New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-10
Miller to Name
|City's Transit
Body This Week
Governor Also Expected to
Appoint Members of State
Wide Public Service Com
mission in Few Days
A W aiting Acceptances
Rumered That None but
Republicans Will Be Sc
lected for Eight Places
From a STAFF corr.e.nona..t

ALBANY, April 9.-Governor Miller
VIII appoint within three DAYS the
members of the Transit Commission,
with complete power to deal with the
New York City traction problem. He
also will send to the Legislature the
names OF the men who are to comprise
the statewide Public Service Commits
sion, which will have full control over
all the public utilities OF the state.
with the exception of the New York
City car lines.
VINO these eight appointees will be
Governor Miller himself does not know
tonight, as he has not received &C
certances from all whom he mas in
V'teo to act as commissioners, either
IN New York City or on the state
wide commission.
However. it can be said on the word
OF connoant of the Governor that
not single member of the present up
state commission will be appointed
and no man who has served on any of
the Public Service commissions will
be appointed to the Transit Com
mission.
Tremendous political pressure has
been brought to bear on the Governor
to appoint at least one of the Repub-
lican members of the upstate commits
sion to the statewide commission. But
while the calibcr of the man in uues-
ton is high, it does not measure up to
the standard set by the Governor for
those who shall sit on this BODY and
OF all the utilities of the state except
ing the New York traction cor
porations. -
Salaries of s15,d Each
The Transit Commissioners are to be
New York City men. Their terms will
be for five years and, like that of the
five members of the new Public Service
Commission, their salaries will be
$4,000.
The terms of the Public Service Com
missioners are fifteen years. They are
not removable by the Governor, as are
the Transit commissioners, but only by
a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.
Governor Miller has declared that
two of the members Of the Public Serv-
ice Commission would come from New
YORK City. The other three, 1t is said
may come from Rochester, Buffalo and
Westchestcr.
1t is said that the Governor, real
izing that the Republican party will be
held accountable by the people for the
acts of the two commissions, is con-
sidering app ointing none but Repub-
licans. If any Democrats are appointed
they will be men who have approved
the Governors public utility program
for he wants, above all, men who sym
pathize with the task before them, and
will approach it with me intention OF
making good.
Smith Named Only Democrats
While it had been the custom to have
the commissions as nearly bipartisan
as possible, Alfred E. Smith, when Gov.
ernor, set a precedent when he appoint
ed none but Democrats to manage the
New York City transit situation. The
present upstate commission is com
posed of two Republicans and three
Democrats. The Democrats are Frank
Irvine, of Ithaca; Joseph A. kellogg, OF
Glens Falls, and George R. Van Nance
Of Watertown. The Republicans are
Charles B. Hill, of Buffalo, and John A
Barhite, Of Rochester