New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
SLOWER TO FORCE OUT
PARK SUPERINTENDENT
Hayinu Veterans Rights, Beatty
Won't Resign, and Insists on
Having Trial.
TROUBLE OF LONG STANDING
disagreement Over Contractors
One Cause-Report of Com
missioner Fosdick Precip-
itates Action.

Park Commissioner Slower has asked
Tor the resignation Of John H. Beatty,
eunerintendent of Parks for Manhattan
and Richmond. The request was made
nv the Park Commissioner Friday after
noon. at a time when Raymond r. Fos-
dick Commissioner OF Accounts, was
having a friendly visit" 10 Commits
s,oner Slower regarding a report submit
ted hv examiners of the Commissioner Of
Accounts. following an Investigate ton of
three months into the methods in Mr.
Beatty's and other bureaus Of the Park
Department
When asked Yesterday about the re-
ousst he had made for the superinten-
dents resignation. Commissioner Slower
said. Il do not care TO go into the
matter now. There is nothing 10 say,
absolutely nothing"
Mr. Beatty. when questioned about the
-eport that ne had been asked TO vacate
his place. said:
''You must see Commissioner Slower"
later he said he would insist on his
tights. and that he had rights because
no was a Spanish War veteran.
Commissioner Fosdick was as nom
conmittal as the two others who at
,.rded the friendly conference" on Fri
dav. Really. I can't say anything y
.aded the Commissioner Of Accounts last
night.
II was learned. however. that the re-
mort Of the examiners handed 10 Com
missioner Slower nearly a month ago
rointed out there was a waste Of 10 per
zen, in the method Of work in the office
~ the superintendent. II was also made
,isin that this could easily he remedied
with an executive Of a certain amount
~ ability II being suggested that SUI
nerintendent Beatty had not measured
up 10 that mark
No reason has been given for the delay
- Commissioner Slower in bringing the
matter ~ a head except that he did not
want to involve the department In an
ether mixup at the time efforts were
being made 70 Dust the landscape archi-
tect. II was announced by Commits
sioner Fosdick during the winter that
Commissioner Slower had asked him TO
conduct a thorough investigation of Ger
tain bureaus OF the Park Department
''wjth d view 70 ascertaining whether
the maximum of efficiency had been
reached" After completing an investi-
cation into the Bureau of Supplies and
~ xr.a- "a n
Charles H. Woodman, whose $1,000 tof
vas said TO be unnecessary. and Whicf
has not been filed. two examiners began
work in the superintendent office. The
report was completed during the strenu-
GUS times antedating the dismissal OF
sanluel Parsons. jr.
II has been rumOred in the Park De
partment for some time that the com
missioner and his superintendent were
not getting along well. And recently
because Of differences with contractors
the situation was made more acute. In
the case Of Charles Doran. who has been
furnishing mould 10 the Park Depart
ment. the tension became still greater a
week ago. when. with thud Of his hst
on his desk Commissioner StOver gave
his superintendent TO understand that
orders were 10 be carried out Friends
Of Mr.. Beatty then said Doran was try
ing 70 influence the Commissioner
against the superintendent. The pres
ent state Of affairs. however it was
learned last night has principally 10 do
with the report Of the examiners
8lr Beatty has been in the Park De
rartment twenty-seven years. Up 70
the time b. was appointed superin-
tendent bv Commissioner HERMANN
l9O7-Mr Beatty was a clerk in the
Office Of the superintendent Of Parks.
During the Spanish American War he
left the city service 10 go TO the front
With the list Regiment. serving as
quartermaster
On January ! MIR Beatty had raise
in salary Of S1.Uo0. making 1t $4,000 a
year The chief clerk IN his office Mr..
Corbett. also received a substantial raise
Because Of these increases there was
much kicking 10y officials of the depart
ment who had seen more service than
either Of the two who got the increases.
Among The labOring force OF seven hun
dred men under the superintendent IL