How The Money Goes. What It Costs To Run The County Government.
Brooklyn Union Argus 1878 Monday 27 May "List of Officials and Employes [sic] and the Salaries Paid to Them - A Noble Array of Court Officers - The Standing Army at the Flatbush Institutions - Figures for Taxpayers to Examine." COUNTY Government County Court Henry A. Moore, Judge, per annum...$10,000.00 Bernard J. York, Acting Clerk, do....... $2500.00 Chas. H. Foley, Assistant Clerk, do... $1800.00 Wm. Hemstreet, Stengrapher, do....... $2000.00 James A. Duffy, Attendant at County Judges' Chambers, do..........$1500.00 Arnold Graef, Interpreter, do..........$1200.00 Wm. Powers, Court officer, per diem....$4.00 Joseph H. Winters, do. do......... $4.00 Thos. H. York, do. do......... $4.00 John Graham, do. do......... $4.00 Christopher Dowdell, do. do..........$4.00 John Van Dyne, do. do..........$4.00 Bartley Gray, do. do..........$4.00 John Butler, do. do..........$4.00 John Dugan, do. do..........$4.00 Francis B. Stryker, do. do..........$4.00 Richard J. Newman, do. do....... $4.00 Francis White, do. do....... $4.00 John Muldoon, do. do....... $4.00 James Dolan, do. do........ $4.00 James Clancy, do. do....... $4.00 Total.......$37,200 Supreme Court C.E. Pratt, Judge, per annum...$6000.00 J.W. Gilbert, Judge, do..........$6000.00 Gerard M. Stevens, for services of self & clerical assistance, per annum...$5000.00 W.G. Bishop, Stenographer, do....... $2000.00 John Smith, Interpreter, do..........$1200.00 J.W. Sanderson, court officer, per diem....$4.00 John G. Law, do. do......... $4.00 Robert Merchant, do. do......... $4.00 Wm. Dooley, do. do......... $4.00 John Furman, do. do......... $4.00 Wm. Crerend, do. do..........$4.00 Rem. Hegeman, do. do..........$4.00 James Edwards, do. do..........$4.00 Peter Sutter, do. do..........$4.00 George Colgan, do. do..........$4.00 Jeremiah Healey, do. do..........$4.00 Joel Skidmore, do. do..........$4.00 James McDonald, do. do..........$4.00 John B. Cary, do. do..........$4.00 Total.......$37,200 City Court Joseph Neilson, judge per annum................$10,000.00 Alexander McCue, judge per annum...............$10,000.00 George G. Reynolds, judge per annum............$10,000.00 George W. Kneabel, chief clerk per annum.......$3200.00 C.W. Thomas, clerk per annum...................$2250.00 John E. Norcross, clerk per annum..............$2000.00 Timothy Bigelow, clerk per annum...............$2000.00 Alden J. Spooner, clerk per annum..............$1800.00 Aurey Snediker, clerk per annum................$1500.00 W.K. Van Volkenburgh, clerk per annum..........$1500.00 John Daly, clerk per annum.....................$1500.00 John Malley, court officer per diem............$4.00 Daniel S. Blake, court officer per diem........$4.00 Henry S. Conkright, court officer per diem.....$4.00 Nicholas Doyle, cpurt officer per diem.........$4.00 Timothy Spalding, court officer per diem.......$4.00 Andrew Beck, court officer per diem............$4.00 James Campbell, court officer per diem.........$4.00 Dennis Clare, court officer per diem...........$4.00 John D. Craven, court officer per diem.........$4.00 James McLaughlin, court officer per diem.......$4.00 William H. Riley, court officer per diem.......$4.00 Total..........................................$58,950.00 Surrogate's Court A.H. Dailey, Surrogate per annum...............$10,000.00 Judah B. Voorhees, chief clerk per annum.......$3000.00 Henry E. Costello, stenographer per annum......$2000.00 Thomas F. Farrell, clerk per annum.............$1500.00 William Halliday, clerk per annum..............$1500.00 James Dunne, clerk per annum...................$1300.00 James D. Bell, clerk per annum.................$1300.00 William A. Brown, clerk per annum..............$1300.00 John R. Wild, clerk per annum..................$1300.00 Leonard J. Lynch, court officer per diem.......$4.00 Samuel Cohn, court officer per diem............$4.00 Eugene R. Barling, court officer per diem......$4.00 Total..........................................$26,800.00 Law Library S.C. Betts, librarian per annum................$2500.00 Henry Ingraham, assistant librarian per annum..$1200.00 Total..........................................$3700.00 Morgue Patrick Maguire, keeper per annum..............$1000.00 Jail A.W. Shepard, physician per annum..............$2000.00 Thomas P. McFall, engineer per annum...........$1200.00 Total..........................................$3200.00 County Treasurer Thomas A. Gardner, treasurer per annum.........$2500.00 James Gardiner, deputy treasurer per annum.....$2500.00 Henry K. Batcheller, bookkeeper per annum......$2000.00 Henry F. Cadley, clerk per annum...............