New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-16

Total revenue ONW9
This would leave total Of &C. $4,000 tobo raised by tax.
which would make the tar less than one per cert upon the
present radiation Of property or about cnethlrd OF the
annual tax borne Dy our citizens To secure this re-
suit the Association requests hearty eoQperd0" 10 TIC
furthest extent OF your official power. a.,
The Association would also call your attention 70 ne
plan which will be presented TO the legislature iof mi
proveme of our river 'front.' by providing In TINS harbor
facilities for our commerce commensurate with us lnpor
U SCdy kS OF boad the e and
control and OF the wharyes and PIERS OF the
the powers necessary to promote the public welfare in
respect to the wharves aud piers, but at the same
S mo- Spc T pd SeS RH'' and Aa SSeR
Third: To leave the improvement of the ryerfrOnt
F 70 give the Board the OF such
rates OF wharfage as will induce private individuals 70
with tho wants OF commerce. by allow
ing them proper upon the capital invested bus
not give the Board any power make outlays Of the
public money nor to engage IN expensive undertakings
The Association wond also respectfully request that
you viii lend your to Procure y tGe SSsY1n
10 be raised according TO the following plan:
on two Of the ax a6s o. %5 Ryn
shall be summoned by the Mayor OF the city from among
preme Court "a shall be selected by lot, who shall sit
Jury.
ment including all boards and commissions, shall be by
law compelled to present their budgets and any tax
giving his reasons SaeS for SO doing ' 0
majority Of the jury shall determine AFTER hearing
poses I'm the City and County OF New York and their dec
sion shall be final.
This plan gives into the hands OF citizens the fixing
OF the amount OF their taxes There why 1t
should not be easy for them and the public officials u
agree on this point
This Association with great regret that in your
Inmates for the expenses OF the City Government Tor the
year 1868 You have recommended substantial reduc
ton below the amounts expended last year Your pre-
decessor In Office, Mr. Brennan in his estimate for 1867
recommended s i0l 500 81 sufficient for this object
You gave excuse for pressing the large amount
asked for in that estimate that You found II made up
when you entered upon the duties q your office In Jan
nary 1867 and that you had had the preparing OF IL the
expenditures would have been fixed by you at much
lower figure Tho estimate for 1868 rs before and
we find that instead OF making reduction the
pendtures Of last year, you repeatedly promised you
would, you have Increased the expenditures for tss3
tls2 50. IN the estimates r. your predecessor U.s..
900 included for Judgments, but the estimate made
the interest the city debt 20 be provided
for was $i22s,ss1 "a, and fhe portion of tle city
debt redeenabie see22O 60 while in 1888 SD estt
mate the interest at sl4s2 65 and the principal at
CO. SO It will be seen that You have askedfo an
increase OF S33 sos 81 the extraordinarily large
mates Of last which it was expected you would
duce. The Association cannot any tendency to O
Judicious contraction OF expenditure the following
amounts recommended by you in your City Budget for