New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-16
TWO CITY. DEPARTMENTS.
EXPENSES For PARKS AND cHARrrIEs

EXPENSES FOR PARKS AND CHAklIIEr
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT The PARK DEPART
MENT LAID BEFORE THE BOARD OF ELIMINATE
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment
yesterday heard the heads OF various city Departments
and also committee Representative Council Political
Reform, IN regard to the 'ropratons for 1888 Ihe
Mayors Office was nearly filed part Of the time With
spectators, and there interesting Colleagues
between taxpayers asking that the appropriations De
decreased and officials seeking increased allowances
re was remarked b. member Of the Board OF Appor
tiDnmcnt that IL rather an interesting chahRe 10
have somebody come before them asking for smaller ap
preparations they daily Importuned for larger
onos He thought It WAS quite in keeping with the
character tile Board Of Aldermen that the first person
ask for increased appropriations yesterday was Alder
man Levy, who came as Il committee ron that boaIu
Increase in the salaries Of the officials OF the
Park Dep0r
General Egb.rt L. viele asked thai $4,000 be appro
pria for tho improvement OF Riverside Park ana
avenue He said On It they in very bad con
diion present Cyrus Clarke also SPOKE 10 the same
effect The sum Of S2j 900 was appropriated Tor TINS
purpose in the provisional estimates.
Edward A. Morrison ". D. whiting T. +. Wentworth
L. ~ Williams, q. II. Boyer, Horace Winans, j. c.
Sanders and II. A. Beers a committee OF the Council
of Pc itcs Reform presented memorial on the depart
ment estimates. In substance it was as follows;
Tue appropriation and rxpe dure of sey raj millions
dollars year OF what we believe To DO
liberal alOwance tor the government SUI c0nlnues
This view confirmed by the following wellkhOWn
facts The mani surplus Of officials aud employees,
body Of attaches VINO find living and sometimes grow
these Offices; t1e rec struggle 10 gFt
posses OF these Offices the notorious ptesmnence
this city the most expenolVely governed Guy Ior
population, in ne world that tLe per cApa cOse
OF the city government Is i've times great "a tat or
the general government; that Wmle Iue popu'atloh vi
the CITY durg last decade Increased only % DER cent
te s1rco oil Its officials have been Increased 400 per
cent without any cOIc5pOh Is uCtcisul III .uc o Va
LIVING; thlt IL requires Ohc-iau OF me Investment Vue
OF money To pay nc ci'y ATS ,iC ~ h ia S, "
sion Of the committee atey app olheu Oy me senate Oh
the 5tte to inyCstgde me pOhc AFFAIRS Ul J's O. lha
the city oices rr llcd win hc rctners OF political
organizations who MAX t their PRIMARY guy 20 at'eni
10 me interests tirr Oi lcu masters ana INA IL
most resp uro.c cnaracicr and "Ieu-eu 20 DC
ABOVE all UtuCts most familiar WIN lhc pdpic ahdli' %
this city, toat from 'nt,tnira on. on,h' VI
OF the yearly expenses Of TINS cry rs
an unnecessary waste. lac remedy r. WIN the
Board Of Estimate and ApporUOnment. Lasl year we
presented documentary ploo Oh 1he 9Aces',e uT'nah"
aud a. Ca he'd Aptudi urc Ot thr Para O+pdIthchp
AS ~ e Oh al I'd IL ar menus; W. 'cis s,, y , a.
ton o tue same depart hea IL re arc o'1, ~, 'i
sioners aud euty Oncr officers, 10 Ing 200 year
less than 100 mHcs d! sIe'9 'u unI -" ~
tIlrd and IwentY-ionith N@FdS, WIN 'Ion
ten experts nd ssh ltoofers al cost %. 10000 a
year. are employed 10 rencye ue ceLuai mauaseme
ness eNpe nee or sEil Is required eluGr 10 ~ lSe OF
rX,cut any Ope ttlon connected VIA me h@heiduce
o. these park Ia. aia salaries ishcd m by tine
PARK Department OF ths cy Is more Tan twenty Times
greater tie ayetd5r ahodh5 per acre pai W the
Otncr 4IJs ctiJi or ts t'dntTy. L. IL ht"Iy sixteen
times gi,aer thln BroJ@yn. thiry-oAe times
greater tudd BuhllO, dId ny l"icc times
greater thlu ia pad by the clles OF PnLa
le ,,ia "a Dc. Louis. An Increase OF $4,000 over the
apr praIOn Ol .ast year IS sea Ter 'Gr fa police
Inc Of supervision Of the para ponce - 40 greater
Der man ana tncir duties mdcn Ieso OherOus ana
re-. pOns bic than the cty police. Iue care 81 The cay
palAs miglC well be devOivd The CITY ponce W!thJu
uuteIT increasing tuclr Ia IOrs. Ihs city Is paying
Tor tuIs 100 per cent more tuau tie average e"
otuer IA ti- country. Te cost OF tuc pax police
t4i4 city is 800 per cen, Gcttcr thu nc aFcld-e
paiu Icy ner cities, ~ the tOIo"liS aole maze
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