The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-22
HYLANIZED PAYROLL
LOYAL TO TAMMANY
Continued from First Po9s.
en-. John ]. pietz and II. Warren Hub.

pointees. is Commissioner of the Depart
ment OF Water Supply. Gas and Elec-
trlc!ty. carrying a salary of $500 a
year. and one Of the largest payrolls in
the city budget The place is a most m
portant one from the Tammany Hall
standpoint, as large numbers of laborers
are employed and there Is ample oppor-
tunity for handing out jobs in this de-
partment TO the underlings OF the Hall.
commissioner Hayes Immediately APP
pointed John ]. Deitz, his deputy leader.
as Deputy Commissioner in the depart
ment at $4,000, now s6,50O year. and
made William +. Donohue. from Charles
+. Murphy's own district. secretary to
the department at $4,000 a year Dono-
hue lives at 22S East Seventeenth street.
Murphy lives at 305 East Seventeenth
street, and the Anawanda Club. where
Murphy presides. is around the corner.
Incidentally. the other deputy leader.
II. Warren Hubbard, from Hayes's dis
trict, was taken care of with a $4,000
job as Deputy Commissioner of Street
Cleaning another very important de-
partment to "the Hail. on account of its
enormous demand for laborers, drivers.
&c. But Hubbard. who is in the real
estate business in the Marbridge Build
ing had falling out with Mayor Hylan
over some question OF the hiring of
trucks and motor vehicles during the
191S-19 snowstorms. The Mayor caused
an investigation to be made and as the
result OF this demanded Hubbard's resig-
nation. which was Immediately forth
coming But the power OF Fourteenth
Street was to be manifested later, when
Hylan was persuaded that he had been
wrong in the Hubbard matter, and on
October 2, 1920. ii was found convenient
to make him Deputy Commissioner of
Markets at $4,000 a year. which job he
still holds, so that both the deputy lead
ers in the Eighteenth district are taken
care of.
Former Senator Abraham Kapian, who
was Charles f. Murphys Senator in
1919. did not run for reelection that
year, but was drafted by Murphy to
make fight against James ]. Hines
for the leadership of the Eleventh dis
trict, as Hines had got into Murphy's
bad graces through helping induce him
to go into the famous glucose" con-
tracts with Louis N. Hartog. Hines is
now out in open rebellion against Muir
ply.
Kaplan's effort to defeat Hines was a
failure and in fact served only TO
strengthen the redoubtable Jimmy"
But Kaplan had to be taken care of and
so Mayor Hylan was called upon again.
On April % Kaplan was made President
of the Municipal Civil Service Commits
sion at $4,000 a year, a job previously
held by Morris Cukor. an intimate friend
Of Mayor Hylan. The Civil Service
Commission is again a most important
department for Tammany Hall, since 1t
controls and regulates every promotion.
every appointment to the civil service
list and every examination for jobs.
Mayor Hylan is himself interested In
knowing how the Civil Service Commits
sion operates. and so he appointed. at
the outset of his term, his close ncighbor
and friend, William brennan, to enc of
the Commissionershps. at $4,000 year.
brennan lives at 500 Bushwick avenue.
Brooklyn. the Mayor at $50, several
doors away.
While Commissioner Hayes was dis
pensing jobs in the Water Department
he bethought himself also of Battery
Dan" Finn and made him, as co-leader
of the First Assembly district. Water
Register. which pays Finn $500 year.
As long as Daniel r. Finn nom
inally shares with Thomas f. Foley the
leadership of the First district, the old
Second having been swallowed up in the
new First. Mayor Hylan took care that
Foley's protege, John f. Gilchrist, who
lives near "AT' Smith at II Oliver street.
should be provided for. Gilchrisc used
to be president of the Downtown Tam
many Club. Mayor Hylan made him
Commissioner of Licenses at $500
year. Gichrist in turn took care OF
James +. Geraghty. leader of the First
district in The Bronx, who was made
Deputy Commissioner at $1,000 year.
All Approved by Hylan.
Hayes also took care of another Bronx
leader, Albert III. Liebenau. who rules
over the Tackamuk Club on East 18th
street Liebenau was made Deputy Com
missioner OF the Water Department In
The Bronx. at $1,000 year.
II must be remembered that all theee
appointments by Commissioners whom
he appoints must be approved by Mayor
Hylan himself The names OF the pro-
posed appointees are submitted 10 the
Mayor, and the appointment must await
his o. X Grover Whalen, whom Hylan
made Commissioner of Plant and Struc-
lures, at $500 a year, promoting him
from the Mayors secretaryship 10 make
a place for John p. Sinnott. with the
approval OF the Mayor appointed John
Mara, Tammany leader Of the twenty
third district, Manhattan. as Deputy
Commissioner in the department, now
paying $500 year
Commissioner Hayes was not neglect
full Of Brooklyn. either. in his Water
Department appointments. McCooey
wanted place for John J. Browne,
leader Of the Firs. district In Kings, so
Hayes made him superintendent OF
Sewers. at $500 year, and Mayor
Hylan approved.
Murray Hubert, who declined to run
FOR Mayor when Hylan's name had
been selected though the business
Mems League wanted 10 get behind
Hubert. accepted the position of Dock
Commissioner, Murphy's old job years
ago. and resigned as Tammany repre-
sentative in Congress to take II. Inc
position pays $500. like nearly all Com
misaIonerships. Charles +. MURPHY
knows more about and thinks more or
the importance of the Dock Department
than any other. So Il was not surpris-
ing when Hubert named and Hylan ap-
proved the appointment of Michael Cos
grove. Tammany leader of the Sixteenth.
TO be First Deputy Commissioner In the
Edepartment. getting $500 a year, the
same as Hubert himself Henry A.
Meyer of Brooklyn, close friend of Nc
Cooey's, was made Second Deputy. and
he also gets $500. There were for
merry three full Commissioners at the
same salary.
Frank Mann. appointed Tenement
House Commissioner, named George
Lindsay. McCooey leader for the Thlr-
teenth district, Brooklyn, as one OF his
deputies at $4,000 a year as recently as