New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-06

Amount remaining unpaid April 80, 1880 = t1Sl7 10
Tie operations Of the Commission will 10 doubt De
engci!e 10 no1ny 9S cNI "s 80 he tan +"
avoid Irregularities upon which asse sihehis may ''
Common Council authorizing pubic WORKS arc among
tie reasons for avoiding assessments Great care suHd
pT,yemenis may not DC delayed by necessity OF
making the resolutions conform stfcuy 10 te require
ments OF the assessment laws
STREET OPENINGS AND DISTRACTIONS.
The laws upon this subject urgently need revision.
The power to institute proceedings for opening ana
widening streets, roads and avenues III behal OF inc
Mayor Aldermen and COmm0palty OF the Guy o New
York IA vested in a Board Of Stree: Opening and I'm
proyement" consisting Of tie Meyer Controller, Com
missioner Of Pablo Works tie President Of tie Depart
nnt Of Public Parks the President OF the Board ~
Aldermen for that art OF The city SCUM OF ~ NM
~ I'm The Department of Public Works for that PAT 81
fbe citv on Manhattan Island north Of Flity-nInnst
and in the Department of Public Paiks 0r lhdl part o.
fhe cIty conrgng he twenty third and Twenty fourth
Wards annexed IN 1874 from the County OF Nesichesti
Ii lead Of tits DIVISION OF power to open stree
should be concentrated under ore competent ana Ie-
tpOnsble direction 30 include the whole eity ,,
In the executive Bureau under the direct charg&'
the Mayor revenues received from Licenses ara peI
nts amounted during $50 10 9s,32S 70. OI ths sum
SIS 100 was received for theatrical license, ana Pau
directly 20 the Society Tor the ItrIota io - S
yene Deinduents az required by Chapter eo0 OF the
laws OF 1872; $55249 rs was IRON licenses lSsust
the License Bureau uuder charge OF INC 3 of pe,
shal. and Si993O collected III the bureau o. ieI
ms, winch established for the prpose OF grannE
and regulating, III accordance with general raes
eges Tor signs, awnings, and O!ner proper Eli S p
lures attached houses or Wltnln tnc stuop-IhV'
fore the establishment OF tits Bureau privileges Ol ts
class the subject numerous spccai resolutions
OF the Common Council granting free pefml's without
proper restrictions. Tie functions OF ths bureau arc
often confused with those OF Bureau OF ncun ORANGES
In the Department of Public Works, which is charged
with tie duty Of preventing and removing nhanIoIiIeu
distinctions in the streets The decision l"tey Ieh'
dered by Judge Van Brunt, which defined the law rei
tive to street distractions IN favor OF the uiqalbea
right of tue public the OF the puDlIc strcels'
against the action OF any authority except tho L$glsa
ture OF the State has been followed by other similar de
es0ns which will IL believed result In putting astop
10 the growing abuse Of of public places or pf'
yate purposes.
Ia the year 1915 the amounts due to the city On nc
count Of aud assessments being largely III arrears
laws enacted making provision for extending lho
me OF payment aud decreasing the rate Ot interest Ior
the tine default. The delays gauted by these stay
laws which have been extended from year 10 year by
successive will not continue beyond the pioscnt
year unless prolonged by the leGisi .ture aiu salts,
nea that there Is no longer any need VI stay laws. and
HAT further indulgence ehould DO granted through
s Wen 10 delinquent Taxpayers.
The ralweyS have for many enjoyed v9lu-
foe franchises for which the city has not received ae
qaae COMPENSATION. Suits have been commenced for
t431 $50 81 for due ir0B tie railroads 10 the
ely ny and Including 1875, ana S3l 1868 emninS MI
PAID for ffanehs and licenses from 1879 70 1851 dur
mg wheS time 1886 Alb 20 has been collected iOl ffan
tnises, and $22,G7O Us license fees for cars.