The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-22
RAZERS TO
Be SALARY RAISERS
StandardiZing to Work Both
Ways. Mayor Tells Depart
mcnt Heads.
INCREASES AWAIT some

This business OF standardizing sal
aries works BOTH ways" Mayor Mitchell
said in "A meeting Of the Board OF Fsti-
mates budget committee yesterday. We
are going to be just to the man as well
as to the city. II he is getting less
than the salary prescribed for his grade
he will be raised
Thu Mayor thereupon went upstairs
to Chamberlain Bruere's office and there
met the heads OF his departments who
had been summoned by telephone. He
told them that only three OF the big
organizations-the nance. health and
law departinents-had correctly ollowed
the Standardization plan. In these three
the employees receiving more than the
wage pr, scribed for their grades had
been reduced and employees receiving
less than the grade called for had been
raised.
The other department heads. he
said, had allowed the budget sub
tons. but. through unfamiliarity with
the programme. had not recommended
the great number OF increases that
should have been recommended. AS the
main budget, omnitte had instructed
the subcommittee 10 slate no increases
not recommended 10y the department
heads. the Mayor discovered that the
business OF Standardization was not
working out fairly.
He told the heads of the delinquent
departments To prepare Immediately lists
OF employees who were being paid less
thar the new standard rates and To sub
nit them to the budget Subcommittee
before Monday. This means day n
night work to-day. tomorrow and prob
ably Sunday, Because of the delay the
first public hearing on the budget be-
fore the Board of Estimate has been
postponed from Monday to Tuesday
Comptroller Prendergast turned in
yesterday "A nudge estimate based on
what Chamberlain Bruere hailed as
real OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES up as
well as down. II was adopted with
out criticism by the Subcommittee.
The Comptroller found by comparing
the work of his employees with the
standard specifications that II" were
underpaid. He requested Increases for
them totalling s30,350. He also FOUND
out that li3 employees were overpaid
and he requested decreases amounting to
s+2,6lO. N~inety-four positions VIII be
dropped. .The holders of thirty-seven OF
them will be dismissed, AT n saving or
ss7,T7O. The ffty-seven other places
are either vacant or the holder VIII be
transferred. Forty-two new positions
are requested.
As a result OF his economies Mr.. Pren-
dergast was able to ask for a total al
lowance of slil.T6O less than he got for
this year. In the personal service
budget tn, decrease IL Sl33,O35. some
of the Jobs abolished are: A deputy
receiver of taxes, $3.50: three deputy
receivers at $2,iOo. an auditor OF ac-
counts at $4,000 (retired on "A pension),
two auditors at 50. 900. "A deputy auditor
at 81. 800 and another deputy at s2.lOo,
Most Of the cuts ecommende ny me
bureau OF standards which the main
budget committee considered on appeal
Yesterday were overruled. The job OF
Frederick q. Ireland, chief examiner OF
the Municipal civil Service Commission
at $4,000 "A year. was Tor
abolition. To 'let him down easy the
bureau had suggested that Mr.. Ireland
accept the new job OF supervising ex-
aminer at s2.iO0 a year, but he wouldn't
do 1t. President McAncny Of the Alder
men said
The adequacy OF this mans salary
has never been questioned. His position
is the keystone of the whole civil service
system and he is one of the most faith
ful officers the city ever had in its SER
vice. move that his position be re-
tanned"
Il was done. Nobody voted no as
the Comptroller. the consistent stand
ardizer, was absent.