New-York tribune., 1918-01-03
Hylan Is ardy
On First Day;
Blames B.R.T I.
Works Two Hours Extra
and Anno>nces New
Appointments
City Hall Clock
To Be Built Soon
w. B. Carswell Named as
Assistant Corporation
Counsel


Assistant Corporation
Counsel
MAYER Hylan reached his office in
the City Hall yesterday to take up
the duties Of his first active day as
the city's chiet executive. close to
scheduled time. He was only three
minutes late. The time clocks in
most OF the offices Of his official fam
ilv were punched by the new commits
sioners al 9 a. M. the hour which the
Navor had fixed for the opening Of
The working day. And they all worked
until . o'c.ock, the Mayer remaining
in his Office until two hours later.
Grover Whalen, the Mayors secre-
tarv, placed the respons ibiity for the
Mavors tardy mark squarely upon the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He
explained that the new Mayor had
MANNED to reach his Office on the first
day at $50 8. M. and left his nome IN
nlenty of time to make it, but was held
no on the r. ooklyn Bridge for half an
hour DN q nibNh OH tIlC tltNatCu lillt.
First Day Busy One
The Mayors first day of real work
was busy one, filed with conferences
and meetings.
He held himself IL strict secluslon as
far as the newspaper men were con-
cernea He made il Gear tnat ne Intend
ed to continue his campaign policy of
refraimng from granting snterv,ews
The reporters storneG the Mayors
citadel nromptly ut 10 o'clock. as had
been the CUSTOM but the Mayor was not
To be seen Secretary Whalen an
rounced that the Mayor felt he was at
the City Hall ito work and not to an
swer questions" Any statements from
the Mayor would 90 through the chan
mel Of the secretary's office. The same
rule applied TO the offices OF all the
commissioners.
As soon as the morning mail was
cleared away the Mayor announced
some new appointments. They were
all judicial except those Of Andrew Sui
livan. vice president of the Mechanics
Bank Of Brooklyn, to the Board of AS
sess ors. at $1,000 4 year, and the APP
prova Of Charles |. Stengle. a Brook
lyn newspaper man, to the secretary
shin of the Civil Service Commission.
at salary Of $1,000.
The other appointments were:
John A. Na.entine, to succeed the
late Justice George Freifed in the
Municipal Court, I'd District, Brooklyn;
salary, $4,000.
George j. O'Keefe, reappointed q
Justice Of the Court of Special Sessions
for term OF ten years, salary SO 900.
William T. Croak. as a city magis-
t-ate for The Borough of Richmond for
term OF ten years, salary $1,000.
Harry Miller. reappointed city
magistrate for the Borough Of Queens
Tor a term of ten years. salary 81 900.
Alexander H. Gesmar. reappointed a
$1,000.
James J. Conway. reappointed Cit!
Magistrate for the Borough Of Queens
for q term OF ten years. salary $1,000.
The new Mayor has yet to choose hi
Health Commiss ioner. Street Cleaning
Commissioner. Commissioner of Ac
counts, Park Commissioners for Th
Bronx and Queens and one more mem
Der of the Board of Assessors.
Confers With Fuel Boards
Included in the mornings work wa
the swearing in Of the members Of tn
new Board of Education in the Mayor
Office, conferences with the local ant
state fuel administrators in regard t
the coal situation. and conferences will
several OF the new heads of city de
parrments. \ few of the long line o
politicians in the anteroom, who desire'
to get the Mayors ear relative to hi
remaining appointments, saw the new
executive He Knocked off work at
o'clock and was back from luncheon il
three quarters of an hour. He admon
ished his commissioners not to TAX
more than an hour for luncheon.
The Mayor N aN several arSOnAl m pS
sage to send out during the Afternoon
Apparently he did not care to intrus
them to the regular police messenger
attached to the City Hall. He tele
phoned TO Police Headquarters and ha
seven policemen sent tc the Hall an
dispatched each one with a message.
The Mayor spent most of the after
noon IN attendance upon the specia
meeting of the new Board Of Estimat
to cons der relief fer the coal situate
and other matters. The board was i
executive session in the Mayors ofic
until after p. m. President Alfred
Smith Of the Board of Aldermen acte
as spokesman for the board in ar
nouncing the result of it's delibcra
tons.
Strangely coincident with Mayor Hy
lans ruling that all the city ofticia
should observe the SO to 81 workda
ume, the nrst rhlnE taken up by IN
Board Of Estimate was the restoratio
Of the tower and clock in the City Hal
President Smith declared that all ere
tape" was going to be cut in the matte
and the tower speedily rebuilt and tt
municipal timepiece put in place: Bo
ough President Bowling of Manhatta
reported that. while the contract ha
been let by his predecessor, no tim
would be lost in having the work don
The Mayor appointed a committt
consisting of Borough Presidents Dow
ing, Connolly of Quecns and Van Nam
OF Richmond to suggest the asslg1
ments to the boards committees at !
hrst regular meeting tomorrow III
question of rules was laid over unit
mat meeting. The Mayor instructed a
tne members to hold themselves avail
able for immediate conference shou
anything arise in the coal situation
Aecessltate quick action.
1t was recalled yesterday that e:
%c'iy ten years ago to the day M
hyian walked into the Mayors otfit
ana was sworn in as a city magistra'
oy Mayor Mcclellan.
Burr Appoints Carswell
corporation Counsel William
burr announced Yesterday that he his