New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Tammany-Controlled Board
of Aldermen to Pass the
Measure This Month De.
spite Republican Fight
Increases for Job Holders
s'Scandal of 1920 Will Long
Be Remembered as Dark
Page Says Wallstein

The Board Of Aldermen, controlled
by Tammany Hall. will jam through
the record budget of more than $273,-
600 900 some time this month. The
budget, which is an increase Of more
than SIS, 100000 over the first Hyan
administration budget, which in turn
the last budget of the Mitchell oBard of
Estimate, will be placed Officially in
the hands Of the Aldermen before mid
night November 5. The board will have
until November 25 to act upon it.
While the Republican Aldermen plan
to fight on tc increases for personal
and political friends of Mayor Hylan
and his Board of Estimate, who now
draw comfortable salaries from the
city treasury, their efforts, like last
years, admittedly will end in defeat.
Considerable criticism of the budget
vas made yesterday. Leonard NJ.
Wallstein, counsel to the City Gov
eminent Committee of the Citizens
New Salary Increases
"Thc removable and the removed pad
ding in the budget" said Mr.. Wallsten,
served its purpose, for the major por-
ton of new patronage jobs and new
salary increases for political place
holders is retained. True. the Mayor
has been moved to eliminate the new
sneclal examiner for his own Office
and three other members of the esti-
mate board have done the same, but
four Of the Borough Presidents retain
the new provision for as many special
examiners in their Offices, and in add-
ton the Borough Presidents keep other
q
as follows:
Bronx Borough President
Commissioner Of Public Works, cx-
Coroner William j. Flynn. 700
Borough secretary. August w. Glatz-
mayer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 700
Pres idents secretary. Thomas j Dolan 500
Superintendent of Buildings. Patrick
j. Rcville. of the Hafen regime 500
Brooklyn Borough President
Commissioner of Public Works, Joseph
A. Gudcr. McCooey district leader. 81 200
Consulting engineer, Philip Farlcy.... 200
Assistant Commissioner of Public
Works, Joseph Fennelly. McCooey
district leader Observation-Disclosures. 500
Superintendent Of Public Buildings and
offices James J. Byrne. ......... 800
Superintendent OF Buildings, Albert
f. klenert OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 900
Queens Borough President
Commissioner of Pubic Works. Fran
els X Sullivan. increase of ....... 81 600
Making his salary $1,000 more than
hat of the Borough Pres dent.)
Assistant Public Works Comm ;ssioner.
w Augustus Shiploy 1000
Borough Secretary, Joseph Flanagan. 800
Presidents secretary, Hugh Hall 49,. 800
Secretary to Commissioner Of Public
Works. John II. Gerald. ......... ago
Superintendent OF Il 9hways. ........ 1000
Super ntendent of Sewers. John r.
Daniel Ehntnolt ................ 900
Super NJ endent of Public Blu ldines
and Offices, Joseph Sullivan 800
Richmond Borough President
Superintendent of Sewers. Charles p
Cole .:.,............... $500
Superintendent # Public Buildings
and Offices. John Timlin ....... 900
BuId;nes Super ntcndent, William J.
Street Clenning Superintendent, John
T.. Minnahan ......... ........... 800
"These substantial increases in the
salaries of the political friends of the
bore OUCH presidents" continued Mr..
Wallstein. are doubtless the price
which the city pays to see the Dor
ough presidents man the Mayors
steamroller as it ran over the Comp
troller's tardy but lonesome vote for
consideration of the budget in public.
But the Mayor has saved many Of the
new patronage provisions for the de-
partments under him.
Others Who Are Favored
"True, the salary of Peter Brady.
Supervisor of The City Record and
one Of the Mayors mentors, is to be
increased only 81 600 instead of 81 800,
but then he is to be provided with a
new assistant editor The City Rec
ord, at $3.50. Moreover, Commits
sioner of Plant and Structures Grover
"halen is to have a new deputy com