Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-17

sue of the Matin.
As neither the dog nor the piano
to stop a runaway in a factory,
would you pass that? A, That is
rather an extreme case.
| @. Well, take a case that is not ex-
| IRENE. a. We have no right to
question Colonel Bryants right to
appoint whom he needs.
@. Does not the law require that
you investigate appointments? A.
@. How did Miss Erskine qualify !?
A. As a metallurgical expert.
@. What is that? A, One who is
acquainted with working on metals.
! @. Surely, a metallurgical expert
Is one acquainted with smelling from
ores is he not? A. Perhaps you are
right.
@. How is Miss Ersxine carried on
your roster? A. As n metallurgical
expert.
| @. | think not. ] think 1t is merely
as an expert that she is on the roster.
Can you get the roster?
Later the roster was produced.
@. This examination of Miss Frs
kline was O rather remarkable one,
were it not? And the requirement
| that she be a college graduates
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that.
@. That she must be able to trans
late Germantown about that? A.
That was because many of the works
on metal poisoning are in German.
@. According to the Encyclopedia.
Britannica the chief work is trans
lated. How did you know that Miss
Erskine could translate German? A.
We did not know it.
& Gho Ind 10 40 i1fnI with
| occupational diseases. How about
that? A. I think that a reasonable
requirement.
The roster of the Civil Service De-
partment arrived.
@. In your roster Miss Erskine is
classified as an expert of lead poison
ing and occupational diseases. Now,
don't you think it was misleading to
advertise for a metallurgical expert
to fill that position? A. Advertise
ments are brief and We get in them
what we can. Anybody could hav6
applied for the literature concerning
the position.
@. Your method of marking papers
was entirely changed. A. How SO?
@. 1t is usually done on a basis of
fifteen points. in this only ten points
were counted. A. There were fewer
subjects.
@. Should not that have made the
number of points higher? A. That Is
not always the case.
O. In other words. you can get al
most anybody in under Civil Service
if you prepare the examinations, can't
you?
| A. l don't know. have never tried
to do 1t.
@. At this examination there was
no competition. was there?
To- Tics Inn,
and another.
@. But the other was a very young
man, a mere youth?
A. He was a young man connected
with the New York department.
do not know how old he was
@. In the case of Miss Allen, she Is
an inspector who does not inspect. Is
it not the duty of the Civil Service
department to see that the appointees
fill the positions for which they We're
appointed?
A. No, I think not.
@. Lou you call that a proper ex-
animation
A. consider these fitting questions
for this kind of examination. yes
@. 10 you consider this fair COM
petition?
Questions Fairness.
A. Yes, competition within fair lines
when you have an applicant come
with such qualifications. With such
recommendations of people interested
i'm this kind of work I think that some
allowances ought to be made.
@. What has that got to do with it?
A. We would not hold an open ex-
animation We cannot get the candi-
dates. As Miss ErslSine was qualified
we ought almost to have made an eX-
emption of her position.
@. How could you under the law?
a. We could under the law.
@. On what ground.
A. On the ground that an examina-
ton was not practical.
Pay Her Fare to New York,
OF Commissioner Bryant MIR. Nc
Dermott asked:
@. Does Miss Erskine live in New
York?
A. She lives in Montclair, but in
New York in the winter
@. And you pay her fare to New
York when she lives there?
A. Yes, twice a week.
@. The comptroller refused to pay
one of Miss ErslSine's bills of ex-
penses, did he not?
A. He objected to one of them be-
from Trenton to New York.
@. Did Mr.. Roche go to Rochester
and charge 81 for meals?
A. Yes. and his work for the depart
ment was worth 1t.
@. You allowed railroad fare for
Miss Allen two or three days a week
right through 1911 and 1912.
\. Yes.
Renewing his questioning of Com
missioner Bryant Mr.. McDermott
asked
@. Ny attention has been called to
the Edison plant in Orange. They
have no outside fire-escapes. Is that
true?
A. They have fire towers inside fire.
proof staircases.
@. In building No. "a there are five
fights with celluloid works and paint
shops on three floors. There are
stairways but the width of hall will
not allow of persons to go two abreat.
What do you know about that?
a. / understand that this building
is flreproof and that these towers are
flreproof and open to the outer air.
@. Do you think two staircases
adequate for a building so large
which has about 200 persons en-
ployed?
A. 1t depends on the character of
the fire drill.
sQ. Adult as a question of adequacy
A. should think 1t would be ade-
auate. / will go into this and let you