$2000.00 James Green, clerk per annum...................$1500.00 Total..........................................$10,500.00 County Auditor Maurice Fitzgerald, Auditor per annum..........$3000.00 Superintendent of Repairs J.W. Naughton, superintendent..................$2000.00 Commissioner of Jurors John Linskey, commissioner per annum...........$2600.00 Walter T. Woolty, deputy commissioner per annum.......$1900.00 J.W. McAvoy, clerk per annum..........................$1500.00 Total................................................ $6000.00 Board of Supervisors Samuel Guthrie, Supervisor-at-Large per annum.........$3000.00 Thirty Supervisors, per annum.........................$30,000.00 Edward B. Cadley, chief clerk, per annum..............$2500.00 James L. Connolly, assistant clerk per annum..........$1500.00 Jaques S. Stryker, assistant clerk per annum..........$1500.00 Total.................................................$39,500.00 National Guard Ferdinand Berger, keeper 16th Ward Armory, per annum....$1000.00 Peter Schlig, keeper and engineer 47th Regiment Armory.................................$1000.00 William F. Wallace, engineer 23rd Regiment Armory, per annum......$720.00 Charles Coatte [?], engineer 13th Regiment Armory, per annum.....$720.00 James Patten, engineer 14th Regiment Armory, per annum............$720.00 John J. Moog, armorer city armory, per day........................$3.00 Charles B. Bryant, armorer 23rd Regiment per day..................$3.00 James Boyd, armorer 13th Regiment per day.........................$3.00 W.M. Baldwin, armorer 14th Regiment per day.......................$3.00 John Becker, armorer Company C 15th Battalion per day.............$3.00 Chris. Gungle, armorer Separate Troop Cavalry per day.............$3.00 Thos. Godfrey, armorer 47th Regiment per day......................$3.00 F.S. Ashton, armorer Company I, 47th Regiment per day.............$3.00 Henry Hafne/Haine [?], armorer Battery B per day..................$3.00 Otto Langsdorf, armorer 32nd Regiment per day.....................$3.00 H. Thallman, armorer 15th Battalion per day.......................$3.00 Total.............................................................$14,160.00 [Note: in the newspaper listing the numbers of the regiments are spelled out; I have abbreviated them to numbers.] Blissville Bridge R. Scott, keeper per month.............................$41.67 D.Fitzgerald, assistant keeper per month...............$33.33 T. Callahan, assistant keeper per month................$33.33 J.E. Doyle, assistant keeper per month.................$33.33 G.Lawrence, assistant keeper per month.................$33.33 Total..................................................$2080.00 Grand Street Bridge John Hoffman, keeper per annum...........................$700.00 Hunter's Point Bridge P.D. Callahan, services as keeper & pay of all assistants per annum.....$2000.00 Penitentiary James Shevlin, warden per annum.......................$4000.00 E.B. Crummey, deputy warden per annum.................$1600.00 Stephen D. Donlon, hall keeper per diem...............$3.50 Thomas McNeely, hall keeper per diem..................$3.50 Geo. A. Newsam, roundsman per diem....................$3.50 Henry F. Stickevers, blacksmith per diem..............$3.50 Richard Connors, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 Michael Connors, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 John Doe, shopkeeper per diem.........................$3.00 Nicholas Jones, shopkeeper per diem...................$3.00 Thomas Loughlin, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 John Noonan, shopkeeper per diem......................$3.00 John Murphy, shopkeeper per diem......................$3.00 James Rielly [sic], shopkeeper per diem...............$3.00 Joseph Gaillard, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 James T. Cooper, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 Wm. H. Smith, shopkeeper per diem.....................$3.00 Joseph W. Reeve, shopkeeper per diem..................$3.00 Henry McLaughlin, shopkeeper per diem.................$3.00 Wm. Holmes, shopkeeper per diem.......................$3.00 John Raitt, engineer per diem.........................$3.50 Patrick Shevlin, yardkeeper per diem..................$3.00 Edward Horan, gardener per diem.......................$3.00 William S. Boyd, watchman per diem....................$2.50 Peter Nolan, watchman per diem........................$2.50 Thomas P. Burns, watchman per diem....................$2.50 James McMahon, clerk per month........................$75.00 Margaret Shevlin, kitchen matron per month............$40.00 Catherine L. Chapin, prison matron per month..........