The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
ESTIMATE BOARD
BACKS SALARY CUTS
Votes in Favor Of Plan to low.
or Pay and to Drop City En-
ployecs Not Needed.
IT'S FAIR, SAYS MAYOR

no W
self Yesterday TO the programme OF ,o~.
sring or raising city salaries to conform
to standard grades and OF dropping is
pensable employees. Heretofore this p0v.
gramme, devised BY tho boards bureau
Of standards, had been approved oHly by
the budget subcommittee. OF which Yep.
uty Comptroller irervcy IS chairman ~
A majority vote OF tho whole hoac
meeting In the Comrtroliers Office yes.
,srday. IL became administrator policy.
II was a closed meeting The men.
hrs were divided on the question. Mayor
Ntt-hel Comptroller PrcndcGglSf ard a
representative Of President McAntny
who returned last night from MS LAKE
George vacation. are understood 20 have
stood together for the standardiration
plnn. with their nine votes ihey are u
majority. 1t Is understood that Borough
President Marks wac a dissenter' a.,
night the Mayor mado this statement
1T is not proposed by me nor by the
Board Of Estimate TO effect wholesale
and inatscr!mfnate salary reductions II
il not our purpose to efrect salary reduo.
tons Just FOR the purpose " reducing
salaries and saving money. All talk Of
Wholesale reductions OF 10 per cent. 70
per cent. or AIRY other per ONT. IL sheer
nonsense. 1t Is our purpose. however. 20
reduce those salaries which are In ercos
OF the amount justified by the WORK done
such reductions will be 10 a sum q
mensurate with tho actual value Of Gre
services rendered and viii be oased uron
tho careful studies OF the Board o. Est
mates bureau OF standards.
at IL, moreover. equally policy 70
- hLaA nArnanA
who are now receiving inadequate pay
FOR the work they do. Such Increases
have already been recommended in many
INSTANCES by the subcommittee and wiz
be allowed by the board.
There is nothing new In the stand
a~rdization policy" tho Mayor added N
an interview. '-The Board OF Estimate
really decided or II several years ago
But II would have come moro gradually
II 4, were not for the necessity OF meet.
Ing the Sl3, 10000 tax which The state
has laid upon US. This money eaNnoi
be raised by heavSer taxes on real
estate. II would mean ruin 20 many
persons"
The Mayor vas asltei II the Board o.
Estimate would accept the salary cut
Eng recommendations which She sub
committee is now making.
Yes" he replied, unless there are
special reasons for not doing 30
He was told Of n rGmor that the sub
committee would recommend that tie
salaries Of the Police. Health and Ere
Commissioners be ho.sted to $4,000 9
year.
Everybody SHOWS" he said. that ;s
Police and Health Commissioners are
worth at Least $40. O0O. and that the
Fire Commissioned deserves more t.an
$500. Just as 1t IL known thar 20
President of the Board OF AID men
with only 5000 n year is terribly I1.
dcrpald. But haven't heard thar --
creases for any COMMISSIONS aI~ '-J.
posed for this year. and the fa.' '.it
they deserve It doesn't mean to- 3D. s.
Will get IL. There are a lot ut -
we'd like TO do this year tia N 90
impossible"
II was also rumored that -r .pmmsu-
dat.ons for raises for Tllden AltnsE
director OF the Bureau OF Cur''t,. Sd
pervision. and George l.. TrrolL had
OF the Bureau OF STANDARDS. wHn Hss
most TO do with the salary adJ-s'rE
programme. would appear IN %, sE..
committees report. The Mayor SAID
he hadn't heard OF any such o
Last year the Board = Estimate - ..
Tirrell and AdamsoE from s
20 $500 a year. but the AID "--
wouldn't allow It.
IL It's hearing in the Municipal b. 70
Ing yesterday the subcommittee w,s
supposed TO consider the budget reIg n,
OF the various county Surrogates' OF
The committee made little headway hs.
cause under the law the Surrogate, -
New York and Kings fix the sala- e
90 their staffs, and tae city cant 'nIfH
them. These S~urrogates declined even
TO appear or be represented at the .sar-
ing.
Tildeu Adamson, however, oT"rsf \
resolution that despite mandatory AS
the salaries IN the Surrogates' OF 'eS -
chopped according to the new sad
ards. He had an idea that the B.c-i y
Estimate would pay only the STANDARD
salaries for two months or 50. an "a.
the resulting fuss would draw - NIB
lie attention the need OF having tie leg.
!slature repeal its mandatory laws T4
subcommittee O no action o." ne
proposal.
Joseph v. Sculley. deputy c.'y c..-l
IN charge OF the Brooklyn of q co.
th!rty-fve years. protested 90 tho n.
mittee against having his pay GU, --7'
$4,000 TO s2,5S0 a year lie was over.
ruled, however. and told he could sG'
peal TO the Board OF Estimate
When w. +. Hendricksou. chic, ,'s-s
OF the Queens Surrogate's Office a--Ai
for $2,500 for drawing jurors, " mn
Campbell OF the Jamaica Citizens A-s,.
citation, spoke up That whole %" " =
wasting money. Clerks are fa.,'rs ort'
n another, while the officials ara
spending their time at the race t-ts
and looking after the DeNocrit.- r"'.
chine" Mr.. Hendrickson didn't e .s-
$4,000.
The salary 81 Sealer Of Weight 49,
Measures Tighe OF Manhat'I. $40,
raised from $500 to $3.50.
Protests from N~icc-Caairmau 4 -1'
and Minority Leader Downing ole
Aldermen moved the budget yD '
TO propose more instead OF les .'
for Ord nance Clerk Frank Mar; pol.
had slated him FOR n cut from e