New-York tribune., 1909-12-23
ON TWO PAYR0LLS
BUREAU HIS FIGURES
City Employees U'ho ScrTed
ilsO IN COndemndfiOHS.

TIE Bureau of Municipal Research has
sent out q preliminary report Il an m
ouirv which II has been conducting reia-
live 10 some two hundred and fifty street
and park opening condemnation proceedings
vhich have been Instituted since January I.
lesi II gives the names of twcnty-three sai-
aried CITY employees who. between Januaf.
L rsa and SepternIsr ~. 1913. we're appcint.-i
on from one 90 nine commissions each- u
SAYS tie city must pay these tWenty-thife
city employees s-Ii0 for extra work during
the hours fer which 10 paid them regular
salaries.
According 20 the bureau. six % these en-
pioycs worked in courts at tlc time ~ iheh
appointments as condemnation commls-
sione-s. Augustus Acker. y-."o clerk IN
the Court Of Special Sessions, I'd Division
drew SO f1- eight attended meetings before
his death. Michael p. FItzpatrick, At
tendsnt IN the Supreme court, Isl Depart
ment. was appointed 70 two commissions
hv Justice Victor - Dowling. and drew @-o
for eirhrv-t7-o mcetings Jcln V. Jones
attendant in the Supreme Court. lst De
partment. and later assistant special deputy
clerk. drew $50 for two coumissionerships
given him by justices Leventritt ana
DowlinE.
John = Mackiu. court attendant ~ 1850
q year. supreme Court Isl Department
earned g 49, IN commissioner fees from
nine appointments. two each by Justices
O'Gorman. Davis Dowlins and Mccall ana
one by Justice Leventritt. Rcderick J
Kennedy was appointed 90 one commission
six weeks after becoming an attendant ~
the Supreme Court. and earned SID Prior
70 receiving the place or attendant De had
served as commissioner on SIX different
proceedings. Of which two had been con
hrrned prior 20 his appointment and four
were stiH I'm session. so that after his ap-
pointmert hc served or five commissions.
Charles T. BenseL tr.. a S-5"" court al
tendant appointed by Justice Levenrritt
served on one commission and earned $40
in fees. the report saws
or fortv-eiEht appointments made by
fourteen justices for hfty-four different
proceedings. forty-two we're Of sa lariet city
employees. Justice DoE-ling appointed eight
on thirteen proceeding Justice William y.
Kelly appointed six on one proceeding each.
One OF the most striking Illustrations
furnished by the bureau IS that of Michael
Ievlin. principal OF Public School s. Man
haitian, who recently resigned from three
proceedings During the period II Janu-
sry 7. leff 70 September 80. Iso9. he was ap-
pointed 90 three proceedings. from which ho
earned S7.ss1. During the six DAYS Of De-
cem1e- 20 T. IeS De ATTENDED eleven
meetings, and earned SIlo an average ~
SS dsy
on each Of these five school da~s he at
tended two meetings daily. earning 500
outside ~ his salary as school prInc1aI
During The Eve school days OF the fourth
week ~ APRIL. 1879 he attended nine meet
ing for which he received $50 NO deru--
IN n-
from has April pay for any Of The thirty
three condemnatou meetings attended in
that month
The nine s-QIo-e= who we're on .hs -.---
rsyrcn and their salaries a. the time t5av
received their appointments as condsnr--
uo- com1aissioners are as roHovs.
Aeks-. -. AuFustus- clerk court ~ speeis-
Bs1s-L caar.es 4 l-.. at-enasut So
Later assistant special dspu-~ clerk zoo
a., n. ~ A~lehse- ~ principal. Public school
Fi,EpstrIrk. Nissasl z. attendant su- '
Jones. Joha w. artsndsn,. supreme i.--'
La-sr ass.,.srr =aes.sl derqrv clerk $50
E---. n imam rHfer clerk. F-e~l-
,-asat.s asat.s enc. Berough OF -hs Bronx $500
--..--e - 5e-.-A i. attendant. So
Hsrias. yosn J- srrsn1sn, 5upr-n,.
--Tr0 1sr. Andrew =. assistant superl--
fenderr - psrks The E-orr 500
Latsr purate sscrefar-. Ire E--uz = 400
TIE fourteen who were made cfrv en-
rloyes whlIe - The rnids- Of condenratfor
Proceedings and thei- salaries from o..
city are.
B-v-. --t7 -rrutv ~rr--fss .-ss-
Faffr'r- -- W9-sr supply -as a-l
B-eV.s- William D. police c.s-k -.--
LsC-Errares' ll1--- -........ - a1r
Ns-e. Thomas A. police ..e-I CIV
Nag ---at=s' court -o1
t-arsl John A. sscretarv r1 TIE r-eef
dent Borough ~ Queens q COO
a. Eugene. assistant. Law urpa-r-
I''-cE. Joseph ci-, NaFfs-rs-e -"1n
EI.-or. LgEcre O.. Cirv Marlsl--tr p aoo
lassrL. james 7 A.. Gssista-r commits
siolt-- Department CO -a-es and As
tIsvl-rs. Toru a assistant ra--rais
-..-"r Hr r-nI0 work. Borough Pres
.."f- c-. The Hrrrr 4 nn0
Kelly. Lawrence. reulr- rrr-- rs -.---e-s-
EFrar--rfrr ~ llIarr. . 600
-at'r -usp.eyor CT Egpp4.e- and rr-
ratrs I@parrmert of T'~arrf ... 600
N-anect. koaer4eS J.- stterazrt Sg-
NaT.s. Harold e.. ass.stsa, elsrs Ma- ''o
sm .h. Tohn p. coa-nl-slcuer Board ~
W-.isn.s. sydney A. executive .ierk
Fr@sl--rts s cfee. Borough ot Msuha--
nan -----.--.------------ ----------.-..-- 200