The sun., 1919-11-02
SAYS BUDGET BUILDS
UP HYLAN'S FENCES
Counsel for Citizens Union
Calls It Black Page in An
nails Of the City.
PAY BOOSTS ANALYZED
Statement Declares Padding In
Estimates is Cut Accord
ing to Programme.

Leonard NJ Wal1stein, counsel for the
city government committee of the
Citizens Union, issued that organiza-
tons opinion of the city budget yester-
6ay. In this statement he characterized
the budget as lone of the particularly
black pages which the Hylan admins
tration Is writing in the annals OF this
city" and then analysed the various
items to show that increases in pay
had been utilized to strengthen and ex-
tend the Administrations political fences.
'The padding which was put into the
tentative budget for the purpose of re-
moving 1t without injury to the provi-
sions for new patronage Jobs and big
=, increases In the salaries of existing
patronage Jobs has been duly removed
as per schedule" says Mr.. Wal!stein.
The statement continues;
"Out came the uuwarranted provision
Of over s2SOO0,O00 for new school
buildings and sites, for the redemption
| Of S2,500,000 of tax notes, which had
| never been issued, and for other mis-
I cellaneous items totaling more than
=
ment rush for show Of economy that
the appropriation for garbage disposal
was reduced by 100000 to $4,000, 900,
| in spite of the fact that during only
| ten months of the current year nearly
! 81 900 OOO already has been spent for
| that purpose under the stupidity extrava-
| giant method of this administration for
| handling the problem of final disposi-
ton of garbage Special revenue bonds
will unquestionably have to be issued
curing 1920 to supplement the new
budgets clearly inadequate provision.
-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
salary increases for political retainers
as follows:
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT
| Commissioner of Public Works. cx-
| oner william j. Flyln increase OF. 81, 700
! Borough secretary, August w. Glatz-
mayer increase I..,.;,.,......,.....:... 10,
rfS SaSss.s o secretary Thomas j. Do'en 500
superintendent of buildings, Patrick
| J. Reviile OF the Haffen regime, in -
| crease of......... sN
BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT.
Commissioner Of Public Works Joseph
A. Guider. McCooey district leader, 80.
Consulting Engineer, PHILIP Farley, in, -
Assistant Commissioner Of Public
WOrl's, Joseph Fennelly MccoOey %,
district leader, increase of............., 5O
Superintendent OF Public Buildings and
Offices, James J. Byrne, Increase of. 5ot
Superintendent Of Buildings. Albert u.
| kIeInert, Increase OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LOO
QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Commissioner of Public Works, Francis
\. sullivan, increase of................. 5000
Making his salary sl0O more than
| that OF the Borough President
Assistant Public Works Commissioner.
w Augustus Shipley. increase Of. 100
Borough secretary. Joseph Flanagan,
Presidents secretary, Hugh hall, so
Secretary to Commissioner of Public
Works John H Gerald, increase Of. 46
SUPERINTENDENT Of Highways,-........... 100
| Superintendpnt Of Sewers John II.
Higsins increase of.................... LOO
Superintendent Of Street Cleaning,
Daniel Ehntholt, increase of..........,. 100
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
! Offices, Joseph Sullivan, increase Of. J0
RICHMOND BOROUGH PRESIDENT.
Superintendent of Sewers. Charles p.
SUPERINTENDENT Of Public buildings and
| Offices, John Tmhn, Increase Of. so
Buildings Superintendent, William J.
MrDermott. increase uf.................. 30
| Street Cleaning Superintendent John
r. Mmnanan. increase of.............. 90
Ihese substantial increases in tn,
salaries of the political friends OF tn,
Borough Presidents are doubtless tn,
price which the city pays to see tn,
Borough Presidents man the Mayor
steam roller as it ran over the Comp
troller's tardy but lonesome vote foi
consideration OF the BUDGET in public
But the Mayor has saved many of tn,
new patronage provisions for the de
partments under him.
commissioner of Plant and Shruc
lures Grover Whalen is to have new