$40.00 Nancy Haggerty, shop matron per month.................$30.00 Amelia Sullivan, shop matron per month................$30.00 Total.................................................$36,000 Commissioners of Charities Bernard Bogan, Commissioner First District per annum.........$4000.00 Thomas P. Norris, Commissioner Second District per annum.....$4000.00 Moses Keasel, Commissioner Third District per annum..........$3000.00 Bernhard Midas, Commissioner Fourth District per annum.......$4000.00 Harmon V. Storms, Commissioner Fifth District per annum......$3000.00 James A. Murthe, clerk and bookkeeper per annum..............$2000.00 S.N. Stillwell, Secretary per annum..........................$1200.00 John Harrington, Clerk and Collector per annum...............$1200.00 A.J. Michaels, general inspector per month [sic].............$1000.00 Wm. Sullivan, counsel per month [sic]................ .......$1200.00 Wm. Murray, superintendent per annum.........................$1200.00 M.V.B. Burroughs, steward per annum..........................$900.00 John Buisle [?], cook per month..............................$82.00 Maria J. Trimble, matron per annum...........................$320.00 Mary McLaughlin, cutter clothing per annum...................$432.00 Bridget Bowen, matron B ward per month.......................$16.00 Abm. Coombs, baker per annum.................................$528.00 Chas. Harvey, assistant baker per month......................$32.00 Thomas E. Bennett, butcher per month.........................$60.00 Thomas C. Abbott, assistant butcher per month................$24.00 P.L. Schenck, medical superintendent per annum...............$1600.00 Armand Koerfer, clerk per annum..............................$1200.00 George W. Duryee [sic], steward per annum....................$800.00 Leonard Krizgeroski, apothecary [per annum]..................$400.00 J.W. Trantzen, assistant apothecary per month................$20.00 P.D. Moran, watchman per month...............................$14.40 George Ferguson, patient's cook per month....................$20.00 Jno. H. Tuthill, nurse per month.............................$14.40 Ed. Mallady, nurse per month.................................$14.40 Peter Walkenwitz, nurse per month............................$14.40 W. Kennington, nurse per month...............................$14.40 W.S. Nomer, nurse per month..................................$14.40 J.H. Gregory, nurse per month................................$14.40 Jas. Eagan, nurse per month..................................$14.40 F. Zuginer, nurse per month..................................$14.40 Wm. Croker, nurse per month..................................$14.40 John Delano, nurse per month.................................$14.40 James Kelly, nurse per month.................................$14.40 Rudolph Kestner, nurse per month.............................$14.40 John Guynan, nurse per month.................................$14.40 John Donovan, nurse per month................................$14.40 Eleanor Martin, matron per annum.............................$320.00 Ann McGuire, matron Small-pox Hospital per annum.............$288.00 Hugh Carboy, first clerk per annum...........................$1200.00 Jas. Hughes, T.R.V. and office per annum.....................$960.00 John H. Kenny, clerk and visitor per annum...................$960.00 Dr. G.W. Wellz [sic], T.R. physiciam per annum...............$960.00 J.E. Newman, assistant clerk.................................$800.00 Ann Bradley, office cleaner per month........................$20.00 Gideon Oatrander, first clerk per annum......................$1200.00 F. McGuire, clerk per annum..................................$960.00 Owen Hanovin, clerk per annum................................$960.00 John Hughes, clerk per annum.................................$720.00 J.S. Young, M.D., T.R. physician per annum...................$960.00 Robert Crummy, temporary assistant per diem..................$3.00 Ann McCue, office cleaner per month..........................$20.00 Hannah Whiteside, t.r. cleaner per month.....................$12.00 George Dugan, first clerk per annum..........................$1200.00 John Carroll, t.r. visitor per annum.........................$960.00 Joseph Creamer, M.D., t.r. physician per annum...............$960.00 John Courtney, general assistant per annum...................$960.00 F. Ammenworth, office cleaner per month......................$12.00 Jacob Ferguson, first clerk per annum........................$1200.00 S. Gumpel, special officer and messenger per annum...........$720.00 C.A. Heckert, T.R. physician per annum.......................