Report on tfje iKerjutSttton OF THE Public Service Commission for the First District UPON THE Board of Estimate and Apportionment FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $987,500 FOR THE YEAR 1909 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS MARCH 30, 1909 sre.i /V^n a. MARTIN B. BROWN * PRESS New York City, March 30, 1909. Hon. Herman A. Metz, Comptroller : Sir — At a meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, held December 11, 1908, a communication was presented from the Chairman and Secretary of the Public Service Commission for the First District, requesting an appropriation of $987,500, pursuant to the provisions of section 10, chapter 4, Laws of 1891, as amended by section 14, chapter 429, Laws of 1907, for the expenses and the compensation of employees of said Commission 'for the year ending December 31, 1909, which was referred to you for consideration and report, and by you to the Bureau of Municipal Investigation and Statistics. I beg to report as follows : The Rapid Tansit Act became a law January 31, 1891. At the end of June 30, 1907. sixteen years and six months later, the City possessed one completed subway at a con- struction cost of $46,774,795.13, and a partially completed subway to Brooklyn, at a construction cost of $2,690,255.22, the total amount expended on construction being $49,464,050.35. The administrative cost of doing $49,464,050.35 worth of work was $4,520,753.55, chiefly expended for salaries. The percentage of administrative cost, exclusive of construction, was 9.13. These figures represent the total of the activities of the Rapid Transit Commission, which was abolished July 1, 1907. The Rapid Transit Commission was succeeded on July 1, 1907, by the Public Service Commission. For lack of money the construction work of the Public Service Commission has been confined to completing the Manhattan-Brooklyn tunnels and the Brooklyn loop lines, both of which works were inaugurated by the late Rapid Transit Commission. In the last six months of 1907 the Public Service Commission expended for admin- istration, $435,473.48. For the year 1908, the Commission made requisition upon the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for $1,095,000, and requisition has been made -upon the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for 1909 for $987,500. If the requisition for 1909 for $987,500 is granted the Public Service Commission will have expended during the two years and a half of its existence ending December 31. 1909, a total of $2,517,973.48, a sum equal to more than half of that expended during sixteen years and a half by the old Rapid Transit Commission. The Rapid Transit Commission expended during the first sixteen even years of its existence an average of $344,119.97 annually. 4 The Public Service Commission, as now constituted, performs its functions through the following official divisions : 1. Five Commissioners, Secretary and Counsel. 2. Office Staff. 3. Bureau of Statistics and Accounts. 4. Bureau of Franchises. 5. Chief Engineer’s Staff. 6. Bureau of Subway Construction (main). 7. Bureaus of Subway Construction. (a) First Division. (b) Second Division. (c) Third Division. (d) Fourth Division. (e) Fifth Division. (f) Sewer Division. (g) Arbitration Bureau. 8. Department of Inspection of Material 9. Law Department. 10. Bureau of Gas and Electricity. 11. Transportation Bureau. 12. Department of Appraisal. The sole function of the Rapid Transit Commission was to devise new means of rapid transit. In addition to devising new means of transit, jurisdiction and super- vision was granted to the Public Service Commission over : All railroads operating exclusively in Greater New York. All street railways operating within or partly within and partly without Greater New York. All persons or corporations manufacturing or selling gas and electricity. The Rapid Transit Commission did not begin the supervision of actual con- struction until March 24, 1900, when the Manhattan-Bronx subway was started. The annual disbursements, for administration, exclusive of any expenditure for construction, for the years from 1900 to 1906, inclusive, were : 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 $242,279 75 428,659 23 537,513 05 590,716 24 616,348 35 611.458 50 751,696 41 $3,778,671 53 Total 5 The average Annual expenditure of the Rapid Transit Commission during the seven years of actual construction was $539,810.21. The expenditures for 1907 are divided about equally between the Rapid Transit Commission in the first six months of 1907 and the Public Service Commission in the last six months of 1907. The Public Service Commission was not fully organized for business until Janu- ary 1. 