New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-15

tr cnars,ng the poice salaries 90 ths city wi,h uc
whole amount OF salaries ~ sn il,, g New Yo. X.
Ncstchcztc'. kinEs aud BthL', no c'nl.i - 49,
s1yerooL al an tr taoic. Il an,'rrI =. " ',
80 a,,,r,t ~ salaries asked Tor 10 $50 giN,h w pr"
lrst fable had been yr1statel f-"vp'V - 80, d 80
p,,tiv lnr II lag the wages OF slrtt'-S"efi'ts t
80, 80 - Toe street. Cselnng Bureau Ih' hc ~ tH
only di-crcpancIcs OF any auOunt 20 y ~,
h~lwern tiisss two statements 'r,NtAt q u , ,t
a. $50 900 in favor Of the Councus Ia en- h'' "h" "'
1sioun ing iispropor'"n prtweru u \, y" ,, ,,
Maid m 1850 tGd Cos askti '"l III 100" ''l' %
80 n. n r ed The rr;s,u for givn- tn t'hf 1hhir' ~
o,noinf al sallries asked for IN 1850 rihtg 'hhh te
aooant paid, th.C at the n'ur 81 l1"hmS up me
.go he gnu male tOr 1890 he'd NOT been mad -
ard this cs 20 uei OIL 10 YOU ~ te cum re
OF the Council wh'n " ptc'oh.tI ,I,s 80 ~,
"a AZ nppe.rr the heading OF the tzb' - ihttd bnt
NJ h amount actually paid for salaries ih 1851 was ont
$31s.Os9 less uan the amouht asEcI lo, t"9 it
is, demonstrated M our statement remains ihdt "ho
toe population OF tins CITY 20 increased pdt oO per
cent or eabous. SINCE 1860 the sarea asked i1r
It's I'll mclras sincc llat tune Nlih 'hH''
Ine ,c,r 1850 has been taken for this comparison.
because ia is ,he tine ~ the pat wnen the co.
.. living ana the Du cnasiug value vi money were su'
staufiaitv now.
YnnT bonorabl~ committee will surely not conclude 81.
mvesigtuOns until y"u nave found some s"ll'ieoor3
reason Wv, as we nave enO"h III our ,e ~ 20 "a
administering justice p this city IN 1880 ~as - 40 0r
each Judge Employed and III 1850 T24So' iO' eac
1uIge then employed; or WHY ue ciPt' coSt u, sn
snniccts If On Tucs & Correction should nave br'n
.9l 10 in see, Sl2S - 1850; or wa, the per ca
coz, I IN lac scnO@i III 'uc.lDn al LOW oo'u 80
prcp gZI So. AID SIS 1850, or why lie dVer'tc idly
OF a go c man ~ 1900 snOnl1 have ben ISL and
81 7s IA 1850; snd why the rate OF ia&aton nds H.
ere ,ed 50 IN tuis CITY sLce lSoO WINE " tu-h
%
cry BIAS increased % fsr cent hvr "lH'ut
aui urging such oncctual remedies q are "i'hh your
Tbe per capita cos Of governing The city In 1860 was
Sill 81 the same in 1880 allowing for NE On 'tHtc o
Interest on ne ~ db, at these Two prods 20 10
u tus cry cOud nave Deen rs wen goN ,l az "
$50 al per apltA cost ~ lrss tdSn Gl2, u can Dc t'
ernrd ire present ar NJ that rat, "nich womb renuce
tnr presenl co.. Of ,hr Cry Government onethifd
The rcuc proposed in tue statement We nave SD
YOU Committee are Du' Onehth "I Tue pres
tn"fGrr fact showing the correctness and practicable
ity OF the propose IN the pubic expenses
nf this clty Is that portion TINS pubhc service has
actually been re- deIcd cost less than we nav 9
rnc ex Comm i-sd.eis 81 Police Department that
unuer his direction tue streets OF TINS cry we're ~ eas
rae az SO 900 year. THIS should sath~ the cost 81
ereet-ccauIg this city until new circumstances are
Your omiliee al-o has il 10 evidence that the Dc
partmrnt II charities and Corr bon IA ~ rear ~
e than 81 900 900. You Wi SEQ from the pIihtth an
nua repos 81 the Commissioners 81 CnArlle' ana Cor
rerrou Al the average population 0 lts severe lns'-
uiiuhs N 1864 1861. ana IL 1879 was lOoOo-
35s less. am ste 'dlIy decreasing. IL ms appos y" T
De artmcut IT, 1874 was 81 ,lS3UOJ and tdt baLhte
