The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
City at Last to Know Just
Where Annual OUTLAW Goes

Municipal Building, where the Com
missioner Of Accounts and a large
staff Of experts are engaged in finish
Ing the first complete survey ever
made Of this big town.
For nearly two months more than
thirty members Of Commissioner WALL
STEMS staff have been working con
,nuous,y In order to prepare for SUBJ
mission to the constitutional conven-
,ion n series OF charts which will give
a birdseye view OF Father knickc.-
hackers official household and his
METHODS Of municipal housekeeping.
In many instances the thirty or more
experts have not merely worked all
day on this monumental task but In
some instances all night too. for IL Is
their task to have the survey ready
for the solons at Albany not later
than June L..
II may he said in passing that the
lob IL done. and that the constitu-
tional convention may have the SUR
vey In It's various hands before the
date set IL desired.
OF course no thirty-two men. how
ever expert. could possibly accomplish
IN A limited time such a task as Is now
nearly finished. for which reason they
have been assisted by twenty-nine
men from the Bureau OF Municipal
Research, by two others from the Iii
nance Department and by seven from
the BoarG Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment. In addition. every branch Of
the city government has given aid,
cooperating most heartily in endeavor
70 complete the matter. The report,
when printed. will comprise approx
matcly $50 charts and about one
thousand pages OF printed type.
Something Of the magnitude OF the
work undertaken by Commissioner
wallstein's office may be understood
when il Is said that the gathering Of
an enormous amount OF data showing
the structural form of 1.-The city gov
eminent. beginning with the Mayors
Office. and how every n OF the TWEEN
,y-scyen separate departments and
bureaus are linked TO il. as well as
the parts played by the borough and
county governing bodies, was but a
sWa' P'i' VI a. '".s !" '''eii "o"''
nave peeh d man ; Joo. ou' as matter
n fact. it was only the beginning.
After Father knickerbocker's mu-
n.c.pal establishment had beer thus
articulatcd in skeleton form. then
came the real work, the hard. eXacting.
accurate aligning of numbers of en-
~pioyees. what their duties are, where
they work and how. what they accom-
pish. Search was made constantly TO
ascertain whether the men of n de-
rartment ovtriapped into work which
should bc done 10y men Of another:
whether there was any duplicating OF
service performed through all the null
tltudinous r~amihrations of Father
Knickerbocker's great official stan.
This information gathered and placed
in typewriter, tabulated form. the
rxt step was taken. a staff of editors
st to work To resolve all this mass of
statistical facts into form whereby it
might bc read by the average taxpayer
who does not possess the training nee
tSsary for mathematical analysis.
These editors undertook the RESPONSE
hlc ana delicate duty of preclpitating
the mas Of ascertained, bare facts
into readable form.
While they were doing this In still
another ofic- a staff Of photographers
was engaged in studying a duplicate
copy Of the facts and on their own
part resolving these into a series OF
chart. or diagrams constituting a Sc
rles uf graphic outlines Of the whole
municipal structure.
That this in itself was ma sinai, I'M
dortskire may no understood nv re-
memharirg ,h., under ,he Navor's al.
-ectinu arc ,v ntv-seven DEPARTMENTS
boards and commis sions az ALREADY
m.n,iopod
As an cyamn,e NJ what has been
done for each dena rtment take the
case. nf tho Department ~ Docks and
Ferries L,irs, the drauphtsmen made
kay char, showinp that this depart-
ment reguIa r,, emnlovs s6i man at n
salary cos of 81 100 IOO and in addI-
ton usos ,emnorary emn,ovees who
cost. accordinp IN midget allowance.
s433.l33. The statement is briefly
made that the department has control
Of city owned piers. docks, bulkheads
and structures thereon and waters ad-
AGENT thereto; that it controls lands
under water. with structures and APP
purtenances, easements. &C.; the regu-
dI OF privately owned piers and
'nps' That II has charge and control
VI al frrio' and ferry properties be-
,ongIns to the city, with power to
.,ds' docks ana ferries to private par
"rs ana 10 collect rentals thereon
~, h 'o" tA1s IS a small panel headed
',"eIai ADMINISTRATOR showing
'hN lN4S bHllrn Of the WORK Is unOeF