1908: therefore its appropriation, for 1908, $1,000,000, and its requisition for 1909, $987,500, form the only correct basis upon which to estimate its present average annual expenditures. The average of these two sums is $993,750. This is the true annual average upon which the Public Service Commission is at present operating, based on the assumption that its 1909 disbursements will be equal to its 1909 requisition. The following is a summary of employees added by the Public Service Commis- sion to its payrolls since July 1, 1907, when the Commission began its formal existence (a table is presented indicating by person, date and salary such additions to the pay- rolls, exclusive of Commissioners, Counsel and Secretary, whose salaries are paid by the State) : Office Staff $69,600 00 Bureau of Statistics and Accounts 22,020 00 Bureau of Franchises 11,100 00 Bureau of Subway Construction 100,031 00 Bureau of Subway Construction (First Division) 17,904 00 Law Department 40,140 00 Bureau of Gas and Electricity 35,031 00 Transportation Bureau 82,240 00 Department of Appraisal 82,867 00 Total $458,933 00 The average annual expenditure of the old Rapid Transit Commission was, as has -been stated, $539,810.21. This amount can be fairly taken as representing the expend- itures of the Public Service Commission for the identical character of work done by it, or, rather, continued by it. If this is a correct assumption, the difference between $539,810.21, the average annual expenditures during actual construction of the Rapid Transit Commission, and $987,500, the proposed expenditures ' for 1909 of the Public Service Commission, should approximate a sum representing the new things being done or proposed to be done by the Public Service Commission. That difference is $447,689.79. The amount of the new payroll of the Public Service Commission, caused by the addition of new employees since July 1, 1907, is $458>933, only slightly in excess of the difference just cited, certainly close enough to confirm the assumption. 6 In order to get a basis of comparison your Examiner set up a graphic chart, indicating the functions of the old Board, which were continued in the new, together with the amounts respectively devoted to those functions, while blank spaces were left indicating excesses to be explained. This chart is attached to this report, and marked Exhibit A. The chart showed that as against $45,927.28. the average annual expenditure by the Rapid Transit Board, from 1900 to 1906, inclusive, in the executive department, the Public Service Commission expended in 1908, $285,148.45, the excess of which is made up of $91,000 paid to the Commissioners, their Secretary and Counsel, and $148,221.17, made up of general executive and administrative expenses. The expenditures 'further cited here are the expenditures for 1908 of the Public Service Commission set up against the average annual expenditures of the Rapid Transit Board from 1900 to 1906, inclusive, being the years of actual subway construc- tion work. For the legal department the Rapid Transit Board expended $46,120.83, as against $67,323.63 for the Public Service Commission. For engineering and subway construction work the Rapid Transit Commission expended $445,619.24, as against $493,279.44 for the Public Service Commission. In addition thereto and for entirely new purposes the Public Service Commis- sion expended in 1908, for the Bureau of Franchises, $9,906.05; for the Bureau of Statistics, $26,299.35 ; for the Bureau of Gas and Electricity, $29,732.87 ; for the Bureau of Transportation, $103,752.50; for the Department of Appraisal, $40,792.57 ; for miscellaneous bills of the old Board, $2,435.20. This chart was used as a basis of discussion between your Examiner and the Secretary of the Public Service Commission, who, in his turn, furnished a chart which set up as a fairer basis of comparison the expenditures of the old Board for 1906, the last complete year, which chart is attached