New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-18

aud 1861:
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Observation-Disclosures. S67aO.o 70 e1o' %
Increase total tax levy ofieel over "a 8
nclre s,,y tax ,y ISL si' over G SsssO6
Since tho Controller sent his estimates To me
G, mmon Council, they have added to bis total
TIM, year S59l ,632 81; on the other hnnd the
Board of Supervisors haze curfaiIed bis estimates
Of county expenditures considerably.
Ia the City Tax Levy, the CrotOn Aque-
duct, for repairs and expenses, tokes S2o 900.
an increase of $4,000 upon last yenr; Alus-
House Department, S5o0,675, decrease of
s5S, 1915; Ams.IIouse buildings ard repairs,
SIS, 500 n decrease of S27 $40; Twelfth Rrgi
mebt Armory $4,000; Belgian pavement
$4,000. or twice rs much q. last year; this
appropriation, monstrOus as 1t is, is We believe
$4,000 less than The amount OF the contracts
already made for this class Of work. THIS Is
one uf the rick placers of our MUNICIPAL "lsipR"
Broad elegant uptown streets are paved with
Belgian blocks at the expense Of the c.,,, tho
property owners being assessed mere hompnl
| proportion Of the cost, and in some instan"
nn,hing nt all, While poorer localities have To nly
toe full cost of oil local improvements btslde
sharing 10 this general burden. OF course,
these fovoro are reciprocated. BY all means, 1t
the Legislature cut of such 3 prolific source OF
corruption. Board Ut Health, S35,UOO; charges
on arrears Of taxes and assessments S2CtO;
| Central Park maintenance, $4,000; cleaning
markets, $1,000; cleaning streets, SH19,OCV' OF
| STU a year more than responsible parties
ollie ed to take the job tor; city contingencies,
$4,000, or one half the appropriation last year;
II it were cur down anhhrr half il would 1t u be-
ample enough-tbat IL, unless We should have Az
other japanese swindle to pay for; city dlsPtn-
sarics, $500; common schools, $l,@O,cCO, an
decrease Of S2l ,2l9. 81
Next come colit ngencies, under cover OF winch
a handsome margin for pocuIaticn IS an"rd'n'
The Street Commiss ner asks for S3O,OOO; Law
Department, S2O,OOO; City Inspector. $@S, COC-
- 900 increase; same Department, Tor seven
Lsprctors Tor removal OF street ObsiructIoDs and
,ucpu,btapcns, work which ~ never done, at SO
day S6,573; game Department for twenty
two ordnance distributors, u, 81 a day, $l3,12,
f,ginde ard shan, under cover OF which
Aldrrmrn's LIother. cousins, aud other klndred
basv drawn pay Tor dong nothing. Bo'h these
latter appropriations, with halt the hrst might
be stricken out. The Mayors contingent account
/, $4,000, or twice what II was lasu year, win
which 10 print aud circulate reasonable documents
and pay the expenses 81 running the Mozart me-
chine. The Controllers contingencies sre Sl2JUO,
for which Mr.. lItws cnnYeratrsG FORMIDABLE array
| Of dut % ard expenses, among which are tue
preparation OF statistical tables Tor reports, work
cLicd certainly comes within he range VI bis clerks
| duts.s--the same is true uf the Croton Aqnedhct
comiiogent cbarge of $4,000 Free Drinking
| H. drun,s 5000 Donations, S2o,coOi Diamond
Reef BasGng, 50 4c0--ths job aPpeirs 10 be as
cus,ly Us !. Is mtrrmiuable, enough money having
been psld out, # judiciousy spplIed, to have
done the work twice over; Deficiencies of Taxes,
SlC0, CC0j Election ESpeuse., Si5t00i Errors
ild DrHnqrrrcies, $itC0, which IS already
ampb provided for in every Department under
contingencies. The Volunteer Fire s. stem, is
VIII be seep, il tolerably costly, win For
nc~ machi1es and repairs. SlS,22j; Beu-Rlng-
ore aIparsgrs, si.9Jl 60; Fire and PoI.oe T'b-
graph, Sp5,OOOi Real Estste, si2l eco; snlarI's,
so, COC-total S3ls, l5G e., on increase OF
S2g3 $50 o2 upon last year, and pretty good
exam lie of the way political capital manufactured
by QUE Common Coubcil through the agency OF
new engines end new houses, at tao public ex
| p,rse.
Two more "Fourth Avenue PARKS take
| SIP, eco. As this is Ill improyereb: solely Tor
lhe benei. of private properly, let the p7opF rty-
owners pay for IT, Grazing Hamilton Square,
l0UCC; Iniproy, meut of Broadway Rus. Pave
J mcnt, SIS, IOO--a work very much needed, hu.
| 1t ought not 10 require more than cDe- hEi tlat
cum - new groove the biucks Lamps aud gas
Sl49, 900, or $2latO Increase, waieh iuclaleS
! Si4, 900 fr somebody's prfent burners, The IN
| Production Of which VIII yitiate all the COrpo'
ratirp contra with the gus companies, and lead
10 suits for damages and endless CLAIMS for IL
creased compensation, while the burners a'ooi
doubtful utility ut best. The appropriation a'Sed
for under Lands bad Places to keep our littie
SUI d. ed grass pats IN order, $50, 900, IS $4,000
mon sse ard full two-thltds more than the work
ought 20 cost Lands purcha.ed for assessments,
10000 Laying out tie CITY north of One-hu1-
dreJ-and-ffLh ,treet, $4,000; Opening new
street,, $4,000. We have on several occasions,
recently, shown Che extOi Tomato charges imposed
upon tie city under ths head, and the inyestiga-
tous made by tho Legislature viii doubtless lead
10 large reduction, If Not the striking out OF
tho entire amount. The big CLAIMS OF the
COMMISSIONERS Of Central-Psrk Extension are no
doubt Included in it. We do not find any such
charge in the appropriations for last year. Po-