The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-21
A. H. Terry In Employ of New Haven Road Accepts Appointment of $4,O00
 Two Years Job
Mayor Wilson Formally An nounces Today that Ter ry Will Be Engineer and Pullman City Attorney Several Candidates for Latter Place.

Mayor Wilson announced at noon today that he would appoint during December as city engineer, Alfred H Terry, of New Haven, and as City Attorney, John g. Pullman.
 The mayor cannot legally make these appointments until December His announcements today merely are statements that during December he will appoint these men. This has the effect of keeping away from the may or and his associates the friends o1 others who are seeking the appoint mentS.
 The selection of the men was fore casted in The Farmer many days ago. Attorney William B. Boardman was the preference of Albert E.. Lavery, for the city attorneyship, but he bow ed to the wishes of Mayor Wilson and acquiesced in the selection of MT Pullman. Judge William H. Comley, Jr.. was thought to have a good chance because of the intimate rela- tions that existed between him and the mayor when the latter was a law stu dent.
 In announcing that MT. Terry was his choice for city engineer, Mayor Wilson said: "He is the man the gov ernor recommended for state highway
 
 to get a man as well equipped as MT. Terry.
 "He is now in the real estate de- pertinent of the New Haven road. He was employed here in Bridgeport when the railroad was building the viaduct through the city, and made his home here for three or four years. In that way he is more or less fami- liar with the requirements of the city," Mayor Wilson said his ability was Sd generally recognized that he needed no further endorsement.
 MT. Terry's appointment will be for two years from Jan. 1, next at a salary of $4,OO0 per year. MT. Pull mans appointment is for the same period at an annual salary of $3,000. The engineer has the appointment of a staff of five assistants at salaries from $1,45O down, and the city attor. ney is given $1,00O yearly for legal assistants, to be spent as he sees f1t
 Engineer Terry was recommended for the state highway commissioner ship by Theodore B. Ford of this ernor Baldwin recommended MT. Terry but the Republican legislature would not confirm the appointment and as a result the governors effort to oust James w. Macdonald was unsuccess- full.
 It is the idea of Mayor Wilson to place the responsibility for all public works and engineering upon one pair of shoulders, and he says that MT. Terry will be the responsible man. The Republican policy as outlined in the platform of the recent campaign is to consolidate the offices of city en- gineer and director of public works. The former pays $4,000 per annum, the latter s2.500
 While the platform did not embody anything to indicate that life tenure of office is contemplated, 1t is known that Mir Terry was anxious to have assurances that a provision to that end would be taken when the charter changes are sought
 Mayor Wilson said today that while it will be impossible to consolidate the offices before the charter Is changed and it will be impossible to change the charter until the General Assembly meets in 1913-he proposes to hold the city engineer responsible for the pub lie works department.
 This will be done by having an un- derstanding, he says, with the new director of public works, that he is to act under the supervision and direc- tion of the engineer.
 Mayor Wilson said that MT. Terry had not stipulated that there should be any understanding as to the com bination of offices when he accepted. The Mayor said he talked with MT. Terry in this city yesterday, and that the engineer has accepted the posi- tion.
 The new city attorney will take of-