hereto, and marked Exhibit B, showing that the expenditures of the Rapid Transit Commission for all purposes in 1906 were $751,696.31, as against $982,844.76 for the Public Service Commission for 1908. That the average annual expenditures of the old Rapid Transit Commission from 1900 to 1906, inclusive, is a fairer basis of comparison, is proved, when the’ annual payroll of the new employees of the Public Service Commission since July 1, 1907, is added to the expenditures of the year 1906 of the Rapid Transit Commission, respectively $458,933 and $751,696.31, the sum being $1,210,629.31, an amount $227,784.55 in excess of the actual expenditures of the Public Service Commission for 1908. An examination of both the charts submitted indicates that a large part of the excess of the expenditures of the Public Service Commission is to be found in the Administrative or Executive Department, where, exclusive of the salaries of $91,000 for Commissioners, their Secretary and Counsel, which amount is paid by the State, an excess of $148,221.17 is found expended apparently for purposes of the same gen- eral character as of the old Board. 7 It is fair to record, however, that the five Commissioners constitute a sort of court or courts, and that each has an office staff, and that much additional office expense is occasioned by numerous public hearings of complaints, suggestions and plans regarding public utilities. It is a difficult matter to determine whether the excessive expenditures of the Public Service Commission are justified or not, for the employees are not paid rela- tively high wages, and all those on the payroll appear to be putting in full time at their tasks. At this time, when several plans of construction are pending, and when the question as to whether City funds will be available for work is unsettled, it would probably be futile to make a further analysis in the hope of recommending an actual cutting of expenditures, which from the general survey would seem advisable. The time for such an analysis would seem to be later in the year, when perhaps the questions now concerning the debt limit will have been settled, and in which event an annual expenditure at least equal to that of 1908 may be required, provided the work of actual construction is started again. At the same time, it appears from the inquiry thus far made that the requisition of $987,500 is a large, if not excessive one, based upon the present status of subway construction. It is therefore recommended that the Board of Estimate authorize an appropria- tion of $500,000, in addition to the $300,000 previously authorized for 1909. Before this appropriation is exhausted, the time will be reached when a more accurate cal- culation of the needs of the Public Service Commission can be made. In addition to Exhibits A and B, there are presented : EXHIBIT C — A table of the disbursements of the Public Service Commission for 1908. EXHIBIT D — A table showing the yearly expenditures of the Rapid Transit Com- mission and the Public Service Commission from 1894 to 1907, both inclusive. EXHIBIT E — A list of all employees added to the payroll of the Public Service Commission since its beginning, July 1, 1907. Respectfully, CHARLES S. HERVEY, Supervising Statistician and Examiner. Approved : Herman A. Metz, Comptroller. 8 EXHIBIT E. Employees Added to the Payroll of the Rapid Transit Commission by the Public Service Commission Since July 1, 1907. Name. Position. Date. Salary. William R. Willcox July 1, 1907 $15,000 00 William McCarroll July 1, 1907 15,000 00 Edward M. Bassett July 1, 1907 15,000 00 Milo R. Maltbie July 1, 1907 15,000 00 July 1, 1907 15,000 00 Travis H. Whitney July 1, 1907 6,000 00 George S. Coleman July 1, 1907 10,000 00 $91,000 00 Office Staff. William J. Norton July 18, 1907 $3,600 00 James B. Walker . Second Assistant Secretary. . . Jan. 4, 1908 3,300 00 Erastus N. Root Clerk Jan. 6, 1908 900 00 Robert H. Whitten Librarian, Statistician Sept. 16, 1907 3,000 00 Mary F. Lindholm Library Assistant J an. 6, 1908 900 00 Mary E. McEntee* Tunior Clerk July 27, 1908 480 00 Samuel D. Weissbuch Junior Clerk Oct. 18. 