New-York tribune., 1910-01-10
THREE JOBS FILLED
BY THE MAYOR
T1J1M1NY is LEFT,
AS USUAL.
Best Organization Gets Is to
Haze a Murphy (No Rela-
tiue of Boss Named.

Mayor Gaynor announced the following
appointments last night:
Commissioner OF Parks for Manhattan
and Richmond and president OF the Park
Board, at 5000 year: Charles p. StOver,
TO succeed Henry Smith.
Commissioner of the Health Department.
81. 500 a year: DIR. Ernst j. Lederie, TO sue
ceed DIR. Thomas Darlington
Commissioners OF the Tenement House De-
partment. at $500 wear: John j. Mur-
ply, to succeed E. j. Butler.
Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam
many Hall, and the district leaders OF
that organization found no balm for
their Iacerated feelings in the latest ap-
pointments of Mayor Gaynor- They VIII
need a few kind words" from disinter-
ested citizens to allay their grief All
three men are classed by the Mayor as
independent Democrats" but by no
stretch of the Imagination can they be
thought of as working with the organi-
zation-
Mayor Gaynor has many times ex-
pressed his belief that New York should
have some open spaces where persons Of
all sorts of opinions might hold meet
fngs freely. as they do in England. Mr..
Slower is in sympathy with this idea.
and Mayor Gaynor will probably work
with him for it's realization.
DIDN'T WANT PHYSICIAN.
As for the head of the Health Depart
ment. Mayor Gaynor reached the conclu-
sion that il would be better to appoint
a man not a physician He has voiced
the opinion that Dr. Darlington has al
lowed DIR. Walter Bensel. sanitary su-
perintendent, TO dominate the depart
ment to too great an extent He wants
man at the head who Will be an eff
Gent administrative officer
II is expected that the Mayor will an
nounce to-day the appointment OF two
commissioners of accounts. three tax
assessors. a supervisor Of The City Rec
ord.' a commissioner of correction and a
commissioner of licenses
The general understanding is that Po-
lice Commissioner Baker and Commits
sioner Edwards of the Department OF
Street Cleaning will retain their places.
for the present, at least.
Charles B. Slower, the new Park Com
missioner, is native of Pennsylvania.
and received his collegiate education in
Lafayette College, Easton, Penn
Following that, he attended the Union
Theological Seminary, in this city for
three years. and then went 10 Berlin
University. Germany. For three years
after being graduated from Berlin Uni
versity he travelled and lived in numer-
Gus European cities. returning 10 New
York in 1887. He took up his residence
at the Neighborhood Guild OF Forsythe
street, where he was in charge for the
succeeding four years. going from that
TO the University Settlement, in Ell
bridge street. which organization was
an outgrowth OF the Forsythe street
guild
He has been a free lance in social re-
form and public Improvement move
ments and has always been interested in
the city's parks. and the uses to which
they were put.
HIS WORK FOR PARKS.
Mr.. Slower started and carried TO a
successful conclusion the movement 10
have the museums opened on Sunday az
ternoons and in 1891 he began the ac-
tivity for children's Fairgrounds. With
Abram s. Hewitt he organized the New
York Society for Parks and Fairgrounds.
which established at 91st street and
Second avenue the first chiIdren's play
ground and outdoor gymnasium in the
city.
In 1898 Mr. Slower organized the Out
door Recreation League. which origi-
mated the movement for children's play
grounds in the public parks OF the city.
and finally induced the public authori-
ties TO establish such a playground IN
Seward Park
That idea.'' said Mr.. Slower last night.
''was hooted at in the beginning. Peo-
pie believed that the public parks were
simply to provide a beautiful Iandscaps
TO be looked at. and they couldn't imas-
inc the children romping around and
spelling the turf
The Seward Park Improvement. Mr..
Slower said. had been established by
William r. Wilcox, who was Park Com
missioner under Mayor Low, and there
are now ten Fairgrounds and six outdoor
gymnasiums in public parks.
DR. Ernst J. Lederle, the head of the
Health Department, is not a physician.
but is Doctor OF Philosophy of Co.
lumbia University. He was horn n,
Staten Island forty-four years ago. He
was educated at New York University
and Columbia, where he specialized in
chemistry He served as assistant chem
list for seven years and a chief chem
list for five years in lie Health De-
partment prior TO his appointment as
Health Commissioner by Mayor Low. in
1902 When he took charge he found the
department full of Tammany men. He
discharged ISL superfuous employees. and
when the reclassification had been COM
pleted it was found that some 100000
had been saved on the salary list
WILL GIVE UP GOOD JOBS.
DIR. Lederle is consulting sanitary en-
gineer of the Department of Water Sup
ply. at salary of $4,000 a year. and Is
a member OF the State Water Supply
Board. appointed by Governor Higgins.
He will resign both places to-day
John j. Murphy. the new Tenement
House Commissioner. lives at No. iss!
Marion avenue. The Bronx. He has been
a resident of the city for twenty-eight
years From 1901 TO 1905 he was assist