New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-09
TIGER GLOAT|NG OVER
FAT BRONX COUNTY Jobs
StiIWeII -Tammany Frame = Up
Means $672,470 a Year
in Patronage.
OFFICES ARE OVERLOADED
Extravaganza in Salariec
Places Will Give Wigwam
Sustenance at Heavy
Cost to Taxpayers.

About the only ray Of hope on the ram
MANY horizon for the next four years Is
shed by the patronage the wigwam can
get out Of the County of The Bronx Anu
Il Is some ray. for the Bronx county Dill
was framed by none other than FORMER
Senator stephen j. Sulwell, now serving
his sentence In Sing Sing.
Stilwell framed up list OF mandatory
positions in the county offices that wouid
be ample for a community twice or three
times the size OF The Bronx. lie was 10
have rim for one Of the fat county offices
II he had not stubbed his toe However,
they have all fallen into the hands OF
Tammany Hall. thanks to the dissehsiois
among the various elements that shouiu
have made up fusion in The Bronx.
perfect fusion In The Bronx would nave
won.
The patronage in the Bronx County
offices is estimated 10 be worth so'z'4V
wear. II must be estimated because the
state Civil Service Commission has not
vet framed up n list of the classineu
nlaces. The bill itself provides for
! formidable list Of unclassifed and manda-
tory Jobs, enough in themselves 10 Keep
an organiza ton alive for some time.
In addition 10 the Bronx County ofices
the Democrats saved the Borough Presl-
dents office in Queens, the surrogate >
office in Kings and gained the Borough
Presidents office in Richmond. They nave
patronage amounting 10 $1,000 year.
This makes a total patronage OF NSZ'f'V
wear. This may look big. looking at II
all alone. but Tammany gets a sinking
feeling in the region OF the midrib "hen
Il begins to calculate what IT has lost
and what IL might have had II the ianu-
slide had gone in its direction.
TIL. patronage under the control OF the
Nayor alone is worth sl,165,35O n year
The Borough Presidents of Manhattan
The Bronx and Brooklyn. the Controller
and the president OF the Board or Alder
men swing patronage amounting 10 S5's'-
ooo q wear. The various county ofhces III
Ney York County are worth St'lso
vear. and this does not include the Tees
~ the Sheriff. In Kings the patronage In
control OF the fusionists is worth about
$4,000 a year Altogether these county
offices in the hands Of the fuslonists are
worth about SSOc,Wc year
This all makes the magnificent total OF
50 600 23O a year. n goodly amount OF pat
ronage. with which Tammany could build
! itself up TO n most prosperous condition.
But. alas, It will have to he satisfied with
the $4,000. more or less-mostly less-be-
cause Borough President Connolly IN
Queens is more or less Independent.
So. after all. The Bronx will be the
borough that will give most OF the susie
nance that the organization will enjoy.
| There IS little doubt that the Tammany
leaders will try TO put through the State
Civil Service Commission a formidable
slate OF Offices when the classified list Is
made up.
Following are the salaries OF the heads
OF the various county Offices and the esu-
mated total cost OF the conduct Of their
offices: County judge. $4,000. 500 600; Sur
rogate, $1,000, 1850; District Attorney.
$1,000. sl3l 100; Sheriff. $4,000. %S,OO:
County Clerk. $1,000. 500, 400; Register
$4,000. sl62,55O.
In addition TO the salaries OF the elected
officials each of the county offices has
number Of mandatory positions. all OF
winch nave BOOu SdlhIltS hNlhNH'u' IHt
Citizens Union made a strong point OF
this In an effort 10 defeat the bill Great
ing the county, but It was OF no avail.
For example the bill provides for one
under sheriff at 5000. ten deputy sheriffs
at $500 each. five assistant deputy sher
IFS at 1880 each, one cashier at $500,
one secretary at 1900 and a chief clerk at
1880. This makes total mandatory pay
roll over and above the $1,000 salary of the
Sheriff OF 1880 year New York
County, with a population OF 2.762522. az
compared with a population OF i5O,98O In
The Bronx, has only S67 800 worth OF man
datory places in the Sherin's office. Kings
County, with a population OF 1884 5l. has
similar places amounting to only $4,000.
Similar extravaganza and waste of pub
lie money is seen In the mandatory offices
provided for the other county Offices In
The Bronx. There are $1,000 worth in the
Registers Office. as compared with $751;
900 in New York County and $1,000 in
Kings County. The County Clerks office
has sl95O0 worth OF mandatory places. the
District Attorneys office s3s,5Oo and the
Surrogates office $1,000
A comparison OF the number Of places
with those in the other counties with re-
gard to the relative population OF each
will indicate clearly what a snap most
Of the places will be.
The Democrats Of The Bronx and OF
Tammany Hall are preparing TO have not
only Roman holiday. but series of
Roman holidays. in The Bronx for some
time to come.