1907 540 00 Rose Webber* . Stenographer July 22, 1907 1,080 00 Lillian F« Conway. . . Stenographer Sept. 4, 1907 1,080 00 Mary McArthur D'ec. 2 1907 1,080 00 Theresa IVtcKay Stenographer J an. 22, 1908 900 00 Lydia M. Brewster Stenographer Jan. 21, 1908 900 00 Dorothy M. Quilty Stenographer Jan. 27, 1908 900 00 Susan Adler Stenographer Feb. 1, 1908 900 00 Gertrude S. Mayo Stenographer Feb. ' 1, 1908 900 00 Louise E Reid Stenographer April 1, 1908 900 00 Rose Reich Stenographer Mar. 3 1 , 1908 600 00 Cecelia W. Teale Stenographer April 8, 1908 600 00 Arthur McKinney Third Assistant Secretary.... Oct. 1, 1907 1,500 00 Katherine Dunker Stenographer July 22 1907 1,080 00 Anna B. Byrne* Filing Clerk Mar. 3, 1908 900 00 Zella Sitterly Filing Clerk Mar. 1, 1908 900 00 Alice L. Rose Filing Clerk Feb. 10, 1908 900 00 Gertrude S. Lavin Aug. 17, 1907 960 00 Eva A Reinke Stenographer Aug. 3> 1908 960 00 Burnap .... Stenographer Oct. 19, 1908 960 00 Teresita Grant • « , . . Stenographer Dec. 11, 1908 600 00 Horace H. Gallo July 20, 1908 480 00 William Whittlesey . . Office Boy Oct. 15, 1908 360 00 Mary Fay Lindholm Library Assistant Mar. 6, 1908 900 00 Mary C. McEllen July 21, 1908 480 00 Milton D. Robinson Porter Nov. 18, 1908 600 00 Carrie E. Davis Feb. 10, 1908 900 00 Mary E. Crisby Dec. 15, 1908 600 00 Tavnp TT Till^on Dec. 12, 1908 600 00 Jacob Goertz Junior Assistant Counsel.... Dec. 23, 1908 1,200 00 Helen E. Clark Filing Clerk June 1, 1908 900 00 Ethel W. Youngblood Mayv 1. 1908 900 00 Dropped. 9 Name. Position. Date. Salary. J onas Muller James E. Torrans... Ellwood M. Rabinold Wm. D. Milligan.... Hubert G. Savage... Katherine B. Mullins Mary L. K. Murphy. Jacob Rubinstein* ... Wm. E. Armstrong. . Wm. F. Pay Wm. E. Moore Joseph Baradel John N. Doberstein . Francis P. Crowley.. Robert S. Wright. Minnie I. Bull Emanuel Cohen Charles W. Farnum. . Frederick L. Perine... Alfred C. Duncan Clias. V. Halley, Jr. . . Fay N. Seaton Emily L. Vetter Julia A. McAuliffe.. Marie H. Stauche. . . Elizabeth Hess E. Maud Holt .... Wm. Wagener* Robert T. Donahue.. William Neff Junior Clerk Stenographer •Law Clerk Junior Clerk Clerk Telephone Operator Telephone Operator Office Boy. . Junior Clerk Junior Clerk junior Clerk Office Boy Office Boy Office Boy Stenographer Clerk Office Boy Private Secretary Private Secretary Private Secretary Private Secretary Private Secretary Stenographer Stenographer Stenographer Stenographer Stenographer Office Boy Traffic Inspector Junior Assistant Counsel.... Bureau Adna F. Weber Louis Lubin* Elwood T. Baker Isaac A. Hourwich George P. Watkins Joseph C. Frechoff Edward F. Hayes Harry A. Richards Louis E. Stander Alice R. Betts Samuel Rosenzweig of Statistics and Accounts. Chief Statistician Assistant Statistician Accountant Statistician Statistician Statistician Junior Statistician Junior Statistician Accountant Stenographer Junior Clerk Aug. 17, 1907 540 00 Nov. 11, 1907 1,500 00 Nov. 25, 1907 1,080 00 Sept. 2, 1907 540 00 Sept. 30, 1907 1,200 00 Aug. 21, 1907 720 00 Jan. 6, 1908 600 00 Oct. 14, 1907 360 00 Mar. 1 , 1908 480 00 Mar. 1 , 1908 480 00 Mar. 1 , 1908 480 00 Feb. 3, 1908 360 00 Feb. 3, 1908 360 00 Mar. 3, 1908 360 00 Nov. 1 , 1907 1,500 00 Dec. 9, 1907 1,080 00 Sept. 5, 1907 360 00 Sept. 19, 1907 2 500 00 Aug. 5, 1907 2,000 00 Aug. 11, 1907 1,800 00 Nov. 15, 1907 1,800 00 July 1 , 1908 1,800 00 Oct. 14, 1907 1,080 00 Sept. 30, 1907 1,080 00 Jan. 13, 1908 1,080 00 Oct. 1 , 1907 1,080 00 Sept. 30, 1907 1,080 00 Sept. 2, 1907 360 00 April 8, 1908 1,500 00 Dec. 28, 1907 1,200 00 $69,600 00 Nov. 15, 1907 $4,800 00 Sept. 14, 1908 3,000 00 Feb. 17, 1908 2,400 00 Feb. 1 , 1908 2,100 00 April 24, 1908 1,800 00 Sept. 7, 1908 1,800 00 Feb. 7, 1908 1,200 00 Dec. 16, 1908 1,200 00 Sept. 16, 1908 2,100 00 Sept. 30, 1907 1,080 00 Oct. 14, 1907 540 00 $22,020 00 Delos F. Wilcox. . . . Richard C. Harrison Louis Roth Fred B. Goodwin... Sarah M. Andrews . Bureau of Franchises. Chief of Bureau Junior Assistant Counsel Junior Statistician Transit Inspector.... Filing Clerk Dec. 6, 1907 $3,600 00 April 20, 1908 1,800 00 Dec. 21, 1908 1,500 00 Dec. 5, 1908 1,200 OO Dec. 26, 1908 900 00 Dropped. IO Name. Position. Date. Salary. Berge B. Fur re* June 15, 1908 1,200 00 Francis G. Russell Nov. 1, 1908 900 00 $11,100 00 Bureau of Subway Construction. Louis D. Fouquet Jan. 1, 1908 $3,000 00 Clarence J. Peckham Dec. 14, 1908 1,500 00 Thos. R. Tetley, Jr Dec. 18, 1908 1,800 00 Rebecca Langerman Feb. 7, 1908 900 00 James C. Rose Feb. 11, 1908 480 00 Henry C. Duncan June 8, 1908 1,565 00 Charles N. Kent May 14, 1908 1,650 00 William H. Dole June 1, 1908 1,800 00 William IT. Halley June 1, 1908 1,296 00 C. N. Reinhardt* May 11, 1908 1,200 00 Bernard McGuire* May 9, 1908 960 00 Anril 8. 