The New York herald., 1873-09-02
KINGS COUNTY CESARISM.
Brooklyn Getting Ready to swallow All the
Small Tcwns-The Little 'Uns" Don't
Want to Share Too Euch Of
the Burden Of Taxation.

the Burden Of Taxation.
There was another session Of the Commissioners
| appointed to consider plan TO be submitted to
the voters OF the county towns looking to the con-
sodation OF the suburbs with the city of Brook
lyn, held in the room OF the Board Of Supervisors
yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by
| Judge Lott, President OF the Commission. Tho
| Clerk, Mr.. william Bishop, stated that Comptroller
Schroeder had been unable to furnish the report Of
the financial condition OF the city OF Brooklyn
owing to press OF business during the past week.
The President vacated the chair, which was
taken by Commissioner Fox He said that In his
Judgment the city and the county towns should
each assume the control OF its own property and
each pay It's own liabilities. The City Hall prop.
erty should belong to the city as consolidated. and
each ward should bear Its share OF expense. as 1t
would be common property. Schools and such
property should belong to the respective local tiesi
In which they ars situated. The proposed condi.
| tions OF consolidation were then read, as fo!-
| lows:-
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONSOLIDATION
each n cS % s0sn sS
M each be Liable Sn debts
rospeeyey the proceeds and income thereof, s
n as. ana ana Ss oS
SHAH be levied and collected Of the city town district
'"s made q any
m aS ct the ssss 81 ." bounded b, ru
ton street Court and ora!smon street in the pres;
pha o
{" s * s @ sa % CITY, aaG Ss . ss s
in ss s:s r. 3
% % e sco nsussa 5 Ye Il reSs oa s
count Of the general tax to 6e coeced therein and the
Ss n
BY the city
ciy Brooklyn for is common and general use
city except that the income Of such portion thereof
Rs ss99s
sh'
lncaied H
within which Is staatsd ana eIssxsere. % on the
has
ed IN Sda ,s int ns
the County Of Kings or In the office Of the Clerk the
to such the shall
81, ). liable WITH ssss9 ! u %
n to % h n g Of the
.n Z; Ss;S
Twenty.sevcnth iwenty.eehth twenty and Thir,
with shall become liable therefor, hereinafter pro.
as
s'SsssS as
SECTION 1.-The city Of Brookiyn created BY the union
NEW
a y r;o % Ss s s
wards o. the present Guy o. hrookyn y as now Eroyded
ssentS ana SinssssStS wards sSs Ss sSs y,
s
war "a ana Se S s s
the soaheriy side Of Prospect Park and extending
as H. SS:ss
ward.
Commissioner LowBER was opposed to dividing
the accounts and urged that the debt be made a
general one and that the county towns take their
SHARE they are equally interested in the depart
ments As for the parks and water they were
specially provided for and would take care Of them
selves. The entire value Of the property OF the
city assessed was, according to the last report
| debtedness.
| Mr. KINsELLA said that the plan involves an en-.
tire change under the plan presented from the
| Committee on Consolidation. 1t would make the
Would BE- Unar Ten mi mon dollars @ Of S ihe prss
ent debt of Brooklyn is for local improvements, q
matter In which the county towns will be very
| largely interested, as there VIII be SO much
needed by them IN the perfection OF improvements
by which these suburbs will he materially bene-
! flied. Consolidation under any such exemption
| would not be desirable to Brooklyn
| Commissioner BENNETT remarked that the dis
parity between the wards OF the city and the towns
| Is very great, to which Mr. Kinsella replied that
the towns have security In the plan which takes
them in as agricultural lands, and arranges their
taxes proportionatey according to law. The county
towns will want docks when the city is built up,
and 1t would not be right to have the city bear
| all the expense OF constructing them.
Commissioner BERGEN offered substitute to the
effect that the parks, water, fire. police and docks
shall remain the property Of the city, and that the
city shall bear the expense thereof-the city pay
all existing debts. He argued In iavor of the SUBJ
stitute (Which was even tuay lost) that the towns
derived no benefit from these departments, and
should not therefore, be assessed for them.
Mr.. KINsELLA objected to this view, as the towns
would come into the several local boards and vote
| upon questions in which they had no interest.
| Mr. BERGEN said he was willing that they should
| not vote upon questions relating to water, fre,
police or docks Let the city pay all the bills and
manage these departments as they pleased
| A war OF words ensued between Messrs. Kinsella
and Bergen touching their respective knowledge OF
the wants Of the municipality and the county towns,
| when the former gentleman decried the spirit of
locality manifested by the latter, and remarked
that ne towns must come in fairly II they would,
| but otherwise II ''they must be-"
Judge LOTT spoke at length In favor OF his plan of
consolidation and the Commissioners adjourned to
| meet on Monday next.