New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-13
GRANTS PARTIAL RELIEF.
Aldermen Adopt the Reports on
Grades and Salaries.
FINANCE REPORT AVOIDED
Tammany Majority Fails to Put
Through Appropriations for
Whitman's Deputies.

New grades and salaries were established
IN the Offices Of the District Attorney and
the President of the Board Of Aldermen
Yesterday afternoon at the meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen. but II was impossible
TO get enough votes to pass the appropria-
tions necessary to pay the salaries Of the
assistants which have been asked for by
District Attorney Whitman and President
Mitchell
The Tammany majority in the board. not
being able 10 make any arrangement with
either Mr. Whitman or Mr.. Mitchell Tor a
division Of the patronage. had held i'm COM
mittee the resolutions for establishing the
places since February S. Under pressure
from Mayor Gaynor. II is understood. the
Tammany leaders decided 10 report them
ont Yesterday. The report Of the Commit
tee on Grades and Salaries establishing
the places and fixing the salaries. required
only forty votes and was adopted. But the
reports Of the Finance Committee appro-
priating money for the places, requiring
sixty votes failed of adoption. This was
because Alderman bowling. majority lead
er. could not keep his men in line mere
were enough of them on hand. hut they re-
fused to vote Absentees were called three
and four times. but 10 no purpose.
The resolution appropriating $4,000 for
the eight additional deputy assistant dis
-rfct ATTORNEYS received only a votes. while
the report appropriating the money 10 pay
for one chief examiner at $5.0a0 a year, two
assistant examiners at $500 year. one
stenographer at 1850. and one clerk at
81 900 for President Mitchell received only
% votes.
AS the Tammany leaders have promised
10 put the report OF the Finance Commit
tee through. however. it is believed to be
only a question of time when they will pro-
duce the required votes. In the mean time
II is understood that both the District At
torney and the President Of the Board or
Aldermen will make their appointments to
the places and trust in the future to OBJ
tain the money to pay the salaries.
No Money for Queens Borough.
4 request OF President Gresser of Queens
Borough for revenue bonds to the extent OF
asosO to pay the wages Of twenty-five
women cleaners and ten men cleaners for
the new courthouse TO be opened on May
and = motion Of Alderman Johnson to
Law il over brought forth one Of Alder
man Walsh's most eloquent speeches on the
subject Of true economy. Alderman john
son presented statistics to prove that so
many cleaners were not needed 10 keep
immaculate the number of square feet
il, the new courthouse. whcreupon the Sill
yer tongued'' Walsh said:
-.Philosophize as you will. ruminate as
Won may. YOU will never get public WorH
done at the same rate private work - zone
We are in favor of spending money Ju-
diriously and economically. but never par
simoniouslv We are not in favor OF saw
ing at the spigot and starting the buns-
This is an imperial city. our people DO hot
want us to clean our public buildings with
eucb a small staff as might do the work
only if il were driven as slaves are driven
Alderman Johnson withdrew his motif
10 Law over but said he wanted TO say TO
the Borough President who was elected
ON one platform and voted on another that
he should not come in with such excessive
requests again.
President Ciresser took a poir; of order
to remark that he had not been elected
Oh any platform. When it came TO the roll
cali the Republicans did not vote and
President Gresser did not set his money
Eleventh Avenue Tracks Again.
CORPORATION Counsel Watson, answering
2 communication from the Board OF Alder
men asking him TO take an appeal from
the decision Of d. Cady Herrick in the
Eleventh avenue track case and to INTRO
duce such bills at Albany as should be
necessary to get the tracks OF the Ne"
York Central removed from that thorough
fare, wrote in part:
With reference TO the simultaneous Ell
forts TO secure such legislation as is de-
sired. I suggest for your further consid-
Grafton the view that perhaps the aid OF
the LEGISLATURE should not he invoked pend
ing the final determination Of the appeal.
because the only sort of act which
could be constitutionally passed. unless the
judgment appealed from is reversed, would
call for the condemnation of the tracks in
question ard the franchise of the railroad
company to maintain them in the streets.
involving an expenditure by the city OF
possiblv millions of dollars.
''Of course. such an expenditure, II uitl-
rnatelv necessary, should not be allowed
Il stand in the way of the removal of the
tracks. operations over which jeopardtzc
the lives of citizens; but If, as We hope.
,he situation can be relieved through the
courts. this would be far preferable for
the reason stated: anG TO that end you
may he sure that no effort will be spared"