1908 1,800 00 Henry Auerbach April 27, 1908 1,800 00 George F. Mueden April 13, 1908 1,500 00 T. P. B. Hyndman April 7, 1908 1,650 00 Albert C. Snead .... Structural Draughtsman April 15, 1908 1,800 00 Rudolph Welcker April 20, 1908 1,650 00 John F. Sullivan April 20, 1908 1,800 00 Bjorgulf Haukelid April 21, 1908 1,650 00 Ralph A. Pike April 27, 1908 1,800 00 Erling Hytsmark April 27, 1908 1,650 00 Leroy R. Schellenberger . . . . April 27, 1908 1,650 00 Richard C. Franisen April 28, 1908 1,650 00 Albert B. Hager May 1, 1908 1,650 00 Maurice E. Griest May 1, 1908 1,650 00 Leon B. Wolf* May 1, 1908 1,500 00 Olaf A. Nilsson May 5, 1908 1,650 00 John C. Wolfe May 11, 1908 1,650 00 Andrew J. Underwood April 27, 1908 1,650 00 J. Malcolm ‘Angus* May 18, 1908 1,500 00 William E. Jackson May 25, 1908 1,800 00 Nixon Lee* May 25, 1908 1,200 00 Geo. W. Andrews* April 6, 1908 1,200 00 Eugene Silber April 8, 1908 1,500 00 Martin Korn April 27, 1908 1,200 00 Chas. Stikeman 1 650 00 Wm. W. Havens Aug. 25, 1908 1,650 00 Harry C. Hutchins Aug. 27, 1908 1,650 00 George L. Bennett Nov. 4, 1908 1,650 00 Albert E. Hill Nov. 4, 1908 1,650 00 Fred W. Chamberlain Aug. 17, 1908 1,500 00 Harry B. Fisher Aug. 17, 1908 1,500 00 Henry Hyman Aug. 24, 1908 1,500 00 Louis H. Evans April 27, 1908 900 00 Vincent Ferri April 8, 1908 1,500 00 Herbert E. Brink* May 1 , 1908 1,200 00 Emanuel Scheyer May- 4, 1908 1,200 00 Frederick L. Ancher* May 8, 1908 1,200 00 Dropped. I Name. Position. D’ate. Salary. Carroll H. Gardner* May 12, 1908 1,200 00 Nathaniel A. Weisel June 16, 1908 1,500 00 Herbert F. Plumer Aug. 17, 1908 1,500 00 Alfred Brady Aug. 12, 1908 1,500 00 Louis S. Benton Aug. 24, 1908 1,500 00 Robert E. Denike Sept. 1, 1908 1,500 00 Sol Kronoerg July 1, 1908 1,200 00 Leonard Scholldoerffer Oct. 1, 1908 960 00 Isidor Jacobs Jan. 10, 1907 960 00 May 1, 1908 720 00 Francis E. Hilton* man May 4, 1908 900 00 Wm. W. Lvons* man May 11, 1908 900 00 Harry W. Schulman* Man Oct. 31, 1908 900 00 Arthur C. Schauz* man April 22, 1908 900 00 Clarence C. Anthony Nov. 16, 1906 900 00 Edward P. Ouirk April 7, 1908 900 00 Alfred A. Scheuer June 1, 1908 900 00 Wm. G. Cannon Nov. 4, 1908 900 00 John N. Laird Nov. 16, 1908 900 00 Edward H. Morris Dec. 14, 1908 600 00 William F. Rebel t . . . . Tracer Nov. 16, 1908 600 00 Armion Boehm Nov. 16, 1908 600 00 Abraham Waltzer Nov. 11, 1908 480 00 Henry B. Hasselberg, Jr April 13, 1908 900 00 Edward P. Quirk. April 7, 1908 900 00 Alfred A. Scheuer June 1, 1908 900 00 Arthur Weindorf May 11, 1908 960 00 $100,031 00 Bureau of Subway Construction, First Division. Walter G. Turini Aug. 21, 1908 $1,200 00 Henry Altemeier Nov. 1, 1908 1,200 00 Meyer Treifenbaum* June 11, 1908 720 00 James 0. Corcoran June 15, 1908 720 00 Arthur Ivraus May 19, 1908 960 00 Julius Soman April 17, 1908 720 00 W. H. Underhill May 5, 1908 720 00 Wm. F. Barck May 5, 1908 720 00 John J. Harrington, Jr May 5, 1908 720 00 Victor Nushkin May 19, 1908 960 00 Herman D. Hirsh* May 5, 1908 960 00 Abraham F. Kristal May 5, 1908 960 00 Julius N. Muehlenthal June 8, 1908 720 00 John A. Denchy June 8, 1908 720 00 Henry Cash June 11, 1908 720 00 Walter A. Fitzgerald June 23, 1908 720 00 $17,904 00 Dropped. 2 Name. Position. Date. Salary. Law Department. Oliver C. Simple July 25, 1907 $7,500 00 Henry H. Whitman Aug. 12, 1907 6,000 00 Grosvenor H. Backus Oct. 9, 1907 4,200 00 Albert H. Walker July 29, 1907 3,500 00 Arthur Du Bois Sept. 19, 1907 3,000 00 LeRoy T. Harkness Sept. 11, 190-7 4,200 00 Harry M. Chamberlain Dec. 18, 1907 3,000 00 Howard A. Butler Feb. 1, 1908 1,200 00 Edward M. Deegan April 12, 1908 1,200 00 Joseph P. Shea Feb. 10, 1908 600 00 Jacob A. Segal* lunior Assistant Counsel Nov. 25, 1907 900 00 Sept. 13, 1907 1,080 00 July 29, 1907 1,080 00 Myrtle M. Marion Dec. 16, 1907 1,080 00 Sadie E. Maguire . . Filing Clerk Nov. 6, 1907 1,080 00 Wilhelmina E. Hess Aug. 1, 1907 1,080 00 Mar. 30, 1908 600 00 Wm. G. Fuller Oct. 27, 1907 480 00 Edward Biale Aug. 30, 1907 360 00 $40,140 00 Bureau of Gas and Electricity. Tim*, p. Hox^y July 5, 1907 $3,000 00 De Forest A. Drake Oct. 23, 1907 1,200 ob Tulius Finn . Junior Clerk Oct. 22, 1907 540 00 Wm. P. Smith