New-York tribune., 1883-12-20

road These paved roads are little used ana arc md
psratvey in good order -Four tSsie poss besides
ss tes an ae parks and their r9ad; fSr
the maintenance OF which aa for fSe last two
esrs for the maintenance OF these two roads IL one
half of this sum bad been PrSPe for Repairing for the
syt i've years Al the established price OF paving ana
curbing in this otaS sney for More than
$4,000 cannot be lawfully spent upon IT,
Mr.. Beers strongly opposed the appropriation OF
S75 600 for Riverside Park, The work OF keeping
tbis in order, he said could be done for $1,000 OF
less This expenditure called for by real estate
owners in the vicinity who had purchased the
property as a speculation.
President Asten-After the owners have been taxed @
S2,5OO0O0 for the proposed improvements "on '0u
Mt BecrsNThey were willing to be taxed If the value
OF their property was enhanced. . oar. WIN
went to the Legislature and fought against the Riverside
Mr. Beers-some may have done but the majority
favored the park There is no need for park there
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES.
Mr.. Beers then took up the Department OF Chari-
flies and Correction and opposed the appropriation
for new buildings. lie declared that the number
of inmates in the charitable institutions averaged
about the same from year to year, and presented a
table of figures from 1872 to 1882 inclusive.
Mayor EdsOn-If all your figures are no more correct
than these they are au wrong
President Asten had read communication show
ing that the number of inmates in the various lhSI
tutions under the control of the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction was in 1850, 10l47; 1851
10 23O; 1882, 1O,47O. and 1888, 1l,16l.
W.R. Stewart and Mrs. J. S. Lowell of the state
Board of Charities urged that an Appropriation 10
made sufficiently large to enable farm to be pur
chased on which to place the insane poor
now confined in the charitable mSttu-
+ions of this city. TAoy said that
ho1
lam J. Weeks of Yaphank, J.. J., who has tract 0i
5000 acres all susceptible Of cultivation nc VIII
sell 900 acres lying along the Long lslan1 hall-
road for S25 an acre or another lot of 1000 acres
living east OF the railroad for YZO an acre OF Ihe GU
tire tract for $50 Ihe other oGr og is od sand la
Sound. For this $40, 900 is asked.
Charities Commissioner Porter said that the only
objection to the Yaphank tract was the cost .f 1d
TRANSPORTATION of patients and fTelghts over tho
Long Island Railroad. 1t would DC more
desirable to have the farm, on the 8 So1nd. 1
President Asten said tho neighb0rhood OF zap
bank was healthy one, and well suited tor the
purpose intended. , .- -, ~, iii.
Aid Association, strongly advocated the, system
of placing insane persons tracts of land rather
than shutting them up In institutions. ,,, -,
Commissioner Brennan favored buying lahu up
Mr. Schmidt asked the Board to consider
favoraby the appropriation for the Riverside Drive
The amount asked for. $7o 1000, was not TOO mucn,
he sand The propeTty-0wpers had been heavily
taxed for these Improvement and il was only right
that they should be carried forward.
UNBALANCED BIDS DENOUNCED.
Dexter A. Hawkins spoke strongly against the
system of unbalanced bids. He asserted that no
awards should have been made on such bids, and said
this has been affirmed by recent decision OF the
Court of Appeals. A DEMONSTRATION of fraud
yltlated all contracts. Where one-fOurth ola cent
per cubic ward was bid for rock excavation, and
$50 for earth that was ample evidence of fraud.
Mr. Edson-I agree with you .,-,-
Mr Hawkns-G the Mayor and this Board p I'll set their
faces against these unbalanced bids they can be pre-
venved
Mr.. Hawkins spoke at length against cutting
down the appropriation for the Department
of Education, ending with the statement that al
though the Board of Education would not probably
have expended the money wisely, stu the
amount asked for should have been allowed