New-York tribune., 1922-09-13
Hy1an Moves
To Reg,llatePay
OF Market Aids
Three Grades Proposed
Bosses Would Gel S2,5OO
a Year, Assistants 81 800
and w orkers 81. ZOO
BY NJ. Jay Racusin

II was apparent yesterday that
Mayor Hylan has ait last awakened to
the "lawlesgness," as Justice Cropsey
described IL, Of the present system of
street market supervision and is has
tening to bring the conduct of the Mar
kets Department within the statutes. In
accordance with request of the May
or, now in the Catskills, Acting Mayer
Murray Hubert issued call for spe-
ciaI session of the Board of Aldermen
for p. M tomorrow to establish posi-
tions and grades of supervisors.
Under the decision of Justice Crop
sey the retention OF the 81 weekly fees
FROM the peddlers for the salaries of the
supervisors and their supernumeraries
was declared Illegal 1t apparently is
the purpose of the Mayor to establish
the much criticized system On a legal
basis. IL is expected that the creation
of the Jobs by the Board Of Aldermen
will shortly thereafter be followed by
an appropriation by the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportionment to take care
of these positions. Commissioner OF Ac-
counts Hirshfield asserted that the
amount necessary probably will reach
S500,000 year.
Great Waste Is Charged
Solomon Suffrin, counsel for the
Manhattan pushcart men, and Charles
II. Levy, attorney for the Brooklyn
peddiers, insist that the markets at the
p,asta end exsravapance. and that if
economically managed could be run for
half the money. Last year more than
S6ff, 600 was said to have been taken
ont of the pockets of the vendors. 1t
rs the opinion of the peddlers that the
markets could be run for less than halt
this sum. They point out that fee OF
$40 year is sufficient and VIII demand
shat this sum be hxea as tne ahhua'
rental. -,
ACCORDING 10 the Pfogfah " WIZ
board OF aldermen, as learned from
one OF It's members, II Is proposeu ~
create .he JOBS oI niSy-slA supsttasot -.
2s saiary o. s1,ooo Snn YEA, ny, ,,;nat,, 81,
assassaalss .ah,. COG 9oo .,os1, and fonr cbi 81
Supervisors at $4,000 year. Consider
ing the duties OF these men or the
lack OF their duties, as one oI tne.E
counsel put IL, the pushcaTg Yshaers
CONSIDER these raIes TOO high ana Dut-
densome ana VIII lhsist that they oe
cur down.
III was geheraiiy reiharheu MARI. @ .ila' unuel l''t.l
tne law the Mayor shouln nave 'ahen
steps 1or thc creatlon OIL these Joos
snortiy atter tne LEGISLATURE passed a
law some time ago proVldlng Tor the
appointment OF supervisors unoer clVli
service regulatlons: When the present
system OIL hano-pleklng taVorl'es Tor
these positions was attacked the Mayor
defended 1T with the reply that the &C
cusers were food profiteers." Justice
Cropsey, however, said that the Claw
lessness displayed in this matter has
not been exceeded since the days of
Tweed"
Here is the reason the Mayor did not
act before in tho matter az GIVEN ont
bv Murray Hubert: "gudpet condi-
fiona last wear and relation of tha tax
limit thereto made imnoss;ble action
CONFORMING in whole or in mart to the
request az Commiss;oncr If Markats :
o,MalIev = wear ago The obstacIe h h - 20 .
now d;ssnnearaa ,, -'e''
rs.l.s,
'N'.""' Ao'ion eonsioerea
III understood