July 16, 1907 1,200 00 Ernest B. Rich July 16, 1907 1,080 00 Emil J. Schwarz July 16, 1907 1,200 00 Levi Stout .... Gas Meter Tester Tuly 16, 1907 1,080 00 Thomas R. Lucas Tuly 16, 1907 1,080 00 Michael Brady July 17, 1907 1,080 00 Louis Jacobs July 22, 1907 1,080 00 John J. Wartlinger Gas Meter Tester Aug. 1, 1907 1,080 00 •Wm. H. De Revere Aug. 6, 1907 1 080 00 Sumner B. Tooker Aug. 8, 1907 1,080 00 Alcirtin E Fox .... Gas Meter Tester Sept. 18, 1907 1,080 00 Frank R. Hammond Sept. 14, 1907 1,080 00 Daniel H. Lynch Sept. 18, 1907 1,080 00 Wm. J. Brady Sept. 18, 1907 1,080 00 Wm. G. McNicol Sept. 19, 1907 1,080 00 Harry H. Arthur Gas Meter Tester Sept. 19, 1907 1,080 00 James H. Reynolds Sept. 30, 1907 1,080 00 Bernard H. Partow* Oct. 24, 1907 1,080 00 John F. McMahon Gas Meter Tester Nov. 25, 1907 1,080 00 Alexander H. Gorski Sept. 25, 1907 1 080 00 Clarkson G. Crolins Mar. 24, 1908 day, 3 00 Charles Vollbracht Gas Meter Tester Sept. 23, 1908 day, 3 00 James Rogers Oct. 15, 1908 day, 3 00 Joseph J. Zizibin Oct. 28, 1908 day, 3 00 Henry J. Gleim Nov. 6, 1908 day, 3 00 William J. Lee Nov. 30, 1908 day, 3 00 Thomas Lee Gas Meter Tester Dec. 16, 1908 day, 3 00 Dropped. / 13 Name. Position. D'ate. Salary. Frank Viehmann Gas Meter Tester Dec. 21, 1908 day, 3 00 Otto Rieser Gas Meter Tester Dec. 29, 1908 day, 3 00 $35,031 00 Andrew W. McLimont. Warren R. Thompson. Albert E. Allen John H. Barnard William C. Whiston. . Randolph H. Nexson. . Frank L. Moore William F. Brown...., Lydia E. Kaufman...., Grace E. Speir Charles A. Standfast.., William O. Smith William H. Pearsall... George F. D'aggett Alexander H. Manes. . . Nathaniel Brown Mrs. Willie D. House.. Aaron Rosner Harry J. Schulman Robert E. Anthony Frank Bennett John F. Callahan George Donnelly William J. Donovan.... Frederick Eisen Leo E. Gannon Sidney W. Gay Chester A. Hartman. . . Edward D. Hutchinson. Thomas A. Kinsley. . . . Ralph R. Monroe Walter H. McClure.... George McLeod Charles J. Pommerer... Emil F. Puautner John J. Rorke Philip Rosenthal Avery M. Schermerhorn Louis F. Schultze Theo. F. Sewards Charles Steul Simon Shapiro Leonard B. Burnham.,. Louis Zenitz William L. Elliott Joseph W. Abbott Philip T. O’Connor John C. Dirckert Walter T. Edgerton Transportation Bureau. Electrical Engineer.... Electrical Engineer. . . . Electrical Meter Tester Elecirical Engineer. . . . Electrical Engineer. . . . Electrical Engineer.... Electric Meter Tester. . Electric Meter Tester. . , Stenographer Filing Clerk Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Chief Clerk Clerk Clerk Filing Clerk Junior Clerk Office Boy Transit Inspector Transit Inspector. . Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector. . . Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector T ransit Inspector Transit Inspector Transit Inspector Oct. 16, , 1907 $4,800 1 00 Mar. lo, , 1908 2,400 i uo May 25, , 1908 1,200 i 00 Nov. 18, , 1907 2,400 00 Nov. 19, 1907 1,800 00 Oct. 26, 1907 2,000 00 May 25, 1908 1,080 00 Dec. 1 , 1908 1,080 00 Dec. 10, 1907 1,080 00 Feb. 27, 1908 900 00 Jan. 3, 1908 1,200 00 Jan. 3, 1908 1,200 00 Jan. 2, 1908 1,200 00 Aug. 20, 1907 2,400 00 Oct. 1 , 1907 1,200 00 Nov. 12, 1907 1,200 00 June 1 , 1908 900 00 Oct. 21, 1907 540 00 Sept. 16, 1907 360 00 Sept. 26, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 19, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 2, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 7, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 7, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 7, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 2, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 12, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 30, 1907 1,200 00 Sept. 25, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 3, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 16, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 10, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 2, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 2 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 2, 1907 1,200 00 Oct. 5, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 10, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 9, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 5, 1907 1,200 00 Oct. 22, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 12, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 11, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 23, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 20, 1907 1,200 00 Dec. 20, 1907 1,200 00 Jan. 6, 1908 1,200 00 Jan. 13, 1908 1,200 ' 00 Jan. 7, 1908 1,200 i 00 Jan. 13, 1908 1.200 i 00 14 Name. Position. D*ate. Salary. Michael T. Corcoran . . . Transit Inspector Jan. 13, 1908 1,200 00 Robert M. A. Armstrong. . . . .. Transit Inspector Jan. 7, 1908 1,200 00 Samuel H. S. Sevena . .. Transit Inspector Dec. 23, 1907 1,200 00 Tohn J. Halley . .. Transit Inspector Dec. 30, 1907 1,200 00 James E. Ramsey . .. Transit Inspector Jan. 2, 1908 1,200 00 Felix D. Unger . . . Transit Inspector Sept. 30, 1907 1,200 00 John W. Cavanaugh . . . Transit Inspector. : Jan. 13, 1908 . 1,200 00 George P. Hammond, Jr. . . ... Transit Inspector Feb. 1, 1908 1,200 00 David N. Henry ... Transit Inspector Jan. 6, 1908 1,200 00 Frank A. Larkin . . . Transit Inspector Jan. 28, 1908 1,200 00 Norman C. Leonhard ... Transit Inspector Dec. 21, 1907 1,200 00 Irving C. Pardee, Jr ... Transit Inspector Feb. 1, 1908 1,200 00 William L. Rau ... Junior Draughtsman June 24, 1908 900 00 $80,240- 00 Department of Appraisal. Charles F. Rohde . . . Assistant Engineer Sept. 8, 1908 $1,350 00 George E. Low . . . Consulting Engineer Oct. 29, 1908 day, 15 00 1 . G. Rossman ... Assistant Appraiser Sept. 15, 1908 day, 10 00 William A. Heindle ... Track Expert Sept. 1, 1908 day, 25 00 W. W. Mason, Jr ... Car Expert Aug. 3, 1908 1,800 00 Charles H. Bigelow ... Mechanical Expert Sept. 1, 1908 1,800 00 George C. Millar . ... Underground Inspector Sept. 1, 1908 1,200 00 Percy A. Sanguinetti . .. Machinery Expert Sept. 1, 1908 3,000 00 William R. l'attersall • •• Machinery Inspector Sept. 1, 1908 1,200 00 J eremiah F. Mahoney ... Plumbing Expert Oct. 1, 1908 1,500 00 Edward T. Fitzgerald • • • * Steam Expert . * July 21, 1908 1,800 00 Henry C. Clement July 27, 1908 1,800 00 Frederick G. Tarbell . ... Chief Estimator Sept. 23, 1908 3,000 00 Joseph B W right ‘ • Fshmator Sept. 23, 1908 1 800 00 William A. Mathesius . . . • Estimator Nov. 7, 1908 1,800 00 Robert McWilliam, Jr > • • . Estimator . . . Sept. 23, 1908 1,500 00 Horace Luckman Nov. 7, 1908 1,500 00 Charles F. Gessert • ... Heating and Pipe Estimator.. Oct. 8, 1908 1,800 00 J ohn W. Payne . ... Expert Railway Accountant.. Oct. 23, 1908 1,500 00 Henry Geiger . ... Special Assessor Oct. 12, 1908 960 00 Harry E. Carver . ... Electrical Inspector Sept. 18, 1908 1,200 00 Robert H. Mitchell . ... Electrical Inspector Sept. 18, 1908 1,200 00 William W. Lyon, Jr Sept. 1, 1908 1,200 00 Samuel Goldberg Oct. 16, 1908 1,200 00 William H. Freeman Sept. 25, 1908 1,200 00 Jacobus Kappeyne • ... Structural Draughtsman Sept. *9, 1908 1,200 00 Harrison F. Armstrong. . . Sept. 1, 1908 1,200 00 John S AJdcrf^r t » Sept. 4, 1908 1,200 00 George W. Kuhn Sept. 25, 1908 1,200 00 Charles E. Bennett Sept. 28, 1908 1,200 00 C. Le Roy Corby. •••••••• Sept. 21, 1908 900 00 Lancelot E. Wilson Sept. 28, 1908 1,200 00 Clemens C. Arnold . ... Appraisal Draughtsman Oct. 1,' 1908 1,200 00 Frank T. Fellner . . . . Architectural Draughtsman . . . Oct. 19, 1908 1,200 00 Daniel C. Corwin Aug. 31, 1908 900 00 John L. Wissing Aug. 31, 1908 900 00 John E. Worsley . . . . Tunior Draughtsman Aug. 31, 1908 900 00 Bernard I. Collins Tunior Draughtsman Aug. 31, 1908 900 00 5 Name. Position. D’ate. Salary. John C. Brigham Aug. 31, 1908 900 00 Alvin L. Gilmore 19, 1908 960 00 D. Lavin Oct. 16, 1908 week, 20 00 Clifton W. Wilder Nov. 18, 1907 2,400 00 William C. Beyrer July 21, 1908 1,812 00 T. L. Murrie Nov. 11, 1907 1,800 00 Grace A. Jones Feb. 10, 1908 ’ 900 00 Arthur E. Roberts Nov. 13, 1908 2,100 00 Edgar S. Nathercut Nov. 13, 1908 day, 15 00 Harry A. Emery • Nov. 8, 1908 1,200 00 $82,867 00 SUMMARY. Executive Staff Bureau of Statistics and Accounts Bureau of Franchises Bureau of Subway Construction — Main (a) First Division Law Department Bureau of Gas and Electricity Transportation Bureau Department pf Appraisal $69,600 00 22,020 00 11,100 00 100,031 00 17,904 00 40,140 00 35,031 00 80,240 00 82,867 00 Total, exclusive of salaries of Commissioners, Secretary and Counsel paid by the State $458,933 00 1.6 EXHIBIT Classification of Administration Expenditures of the Public Bureau of Executive Legal Bureau of Statistics