New-York tribune., 1906-09-30

-, ,. ssv Of July the city. as required by
-. s..,,,- Issued psper-covered volume II by
"a I,.hsx saa an inch thck IL contained 4Sl pages
a -.,t.. matter This document. with pages
- 80 .he.s OF the New York illustrated
As,.. xss tAs sitys payroll Therein were con-
.,,-.l the rA.r.s. occupations. addresses ETC. OF
,,. VITO n-s COW fn the employ OF the city ana OF
-. vbo hsre left its service since January l. No
- ,,ors Row many names there are in the BOOK
80 II be the printer some one who hss had
g. hours u leisure and spent II IN the task OF
.o,,,.,-r them. This fact was discovered oy an
I,o1.ire- IN the course OF round OF calls Al uhe
seer where would expect 10 find that inIor-
-,ation il guest OF knowledge OF the nun1oer OF
.-,lo,ss in each Of the different departments At
,ho oeoe CT the Controller, through whose depart
mont the pAyTolls pass, an official said:
we haven't that information here You can
90. that the Office Of the Municipal civil oerNiOe
Commission. The entire payroll OF the city was
published in The City Record on Ju4y o. 1Ai0'
might help you out"
: copy OF The City Record was obtained IL
v-ss the volume described. There were no totaIs'
The inquirer thought Of the task OF counting 'ilo
names OF thousands OF school teachers ana ponce
men. An alternative seemed TO be that OF caIIils
ID the departments on the telephone 1here are
nearly sixty different branches Of the citys ser
vice according to tie index Of the number OF Inc
CITY Record containing the list. While II woulan
be necessary 10 call up all Of them, as the names
NJ those employed IN the minor ones could be
counted easily vet the alternative presented task
thst suggested calling at the Office OF the Civil
Service Commission. recommended
A. The bureau Of information in the Office OF the
commission 10 seemed 10 know anything about
record OF city employees. but the inquirer was
directed 20 one OF the many Offices Of the commits
sion where was said be Official who might
he able 10 throw a little light on the subject At
this Office. which At the other END or the
nall. the inquirer was most courteously received
and taken inside the railing
I'VE have 10 make q quarterly report 10 the
MAYOR OF the number OF persons in the service" "
an oea-isl said as he began 10 rumnnage through
rs Jerk Then in our annual report We tell how
r.a-v are employed in the different departments
Here's one OF those reports for 1906, he continued
rDlfrr out & thin book bound IN red leather. Il
mont seem 10 De able TO find the report for 1906
:, you 60 into room No. and ask for Mr.. B
he can tell you what the figures in the last re-
5ort were" He gave up the search for the last
repoT:.
Room No. 49, proved TO be the room from which
tia INQUIRER had been turned by the bureau OF in
formation. Mr. B was there however. After
learning what was desired. he remarked: You
can get ali he information you want from The
City Record for July 81 That contains all the
names
Yes L" Interrupted the inquirer. 81 have a copy
Of The City Record but II doesn't tell how many
there are in the employ OF the city IN any OF it's
Departments. The only way 10 find out what 7
want know from il IS 10 count the names and
you know how long il would take TO do that. 7
thought perhaps there was some Office IN which
! could get the information quickly
With this Nr. B got out the official copy Of
the report for 1906 hut Il did specify the num-
her of persons in ne different departments.
When yea make your report ot the total TO the
Mayor. low 90 you discover the number?" asked
the inquirer.
''Its estimate. We deduct the number Of those
who have resigned from the last total and add the
number who have been appointed from the eligible
list"
Thinking that perhaps the information might be
secured from reports from the different depart
raeats the Mayor, the Office Of the official head
q the ciry was visited.
" 'TAe cry Record - began an official at that
Office
Yes, know that The City Record printed the
list" broke In the inquirer. but II does not give
the numbers IN me different departments. thought
perhaps the reports TO the Mayor would give the
information want
We haven't what you want" replied the official
i would be glad 10 help you in any way that
can. You might get them from the Commission
On Salaries and Grades. recently appointed. Go
over 10 the Office of the Commissioners of Accounts
and ask for Mr. Hertle Mr.. Won Skal: they might
know; they are on this new commission"
! wish could tell you," said Mr.. Hertle when
his Office was reached. IF you come around three
months from might be able 10 tell you By
that tine think we shall have reached that point
The City Record -
i have copy already, but that doesn't give me
what want" replied the inquirer. with an at
Tempt 10 suppress his feeling OF WEAKNESS.
Then The inquirer took another look at the copy
q The City Record" Watch IN hand. he ran
MS pencil down one two Of the pages. He found
tAGt Il required 30 seconds 10 count the names on
one page. Then he noted the 4s0 pages Of names,
and doing Z little example IN multiplication and
weights and measures. found that If he worked
without stopping for luncheon drink OF water
he might. unless he collapsed. count the names in
hours. = minutes and 35 seconds. II guess I'll
use the telephone for awhile" he said 10 himself
This method worked well until about o'clock, when
he found that the departments were closing up.
"Cal VI tomorrow morning, about $50 o'clock, and
you may find some one" was the reply he began TO
receive. Every ones gone for the day We close