Show VAN PATRONAGE second cond only to the of the th united stated new york nov a more thin than persona person will directly or indirectly draw pay from the city in the first administration of the mayor of 0 greater new york the salaries salaries of ot of these whose names will be actually on the cites payroll will aggregate part of this amount depre writs the sal salaries Balari arles cs and patronage of the ather Ither officers elected but this is comparatively ively small most of the total representing the patronage ot of greater new yorks first mayor robert A van wyck A conservative estimate 0 of those who abe will draw payment indirectly from the city through city contracts and the like it Is mayor strong at the time the greater new york charter was passed estimated this foree force ns as equal to if not exceeding the actual number of all ala officeholders office omen holders second only to the president of the th united states in the value of his patronage the first mayor of the greater city is first in the significance of this patronage with his colleagues elect df t the same political party re n himself mr van wyck can lead an n army of dalice amcy holders and those indirectly employed by the city as great as the th ermy of the potomac |