecting some canal work
ONE DIFFICULTY REMOVED
Mr BOYD the new Superintendent Of Public
Work. will discover that obstacle to canal
tn,rrovement work has been removed before he ar
riyes In Albany and that is the claims of the con-
tractors under the s90coeo0 appropriation FOR dam
ages because of their loss OF contracts Ihese
claims amounting at time to several millions
,f dollars have all been settled for much less by
Colonel Partridge and his associates OF the Cailal
The selection of Mr. Boyd for Superintendent Of
Public Works probably not unexpected by
sor1e leading Republicans One mere at ieasl,
inf
manifested desire to Governor odel that Colo
ne nsi PsFtyidss should become Ponce
IT is believed here that Governor ode VIII follow
,n This nolicy of putting a business al the
head of the Department of PUBLIC Works by put
gsnapt g anT. The state Controller collects so much
of the State revenue f0G lns'ao' tb me bppitance
tax to 100000 it Is essential that ne should
be highly competent. Moreover he audits all the
bills submitted against the State. which amounted
10 s22Oo.ese last year --o,.,o.,,a
Two men who are now prominently n, Tnenttone9 60
for State Controller are Frank s McGraW: OF OF
nam of prominence in Buffalo and worthington C
Miner, OF Buffalo, a Law partner of Ansey WILCOX.
WILL, OPERATE NEW LAWS
7, Is anticipated that the Controller Will
have the task OF putting into operation some new
Indirect taxation laws that Governor Odell is re-
ported to favor aud that Will be submitted to the
legislature is also possible that the duty will be
assigned TO him of supervising the expenditures OF
all the State hospitals for the insane-work which
IS now done by the State Commission of Prisons
he
fhe minor State charitable institutions. 1t is ar
eed that this period of concentration of enter
prises and that this consolidation of supervision
of the business affairs of the State hospitals and
State charitable institutions would be to the pc
cuniary advantage of the State
All the chiefs OF State departments and bureaus
are preparing estimates on the cost of maintain
Ing their departments during the coming year. This
is at the request of Governor Ode. who il is said
thinks that the legislature just well starr
she consideration of the, Annual Appropriation bill
the Supply bill and the Supplemental Supply bill il
January in March Mr. Aids. chairman of the
Assembly Committee Ways and Means. is al
ready preparing the Appropriation act. the Suppl.
bill and the Supplemental Supply bill for submis
sion his committee
Some of the heads of State departments attended
q conference last week with Governor Odeli, Sen
ator Higgins, chairman of the Senate Finance Com
Aids and Assemblyman Kelsey, at the Capitol anC
weni over in detail the estimates of their depart
rnents regarding needed appropriations, and CAV.
explanations them. 1t is reported that Governor
OSe and the members of the legislature who wer.
with MIN urgent for economy, and indicated Z
.5ssnosifion down the State appropriation
the coming year the lowest possible point A.
soon as a new State Controller is appointed, h
,rndouhtediy will become member Of this counci
appropriations.
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