New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
BLOW TO CIVIL SERVICE.
Mayor ApproUcs Exemption Of Tar
Deputies.

Mayor Mcclellan yesterday signed the resolution
exempting the position OF superintendent OF ponds
and conduits from the operations Of the Civil Ser
vice rules and the placing in the exempt class
All the deputy tax commissioners. about ffty-threo
In number.
The friends Of Civil Service are practically unan-
inous in the option that this IL diEeos olO~ az
Civil Service and that the Mayor is catering -
the Tammany machine I'm its demand FOR mors
patronage.
The Tax Board recently. by resolution asked the
local Civil Service Commission place Che aepusy
commissioners I'm the exempt class. thus sx-
posing them removal by the Tax Commissioned
The civil Service Commission assentsd this.
and the Mayors approval nov moves the question
up 10 the State commission. ~ Messrs. Pound.
Kraft and Collier approve the resolution the dep
their sIperiors.
The exemption Of the superintendent OF ponds and
condults is. as The Tribune explained last week.
neat little political game for the benefit OF Watrr
COMMISSIONS John T. Oakley. o. Tammany Hal.
and Supervisor Brewer. Of Nassau county. Sfr.
Brewer Is the Democratic chairman or the patron
fe1jSnt ~ ,or15s M So i,,i,sD - ,,ir ckssrye
next fall
The superintendent OF ponds and conduits has
supervision OF the Brooklyn water supply az Rock
vile Centre. IN the sumner there are many pond
cleaners needed there. The acting superintendent
l. e. j. Skelton. Efficient civil engineer. assigned
to the task BY J. Hampton Dougherty two year.
ago lie Sn0ws ABOUT ponds from the engineers side
Mr. Brewer Is not an engineer. put ne knows a
lOL ABOUT 'p0ODing Tor pOuucal Dull neaQs anu
other political marine pursuits.
The place pays only 800 a year. and IS hardly
worth hghtinE for. but 10 illustrates the hunger
Of the Tammany tiger, whose leaders viii give
many a Iammany man a vacation at Rockville
Centre next sumner II the State Civil Service Com
mission approves the action OF the local commits
sion and the Mayor.
The Mayor hled with his approval OF the deputy
tax commissioners resolution a memorandum.
which said.
In passing upon the position under the Civil Ser
vice law OF the Deputy Tax Commissioners OF tins
city OF New-IOrk, the Court OF Appeals IN People
ex rel Thompson VS. Fetner 16s. New-YOrk, AZ, az
page 40, says: The deputies held their Office dur
removal as the Deputies IN other citv departments
Also the Court OF Appeals. in passing upon thu
civil Service law IN tEe case OF Ry ian aEni- --
Wells and others CLAW Journal December =.
OF the city OF New-YOrk. who a veteran vol
unteer fireman. stated. among other things a. foi-
lows. We are By no means clear that the Ian
guage Of the Civil Service statute IN its Orlgiual
the term deputy However thar NAV be. si1ce
the amendment % 1902. BY which the provision as
20 Any other person holding strictly confidential
relation to the appointing officer has stricken
sarily confidential People eX rel Tate IS. Dalton.
A. Appellate Division. 40s affirmed on opinion De-
low $50 New-YOrk. $50 added 20 the exceptions.
such Interpretation We think no longer adr1ls-
the various city departments. AS the relator was
not entitled TO hearing on charges. certiorari 70
| review his removal would not lie. people eN rel
Kennedy Brady, 100 NeW-YOrk. a.
mtssiOners are enormously classified Tn that they
in the competitive class. whereas they should
be IN the exempt class. For the purpose or cor
recting such erroneous classification, the Municipal
above quoted from. and for that purpose I hereby
approve OF the same.