and Department. Department. Franchises. Accounts. Compensation for Commissioners, Counsel and Secretary $91,000 00 Salaries Employees’ Disbursements Stationery Supplies and Printing Library Rental Telephone and Telegraph Furniture and Fixtures Advertising Real Estate Search and Appraisal.... Stock Instrument Supplies Maps, Plans, Prints and Photo. Sup- plies Inspection, Tests and Analysis Fender Tests Arbitration, Contract No. 1 Miscellaneous Special Service $70,218 95 1,540 47 12,660 60 2,341 31 36,366 16 2,393 61 • 5,042 29 12,455 23 5,857 21 2,637 42 42,635 20 $37,890 23 367 23 6,731 61 2,233 15 717 71 3,236 30 879 00 67 75 15,200 65 $7,816 46 1 75 952 86 311 50 218 61 604 87 $17,430 61 141 47 882 05 1,592 72 7 50 245 00 Total $194,148 45 $67,323 63 $9,906 05 $20,299 35 * Electrical Laboratory only. t Organized August 1. Note by Examiner, Bureau of Municipal Investigation and Statistics — The requisition for 1909 in round numbers $987,500, as against $982,844.75 expended in 1908. 7 C. Service Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1908. Bureau of Chief Bureau Bureau of Account of Gas and Engineer’s of Transpor- Subway fAppraisal Rapid Transit Total. Electricity. Office. tation. Construction. Department. Commission. $91,000 oo $27,633 55 564 13 948 64 249 00 $19,769 40 322 51 114 63 35 55 338 39 $84,440 96 5,674 43 403 90 1,183 83 $443,133 19 2,328 26 7,315 55 5,238 73 1,226 78 3,972 25 $38,500 84 308 85 68 60 583 60 $2,435 20 $746,834 19 11,249 10 30,078 44 4,574 46 41,604 89 3,655 94 13,991 29 18,126 73 879 00 5,857 21 237 70 22 47 457 77 5,579 18 738 46 7,035 58 509 00 714 52 3,901 21 81 97 5,425 31 9 85 *3,270 31 3,280 16 7,434 56 7,434 56 17,991 86 17,991 86 90 00 62 75 172 22 1,867 43 10 25 4,915 32 '725 00 500 00 59,910 72 $29,732 87 $21,174 70 $103,752 50 $493,279 44 $40,792 57 $2,435 20 $982,844 76 is based upon the division of expenditures as by this table for 1908, the requisition for 1909 being si ns r • l4lOV&jU . • ;U '.w \l'b.»A ''' V :.4 V- *•.* ,« 8 ! ;c-*i K v.?3i . ,. 00 000.0*^ If. 8n,U 00 OTC.i* '.d icCl-f U> X' fid 2i rfi* f.l 1 ^ • U.* ot fiit.i t ? . ,8-fe ,i' ■ oe m»,4yi at < A* , V 1 00 80U U I02L.I \i tlh.i , <■■■' 000, '. owv.; fii m,$$ - — -T~ ;tr ■ Cff ; , ■ xr:.-rr*Z ■ u ssjMfci }! ■ i.4 "ns>. :■ •>" <»):, . ; ;.fe . ^ irl m*'j . i ( M ' !- 1»‘. ■ j 0 .K/v mxtc ■ 1 • :oi #m. i: Jnq > kjqe i*loT ' ... ? •• e j , ' • jv-hv o*t ■ :*»<• i‘ 00 W'i EXHIBIT D. Annual Expenditures of the Rapid Transit Commission and the Public Service Commission from 1894 to 1907, Inclusive. Administbation. Compensation of Commissioners Rentals and Supplies $30,000 00 2,446 64 3,125 70 $30,000 00 7,219 92 8,356 08 $30,000 00 7,219 92 20,745 19 $30,000 00 8,619 96 6,764 72 $26,667 00 4,369 98 37,761 41 Supplies and Contingencies Counsel, Advertising and Miscellnm Annual appropriations., $4,228 74 $5,000 00 • Bureau of fins and Electricity. t $9,515.45 of this amount subsequently charged to Construction Fund $84,058 69 $102,135 60 56,174 84 27,446 87 $616,348 35 $576,000 00 $611,438 50 $640,605 00 104,058 51 119,807 99 $751,696 41 $731,160 00 $460,7 $376,836 00 $435,473 < $387,831 00 764,667 #*f0 4 T3S0‘83 EXHIBIT A Public Service Commission Hapid Transit Commission C< IMMISSIONERS Counsel SO 1,000 Secretary 801,000 ? Executive AND Office $194,148.45 Force *45,927.28 8148,221.17 ? Leoal $67,333.63 $46,120.83 821,202.80 ? . Statistics $36,200.35 Gas & Electricity $29,732.87 | i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Engineering and Subway Construction $193,270.44 $445,610.24 $47,660.30? T R ANSl'ORTATION $103,752.50 Appraisal 840,702.57 Excess Expenditures of Public Service Commission over Rapid Transit Commission in Executive, Legal and Engineering Departments, exclusive of Salaries of Commissioners, Secretary and Counsel, $217,084.17. Comparison of Expenditures RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 1906 1908 Comm'R-s Counsel a Secty - Paid Bv N. Y. State Exec urn *91.000.00 1 ie Expenses 1 1 *45,384.68 *194,148.55 1 Engineering Salaries *482,445.23 *462,902.59 1 Other Engini Bering Expenses *104,058.51 *51,551.55 J Legal Expenses *119,807.99 *67,323.63 1 ' | Franchises | * 9 , 900.05 | Statistics I wo,aa!>,:i.i ~1 Gas a Elec. Meter Testing I *30, 703.57 I Transportation Inspection *103, rrja.no 8HO.792.nT Totals *751,696.31 *983,814.76