The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-11

Ne again responsible advance II nearly half mil
vance, when is considered that the Increase 1891
over the previous year nearly million five hun
sx hundred and seventy three dollars and cents
making an aggregate Increase only three years Of
two millions OF dollars Two Of she commissions increase
their expenditures about hundred and five thousand
aohars whie the "Departmepts' which were, previous
70 1859 partially under the control the Common Coun
ell, bus which are now, by the Act OF 1888, placed en-
trsly beyond their supervision are responsible for an In
crease o. nearly seven hundred thousand dollars OF this
nas0s pears tnss me sse psP",
thousand dollars. The balance divided between the
Mayors Office. Corporation Counses ONCE Coton Aque-
duct Board, and City Inspectors Department may be
seen by statement OF expenditures OF departments.
magnificent compliment to this last additional
experiment 10 special legislation for the purpose
Of cconomzing our almost uncomfortable expenses. Il
has been argued, and possibly believed by many who
from which those are made are
within the control or the Common Council who have the
power to curts them at pleasure This s one Of those
pleasant popular aacies that Particular friends OF the
Common Council have ndustrOusly circulated here and
q our State Capitol from, il may be presumed the most
bs for the purpose Of advancing personal and private
proects There may have been some force In this crt
mcvai By the Common Council; bns certainly not now,
when they beyond their control. The facts
81 any means the standard BY which The expenditure
can DO measured 40 the amounts are frequently added 70
Sy she legislature; and even .hoss amounts thus ad
vanced are mot the limits they exceeded by the
departments BY which they are controlled and, taxing
LIS for illustration, We find In OF the departments
three nuDdr:d thousand dollars These are facts acts
no. only the o. os & %
subject In order that the evil may b remedied but for
the higher purpose Of correcting false and erroneous
impression In the public mind concerning the response
bty Of the Common Council OF The excess In expendi.
lures charged the Common Council for 1893 Il win DO
Or dead heroes' and honors 70 live Ones other ex
penses directly chargeabe 70 the war; tSee City pen
S %
noble charity I'd "Rcmsn csshoie s Orphan S XsyS"
and eighty thousand dollars win DO found to proceed
the head OF advertising for the Common Council more
specially alluded to below.
In conclusion. there another fact connection with
the large expenditures for 1853, which should be very
emphatcally stated and.that Isl shat out Of the
millions expended on city account there nearly
ed from the City Budget for that year would have left
che expenditures city account the same in 1862
The year 1888 may be considered az more fully and
completely illustrating the supreme folly and perncious
effects resulting from special legislation in Increasing
taxation than any Of the previous 10 years
was successful In placing every and commits
sion entirely and completely beyond control or response
bility. To any fair minded ruthulIy observing citizen
the experiment Of having two legislative bodies assuming
equal powers Identical local interests, OF creating
independent commissions not subject the control
supervision Of either legislative body empowering them
70 make their estimates OF needed expenditures and com
polling legislative action whether these demands were just
or unjust as In the case OF the Police Commission Board
OF Education, Central Park Commission and Almshouse
Department; Of making the departments, who are
expanding between four and 1--WE millions q dol.
lars every year, entirely independent Of the
Common Council, with the power assumed OF spending
any amount money without regard 70 amounts appro
prated although direct violation Of the charter would
have been utterly condemned uponthe slightest examna
ton OF the effects resulting from ts practical application
in the above named instances. Yet, these are really the
facts Of the CASE aud they cannot be contoveted With
bat honored exception the only effect has been 70
increase enormously instead Of reducing the aggregate
expenditure OF the government as has been conclusive
~ shown by the preceding statistics But although these
results prophesed and every years experience do
onstyated the evils resulting from hem yet, to st
further illustrate ts folly and wckedness this year all
the city departments made independent Of the Com
mon Council and ostepsiby for purposes Of economy
Of the appropriations under It's control providing for
the payment OF giving publicity TO the actions OF the
Board, placed under the guardianship Of the Mayor
and Comptroller
only 70 turn 70 the statements showing the amounts
expended by the departments for to be found above
and the following statement showing the amount paid BY
the Comptroller from the appropriation "Advcrsing for
the Common CouDo' during the PEARS 1850, 1851 and
ls62tbe years under the exclusive control Of the
Common Council; also the amount expended for the
year ISoSthe year power was given 70 the "Compsro
Ter and Mayor Of the city Of New York; TO designate
Uten paperso 70 be used q Corporation papers. by
special act OF the Lsgislature:-