New-York tribune., 1881-12-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
o,,,o 10, ,porp APPROPRIATIONS

ASKING FOR LARGER APPRof fhiAi'o
Tho Roard of Estimate and Apportfonraeht nela u
its first session Yesterday for the purp Ia nitizens
the suggestions of heads OF f' tbe maintenance
of the ySrona Departments of the city go'en;Vod
for the wear 1889 The first deputaton ,be an
cons;sted of residents in various parts Oh tn1 90 gu
s cousis,sn S+;ct Prominent among these were Gus
tay Sehwab. W. w. Niles: General Franz p1 S'gsI aI
Lewis Morris WIIS% Hn%fe hS0nF sSa f s White Al
dermap Wells introduced the Visitors 10 t 20 t%air
hers of the Board and explained the opecs daI "a
coming He asked that the action OF the AGe'i; i %
~ Increasing the appropriations for certain I'M I'M
proyements in the Twenty-thrd ana lWSht! ao m
Wards be approved. The first item was the
;InnroveroeSt n%rr tne and maintenance of bridges
now over Harlem River, incudng the rGSorrr's,5s rr5
and maintenance of The bridge known as fafmSI
Bridge and Kings Bridge, and including the Duli-
ing and maintenance Of the bridges over CrOIAWeo
Creek at Observation-Disclosures ana ni, OntI
hundred over ll6bets brook,
Mill Brook, and other streams. Another item was p
increasing the sum of $4,000 to SSO0Vo d" I9r .no
maintenance and government 0i pltolIt Pd oUd
streets roads and avenues i'll the twenty -th1fu au
Twenty-fourth Wards. Alderman Nels, u!I uuS,an
Schwab, w. w. Niles, l.. q. Morris ana oInerS lo,
cases they sald were impossible at certain seasons
OF the wear because of the mud. The mayor edu
that the Board would take these arguments inVo
senator Joseph Koch asked that 5000. 0oo for for
two new public schools be added TO the S0,ouo"VVV
for the Board of Education. These are 10 pS
AT Seyentieth-st near First-aye. lie Saln tlat
large number of children had been turned away 3 pe
cause there was absolutely room Tor them ia INC
schools in the Nineteenth Ward.
he Mayor-The city already owns the Srouhu
and the amounts asked for are eXtravagant ,
Senator Koch said that he thought not; Ihat
good bindings were needed. .,
THE Mayor said that the Board would consider
the matter. . H. w
William II. Webb, the president, and Henry w.
Beers the secretary of the Council OF Toltcai ne
form submitted pamphlet arraignlng me farh 9 DS
psrtnent for extravaganza and citiclSlhG srNsIclS
the estimate presented by tha Department. rms % re
mort yyas prcsented TO ibe Council OF Political he
FORM ON November 2S At that time the estlmates 3
nf the Park Department were before me board ol
Estimate and AppOrtionment: lhe pI DepaIrtlfHGEnt f En-
asked for 81 235. 500 Since then the b0ard Oh rs
innate and Apportonment has reduced the items p 70
a total of S72S 600. The Council OF FolltlGal he-
form holds that the department can be kept up
for 1867 300 and reviews all the detalssof the es-
innate to prove its claim. u5
The Board will meet each day at II a; a. m, . ana
vii take up the various branches OF the Clty 10Y
ernment as follows: Wednesday, the Ponce, hea!th
Charities and Law Departments; Thursday tGe
Park. Fire and Public Works departments fn-
day, the Board of Education, College OF the Guy,
County Offices Common Council, and Cty Hec"a !;
Saturday the charitable institutions