New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-28

comforts vex the strangers7who had oxpecteu
great fun. The same trials of temper disturb
the speculative Viennese who do not reap ''ie,i
anticipated golden harvest ana, 10 crown "i'
the show is far behind anything hke com
pleteness. People who have been waiting Tor
June before they hit across the ocean may
consider themselves fortunate.
Tbere beinr danger that the Legislature
NAV adjourn without enacting the amend
,,oy+s needed 10 make the new Charter hold
together the Mayor, Controller, and Corpora
ton Counsel have been obliged to make q
netition. These officers of the city say to the
iaw-makers that two Of the bills now pending
in the Legislature for amendatory purposes
are absolutely necessary for the carrying on
of the Government. 1t is little too bad that
such an oversight should have been made by
the Legislature in the first place; it is not
creditabIe that it is needful now to urge a
correction.
A correspondent whom we know to be in
telhgent and trustworthy sets forth elsewhere
for believing that the value of Central Park
to the public is in danger of the most serious
impairment through bad management OF the
Park police force. We believe, or, at least,
hope, that some of our correspondents state
ments are much too highly colOred, but we
are nevertheless constrained to think that the
evils he describes are quite tangible enough
to demand thorough investigation and prompt
reform. The "mongrel" and "chain-gang ."
methods now in use at the Park would doubt
less result in disaster if applied to the city
at large, and the theOrist making these ex-
periments whoever he may be, ought to re-
sign the reins without delay into the hands OF
some one with practical capacity for giving
Central Park an effective as well as an econom-
ical police department.
Local Option was finally defeated In the
Assembly. yesterday, and bill modelled on
the principle of the "Ohio Law was passed.
This is mere jugglery. The Assembly inserted
clause in the original Prohibition bill which
was known to put in jeopardy the whole case
The Governor vetoed the bill and gave his
reasons therefor. A new measure, intended
to meet these objections, was framed, and the
Assembly refuses to pass it. In lieu OF the
promised law another scheme, proposing to
make rumsellers responsible for the dam
age done by their traffic, is passed with
the full knowledge that it will be next to I'M
possible for the Senate to take it up at this
session. We said, good while ago. that there
was very little indication of any intention to
fulfill the promises made on this subject by
the majority in the Legislature. The lame
and impotent conclusion of the whole matter
shows that this opinion was just
An ANALYSIS of the bill to direct the sale of
Washington Market property, printed IN our
Albany correspondence, confirms the first i'm
preston that it is a job 1t is desirable that
the present buildings should be removed, but
it is also generally thought that a market of
some sort should be retained in the neighbor-
hood of the ferries which center near Wash
ington Market. 1t is easy to see
how the city could prOftably lease the
property without destroying the market
site, if that were required. But the
bill which has just passed proposes to compel
the leasing of the property for twenty-one
years with renewal privileges, in one parcel,
at seven per cent, on an imperfect valuation,
to the Washington Market Company. There
is no provision for competition by bidders;
and it is arranged that the lessees of the prop
erty may turn it back to the city without loss,
if they find their lease Improbable. This dis
graceful job has been modified since it passed
the Assembly; but there is much reason to
believe that the notifications will not be
accepted by that body. This being the case,
we must look to the Governor to protect the
citys interests in the matter AS the thing
stands, the job is wholly one-sided; it is for
the exclusive benefit and accommodation of