r.,nued In its credit thai year OF 1908 00O against
which accord ug the statement OF the Commissioners
there charges 1t also koo"n tha dulg 'hht
expenses OF Department was from 10 ~ 20 per cent
higher In lie face 0f these lActs holhihR eau
iustiy the appropriation Of Sl6l2OOO 70 that Depart
inonl askcd ior tnis year, auy greater sum than
81 600 n future. unt new conditions are SHOWN
II IA du- 10 HE Council 10 gay that table, orig
| na.ly presented only intended 10 point OUT Tue
general contrast between the amount OF salaries IN 1850
and $50 ana It's usefulness depends its general
accuracy. lis exact correctness III minut"
Thus table Of salaries The only portion Of our state
ment IN which any specific trrors have been pon'rd our
10 tire rer the statement IL has been merely objected
generally that theoretical. We have shown mat
The table substantially correct and tnat there IS an
enormous dlspropOrtOn between the cos OF tue Wy
Government 1860 aud 1850, and that ne s'nrc-H
of information and ae facts Oh whcd these sugg'u
are ,sen are highest aud all that can be lad We
submit that these positions have been luy tslabilshtd
b, pubic documents, ana tue testimony OF ek'
officials and professional men OF tnc hGheol chaac,t
having D knowledge ~ the Internal coniiln ana
working o! CITY Government, whom you nave done
us the favor 4 gestJn {" call before YOU Chti
tins sprOporIIOu plaued ana SHOWN 10 De hrce
sary II mus be admitted that - large reduction rom
the present cost as We nave lug !se can ana u'1 -,
made and until more practical method OF manhS u i
than We have suggrsted 10 brought ior""
IL IS lOie attempt 10 brush away cur suSgcstOns Win
| the sur mat they are Theoretical:
Q. b POTTER. J. r. yyoG ,Is;
EDWARD fIrcH. FntDLnicS setback,
I Io. w. y.d Dgionf' r W M giats
JO~EFH POOL Commute on l@glsauloh
NeC lOrk. Dec. j., 1850
COMMENTS OF THE SENATOR'S.
Senator b xby said that he was prepared to chal-
lenge every figure in the statement OF the Council
For instance" he said " the salary account of the
Dock Department for tie year 1880 is given at
S1lIOO0. when the head OF the department has
sworn before the committee that only about $4,000
replied that the Council could only 20 by the olclat
figures; tho Dock Department had asked for
$4,000. and If IT had spent less he was glad 10
hear It,
Mayor Cooper was sent for and bne6g examined
on the subject OF theatrical licenses. lie SAID the
practice formerly had been for the counsel for the
Soci,t - ,Or the Protection OF Juvenile Delinquent .
to collect the fees but he haC collected ali sucn Iecs
himself during bis term OF office. lie was asked Tor
further suggestions relative to the Improvement OF
tbe CIV Government, and replied that nc would
submit has views IN wiluns tie SAID, however,
that one of the things that needed remedy was
the ambiguity respecting thc terms o. varou-
Offices. In ms OPINION Mr.. Kelly, Term expired ia
MAY aud Allan Campbelfs torn as Commissioner 81
IuDnc WOrKs cX pred IN May, 1873. INC Question
Wonid inevitably arise whether The terms OF thclr
SUCCESSORS began az the time of tneir appointment
or AT the daies mentioned. Legislation SHOULD de-
terlnIne the question: Mayor Cooper sand II was a
question with HIM ether would not
be Wise TO nominate a successor 10 the Coultnis-
sOner OF Jurors. aud let That successor confess the
question OF the expiration Of ms term of on 'e.
The committee tneh adj ,urned subject 10 the call