On the recommendation of the Committee on Transfers, the following transfers were approved: 806. John W. Murphy, from the position of Financial Clerk, at a salary of $900 per annum, to that of Bookkeeper, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, in the Department of Finance, he having the requisite standing on the eligible list for appointment to the latter position. 807. Louis L. Breiner, from the position of Financial Clerk, at a salary of $900 per annum, to that of Bookkeeper, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, in the Department of Finance, he having the requisite standing on the eligible list for appointment to the latter position. 824. Jeremiah F. Sullivan, from the position of Clerk, third grade ($1,200 per· annum), in the Bureau of Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, to a similar position in the Law Department. 818. Harold Eyre, from the position of Court Stenographer, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, in the Third District Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, to a similar position in the Sixth District Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan. 822. Miss Anna E. Slyman, from the position of Stenographer and Typewriter, second grade ($900 per annum), in the Tenement House Department, to a similar position in the Department of Finance. 815. Harry S. Sullivan, from the position of Clerk, third grade ($1,500 per annum), in the Department of Health, to a similar position in the Department of Finance. 823. Joseph J. Magrath, from the position of Automobile Engineman, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, in the Department of Bridges, to that of Automobile Engineman, at a salary of $1,500 per annum, in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. 820. James Gartland, from the position of Stationary Engineer in the Department of Docks and Ferries, to that of Janitor-Engineer, in the Department of Education. 816. John V. Gaffney, from the position of Inspector of Carpentry and Masonry in the Bureau of Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, to a similar position in the Bureau of Buildings, Borough of The Bronx. 817. Patrick F. Dillon, from the position of Stationary Engineer, in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, to a similar position in the office of the President of the Borough of Richmond. 821. Peter Carroll, from the position of Steam Roller Engineer to that of Stationary Engineer in the office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, it appearing from the records that he was originally appointed a Steam Roller Engineer when the position was in the competitive class. 821a. Charles J. Johnson, from the position of Steam Roller Engineer to that of Stationary Engineer in the office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, it appearing from the records that he was originally appointed from an eligible list for the latter position. On the recommendation of the Committee on Transfers, the following transfer was disapproved: 821b. John J. Dietsch, from the position of Steam Roller Engineer to that of Stationary Engineer, in the office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, the former position being in the non-competitive class. On the recommendation of the Committee on Reinstatements, the following reinstatement was approved: 810. Louis Silverman, in the position of Keeper in the Department of Correction, he having resigned from a similar position on August 1, 1907. On the recommendation of the Committee on Reinstatements the following reinstatement was disapproved: 811. Harry W. Peters, in the position of Axeman in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, there being a preferred list for that position. The Labor Clerk presented the following report on transfers, reinstatements, etc., in the labor class: Transfers Approved. Otto Markofski, from Carpenter, Department of Parks, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, to Carpenter, Police Department. Reinstatements Approved. Isidore Spitzer, Driver, Department of Street Cleaning. Michael Burns, Driver, Department of Street Cleaning. William Linehan, Driver, Department of Street Cleaning. Frank E. Farewell, Laborer, office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx. Reassignments Approved. John Donohue, Laborer, Department of Bridges. William Haves, Sweeper, Department of Street Cleaning. Gaetano Scalese, Sweeper, Department of Street Cleaning. Oliver B. Smith, Laborer, Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. Thomas J. Fleming, Laborer, Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. Patrick Murphy, Laborer, office of the President of the Borough of Manhattan. Applications Granted. Request of the Board of Water Supply, dated January 29, for approval of their action in rescinding the dismissal of Frank J. Wright, Laborer. Request of the Commissioner of Water Supply, dated January 29, for approval of his action in rescinding the dismissal of Christian Merritt, Laborer. Request of the Commissioner of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, dated January 28, for approval of his action in rescinding the dismissal of Daniel Boland, Park Laborer, on January 17, 1908. Request of the Commissioner