New-York tribune., 1883-12-21
DIVIDING CITY MONEY.
DEMANDS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
a., THOMPSON HEARD FRoM-wHAr THE BOARD

arm ruovPsoN HEARD FROM-wHAT THE BOARD
or EDUCATION wANTs-sTREFT-cLEANING.
Tho Deportment of Public Works sent three let
tors Yesterday to the Board of Estimate ana App0r-
tionment. One mentl0ne1 the Ite'n tt VI oOJ NJ
Thompson said that the architect had estmateu the
amOnnt necessary to complete the ,5uIIIu!ng at
$50 400, which he asked to be added 10 the
Sndoet He also asked that $4,000 should DC
added for borings in sewer contracts, ana that
S35 900 should be added to build q 5ridge over dne
%o,Irosd in Fonrth ave at Ninety-eighth-st. Fran
nis blessing of No. 100 West FOrty-sXth-st wrote
tbat he owned four lots at FOuTth-ave and Ninety
eighth.st., and urged the Board to grant the sum
aSh," IN President U Walkers absence School Commits
sioners Devoe, Coudert and Patterson Appeared to
expain their budget of - ,432 900 which had been
rednced 10 81 600 900. Mr.. DevOe said that he had
been irving to find out who was responsible 1Or Ihe
present bad condition of the school system, lie
hoard of Estimate had cut off over million dollars
from the educational budgets since 1877, and ne
nloced the responsibility therefore on the Boards
of Estimate for the last six years. The nneXpended
balances at the close of last year were $247OoO OF
which $l24, 900 had been appropriated toward the
payment of teachers this year Mr. Devoe said that ne
aIfbongh he was willing to the responsible
ity of spending it if it should be allowed adulIg:
81 am sure if YOU do give us tbe ful amount o M You o,i
will be - by many persons. lie referred 70 ln9
aunkind" remarks of Dexter A. Hawkins, who SAID
Wednesday that athoHgh T te Do9ra asked Rt or #
would probably not be expended wisely Me. nj. De-
voc said that he could not allow, any gfhtlemah n
publicly to smirch body OF winch he was mcih-
Mr. Astqn asked the annual cost Of educating
child and was told that in the primary schools 1t
was about S15, and i'll the grammar schools @5Z
nearly 75 per cent of the children were Ill tne
primary schools. ,-.., A., .-ouio,,-
items in the budget saying that each item had been
carefully considered and that the lowest possible
amount necessary to carry ON the schOolS 1au peeh
requested The truancy law. he sad, could not De
an}nrced while there were no school accOmm0da-
tions for the children arrested. =,
As an outgOng Commissioner, Mr.. COudert said
that he had a right to speak in praise of the Board
of Education, end in an eloquent address ne ap-
nooIed TO tne Board of Estimate not TO curtall the
budget asking why the members should override
tbe iudpment of the school board. The city was
cIomornr for proper school buildings and IN case OF
an epidemic. of which there had already been fore;
taste he asked upon whom the responsibility WOuId
rest asserting that it would not he upon the HQard
of Education if the full amount was not granted Tor
new buildings c-,-.. ..:, :.
reference to the 81 10000 granted to his depart
ment that he should like S500O0 added in order TO
heenn tins wear. The Board had reduced the budget
SIs4OOO. Mr.. Coleman said that he paid the men
in his employ % cents an hour, while the contract
ors only paid their men half as much. The con-
tracts expire IN February He was asked II ne could
clean the whole city himself for million dollars,
and he replied that he could not Mr.. Reilly said
that he thought the streets would be cleaner II Mr
Coleman did the work.
Mrs Josephine Shaw Lowell wrote to the Board
protesting against the item OF S2j,OOO asked tor by
3bo Den9rtment of Charities and Correction for
feeding the outdoor poor She said that that work
could be better done by private charities com
mittee of the State Charities Aid ASSOCIATION pro
tested by letter. against the Health Depar mcnt
binding a hospital for the harmless insane ON any
of the islands. The Health Department sent letter
submitting supplemental estimate OF S0OOo Tor
rent The Health Department was granted two
transfers from uncxpended balances of 81 800 each
and the Police Department received transfer ol
There will be public hearings by the Board to-
day and Tomorrow and the passing of the nal eS-
Inmates will be taken up next Wednesday