The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-03

ten Aldermen or the seven wards in the district
for having called the NEE Ting, thus inauguratlng
q system OF direct communication with their con-
Etltuents which would result in much good IN the
future. The Following resolutions were adopted
Resolved. That we regard with apprehe usion and
alarm the proposition embodied ~ the several bills pre-
senled 70 NE Lsssfssre AZ Us present session iIr
proyenents inausuraed and carried OUT under laws
assessment upon the lana and premises benefited by the
Resolved Tnat, in our estimation ali such bills
unworthy OF support a. being m violation OF what may
not honorable the part OF those who have accepted
s"sh dement's Or any part thereof -
Of this district viii throw OF their etharay aud
ze for active work in resistance the impos ton OF
pay tor lmprovementS, in the benefits OF which they
Resolved That to the Bon John w. coe, OF the Sem
e s 9gS J9eGS wcr Bernard apd
FOR their manm and thus tar successful resistance 70
means, to resist them nto their hnat defeat
sIGIsMUND KAUFMAN
assured The meeting that The bills az Albany 70
assess the whole city for the expense OF Prospect
Park could not pass.
OF the Brooklyn Daily Times, recouRted the his
tory OF the Park, 1t having been agreed when IL
was laid out tnar no assessment Tor II should be
laid on the Eas ern District Now, In violation or
that pledge they asked US 10 pay one-third OF the
amount, and we meet tonight 10 protest against
such an outrage
large manufacturer called on all TO drop party
and unite IN saowlng the city ana STATE orhcers
that any one OF them VINO voted TO saddle sucn
debts on their constituents could never De re-
turned TO their seats again OF be elected 10 any
other office. Williamsburg after the consolidation
with Brooklyn, Was compelled TO pay Tor her own
improvements, and now lt Is worse than outrage
10 make her pay one-thIrd or The other sections,
Too.
THOMAS A. DEvYR.
who owns over 900 city lots, Improved and unin-
proved. in various localities In Williamsburg was
reIolced 10 see the people waxing up anu he urged
them 70 take the position oil old occupied by the
Quakers. who refused 10 pay tltnes or fight, but
y passive, energetic resistance carried their pur-
pose. Hs address humorous but pointed as ne
showed that the bills proposed would saddle debt
the city OF $50. 000 900 which they did not owe,
anu when, he hoped, they W uld all refuse 10 pay.
DEMAS STRONG
followed, show ing by statistics mat the taxes lnthe
Eastern District mad gone up since the conSulida-
ton with BROOKLYN from one and q nall and TWO
per cent TO three and nall and tour per cent,
and Illustrated now it was by the bud.e ct OF 1872,
III wnich $l,655, 30S II was asked for as taxes on
the entire city Tor street improvements In the
tue Eastern District IN the least, our Tor which
they had 10 pay IN that year S551 769 So, or one.
tnlrd OF the amount.
MAYOR JOHN W. HUNTER
SAID that assessments were merely the payment
ot money loaned by the city for improvements IN
certain sections, and should properly be paid by
the owners OF property benefited. but III they did
not, IL became lien the city and must be
paid by IL, he was In sympathy with the meeting
because they were right.
The meeting was earnest one and did not
adjourn until late hour.
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