Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), September 1921, p. 400

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The comptroller's division with 3101 employes is the division which, accord- ing to Chairman Lasker, has audited only 3000 of the 9000 voyage accounts completed since January 1920--an aver- 'age of less than one audit per employe in 18 months. The New York offices of the shipping board alone employ 248 persons with an annual payroll of $514,980. Another illuminating phase of how the board has been run is shown in the total of 109 employes on the re- cruiting staff at a time when thousands of seamen and officers are out of work through ship tie-ups. A second group of employes not included in the table above numbers 416 persons drawing $720,200 annually. These additional divisions are: ; : Annual Division Numbers salary | BIELCALSO Wii es Ci ke a 194 $349,200 Building' paytolls.......... 98 105,921 MV EELISALION. 8S. 22.8% ore weirs 20 55,780 PReCrINUING, 6. esa eee 104 209,299 Pe ee - 416 $720,200 The full story is not known even yet as the tables above fail to include the large European and foreign organi- zations of the board. One report in- dicated 140 persons engaged in a super- visory capacity abroad. The best ap- proximation is that with the men on S e 3 NX eee) MARINE REVIEW AUUSUEAAGOSEOUUASECOOOAS0UOSEEAOOAEOUUSUEELLSAEOOOSEUOOEEO OUST The Wood Ship Program Deadweight Number tons Stéaiiets 03 eet ca oe ae 305 1,126,050 Steamers (hulls only)........ 115 447,700 Steamers converted to barges. 56 206,000 Steamers converted to sailers. 8 30,500 Barges: 63066 ive ete es os oes 28 71,000 Barges converted to schooners 2 4,000 Oceam tes 2. ieee ces es D3 eee Harbor Wigs. a iiasie soe ss 5G Gs ase Harbor tugs (hulls only)..... 6 -- «sees Actially built 22203... <% 3. 589 1,885,250 Cancelled aces oe os 2 428 1,166,950 Original program ....... 1017 3,052,200 SUUICUNTUU (00000000000 EEONOOOEUUUOUUUEUU OOO ULOOOOAUUUOE ULE board its ships, the board has been car- rying a payroll of 12,000 persons. : One of the new commissioners has stated his belief that 2500 employes could ably supervise the board's vessels, a statement that indicated close to 5000 unnecessary persons have been cashing government vouchers for clut- tering up the board's ampie offices. High salaries for the responsible officers have been a sin of the shipping board in the past. The annual. salary of $15,000 was the top mark reached under the old board; under Chairman Lasker, as high as $35,000 is reported to have been reached. J. Barstow Smull, one of the three new operating vice presidents of the Emergency Fleet corpofation, .is reputed to. get , that fs 8 i is North European SOU September, 1921 amount with William J. Love and Adolph J. Frey, his associates, drawing $30,000. In the legal department as high as $30,000 also is said to be the salary of various experienced lawyers recently added to the staff. These higher salaries for a few ex- perienced operators and lawyers is in line with Mr. Lasker's belief that much greater savings will result. His posi- tion is that experienced operators can cut down the terrific loss in operations which has piled -up steadily in past months, while able, lawyers are essential to save the government millions of dol- lars on the hundreds of millions of dollars in clainis now awaiting settle- ment. His principle is that cheap men will prove more costly in the long run than high priced but experienced men. Only One Wooden Ship Is in Active Se rvice The few advocates of wooden ships who sent the government into that highly expensive and thoroughly waste- ful gamble, can find the complete answer to their argument in the pres- ent Status of this fleet. Only one wooden ship out of the 290 still remaining in government S S. American. W. Tdl0) ------e---6---e--- Trans pacific Domestic fRADE ROUTES IN WHICH SHIPPING BOARD VESSELS HAVE OP at P ERATED. THE CHART SHOW : ER- CENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE FLEET. EMPLOYED IN EACH SERVICE Be ee ek , 4 | ' 4 '

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