of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, dated January 31, requesting approval of his action in rescinding the dismissal of Charles Litterer, Housesmith. Request of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, dated January 31, for approval of his action in rescinding the dismissal of Daniel Noonan, Laborer. Emergency Appointments Approved. Department of Bridges. Two hundred and seventy-four Laborers on January 23, 24, 25 and 26. (Removal of snow.) One hundred and nineteen Laborers, 6 Foremen of Laborers and Edward S. Kiernan and Daniel J. Carroll (with double and single teams) on January 24, 25, 26 and 27. (Removal of snow.) Fifty-one Laborers on January 2. (Removal of snow.) One Hundred and Twenty-four Laborers on January 28. (Removal of snow.) Department of Street Cleaning. Thirty Laborers on January 24. (Removal of snow.) (Removal of snow.) (Removal of snow.) Removal of snow.) (Removal of snow.) Office of the President of the Borough of Richmond. Three hundred and twenty-three Laborers, 16 Foremen of Laborers, 31 teams and 37 carts for a period not to exceed five days. (Removal of snow.) The report was adopted. The appeals of the following named candidates for a rerating of their examination papers were denied on the recommendation of the Chief Examiner, no errors of marking or rating having been indicated: William H. Pfeil, No. 339 Forty-eighth street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. John P. Duffy, No. 170 West Ninety-eighth street, Assistant Foreman. Michael J. Callahan. No. 772 German place, The Bronx, Assistant Foreman. Charles B. Martin, No. 321 East One Hundred and Forty-fourth street, Assistant Foreman. man. Chas. J. McPartland, No. 355 Smith street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. Joseph B. Fitzgerald, No. 3 Jackson street, Assistant Foreman. Thos. F. Hopkins, No. 32 Cortland street, Coney Island, Assistant Foreman. Luke Henry, No. 441 East Fourteenth street, Assistant Foreman. Henry J. Entriken, No. 2937 West Fifteenth street, Coney Island, Assistant Fore John M. Mulrean, No. 1814 Avenue V, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. George Read, No. 286 Washington avenue, Assistant Foreman. Edw. J. McCarthy, No. 102 West Twenty-ninth street, Assistant Foreman. James F. Finley, No. 56 Wolcott street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. A. S. Hyland, No. 526 West One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street, Assistant Foreman. Charles A. Peterson, No. 571 Fifty-seventh street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. William Yates, No. 71 Barrow street, Assistant Foreman. Thomas V. Croake, Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y., Assistant Foreman. Francis J. Gallagher, No. 195 Seventeenth street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. John J. Nelson, Locust avenue near Coney Island avenue, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. John F. Britt, No. 319 East Forty-third street, Assistant Foreman. Patrick J. Tyrell, No. 104 Rapelyea street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. Chas. W. Rankin, No. 504 West Forty-third street, Assistant Foreman. John J. Murphy, Engine Company 52, Riverdale avenue, near Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, Assistant Foreman. Thomas J. Burke, No. 406 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. John Morris, No. 470 Seventy-second street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. James F. McKiernan, Inwood avenue, near One Hundred and Seventieth street, The Bronx, Assistant Foreman. James J. Holland, No. 447 West Forty-eighth street, Assistant Foreman. Charles Huber, No. 267 Central avenue, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. Frederick J. Krauser, No. 71 Eldert street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. William J. Brazzell, No. 211 West Eightieth street, Assistant Foreman. Patrick J. McDonough, No. 4158 Eighteenth avenue, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. James H. Grady, No. 42 Great Jones street (Engine Company 33). Assistant Foreman. George L. McCort, No. 205 Monroe street, Assistant Foreman. John DeBell, No. 972 Bergen street, Brooklyn, Assistant Foreman. man. Thomas Jordan, No. 2116 Walton avenue, The Bronx, Assistant Foreman. Charles A. Masterson, No. 220 West Thirty-seventh street, Assistant Foreman. James J. Horan, No. 325 West Twenty-first street, Assistant Foreman. Samuel S. Cox, Jr., No. 1753 Bathgate avenue, promotion to Transitman. George S. Walker, No. 166 East Thirty-fourth street, Gymnasium Attendant. The appeal of James Howard Williams, No. 386 Fourth street, Brooklyn, for a special examination for promotion from Mechanical Draughtsman to Mechanical Engineer in the Board of Water Supply, was granted, it appearing that he was the only employee of the Department eligible for such promotion, and that the notice to appear for examination sent him by the Commission had failed to reach him. The appeal of Peter Morgan, No. 295 Broadway, that his name be restored to the eligible list of Laborer, Borough of Manhattan, was granted upon the recommendation of the Labor Clerk, it appearing that the notice of appointment sent him by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity on June 28, 1907, had failed to reach him. |