$240.00 E. Gumpel, office cleaner per month..........................$8.00 C. Ferguson, Jr., first clerk per annum......................$1200.00 F.C. DeNund, T.R. physician per annum........................$240.00 S.G. Storm, inspector, clerk and visitor per annum...........$720.00 Patrick McCanna, chief engineer and superintendent per annum..$1440.00 Michael Riley, per month [no occ. listed for rest of list]....$48.00 Theo. Steinwoerth, per month..................................$48.00 Philip McCauley, per month....................................$48.00 P. McDermott, per month.......................................$48.00 T.A. Brennan..................................................$48.00 C. Lent, per month............................................$48.00 Patrick Corr, per month.......................................$48.00 J. Norman, per month..........................................$48.00 Mary Mulvey, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Johana Donohue, nurse per month...............................$9.60 Ellen Mulcahill, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Catharine O'Brien, nurse per month............................$9.60 Agnes Broden, nurse per month.................................$9.60 Emily Murray, nurse per month.................................$9.60 Honora Murphy, nurse per month................................$9.60 Annie Punch, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Margaret Powers, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Mary Ann Barker, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Margaret Owens, nurse per month...............................$9.60 Mary Killellane, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Ellen Burns, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Ellen Connors, nurse per month................................$9.60 Sarah McKearnen, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Julia Brady, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Johanna Stack, nurse per month................................$9.60 Honora Sullivan, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Ellen Mack, nurse per month...................................$9.60 Susan Connerton, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Ellen Masterson, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Ann McGrath, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Catharine Porter, nurse per month.............................$9.60 Mary Denny, nurse per month...................................$9.60 Mary O'Brien, nurse per month.................................$9.60 Rose Barker, nurse per month..................................$9.60 Ellen Cullen, nurse per month.................................$9.60 Hannah Haley, nurse per month.................................$9.60 Bessie Killilea, nurse per month..............................$9.60 Guy D. Daly, medical superintendent per annum....$1600.00 Thomas M. French, steward per annum................$800.00 John Vaughan, watchman per month...................$14.40 Wm. Reed/Reen, cook per month......................$20.00 Dave Traey/Tracy, nurse per month..................$14.40 John Hall, nurse per month.........................$14.40 James Howe, nurse per month........................$14.40 J.O. O'Brien, nurse per month......................$14.40 W. Doyle, nurse per month..........................$14.40 H. Blood, nurse per month..........................$14.40 John Casey, nurse per month........................$14.40 John Whiteside, nurse per month....................$14.40 T.J. Jenkins, nurse per month......................$14.40 Jane Purdy, matron per annum.......................$320.00 Mary Mullen, laundress per month...................$12.00 Sarah McKearney, seamstress per month..............$16.00 Ann McCarthy, laundress per month..................$9.60 Ann E. Stainer, nurse per month....................$9.60 Eliz. Brennan, nurse per annum [sic - month].......$9.60 Mary A. Nady, nurse per month......................$9.60 Eliz. Malone, nurse per month......................$9.60 Ann McGoltz, nurse per month.......................$9.60 Margaret Mullen, nurse per month...................$9.60 Total..............................................$90,000.00 General Storekeeper Michael J. Coffey, storekeeper per annum...........$2500.00 John A. Murtha, clerk per annum....................$1500.00 J. Moroney, porter per annum.......................$180.00 Total..............................................$4180.00 Grand total of county pay roll: $410,000 (per year, presumably) Charities total excluding Commissioners' salaries: $6000/month [Do = Ditto] Transcribed by L.H. Crawley Return to CIVIL Main Return to BROOKLYN MAIN