The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-15
But Does His Honor Mean 1t? Why, Certainly He
 Does Not!
EIGHT BRAND NEW J0BS
 WILL BE HIS TO FILL
 WHEN TINKERlN6'S DONE
First Meeting of. Charter Re vision Committee Discloses Plan to Create Many New Offices F u b blic Works Scheme Will Restore Failed System = Tague Has Pen sion of His Own.

.If there is anything which is a curse
 co a mayor 1t is the patronage he has
 to giys. I would sooner have less of
 it,'' said Mayor Lee. last night, before
 the committee on charter. revision,
 while discussing a charter change un-
 der which, one member would be ap-
 pointed to the Board of Relief each
 year for four year term. instead of
 two members for terms of two years
 each. Mayor Lee said he did not know how the mayor who came after him
 felt about it. but he was sure he would
 be willing to appoint one member each year Nevertheless the charter tinker ling which the mayor plans gives him
 ctgkt Appointments which he would not
 ottarvfse make. His amendment re- latfne stoEthe board Of relief terminates tic service of all four rnefahers next July. if It IS adopted, and gives the s1nayor the power to fill four new places Finder present conditions his successor would have the appointment Of two pe the members of this board Eesides this the mayor wants a board of publc works to boss the city en- gincer.s the director of public works, and the superintendent of street. clean- ing. This board the mayor would fill {. with tNuee Democrats. and. three Rer puhIieaAB of his own selection next June, 60 all together it looks as though the mayor was willing that his admin istration should be cursed with pat K The oemmittee put it's; O.. K, upon ftIle proposttion. to aHows the tax col lecfor anx additi $400s for clerk shiFe in hi6 of13ee; upon the measure giving the next mayor the power to. appoint the nity gtaeer:: and uE,np the VI sj t4s,r,,<..x F2,,t sonSj d1f S91AneAs relative to extending the tirll9 gd the fnayor tofsign reports frd51 36 st0' 80 days will be discussed inke& 1tohx with the fire boards plans 4n& <14ster amend drnertse tine mayors board dE public works scheme, and police and fires department pension will be<4Akan up at the next meeting.
 A1deyrnap Tague's alarm over the pension list is, that some member. Of eithef aepartment night after being penEioned in Bridgeport, become a con- stnahl6 m TrumbnMs or chief of the Der by2:Hiral departrnent, and thereby have two incomes. He knows of New York policeman who was pensioned be- fore the city was extended to Brook lyn. Who went over to Brooklyn and was Appointed a policeman there: He also knows of a New York fireman WhoHaa pensioned and who went to W1fk tn 4the Staten Island fire depart nent. He proposed an amendment to the charter to separate police and fire mensa pehAion rules. Instead of retir- ing men after 20 years of service, the afderTnen wants the term of service to be 26 years. or that the applicant shall have reached the age of 60 years. He h lin favor of retiring the men at half pay. providing the half pay does not exceed $1,000. In no case would he permit. the retirement of fireman or policeman until he had made applica- ton in writing He desires to take from the commissioners the right to retire members of either force after 20 years of service, as he fears unscru- pstlous boards may get rid of able men by pensioning them, in order to be able to make vacancies for their friends.