Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-26

this city. He said he considered her
one of his best employees and worth
/ the money she earns. Her depart
ment collects license fees of 81 each
from less than 1000 bakers and con-
fectioners, he admitted
One Inspector Practises Law.
Asked if there are any of his in
speetors employed in any other occu-
4 patton besides the work of The Labor
/ Department. Mr. Bryant parried the
question by asking if there is any
/ thing in the law which would forbid
| It, At length he admitted that there
was one man, whom he described as
/ zone of the best men employed as
/ inspectors who engages in the prac-
| tise of law.
That is, Mr.. l.. Bryant would not
I admit that he practised law, because,
he said, he does not appear in court.
/ He admitted that he does some
building and loan work in the even
I ings.'
This man is George J. Jaeger, a
lawyer of Newark. His name APP
pears in the telephone book, Mr. Nc
Dermott said. as lawyer" with Of
fees in the Essex Building. His sal
airy for the year is $1,500, and his ex-
pense account for last year was
sS50.4S. SO that he received from the
state Department of Labor a total
Of 81, $50 for the year. He was, said
Mr. Bryant, an appointee of Governor
Fort
could you remove him? ?" he was
asked yes" he replied, for cause,
but consider him one of the best in
the employ of the department" But
you have no means of knowing how
he attends to his work, have you?"
IN
piled Mr. Bryant.
Commissioner Bryant opened the
proceedings by devoting fully two
hours to a description of the work
of the department as he sees it. He
told largely of the aims of the de-
partment and described the public
welfare work and showed the plans
for fire escapes demanded by the de-
partment. Specifications of safety
appliances for shops were shown.
Mr. Bryant treated the inquiry as
quite an ordinary exposition of the
workings of the department. With
vast amount of documentary exhibits
he began telling what are the objec-
tives the department aims to attain
and what they have done towards at
tanning them.
Four commissioners of economy
and efficiency were present. Counsel
John p. Murray. of the commission, (,
questioned Mr.. Bryant as he pro- |
ceeded. Commissioner Walter L. Nc
Dermott of Hudson county, also |
quizzed Chief Bryant freely,
The commissioners present, besides
Mr.. McDermott, were State Senator
Walter L. Edge of Atlantic, president |
of the commission; Assemblyman |
william Il. Mount, of Monmouth, and !
William j. Kraft, of Camden.
Works Once or Twice Week.
The case of Miss Allen would per-
sist in cropping up in the testimony.
The long exposition of the work of
the department by Mr.. Bryant took
so much time that the probe was
prolonged beyond the time some of
the members thought it would take. |
At one point in the proceedings Mr.. |
McDermott asked: us there any
thing you have omitted to show us?
Any schedule of the actual time
spent in the office by Office en- |
ployes?"
"If you mean Miss Allen" Mr. Bry-
ant said impatiently. Il do not con- !
slider anybody in the department |
worked so hard
rs she appearing at the office every /
day." he was asked.
mo" he replied. "she is i'll at
home at the present time.
did you call her an inspector for
the purpose of raising her salary
asked Mr.. McDermott.
mo. She is classified as an inspector /
because she passed the examination"
What is your idea-that you can !
raise any stenographer's salary by |
having her pass an examination as in
spector2" asked Mr.. McDermott.
rs there anything in the law to
prevent me appointing an inspector to
work in the office?" asked Mr. Bryant |
in return.
II think l could raise her salary if
felt it was advisable without an
examination"
Can you name another stenog-
rapher in the State House getting
81 500 year?' he was asked. II
have said that ! do not think the
work she is doing is stenographic
work Mr.. Bryant replied. At an
other point in the probe a few min
utes later Mr.. Bryant admitted that
Miss Allen did not come up to Tren-
ton every day "She comes up once
or twice week, he said.
The electrical engineer, Roland w,
Leveredge, of Plainfield, and the
structural iron expert, Charles II.
Weeks, of South Orange Mr. Bryant
admitted under fire of questioning by
John p. Murray, counsel for the COM
mission, are allowed car fare when
they report at the office in Trenton,
about half the week" They are also
allowed lunch money.
Mr. McDermott wanted to know if
it would not be cheaper for them to
buy ticket at $40 or $50 year. Mr..
Murray, who had not been primed in
advance of what the character of the
probe would be, here exhibited strong
inclination to get into the probing,
al which he is a master hand. Later,