New-York tribune., 1902-01-02
A REAL MAYOR AT HELM
CONTINUED from first paeeo

private office, around big table. Mr. Low per-
sonally administered the oath. The first to be
sworn in was Mr.. Lows secretary, James B.
Reynolds. and following him came William J.
Moran the Mayors assistant secretary
Then followed the Municipal Civil Service
Commission, composed of Colonel Willis L. Og-
den Cornelius Vanderbilt, Alexander T. Mason,
William A. Perrine Theodore NJ. Banta. Nelson
;. Spencer and William n. Dykman. Soon after
taking the oath the commission organized in the
room of City Clerk Scully, selecting Colonel
ogden as president and George McAneny as
secretary.
The next person to be sworn in was Louis F.
Hafen, President-eect of the Borough of The
Bronx. Police Commissioner John n. Partridge
was next, and more attention and interest
seemed TO be taken in his swearing in than in
that Of any OF the other commissioners Mayor
Low used the regular formula and Commissioner
Partridge responded. in taking the oath, with
a brief II do" He gave way to Deputy Com
missioner Nathaniel B. Thurston, and he in turn
was followed by the Deputy Commissioner for
Brooklyn, Frederick II E. Ebstein. Then fol-
lowed Fire Commissioner Thomas Sturgis
Chamberlain E. r. L. Gould, ]. Hampden
Dougherty, Commissioner Of Water, Gas and
Electricity: DR.. John McGaw Woodbury.. Com
missioner of Street Cleaning; Bridge Commits
sioner Gustav Lindenthal Park Commissioners
William r. Wilcox. John Z. Eusts and Rich
ard Young: Homer Folks Commissioner OF
Charities; Richard H. Laimbeer, jr., Deputy
Fire Commissioner: William Leary, secretary
to the Fire Department: Thomas w. Hynes
Commissioner of Correction; McDougall
Hawkes., Commissioner of Docks and Ferries
James l.. Wells president of the Department of
Taxes and Assessments; Tax Commissioners
Samuel Strasbourger. George J. Gillespie Rufus
L. Scott and William 5. Cogswell; Assessors
Benjamin f. Hall, H. B. Ketchum and Enoch
Vreeland; Health Commissioner E. ]. Lederle;
Robert w. De Forest, Tenement House Com
missioner; John Greenberg, bond and warrant
clerk in the Mayors office; William c. Redfed
Commissioner of Public Works, Brooklyn; Otto
Kempner. assistant to Commissioner Redfeld
William NJ. Calder. Superintendent of Build
ings, Brooklyn; G. w. Brown Mayors Marshal;
James Edward Dougherty First Deputy Com
missioner Of Charities; Charles =. Teale, Second
Deputy Commissioner of Charities; John
H. Campbell. Deputy Chamberlain: A. c.
MacNuty, Deputy Commissioner of Correction;
Wesley c. Bush. Second Deputy Of the Tene-
ment House Department.; Lawrence =. Nillier,
First Deputy of the Tenement House Depart
ment. w. c. Casey, Police Clerk. Borough of
Richmond; George McAneny, secretary of the
Civil Service Commission and Matthew F. Dob
bins, confidential clerk to the Mayor.
CANTOR's APPOINTEES SWORN.
President Cantor's appointees were sworn in
by Mayor Low at p. m. They were follows
George w. Blake. secretary to the president
of the board; George Livingston. Commissioner
OF Public Works; Fritz Guertler Assistant Com
missioner of Public Works; Perez NJ. Stewart
Superintendent of Public Buildings William NJ
Allen. Deputy Superintendent of Public Build
ings; William H MiChales, Superintendent of
Sewers; John G. Collins. Superintendent of
Highways; William H Walker. Superintendent
OF Public Buildings and Offices, and Richard
E. Taylor, Superintendent of Baths
Mayor Low teen left the City Hall. He did
not seem unusually fatigued by his first days
work Mayor.
His desk in the Mayors office was nearly
cred with floral offerings.