New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
pfDlJCE OLD EMPLOYEES
u,-cTOu HOUSE SHAKE-UP.
D,,,kie,cic. Succeeds Bishop IN
cborqe of Baggage Inspection.

.-,ounoenlent of changes in the personnel
on-< xtar of the Surveyor of the Port. James s.
Of " ~ ms made by him yesterday In Collector
Csf.szoA II was learned that the shake-up had
les'' ..nsed 10 the inspectors and assistant
ben seventv-three of whom will be reduced
veesb,,en. veeH.a M Loeb had long conference in
70 .-n,ng with the head OF the local Civil Ser
ire His,e .,e+-ict regarding the reduction of the
Fcs +I,ree but had little to say about 1t. He was
sew 1.-,es b Reynolds Assistant Secretary OF the
r VII most Of the day and more changes were
sssed from that
fls"' C1s-kson said that John NJ. Bishop. whose
nj as deputy surveyor in charge Of the third
rs-aI ISon the most important in the service was
ornced on Friday. succeeded by John J.
,5evvicz acting deputy surveyor; William o.
-.r.s who resigned as deputy surveyor In charge
-. second division and accepted an appointment
,-snsctor Of customs from Collector Loeb by
..bsvr NJ Coneys. now in charge OF the fifth
.-.son. and Mr.. Coneys was succeeded tempo
= nv Inspector Peter +. Bradley
y- bishop is away thirty days leave Of
,ca II is believed that he will receive charge
:, ne fifth division when he returns. on July /
-, is If he chooses to remain in the service.
a, the day inspectors. twenty-eight Of those be-
rre5 20 be superannuated, now getting S day.
rrS@ year. viii be reduced to watchmen. at
ss year: thirty night inspectors. getting s.
s.y or ge6 a year VIII be reduced TO 500 year.
.ns fifteen assistant weighers getting 81 a day,
g sa year. to $50 q year Among these men
f,on seventy-five to eighty-fve years old. One is
vs,sran OF the Mexican War who has a medal
Gar bravery received while serving with General
winfield Scott. large proportion are Civil War
veterans Their reduction will be in the nature of
pension
That this shake-up is not the end freely
marked upon in the Custom House especially after
Nr Reynolds seen with Collector Loeb. Air.
Loeb was not pleased with rumors that Mr.. Bish-
ops removal due to his activity IN the SNUG
Cling cases and his strict adherence to the law in
baggage inspection The Collector said:
THE reports that Mr.. Bishop was removed be-
cause OF TOO great activity in the smuggling cases.
or because he scrutinized baggage belonging TO a
prominent politician too closely, the veriest
bosh- Such statements annoy me exceedingly. II
has been my purpose, and still is, in the admins
t-sdon Of this Office to protect and give credit TO
the men who are doing their duty under any and
all circumstances. MI Bishop if he had refused
favor the baggage OF a prominent politician. or
that mans friends would have received mark
for efficiency.
There is nothing more at the bottom OF the
CHANGES made than our belief that occasional
transfers viii improve the service Mr.. Cloyes came
70 ne when he heard that there might be changes
and said that he would prefer inspectorship in
smother division and ] told him that 81 he would
resign as deputy surveyor I would appoint him.
have the appointment of INSPECTORS Mr.. Clark
son appoints his deputies. Mr. Cloyes re-
signed and as AIr ClarkSon had no objection to
the appointment 70 the inspectorship, made it."
Mr Rackiewicz who succeeds Mr. Bishop, is
protege o. I Brooklyn man Of influence. He has
heen eleven years in the customs service, prin-
cipsly clerk in a deputy surveyors Office He
has not been appointed deputy as yet Mr.. Brad
ley WHO is doing Mr.. Coneys's work, has not yet
beer made fullhedged deputy.
There was no further reason assigned for Mr.
Bishops removal yesterday than the desirabty
Of 2 shift.
There will he conference between Collector Loeb
and the local Civil Service Board early this week
70 FIJI the vacancies caused by the reduction Of the
assistant weighers. day inspectors and night in
sneofors There will be a doubling up of work in
each branch until the appointees take up their
suites The full force in each branch consists OF
rs dav inspectors 1G night inspectors and III as
sistant weighers It requires active men TO do the
inspectors work, and young men are likely to be
chosen from the civil lists
There was report that some OF the assistant
r7eighers reduced we're remarkably young men TO
be transferred because Of age 1t was denied that
any Of them received watchmen Jobs because of
connection either directly or indirectly with
cent weighing frauds.
The way the transfer of the seventy-three men
was explained by Mr.. C1arkson was that IL meant
either transferring them or dropping them from
the service altogether He wanted to pension
them because Of long and faithful service, but
there was provision for il. The only way TO
take care Of them was TO give them all work as
wstclhmen
The older men will be assigned TO offices, and
those still capable Of getting around with more or
less activity viii do duty the docks.