New-York tribune., 1910-02-15
PRUNING KNIFE OUT
T4NENY WIELDS IT.
Cuts of Jobs at annual Net
,SdslnS of $1,000.

Starting in TO reorganize his Office thor
oughlv. Borough President McAneny aboi-
3sbed 81. places yesterday which under
the Tsmmany administration of John r
Af,esrn were filled by good Democrats.
The salaries aggregate &l.5Se- President
McAneny viii ask permission to es'aoash
several new places. including that OF con-
sultinc engineer and borough secretary at
salaries which viii leave total saving
with Yesterdays abolitions, Of about s4,cp
q year.
Edgar Y. rockingham. appointed Deputy
commissioner of Public Works on the first
OF the wear was made Commissioner. an
Office which has had no incumbent since
IHnles J. Hagan. the Tsmmany leader. got
through on January ]. The salary is se'""o
= year.
William Il. Patterson was appointed
Deputy Commissioner, to succeed MI
rockingham.
In aholishng the place of Superintehueii'
o. Highways President McAneny believes
no has rid himself of the controversy over
the right to that office which has been
-srlne between George F. ScanneIl ara
1sn,es q. Collins. Mr- Scannell, who had
been reporting regularly every day, ac-
certed the action of President McAnehN
without question and retired sraceiuh!.
Mr Collins. on the other hand, who mas
heen holding the fort in his office on 'he
sixteenth floor Of the Park Row Bulioihs'
eating and sleeping there. said that Presi-
Fent McAneny was in contempt OF the
court order obtained by him some time ago
He said he would remain in the Office ana
his counsel advised him 10 resist any at
tempt TO remove him by force.
President McAneny said last night he
would give Mr. Collins two or three days
e. get out If he persisted in remaining ne
would treat him as common trespaSseF
Whether he would ask the police or me
Sheriff 10 eject him he had not decided
The Superintendent OF Highways has re
oeived 500 a year. The other places aboi-
,shed YESTERDAY were Superintendent OF
Sewers $500 filled by Frank j. Goodwin
I'd 10 the first of the year; Superintendent
IF Construction in the Bureau of Sewers
g aao. held by jeremiah J Flood; Supertn-
ren6eur OF Maintenance in tho same bu-
resu. $500 held by Andrew A Noonan;
SUPERINTENDENT Of membranes. SS,"o
Reid by Thomas T. McEntgart. land Cen
eral Tnsnector Of Highways. $500, held
hv Robert De Witt
In the future the bureaus OF Highways
and Sewers will be in direct charge of the
head engineer in each. over all will he
the consulting engineer, for whom Presl-
cent NcAneny wishes TO establish place
~ 500 a year. He also wants borough
secretary. at 5000 a year
Nr. rockingham was graduated from
Harvard in 1896 and the Law School three
years later Mr.. Patterson. his deputy. is
considered an expert on municipal business
-eor.anization- He organized the Bureau
Of Records in the Tenement House Depart
rent under Commissioner De Forest
More recently he has been connected with
the Bureau OF Municipal Research.
President McAneny said he had not de
terlnined how far the reorganization would
affect the Bureau of Public Buildings and
Offices. Mr.. Voorfis" he added. who
has served a. superintendent for TWO years,
is holding over temporarily John r. Noor-
his is good TsmmanN man, and IL Is
expected that lie will have to 80 in time.
There is secretsry's place under the
Borough President which was placed in
TIE classified list in August President
dcAneHy viii ask the Civil Service Com
mission Ia transfer il again to the exempt
list
REGARDING the fight being made by Super
intendent Collins to regain his place as
head or the Bureau OF Highways President
McAnenv said: That place is not statu-
tory not being mentioned in the charter.
The President has the right arbitrarily TO
establish or abolish such bureaus as he
may fnd necessary Whatever claim Mr..
Collins may have for back pay is no
business of mine. You may be sure l
have the advice of the Corporation Coun-
SCI and am sure of my ground"
President NcAneny personally served on
Mr Collins the order abolishing his office.
With it was 4 letter saying: Il shall ex-