The New York herald., 1876-12-08

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Taxes OF 1885, real and personal SIS, 49,, ,035
Arrears Of taxes
l Real estate. .................... ga, SS9. 6S7
Personal estate (see noe)..... lo,s5s,o72
| Total uncolectcd taxes ............ $33 IT'S sos
OF this $40 900 viii probably bc collected
NoTE-Amount OF personal Tax prior TO 1871 in ar
| rcars, included IN above, 81, 03D, ,4S3
SINKING FUND.
| Tho amount In the ing fund for redcmp-
ton OF the city debt November 20 1875,
September ic. 10 ass ass a asa
Being an Increase of.......so OF. 80 ss3 4o4
This increase is not from sales OF real belong
Ing TO the cy-ony Sa3 040 OF having been derived
from that source
IL cGectual and economical CO lee.
tion and care of the rcnis, ices and other
the city. ThCsc collections still lar from being as
complete as they should bc us resistance is made to
their payment by litigation and by such other cmbar-
rassments as those who ought to pay can surround
| their obligations.
FEW COMPARISONS
Printing anil Stationery
The amount expended Ior printing aud sta
tionary IN 1871 was. 01S, 05S
| Tho amount expended Tor printing and sta
ticnery in 1875 was. Observation-Disclosures. 157.7H
This amount, under proper management, could DO
still further reduced twenty. ive per Cent
Adpcrtis,ng
| The amount expended for advertising Tor tho
city county government Tor 1871 was. 81 O03 500
| The amount expended Tor advertising Tor INC
| cty anu county government IN 1873 was. $50
1871 was over. 1000 900
| The amount expended Tor gas Tor the city
Excluding the TweEty-third and Twenty
fourh wards, which did not belong TO tho
city In 1871 for 1878 5was.............. 620 400
Tho average price for lighting each street lamp
| In 1871 was $52
The price Tor lighting zach lamp in 1876 is s2s 10
| s37 s5.
Tho total number OF lamps lighted In 1878 was
l7;5Ia ~, n.,...,
newspaper claims Tor advertising for the city in tho
| Office waiting payment amounting 10 81 500 OO1
Tho reduction oi those claims to n fair amount lett
tho original bills standing evidences OF shameless
fraud attempted upon tho city treasury Under this
| process many Journals expired, aud the degree OF
iraudulcnco OF The claim OF journal may be clearly
! gaused by the intensity OF It's rancor against the
! Comptroller.
The Comptroller has borrowed this year on revenue
| bonds ut a rate as low ~ per cent Tho average
rate during tho year 1876, been about per
| per annum
rcncy, selling AT a traction above par. tho city
securities never sold higher than now and credit
never was bcttcr.
Tho system prescribed by the charter OF 1873,
OF having department for tho audit and payment
OF all CLAIMS against The CITY, has been put practicc
In spite OF years OF tho most determined resistance,
ana it dcveiopng the very best results. Instead
OF each department. having It's treasury paying
bills without supervising audit, this is now done in
the Finance Department
The Board OF Educvion and tho College OF the City
OF New York. under the advice Of most OF ITS lawyer
members, stood against this sautary practice until
decision OF the Court OF Appeals required acquics-
ccnce.
this rulo. II was especially excepted IN 1873 To
good public purpose and the law should amended
this winter to bring this department also within tho
rule which prevails In all tho other departments
There good reason Tor its exception If this
partmcns we're coniormed to the general rule thcro
might at the end OF each year be exhibited from tho
Finance Department complete aud most Instructive
photograph OF all the monetary transactions OF ench
department and OF tho whole city Tor tho year.
THE ENLARGED
During this period wo hayo annexed territory al
equal in area to the old city. It's confused
II neglected ed
and liqudatcd, and us semirural methods have been
assmIlated TO the metropolitan system.
PAY You
Ever since tho present Comptroller took Office has
been his determined purpose. so Tar as his action
and influence would accomplish IT, 10 establish tho
rule that year should Its own obligations;
that every department should be kept within IT'S APP
direction in spite OF loose interpretations OF the laws
by lawyers departments and courts.
trolcr look Office 10 December 81 1874 a period Of
than three and oncquurier years the total num-
Der OF judgments obtained against tho city was sl4
amounting 10 1885, 359 o. IN which included
tor COSTS 0s2 2s Of these 272 were for vaatng
scssmcns
Five hundred and seventy OF these Judgments lin
cnding COSTS, SSl 97 amounting TO $1,3l, $50 73
or about two-thirds OF the whole In number obtained
and than onc-haf in amount are causes OF
action or orginatng prior 10 the present Comproer's
for,y OF them are for salaries OF Supervisors
In addition TO their salaries MS Aldermen, amounting
to sl30s7 81; So for wages OF Boulevard sup
posed to havo been illegally employed amounting 10
sb4l. .20l d. Judgments obtained iavor Of the city
are not Included In Tho above
The statements made up TO January l. 1878
Time wanting TO complete tho statement up to this
with accuracy The saving as the result OF litiga
tiun that time has been at least In great pro-
portion. There has been saved 70 the city, In all
probability, IN each one OF twenty individual cas- cs
more money than all the costs have amounted all
cases since tho present Comptroller camc into
o1icc
TnY FUTURE.
am satisfied that the number OF persons employed
by this city is largely IN excess oi the req
OF the public scrvce that Tie amount paid Tor salaries
ought 10 be greatly reduced ana that great many
unnecessary expenditures ought TO be cur or
am satisfied That all needed improvements, except.
perhaps IN extraordinary not likely TO arise
be carried ON without increasing our CITY dcb one dol
lar and that the city be properly car.
ricd on at rate OF taxation not exceeding one and
thrcc-quarters per cent
| am satisfied that constitutional amendment
should be adopted limiting tho power 10 contract debt
on behalf OF tho city.
am satisfied shas tho Legislature should author