New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WOULD DOCK CONTROLLER
Jamaica Folk Say Prendergast Is
Paid, Though Off JOB.
HE DOCKS CITY employees
Wont Dignity Protest by Reply,
Even if He Has Been Away,
Talking for Roosevelt.

Some unkind member of the Jamaica Cltl-
ions Association has induced that body 10
make formal inquiry of the Board or Estl-
mate and Apportionment whether the salary
or Controller Prendergast is locked when
he is out Of town on political business. The
Controller. who is one of the enthusiastic
Roosevelt men, has made speeches for the
colonel in three Of the state primary cam
paigns. Apparently the members OF TINS
rural association of citizens would have
time clock put i'm the Finance Department
and would have the Controller punch II
every time ne goes in and out
At the meeting of the organization on
Monday night discussion arose over no.
tees that had been received from the Con-
trollcr by employees Of the Highways Blu
reau in Queens saying that hereafter they
would be paid for only the actual number
Of DAYS worked 10y them, unless their abb
s,Ece was due to sickness.
John NJ. Booth got up to remark that ne
cid not see why the Controller who got
$4,000 a year, should be paid for the days
that he was away campaigning. On his
motion Daniel Nelson Raynor. secretary
was instructed to communicate with the
Board of Estimate and learn whether the
Controllers salary went on just the same
whether he was at his office or away for
political reasons. MI Booth opined that
II was not fair to the citizens Of Queens to
make them pay the salary Of the Controller
at the rate Of a little less than $iS day
when he was making campaign speeches
50 the Controller better get ready to
uav back to himself several hundred dollars
in order to satisfy the Jamaica Citizens
Association. But if the Controller is To
b. docllcd for the days that ne does not
work. why should be not be paid overtime
fol the many hours that he spends at the
Office out Of the regular working time"
said one of his friends last night.
The Controller made his first campaign
trip on Monday. April -, when he spoke at
Manchester u tho New Hampshire primary
campaign II was explained last night that
hc motorcd eighteen miles to Nashua after
tho meeting In order 10 get train that
brought him back to New York at b:}'
o'clock ON TUESDAY morning. lie was at
lis Office at O'Clock that morning.
Tho following Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock the Controller loft town for Pitts
fold. Mass. whore me Spok" for Roosevelt
A Tho evening. Th. next evening he spoke
t' AtIfI ADAMS nc tilli Oll'l - lNA''l'A
explained that an saturday morning me
was iu connecticut On personal business
and that Saturday afternoon Is half hoi-
oay.
Tue next campaign trip of the Controller
as last week when no spent Monday and
Tuesday In ohio. 10 was back at his desk
early ON Wednesday morning. however.
~ was away again. however, ON Saturday.
having New York Friday night to speak ~
Cincinnati, ON Saturday night
This would make It'll" over fly" days,
counting Saturday 1s q tull day. for which
tho Jamaica citizens Association would
lave tho Controller locked ~ tho rat" Of
'iS - dav it would mean that the taxes Of
the trypsvcr- ~ tho citizens association
would Do reduced bv tho nduitesimal Dc
gree resulting from tho addition of So" TO
Tho general fund.
Perhaps tho Jamaica citizens Associa-
ton would also liz" 60 have III" Controller
locked Tor rho time spent AZ political con
,entions This would mean an addition of
three DAYS ro~ tho Rochester state conyen-
ton and about week FOR the Republican
National Conventions The controller Is to
r,aco colonel Roosevelt In nomination at
icago This would cut some $3.50 from
In. Controller salary and add IL 10 tho
general fund for tho reduction ot taxes.
u ITO practice Of docking members Of
the board Of Estimate tor absences from
tho CITY became general IT might add con
siderable to the general fund, 80 possibly
. ether t,vpayors may suggest such a course.
! rat. ou the other hand. payment for over
time misht cost m, city considerable.
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