The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03

in handling correspondence an cab r4te
system of references and cross refer
ences has been installed. and up go The
present time 1t is said that several men
have been constantly engaged IN s'uing
this new method to run smoothly In
stead of disregardns letters, however
trivial and unnecessary, each Is al least
acknowledged, and filed with several
kinds of references so that the W.t'r,
the subject. the character Of complaint,
can be Identified in a moment.
In addition to secretary and eN'cu-
tive secretary, the Mayors stan includes
Bertram de y. Cruger, who makes dp-
pointments for Mr.. Mitchell. receives
personal complaints and helps in look
ing after departmental matters Thc
Mayors private stenographer is a young
woman.
The office force is supposed to report
and be ready for duty by 3 o'cloDD N
the morning, but as a matter of fact
some Of its members are there eai .er,
including those who open and disti 0p'"
the mail. Mr.. Mitchell himself comes
downtown early, but not infrequ lily
may stop on the way to look into some
matter that otherwise would coup'i
him later in the day to journey part
way uptown and then back again.
From the moment he reaches h.s
office he runs at high tension. lis
schedule Of appointments is laid be-
fore him with an estimate of the shoit.st
period in which each can be dispose ~.
one affair after another is taken Iu.
commissioners of city department u.'a"
and go. heads Of bureaus are listcr,. ..
and instructed, measures at Albany
la. T. in on l. ini ~
tention, study, consultation: documrH'~
are read and signed, and all too >..H
comes ! o'clock, at which hour i0o
Mayor goes to luncheon. usually az
club where h will lie safe from inter
ruption.
This does not mean. however. that h'
throws aside business of the city wh..
he eats his midday meal. Far from p
over the table are discussed municilH.
affairs with one or two who are th,r
for that purpose. Then back To City
Hall the Mayor goes To- lind work piled
up in his absence which must Ice d.s-
POSED of, meetings of committees TO at
tend. addresses to outline and murc
people To see.
He leaves his office when he car
usually at ) o'clock or little after
ana drives uptown. often accompag.,
by some one like Henry Bruero
city Chamberlain. a stenograph,l
| always ready for duty in the NJ
home at night and his services ar, '.-
quently needed The Mayor goes
| when he can ana gets as much Sic.
! his engagements permit.
For some time he has not been 81
| lake regular exercise out of dou,- ...
| ,opting when he made up his ~
| clear out of town altogether for
! visit at Atlantic City or At LAX
| II" now realizes, II is said, that
| arrange for more exercise and =,
| is to continue To serve the city f.,
| best of his ability. and his assoc. DR."
| suggesting that he could We'll a." 4 'u
| do so after three months of c'l-. ..'
toll in getting things runnng ss
| wants To see them go.
| OF all those Closely associated W.. 81.
Mitchell perhaps Mr., Brucre Soc ..n
most frequently, Certain II IS that i.'
| new City Chamberlain is doing HIS b..
to relieve the Mayor of a multitude Il
details connected with the office. Like
the Mayor, Mr.. l'ruere is a tall active
man. possessed If nervous energy to 4
remarkable degree, quick of sp',cN, IN
slant of decision. There is som''hi ns
clerks fairly jump when he appears ID
the doorway.
During his experience as n director (
the Bureau Of Municipal Research d.
Developed theory of business ei'y.,NCy
which has become n passion with him.
Efficiency he wants and will have NJ
matter what the cost in time and trouble
Mention has been made Of the elaborate
1 system of filing correspondence in the
Mayors office, with its references ana
cross references. That Is the kind o'
thing in which Mr.. Bruere believes with
all his soul. Nothing should be lett IN
chance or hazard; everything should D.
recorded. ticketed, filed and tied dow
hard and fast where it can be found %
an instant
In brief it may he said that the D.i
era of easy going conduct of munI,,p.
business has passed-at least in The,
ATTITUDES. Practically every man in : .
city's employ realizes the fact, t'.
realizes further that it is up To HIM -
hustle, and hustle all day long il h'
wants to keep his job, and furthrrw .i'
to hustle every day until o'clocN n
stead of y. NJ, as formerly, and MT
, complain II occasionally he is cake
upon to work until or = AT u"'
Mayor Mitchell believes in hard W'IN
and lots Of 1t. and MIR. lruere ku""
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