New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-15
GAYNOR APPROVES BILL
FOR 10 POLICE DEPUTIES
Praises Measure Giving WaIdo
Power to Hand Citizens
$4,000 Jobs.
VET0ES FOR FIRE DEPT.
Caustic Comment Goes with
Each Stroke of the Pen De.
nying Soft Snaps" to
Smoke Eaters.

Mayor Gaynor Yesterday approved ths
bill giving 10 the Police Commissioner the
power to name additional deputies to ths
number Of nineteen to take the place n,
the inspectors IL is optional with thu
Commissioner as 70 how many deputies
and how many inspectors he shall have
up To nineteen. II is the belief Of those
who have talked with the Mayor in regard
10 this bill and the one creating wei.
fare board that the Mayor, having an
proved this one. viii veto the welfare
board measure.
II IS provided that the additional depu
ties shall receive salaries Of $500
year The Mayor wrote the following
memorandum explaining his approval.
81 am glad to accept this bill for the
city ! deem It Of the highest importance.
Heretofore the complaints against the
police force had to be largely investigated
By members of the force itself This bin
enables the Commissioner 10 appoint
Deputy Police Commissioners instead OF
appointing inspectors IN that way ge
will have force Of deputies large enough
To- Investigate all complaints against mem.
beers Of the department, and TO keep up
comulete supervision over the department
"Whle | freely acknowledge that the
Police Department has been steadily in
proving for several years. and 10 not wish
10 complain against the department
nevertheless tie complaints against the
department ought TO be investigated from
the outside and To bee able 10 do 50 will
enable the department to be purged Of all
erafters and dishonest methods IN much
quicker time than that work could be done
under present conditions Of police con
troll"
The bin also provides that the Board OF
Estimate. at It's discretion may increase
the salary OF the Police Commissioner,
now fixed by statute at $50 a year It
has often been suggested that a man Of
the calibre 10 make successful Commits
sioner should have a salary Of $500
Tie 'lyor vetoed q number OF bills
which would have made certain employees
Of the Fire Department members Of the
uniformed force one provided that ali
foremen Of laboreis. all the hostleTs and
the carpenters n the department should
get the. rank OF Lieutenant wiuI p salary
OF $1,000 year. The passage q bill
like this is greatly TO be deplored' wrote
the Mayor "rhe city cannot be feeced
boa this way
\ separate hill provided that the TWEEN
ty-four telegraph operators in the Fire
Department should be advanced 70 ths
rank and pay Of lieutenants ~ the uni
formed force They now get from Sl-eP
10 80 year. "Why should telegraph
operators be ueutenants al all| wrote
the Mayor. and more. why should they
be paid $500 year when no such
salaries are being paid 70 telegraph oper-
ators anywhere"
Then there was still another bin which
would have made a certain clerk. who
serves as secretary Of the relief fund at
e.. GOO wear. deputy chief m rank
with salary Of $4,000 a year
"Of course. Cannot accent this the
Mayor declared. "any more than the oil
which transfers the nineteen assistant hre
marshals 10 the uniformed force and o'
OF similar bills in regard to the Fire De
partmeut. The wonder IS that such
bin could get through the legislature