The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-28
MORE PAY RAISED
THAN CUT-MITCHEL
Mayor Astonishcs A. j. Talley
by Remarks at Hearing
on 1915 Budget.
BROWNE BUSY on wRITS

Standardization and the revised SAL
airy schedules among city employees con-
! tinued to be the chief bone Of contcn-
ton at the opening hearing Of the Boar
Of Estimate on the tentative 1915 budget
yesterday. This was In spite OF Tho
presence Of Stewart Browne. president
Of the United Real Estate Owners As
Of seeking a writ to restrain the board
from collecting money for the direct
State tax and from paying $1,700.0 900
in salaries which he a y are illegal a.
they are higher than the rates pre-
scribed by h charter.
Tho hearing brought forth at the out
set an attack on the "cruel. indiscrimi-
nate Inc unscientifc report" OF the
Bureau Of Standards by Alfred J. Tai
ley. a Tammany Democrat who is coun-
sci for tho Association of Civil Service
Employees. and "A statement Of the
gladiator spirit IN which he n his
clients were lighting against what
seemed certain adoption Of the report.
The Mayor astonished Mr.. Talley by
saying that the final figures would show
more cases Of salaries increased than
decreased.
In that case l shall ask the board 10
give me an additional hearing on Sat
urday." said Mr.. Talley. III l have
made n misstatements I wish TO cor
rect them my self."
Because of inability to get all the
tentative figures for the budget com.
piled and printed In time. the scheduled
morning hearing OF the board had to be
discontinued. Consideration was taken
up In the afternoon of only the minor
appropriations. and a number OF these
were held over for further discussion
at the request OF Mr.. Browne. The estt'
mates of the larger departments wert
put over until to-day to give the pubic
a chance TO study them.
Important Reductions.
Nothing appeared in yesterday
figures TO upset the earlier calculation o
q total budget OF s2i5.00 600, meanin.
"a tax rate OF between 2.l2 and 2.l5
The largest reduction was $424,96o II
the Department of Docks and Ferries
and the largest increases S357.s27 In TIT
Police Department and $421,e00 for tn
care Of dependents In private institu
tons.
Other important reductions were
Mayors Office, $500: Department o
Finance. slil.7s0; City Chamberlain
$3.50; Law Department, s23,945 Com
missioners Of Accounts, s3l,3lS: Bureau
of Weights and Measures. $500; DE
plrtment Of Licenses. $s.lII; Board o
Assessors, $3.50: President Bronx Dor
ough. s50.6e9; President Queens Dor
ough, siO,O4s; Department OF Parks
! ~, ,l,.,. 4, ,,t ypirhunpnl SlSR kle De-
partment OF Parks. Bronx. 5000 DE
partmen. Of Parks. Brooklyn, H.lO1
Fire Department. ss7,6l9; street Clean
ing Department. $5I,I13 Department q
Bridges, si+i,l72. and Department o
Health. sl33,53l.
There were Increases of SI.,l6I 70
the Board Of Elections n sI.22o TO
the Park Department OF Queens.
when the afternoon session began a
3 o'clock MIR. Talley opened fire by say
ing that he appeared for the army q
100, 900 city employees who stood de
moralized at the contemplated action q
the Board OF Stalda rdization.
Standardization" he said. has com
to mean something new-reduction
the salaries of men II women wh
have given their lives TO the service q
the city. II Is bad business 10 work on
retrenchment by taking money from III
pockets OF employees.
What real estate men want. and rea
/ spnably, ] think, is that the larger Ell
terprises he curtailed they do not war
, the small salaried employees to b
! locked. Reduction OF city employees
salaries means an entire change IN the
, why OF living and also a reduction of III
I service rendered in all city depart
ments."
4 The Mayor, although ne explained ths
E no definite figures on the results &
: Standardization could be obtained unit
I the close Of the hearings. took up. u
a order not to leave "A wrong impressio
with the people of the city, the task {
= correcting certain prevailing opinion
concerning II. Ii WAS not. he said,
matter of Wholesale salary reduction
bu, an adjustment Of worth of service
4 compensation. lie then referred to III
;. depa rtments in which salaries had bee
{ standardized upward.
The hearing will be continued to-da
r at 10 o'clock.