New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-07

TIE addition of another Million to tie tax le' J
FOR our city Ought to attract s1d FL TIE attention o.
'qx.payers; but will III Since NJ. Woods acc
sion to the Mayoraly, they have seeh this ie''
s,esdiIy increased from aoll1- to dollar and
tslf annual tax on every hure-cd dollars vararon
of their properly Will they be ready 70 best',
Themselves when the lato shall have risen to two
dollars
OF course it i'll be said that the State Tax re-
quired to complete our Public Works has caused
this increase, when i. hss in fact car-ei 5's
mirror partof it. Tpe real carse exis.s in the
bourdless prcdisa'ity and profigacy of our Muuic-
pei rulers. We appeal - notorious facts.
A little while $50, competent aud uuexceptlon
abe officer pero. med the duties of Chief Engineer
of the Fe Department for 1880 per nnnum
That salary bas since been raised TO So O0o, ard at
lie 9Th 70 $1,000. At present, this Office pays bet
Ter tsn that OF Goyeinor of the State. Its salary
exceeds The united salaries of the Governors of five
OF our si.ter States. Yet it is not place requiring
gre & intet ;ua force nor involving heavy pecu-
n;aly responsibility. Better men than tue incum-
bent would gladly undertake aud effectively perform
its entire duties for 81, 600 per annum. For what
do the tax payers give the odd $1,000
Our Public Markets are public scandals. They
are notoriously Inferior 10 every thing but number
|. and cost to those of Boston and Philadelphia.
Trey are ruinous)y expensive yet do not return to
the City Treasury even fair ground rent for the
los they cover Ald the experience of every year
s making palmer the truth that so far as they ara
used for retail purposes they utterly unnecessary
a majority Of ouc citizens derive no benefit from any
Of them, though heavily taxed for their support
Perhaps one capacious, CONNIE 1oJs market for the
whole ale buying and selling Of meats and othe-
peiislahle article, Of food might justfaby be sus-
.a'ued al the public cost; but, beyo,d this, the
City might as well be taxed t. support public
narbet for ibe sale o. Cloth as of Food. Ole of
the two great downtown markets ought TO be sold
forthwith, is officers discharged, and its site de-
,otcd to such purposes as its owners should deem
most profitable. All the petty markets should De
rod cot to TIE highest bidder Internationally Ii
ms seis are needed 10 tbeir RESP Give locrtel or
snytf them, they would ontique to be ke0t tbeve;
!" 10; it would be denons.ra ed that there We're
more advantageous MODES Of supply 1g TIE demard
for perishoble articles Of food. A million dollars
pebt easily ard a1vsutageouslj be thus obta ned
and .appled to The redemption Of our City D7bt
Another Million might probably DC raised b. tic
fale Of Docks ard Pies that should be in O,ter
hands than those of our MIricipll ruers. Bat
nothing like this is done or attempted. The whole
study abou. the City Hall is 70 increase Mo"clPo'
patronage and public burtheps. Contractors ard
jobbers are appointed as heads Of the department
on which they Lave hitherto been 'eeches. The
pubic money is voted without irqury or he ,ita, on
by tens of Thousands of dollars to pay men iCr se"
vices rendered 10 resisting ard snbyerting the laws.
Notorious deiauters are appointed to lucrative and
most responsible positions. Grab, job and rob are
the maxms which bear sway. And the handspring
of this giant machinery Of corruption sits in the
highest Municipal seat and men support him .or
partys cake who know that the above picture, n
voting as it s falls short of the terrible truth