The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-30
ALDERMEN CUT NEW
JOBS FROM BUDGET
Weed Out Increases in Pay to
City Employees Getting
More Than $4,000.
REDUCTION rs S9O.+OO

The Board Of Aldermen adopted YES
terdav the report of it's Committee on
Finance under which S90.40o was cut
from the 1915 budget as prepared by tho
Board Of Estimate. The reduction WAS
made by reducing 10 their present lever
all salaries above $4,000 that had been
Increased by the Board OF Estimate n
by eliminating u number OF new posi-
lions.
I'VE believe ran the Finance Com
mittee's report on this matter of sal
aries, that the Board of Estimate must
have been actuated by the necessity FOR
q municipal policy OF the strictest ana
Quickest economy In seeking 10 stand
ardixe eurgically and at once instead
Of gradually and incidentally. and we
further believe that II the necessity for
immediate economy has come upon US
90 %grievously II is fair a those who
have received salary increases in the
1919 budget should, where these salaries
are already $4,000 n year or over. wait
a ear before their pay In raised. Nor
should those receiving less than S2.eOo
q year whose pay has been raised be-
yond the $4,000 mark receive any
further increases than such ~ will bring
their salaries up to $4,000 a year.
Smaller Salaries spared.
There are scores receiving smaller
salaries and val rates who w re-
ceived slight increases. and these We do
not desire to take away but 1t IL be-
lieved that any one now receiving $4,000
a a can manage to get along another
year on the same amount"
The Aldermen reduced the contingent
fund OF the Board OF Estimate from $780,
900 to $4,000. taking the ground that
II the Board of Estimate could transfer
to another department $4,000 Of its 1915
appropriation of $4,000 It could get
along this year with $4,000. In elm
mating y new expert accountant at
$3.50 a year from tho Finance Depart
ment the report OF the committee says:
III the expert accountant Is worth
only $3.50 a year we do not understand
how n common or garden variety ac-
oountant Is worth $500 a year. and so.
being somewhat dubious as to me de-
gree Of e~xpertness. we recommend that
the expert accountant be omitted from
the budget"
A new engineer inspector In the De-
partment OF Parks at $3.50 a year and
an additional engineer In tho Depart
ment Of Correction at $3.50 were elm
mated. COMMISSIONS OF Accounts Wall
stein was hit hard by the Aldermen.
They cut out an additional examiner at
$4,000 n year, two assistant engineers at
$4,000 each me n clerk at $40. oil Of
whom were TO be efficiency increasers.
Think Present stan Enough.
W. think" says the report. that the
present STAFF should he able to do the
work assigned to II without additions"
The board took out hve new municipal
examiners added to the Street Cleaning
Department al $1,000 each. with the
suggestion that assistant examiners be
obtained from other departments. The
board also refused its assent to a s<.3s0
job for a new director OF the Sea View
Hospital.
Among the amendments offered to the
report was one by Alderman Quinn to
eliminate $70.730 for he expenses of
the Board Of Estimates Bureau OF
Standards. Alderman Quinn said that
the bureau had been a failure in spite
Of the fact hat It hadn't touched the
salaries OF men getting $4,000 a year
and had devoted its cutting to the city
employees who get the small salaries.
He said the public didn't want that kind
OF cutting,
vice-Chairnan Curran told him that
ne didn't know what he was talking
about.
Thirty-four votes were recorded in
favor OF the amendment and 80 against
1t. II failed by six votes. 40 being
the required majority.
The budget now calls for sol2. S65.177
Should the Mayor veto the cuts made by
the Aldermen. II would take a two
thirds vote to override him. The i'm
preston is general that the Mayor will
ignore most Of the suggestions of the
Aldermen.