The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-07
PHLING TP IHE FINES.

BrookIyn's Expenses la 1850. 81 ,Oi5,tg1.2J
In 1870, 3,Sf2,f23.5B-The Rotten
ness In the Board OF Education The Nil-
lsiuous Legislation of the Ring.
Mayor kalbGeisch of Brooklyn yesterday sub
nitted To the joint Board OF Aldermen and supervi.
sors tho bulge, Of expenses OF the City Government
for lsT1, AZ made up BY the Comptroller and himself
Ills Honor says:
1t win require s2l2icc to pay the nstsllmenis the
81 hs ds9 a Ing as M, 80 for ee Sy
due p isi ss.iI go Is for Sensrs eIpsnses i I,soS
ss % a .ESs%, o. re s1Ssa. me ce
reSui'Iol Tor tOoOes sddon 70 DE ~ 900 requ.d
% be rsi,ed under The provisions Of the Law Of 1851
10. %snpt sHor a o. paohe pArAA s"'''o'
me oSstsndlng city debt hs.. during the pre.en.
million snd a half dollsrs. and from data before me
when VII Sc the Of h6 eas
~ a. lsast one million more 80 a. not 70 be m'lndsr
least Two mlions and Opehaf dollars Of benos during
ls in:tailnens, ssyaIle during The -.
The whole amount OF money u be provided for me
SsS2t s. an advance OF .isssia over Tie pieesaips
year ne CITY revenue being t'O.OCO Ices aids 70 make
Among die item. OF general expenditure which seem
beg leave 70 call your ate nton specially the one tor
BgIins DC yean lscl, 1852, and ise9 the average a..
The sehoos dartng those years was tlsGo or at the
LnaaDcc Of 1850 children, or At the rate Of t2io per
hct that great many houses needed, but this
can hardly be considered satisfactory explanation
nes 1hs item should increase only In the ratio the
number OF nupis but what are the facts9 The aver
sss sS, 70 Che S agTng 70 b., three yi sSeS TO
slt per annnm for each pupil exclusive OF the state
Stat appropriation for the same purpose
surely the enormous and IN my opinion, very extra
IN Justification for the great pro rata increase In the
.a,ary aeconaL 10 further show w'R how lttle care
that in is6s the Board Of Education increased The
over DIV taoS.and dollars per annSm 10 the qadg
hiKh salaries whie only eight Neais before 10 LOO the
wa O' but $500 V s1e SSy t Of se Gr s
! am satisfied from lae!s which have recently come
Board Of Education do not receive that rigid scrutiny
winch they should "a ell cases catain and that IN many
than those for which they arpropr aed, aud the
moneys raised Tor one year often have been used 10
. In i6o Cby no cane the lowest IN point Of expendi
nra .as wnole smognt OF money needed for al city
on q property valuation Of little more thAa one huB
dred millions OF dollars In 81 raised t9ig7 RS after
an a..stsed ya'ps.ion Of sca,ey double that OF tne
The revenue acc unit for shie 10 ls3 It hmoulte 10
tlsJ'OOO 1t 10 only IL. OJ the present year
est on our debt n almost as large sum no a AZ fbs
whole amount expended but ten YcArf agu lol Al Ut r.
inuch greater evil eXists In tie rapid suC o. civ
Tue amount Of bonds now outstanding r nyga tlAu SIX
teen times as great as II was Only ten Year,
In concluding, the Mayor takes hack II the con-
Missions, saying:
Could the city be len 10 itself To manage ~ own
1n'spIl anSs ana oe J,et ir 0n A,otsy iet
yearly upon our citizens n batch OF laws with 0her
UssI nt ba ~ mi NJ M ot
lad N that direction may we look IN vain for de- red