New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-16

The PARK Department is asking the year $40
cent more for sal lries TIER maintenance, l2-3
for labor Tor tho "a NJ AMI 800 per a. more
than tlc average amount pau TIE lasi
by the OF e lare ces o. JhS cou ~ Io ines re-
spec4ve items. The amoint appropriated tne las.
jtlr Tor man ~ hcr OF 'be tIs oi ms my ".S oAJ
5000 less taan tie amount kel for o." next yea
Tue commissioners ask for labor maintenance ana sup
plies Tor le next year 9f,'oo me are" ol tHv sO''l"
parks, excluding the ummpr3xtd portions ana me io.-
100 acre. Ino cost o. t m I i "V'i
Departments 81 10 per day tIat sum VIII employ one
mn tor every the pa Ks Tor go days OF tHe year
perfect ao',Ld 'n"uu Al1 i t .'' o. M. ,.
ark costs % per cent more IMAM tIe A'rrhS per acre
al cout, -pul private parks, aud CeWt RES O over
aye arr, ~ 'nT N''S % ,H' Ss li' Sine
LlElr- olHcf Oh tui' tl.'h' Ai' i"' - ',
t.J 'n va ,li,iy : 0j6 Set no man Of these
sr, cy. hu- been produced ANA F-OOD j. aeau asked
t ~ cpi'T crifr mat $4,000 woG.d have been
IKE t" 'nIintsnlncr o. les, than 100 miles streets
in the annexed district much OF which Is paved or mac
wear !, asked Inc boueVHrus aud park""ys OF Brook
ism reduced same width under seNetcs Usage at"
Kept M order carly cost Of 200 per me. Re
,u6l,n!r contractor, assure ms that they VIII give
ample pond, 10 maintain lhc ioaa' ~ '"' d"u'N'a 4
fiii r tt same cost; yet th bark Board wants rlllo
ppr mile Ten thousand dollars Hrc asked to the man
icnaucc Of tue Bronx RIVER "iIL- i"I |A'H 9-UV
woud be- umpe. For tue two Harlem River BRIDGES !
- uO1 would be sufficient, but F5hOOo Is asheL rae
SOS 600 u,btd Tor the maintenance 90 hNtI'hc ram
Anal avenue O., uucacd Tor BECAUSE the special appolr
aon ot 7-5.DOO Tor hay purpose enough me Who.g
-, IN 200 Three NJ the PARK Commissioners appointed
that r25uuUO year was enough 10 maIH'uu "n" AooP
in good order the parAs of the city
park Commissioner Wales said that he would recipro-
ot nv stating mat the Park Board did not repose any
confidence Whatever IN the honesty or Judgment OF the
cou,,cll ot Reform. ThedOcument gave the number OF
acres IN the parks as 200 when there were Loo In
staI Of maintaining 100 lies OF streets ia the annexed
district there were 80 miles, only - miles OF which
were macadamiLci
H. y. Beers replied by expressing ast9nsment at Mr.
Walcss Ignorance.
There are only 600 acres in the parks" he sad.
~accoring TO the Official statement OF the Department.
and our statement expressly excerpts the unimproycd
u,rfions We DO include in the 100 miles of roads
all that ne open. but all that are maintained at any e1-
peusc 10 the city"
Alderman sauer remarked l don't understand why
these gentlemen here ana want these estimates cut
down Is simply because you nave no confidence III inc
Park Board, rs stated ~
Mr. Bcrs-Oh Idon't intend to enter into that subject
Mr. Wales-Ne on'y ask tor $221,UOO Tor maintenance
of the parks When went into the Department IN 1850
Il WAS III the dcpora lie condition We nave had
tn exnd large sums getting the parks into decent
condition We have refused to raise the pay OF aoorers
as has been done other departments This Council OF
Reform ought to represent REFORM which 1t does not
Commissioner Lane who in the Park Board Tor |
several years previous TO 1880 did not relish MT "ae's
statement. lie wanted to speak but the Eoaru OF APP
por,ioumcnt evidently did not want TO near hiln ana
he cot leave to PRINT his remarks and HE briei.
r A Morrison thought that the taxpayers below the |
Harlem River ought to be compelled TO pay Tor
onening streets in the annexed district.
" ID whitney remarked that Mr. Wales ought not 10 |
feel hurt the public had no confidence III boaru the
members Of which had no confidence IN each other.
m, estimates OF the Board OF Charities ana correction
rer, ncxt taken up. Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell III
nfE
In rease In the amount allowed for salaries OF phXsi-
inns and attendants at the Insane asylnms on "huS
and Baekweus Islands She said that It was hnpossi-
HE m keep good and experienced physlcans there be-
cause they tempted away by better paS elsewhere.
Tnrr had gone from Lunato Ahy lun ms year on
that account Tao Insane Asylum pas I,Zo2 patients |
and hr amount asked salaries ana wages was @Jf %
ner ran The Lunntlo Asy lum has l,5lO patients anu
tne estimate for snlaries anu Attendance was 40 %
Nor cantn The satue expense at the Milard Asylum |
~ - SO per capita and at the Utica A-y Ia $50 %
roti,nt 81 the Willard Asylum costs the state Slov
I'M t, commissioners of Charities and Correction only
sk Ior an appropriation OF SIPS Tor each patient Mrs
Iowell said That asylums In the city were over
orow,el 10 such extent ~ 10 be disgrace To clvhI
tion There were not sufficient attendants. ana boys
were left 10 the vile from the workhouse
William X. stewart OF the state Board 9I Chatlues