The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-22
over A MILLION
INCREASE FOR
N.Y.SALARIES
Budget Shows Boost Of 49,
488-Women Neglected
In Schedule.

New York, Nov. 22-An analysis
of the full list of salary increases for
city employees was made at City Hall
yesterday following report from
George l.. Tirrell, director Of the Blu
reau Of Standards of the Board of Els
innate The report shows increases
for 18,48S city employees, aggregat-
ing $1,147,18O. This amount will
raise the tax rate nearly one and a
half points and is responsible for that
amount in the 1917 budget. which
foots up to $211,115,o16.
OF the 18,4S8 increases all but ap-
proximately $500 are made for uni
formed members of the Police, Fire,
Street Cleaning and Correction de-
partments. There are no salary de-
creases in the 1917 budget, and if any
positions are abolished Or new ones
created they are not shown in Direc-
tor Tirrel1's report.
Frank L. Bowling, newly elected
president Of the Board of Aldermen,
heads the list Of recipients of salary
boosts with an increase from $1,000
to $500. Col. Merritt H. Smith,
chief engineer of the Bureau Of Wa
ter Supply, Gas and Electricity. comes
next, with an increase of $4,000, from
$4,000 to $4,000. The smallest in
creases appear in the estimates for
the Health Department, where a num-
Der of women are recommended for an
increase of $12 year-from salaries
of $3.50 to 1872, meaning a raise of
81 month.
The raise for President Bowling fol-
lows the decision of the Board, made
before he assumed office and during
the incumbency Of George McAneny,
who refused the increase. With his
increase, President Bowling gets just
half the salary of the Mayor and
COMPTROLLER but, like them, has three
votes in the Board Of Estimate.
Outside Of President Bowling and
Col. Smith the next highest increases
go to Director Tirrell Of the >bu-
reau of Standards and Tilden Adam
son. brother of Fire Commissioner
Robert Adamson, who each receive
boost of $1,000. Tilden Adamson y
chief Of the Bureau of Contract Su-
pervision.
Tifty-nine other employees in all re-
ceive increases of $500 or more. Chief
among these, with their old and new
salaries, are:
Thomas Brophy, marshal, Fire De-
partment, $500, $4,000; F. Stuart
Crawford, secretary Corporation Coun-
sci, $500. $4.680; J. Rice, engineer,
Queens Pres, $4,000, $6,120; Eugene
Stern, engineer, Manhattan Pres, S5,-
600, $6,12O; Charles e. Gregory. engin-
eer, Manhattan Pres, $1,000, $500;
Max Schmittberger, chief inspector.
~
eager, director, Brooklyn Botanical
Garden, $4,000, $4,000; no name given,
special department clerk, Supreme
Court, First Department, $4,000, So
500; A. c.. Baur, chief clerk, Finance
Department, $3.50, s4,140; William
Van Vert, secretary, Fourth Deputy
Police Commissioner, $2,100, $4,000;
Louis E. Lewee, superintendent Of re-
formatory, $2,52o, $3,4SO; Calvin J.
Croker, engineer. Plant & S. Depart
ment, $4,000, $4,860; Paul G. Wilson,
assistant secretary to Mayor, $4,000,
$500; Anna I. I.ohmann, private Sec
retary, Charities Department, $3.50,
s2,340; Farley Carter Childs, secre-
tary Plant Department, $4,000, $3.50;
Hangury A. Watkins, confidential in
spector, Dock Department, $2,250, $3,-
900; James Dillon, Queens and Brook
lyn Borough inspector. police. $4,000,
$4,000; F. V. Hickey. chief clerk,
Register, Kings, $1,000, $4,000; Jas.
J. Flynn, chief officer, Parole Commits
sion, $3.50, $2,340; Charles j. Dru-
han Assistant Corporation Counsel,
$2,S50, s3,48o; Stanley H. Howe, Sec
rotary, Charities Department, $4,000,
$4,000; John r. Keefe, clerk, Fire De-
partment, $4,000, $4,560; Valentine P.
Keller, clerk, Finance Department, ST.
500, $2,340; George B. Buck, actuary,
Pension Division, $500, $4.140; Wal
ter C. Sheppard Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel, $4,000. $500; John F.
Carroll. clerk, Queens Pres, $4,000,
$3.50; H. B. Dinwiddie, general in
spector. Charities. $4,000. $500; AL