New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
800 Highly Paid O6e.,
Will Change Tenants
on january
Mitchell for War Post
Prendergast to Resume Bank.
ing; Maltbie to Enter
u. S. Service

The big and little Jack HOra.r 4,
the Mitchell administration found :.
plums In their Christmas pic. All :,
the plums we're going, going, alno.,
gone, 20 the Tammsny Tiger. Il ".
not exactly q merry Yuletide for n.
men who have been getting good An.
nual returns from Father Knick.,.
booker for the last four years.
For, 10, the Fusion bread line" !,
about TO form! Tsmmany, after -four
lean years will come into the warn
! places.
/ Nearly three hundred fat Jobs will
change tenants. What the ex.one,
holders are going to do Comparatively
! few Of them has said. The holders cf
minor places will be hit the hardss,
Some Of them will probably be pr,.
NOTED to the Federal service, but q,
considerably smaller incomes.
Mitchell TO Get War Berth
Mayor Mitchell is slated for a var
position, with the chances in Nj. favor
Of landing it. But Just what il nav
be no one knows as Jet, and the
Mayor refused TO discuss his fu,un
plans. City Chamberlain Milo R. Nal.
bic will enter the government service.
He has already been connected unok.
cially with the war bureau Of suppie,.
Controller William A. Prendergast and
Corporation Counsel Lamar Hardy pre.
sumably will continue their profe,.
sions, the former in banking and the
latter in the law.
The Tammany auditors are quick a.
figures. They know just how many
hundred thousand dollars the gross
salaries Of the newcomers will repre-.
sent. They will know by January
just how much these salaries will net
for the organization, II not in cold cash,
at least in patronage to deserving Dem
ocrats.
The combined salaries Of the mem.
bers of the Board Of Estimate, the cen
tral governing body Of the city, amount
to $4,000. The board is made up Of
the Mayor (sl5,oO0). the Comptroller
tsi5,0O0), the President Of the Board
Of Aldermen (s7,5OO), the BorOush
Presidents of Manhattan, The Bronx
and Brooklyn (s7,500 eaeh) and the
Borough Presidents Of Queens ard
Richmond $4,000 EACH. The salaries
Of the employees Of the various bureaus
of this one board will amount to a.
much again, if not more.
The two most lucrative Offices 70 The
way of patronage are those OF hs
Comptroller and the Corporation Cogn'
sci. The Comptroller has three depa.
ties at $1,000 a yar, an assistant
deputy at $4,000 and many high salaried
chiefs at .he head of the various diVi.
sions under the finance department. sls
with their hest of clerks and asslstantS
A large number Of minor positions
however. arc under the civil service
Many Posts In LeBdi DuteAu
The Corporation Ceunsel's salary !;
the same as that of the Msyor ana
the Comptroller, $4,000. In the legai
department there arc over fifty ASSIST
ant corporation counsels. with salaries
ranging from $4,000 10 S3,cOO. Nhe'n-
er Judge Hylan appoints William =,
Burr or William Harman Black 10 'nls
lucrative post, IL is not likely tbst ons
of these assistants OF the rusloh
regime will retain his place; fur'nel,
more, there ere score OF deputy 'n1
Junior assistants who VIII be ou' ..
Jobs on January 1, together WIN 'hs
usual departmental host OF ehieis o.
bureaus and attendant employees.
4 The City Chamberlain is the nefs
highest paid position in the ely !
cluster of good places. Mr; hsi,g.
will leave $4,000 annually behind MN
for the Hylan appointee 20 PICK up. =.
!. O'Reilly, the confidential secretary
of Mr.. Hearst, il is said, may have 'h,s
$4,000 il he wants il. There Is 0h'j
one deputy chamberlain, az so,OVV, Anu
few other places Of moment as patron
age in this office. =,
The president OF the Department o
Taxes and Assessments, Lawson ruioy
receives $4,000 a year. Mr. rufuy -
poets 10 bid goodby 10 the old pos'''OIl
which he has held for many years AZ. u..
may welcome Robert +. Dowling as nl'
successor. Six other tax commiss,1n'
ers have 70 be appointed By Judge ny
Ian to make up the full quota Oh ps ~
board, two of which have 20 be NC
publicans. They receive S1'oVO An"'
ally.
Twelve $500 Berths
Then come the $500 plums. Insi' ,'
are twelve OF these city department ~.
which come directly under the luiisoss
tion of the Mayor and TO which nc ~ ~.
points the heads. They INCLUDE u'
Commissioner of Accounts, the 'e
missioner of Correction, the Comm ~.
sioner Of Docks and Ferries, the ~ i..
Commissioner, the Police Nomm.
sioner. the Commissioner Of Lheens..,'
the Commissioner of Plant and strssE
ures, the Commissioner OF Public ons,
tiles, the Street Cleaning Conns
sioner, the Tenement House Comn.'
sioner, the Commissioner OF msx. t'
Supply, Gas and Electricity ana ~
Chairman OF the Parole Comnisss's. =.
There Is another place added 10 me
for good measure-thst Of Comm,.
sioner of the Bureau OF Weights Sn'
Measures, at $1,000 a year.