The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tNBt It>'E SERtJE DgRrr-
TOR ~ iOTE ar TO O.
\pt,ointnaent lie IT, Effective, Must Ne
so;,firinr,i ", sN,l service Hoar,i
Beard or Estimate Has M Report
Nrt OF Finance b-pa rtn,rnf inquiry


Vet of Finance Department. insiuir,
The Rev. pr David e Potter. whose
acts While head of the mirral Of chair
tabl" institutions in the Finance Depart
ment are now under investigation nv "A
committee consisting Of Commissioner
II Accounts foshiCk. comptroller Prem
dcrgast and John Purroy Mitchell. presi-
dent II tho p"Hrd 81 Aldermen. which
has not yet rc.nrt"d TO the Board of Esti
mate. has again been appointed by the
ambulance board To be director Of the
ambulance service at a salary Of s.. ooO a
year.
The appointment must be confirmed
by the Municipal civil Service Conn
mission before IL becomes -Hectiv. be-
cause there il 70 civil service list for the
place
The ambulance board consists II Pc
lie. Commissioner Cropsev. Charities
Commissioner Dr1immond and President
John " Brannan NJ Bellevue and Allied
Hospitals .N 'aicic: William |. Spiee.l
berg. cotton goods merchant, and Or
ROYAL > Copeland Former Police Com
missioner Baker VAS a member II the
board las' June when DIR. Potter resigned
from the Finance Department and the
board appointed him.
~ snon ~ MAYOR Gavnor heard Of the
appointment ha wrote a letter to Com
missioner Enk"r ash ing him to- con. mun-
cate 'p III" other members of the ambu
lance board that u was the policy 81 the
present administration To take It> .m-
plny.ss from m. '.lassiiied civil service
lists and from n" numerical order "i the
list and that such plan would do Iw av
with M Importantly ard ia-ori',su.
political clerical and other The board
II ambulance -ervic" accordingly with
drew IN. appointments.
The lnvrniI CATION begun by the Com
missioner of Accounts a. the instance
e Comptroller Prendergas' related tn
the allotment Of city moneys among
CharIiab," institutions. Following "A de-
rnand kv tn" Comptroller for the books
- Catholic Charlt.ibl" institutions IN
brooklyn which was resl-tei by the
institutions. Comptroller Prender CAST.
Who IL "a 1 afhplC. was aitark ed in n Catho-
.ic newspaper Mayor Gavnor has made
n" expression on IN. subject since h.
wrni. IN. letter last June. and the MEM
DerR II tn. invest igating committee sup
;,Ds,.-d nothing would be done about DIR
'u'rer'S appointment in tn. ambulance
GARD pending tn. inquiry.
When tn. Board Of Ambulance Service
net last Tuesday at the Office Of Com |
li~rIoner Druinmond. Who IL secretary. |
Commissioner Drummond moved the |
appointment 81 DIR. Potter ~ director |
1hls action took DR. Brannan by surpr ise |
II" said the Mayor had practically de- !
rnanda-i that III" appointment be made !
from IN. civil service list. and that while /
no list had been prepared a. Vet /, could |
Lee done quickly He also said that u |
would b" Improper tn appoint DIR. Potter
anyhow until IN" investigation was fin
~hsd
COMMISSIONER Drummond replied that
Dr. Potter had been vindicatsd by Com
missioner Fusdick and that he saw no
reason WHY The Apo lnimeni should he
DELAYED further In the discuss ion that
followed u Was suggested by one of the
members favorable 20 DIR. Potter that
position concerning Dr.. Potter. and was
willing 90 have him appointed
pr Braunan insisted that no report 4
had h..-n made ~ the Potter investigation \
v hen the vote was taken 1t stood TO n
for Dr Potter. with Or Brannan voting II
aluu" n
\"i rf.r Commissioner trop-av nor Conn
missioner Trumm"nd would discuss yes
'"riay hi~ reasons for voting a. h. did
" - "ypect.-i that the Mayor will have
COMMISSIONER Fo-dick', report to-mor-
row
Comptroller Pr"nd.rgas, said that the
action Of IN" ambulance hoard surprised
hun ana that ha knew nothing about any
:
nHr Investigation. and anything I hav. 70
-av will h. reserved for my official report.
be- said
Dr Potter was appointed - hi. place
tn m" Department 81 FInsnC. by comp
rTpllrr circuit IN 1879 Former Comp
troIl..r Metz sId yesterday thar h. was
glad Dr Pot'"r had been appointed di-
rec tor 81 IN" ambulance service, bscaII~s,
h" thought ih..r. was nothing against
HIM Nlr Metz SAID that charges were
made ro HIM against Dr Potter. hut that
" hen h" Investigated them hs found
nothIUg wronE ~ j. simply another
"a" 81 rsiorri"r- putting "a man under
a cloui.- -a,d Mr. Met
tu.-. v"ar- u"tDr'. h" went into the
I inau". Department DR. Potter vas pastor
ui tho ldb-rnaol" Baptist Church IN
I-pud avenue near Eleventh street. of
which John l. Rock-!-ll.r was 'h- chief
-uppoTt " result of "A falling out with
Mr. Rocr and IA" trustees they tried
to d'.DO>" Dr POTTER from th. church and
parsonage. bat h. got into the ho'i-.. aud
remained Their Tor two months ~ a stat.
~ sl.is" and didn't va"at. tIrill the water
was shut Off \ wear later DIR Potter sued
Mr. EDck-f,llrr for sIO1O darnag. gees. al
l-ging a--aIlt.by "'r plnv"-- Of MIR Rookie
feli.r The nit wa- never tried