New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-07
'CITY'S PENSIONS
IN CHAOS, SAYS
CARNEGIE REPORT
Systems Adopted by Mu-
nicipal Employees Called
Horrible Examples.
ASSAUS TRAINING
OF COAST DOCTORS
foundation Has Annual Income
Of S746,O0O and Spends
$4,000.

poreion funds for municipal en-
rlovos in New York are cited az nor ,
rihIo examples Of what such hnshcla'
institutions should not be IN the re-
mort Of the Carnegie Foundation lo'
tho Advancement Of Education for the
voar 1914. issued to-day. They Illus
,.o,o the report declares. what may
10 ovnoc,cd Of any pension system that
=. adopted without scientific basis ana
...,rioI advice and supervision.
Eight pension funds have been eS'
.ob,isbcd in New York City at amer
on, dates" says the annual Statement
aria, arc as follows: The fuohc
cahoo, Teachers Retirement Fund the
poIico Pension Fund, the Fire Depart.
on, pelief Fund. the Department OF
ueoItb Fund. the College Of the C'ty
81 Now York Fund. the Supreme Court
.ouo,a Division Fund, the stree
Hpp.';~ Department Fund ana the
y !ea'',,tsN Nev York Employees ketlre-
MY None Of these funds bears any re-
.LIarca IN lie other; they are sepa
Yotelv administered; each mas us o%n
soTrc. Of income and regulations ~
J;sbnrsement Of benefits, ana IN en-
obaos rcipns supreme. The maJoties
o 80 Rom are now compelled 70 declare
Themselves bankrupt. ,.,n.e
Tho growth of the disbursements
go. of all proportion 10 the receipts
toL IN most cases are percentage
~ tbo salary Of members. donations
r.. logocies. fines and allowances
-, .be excise taxes, is responsiolo
lo'' .ho;r unhealthy financial condition.
il is said.
Waits on Estimate Board
rho Carrccie Foundation IS anX-
oraitin0 the completion OF the
IouS,I, % Tho BOARD OF Estimate "hlci
III - clude a plan for taxing over az az
~ citv nension funds and oreahII'"S
.Lo,, INTO a single system upon
sound actuarial basis 49, o,so With
Tho ornual report deals also VIZ"
.Lrao now extensive studies when tne
snnrdation has undertaken WITHIN Vne
ios+ yoar that of legal education III
The United States, comprehei'I1 &c
s,udv Of engineering education anu a.
Authorization Of the training OF tea0"
ars - Tho State Of Missouri
while looking into the status OF ~
r,odical profession on the 49,
Coos+ REPRESENTATIVES Of the I arneg'e
Eo"niation discovered some staru'hE
conditions in California. Inc report
declares: aorfr, in it's
health Giving qualities couId SUSAN q
r,,ia,1on so saturated with medlcaI
nrac,itioners Of every known variety
Tbo state Of Washington. with no Hieu
;caI schools. has a plentiful supply OF
,'bvsicians trained in good schools az
rtor the country. while Ca!iforhla
with eight medical schools, IS swampeo
,v;.b Doorly trained doctors.
The medical departments malh'alheu
~ the University Of California ana the
leland Stanford Junior University are
enoken of highly. The other extreme
IL furnished By the College OF Physi
clans and Surgeons at Los Angeles ah'
wbat are characterized as the nope
Iosslv defective College OF Physicians
and surgeons of San Francisco and the
College Of Medical Evangelists OF
Iona Linda
In addition 70 the overSuppIy OF reg
MAR musicians in California, the re-
mort states. there must be taken into
consideration 2,l06 persons who prac,,
Use the art of healing as members OF
Cne sect or another. The latter num-
her includes twenty-eight unlicensed
Chinese physicians and twenty Japan.
CSC doctors who practise without legal
right. In addition there are f4l Chrls-
tian Science practitioners.
Fund Surplus sl.245,oOo.
The annual report of the president
and treasurer, which is the ninth 10
no issued. shows a total endowment OF
the foundation of Sl4,250,O00. a sur
rlus of Sl.245.O0O; an annual income
of S746.00O and an annual expenditure
Of $4,000. 1900.
OF the amount expended s32'OOo
went to maintain the operation Of the
foundation, 900 in educational IN
ouirv and 1884 600 in retiring allow
arces and pensions for superannuated
professors, or widows of professors
During the year twenty-nine new re
firing allowances and fifteen widows
PENSIONS were granted, the average
grant being Sl.6t8. The total number
Of allowances now in effect. according
TO the report. is 332; the total num-
Der Of widows pensions. 100. the gen
era, average grant being 81 .59i year.