New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
riIE EsTiMATEs DISCUSSED
CLOSING THE p,mlie HEARING
,us oovse,t OF RvFoRM nB,nn NA'S=NA"''s
w" sUGGrsliohs, ann

-.,,,ae of which he was chairman "e"""s" ,ho,
.,,,s,yclv that the sheriff made 'No'o"",S' r,shoA
~. administration was corrupt i"o wv" '''~,,,y
s ,"n'a,os Of Ludlow Street Jail was poor III d"'nS
s"e ""' ,,a,srs ,,ore nn we'll kept, He asked the
~" ,,,Iy IN examine the items of the sherh ses'T
-, ad ,ctuce IL where could he done III "eco'""n'o
-,,h the law. Mr.. Miller spoke to the same s"e't 49,,
W" ~. n,,,dson and W. BOurke Cochran ehtcre"
.,o M,vors Office as Mcssrs. Roosevelt ana mi.nl
80 leaving IT, Mr. Cochran argued 'h"' 'n'
Roard could not increase or diminish 'hc ics" ''' "
aherG during his term of ONCE. u,,
~ ,,anI is due to the sheriff and all other omcins
no are criticised that they should nave "n "pPoi'
to ansTeI S sncr viii advised by me not to
.rswer gossip and scandal Any iac's vi i's "
formation shall be glad 10 giNe , -,
- ~ poora said that the Council Of Reform had
svod itself this year to critcising the estimates o'
.woaepartments-P Parks andPuhhc Works' Inc I"iA '
rartment had been Investigated Jud'clai' "n'
Che organization he represented had pfo""oe" W."
nessc. some Of them experts to prove ''s as
,,ons ot extravagance in the expenditure oi
nuhl,c money He submitted the following stae.ie'',
=, M comnaratiye cost OF OF the public TorEs OF
the cities of Newlork and Brooklyh' taken "no' -'"
the public documents -r
yrp,tps AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AQtthoSL
NowWork1Iength OF Aqueduc AZ miles, dimension 'N'
p,ootlyn-Iength of Aqueduct IS miles dimension sSo
feet ,mount asked for for 1885, s25O,oOO cost per
br00.,SynsIAm .S1s. 'nH' spent ''''' -
M.IsTrSAScE BouIEvARDs Asp WmN.lsa ,d1 slsa 600,
NeyYors Area o. 2os amount asked oi si''ooo'
cost st PEI .aS at1 a ''A
prr,,ps ,Sp RENEWALS OF PIPFs sTorcocks, Ii,,
NewY ,rk-Lenah Of Pipes, bbs miles amount a'' ''
spqt Of pss 65 ae. amount spent for In
.tStsts sa'' q &ee1s % io number of In
oosfPssNa Of Meters ,eAs number OF Inspect
q Meters to an "I sstr aD asked
y. IN i.ss hsS'ss ~ Soo 50 cost per Neer
RrAns ASp n.Nlws ,s on s,n.t', sao, asm Ned fo
New, Yofh hmiensth Of s,,ssls W. l''' "'o'"'
i"s 81 kse"t H. amOun, spent for in
'' isa3 s3a,lDsi cost pei iilr p9do
sN.n,rs of runiic WORMS, ,
.s, Var. Amount asked Tor s40000oi per capita cost
nroosyS spent in 1888 'oaooo per capita cost
ctt,siSo ANp nrr,in,Sd srwrgs .,,,
New yo,t-isngh o. Al mites Amount asked Tor WA
@ i",' s 81 @ 49, scs Awouu, spent in ss 'a7
$40. Coat per mile. slso' ..........
CLEANING Asp surilirs or r,htic n,,lin,'n,.S. ~,
New yort Area o 237e2tsq H. Amount asked 'o' s''7
ooa G1s psr s IS M 90 80 H. spcn, 1884, ss7ls
'''"t oct per 40 IL. Tie ..
. vo,. Ast, for Tor 1880 s3O 1919 Per capita cost
n,oosiyn-spent for in .ssa s7sosooa FER capita cost
sS TOTAL AMOUNT or sAtAnlrs. ....-..
sized for for 1885 sl9 9i054a9 Per capita cost
p,oos,p-spent for in 1898 sSoo2o2 Per capita cost,
nor
,r ,nnunt asked for ~ 6t2550 Per capita cost
spent for In 1893 s1os2s Per capita
COST iie' ror,i cosr or srArioStRY &C. .......-.
New yors-Assea Tor for iss5 s57aOO Per capita cost
s S.s So s. siS S'' jjlSsis 81 y}:, .
A., t,es,s :, e,nlonpi the various Items. He said that
,,,.,s,,s ave tnt witch goo 900 was asked, could be
,srt u, c,ef fof a yeat iot s35oo lie eonia rfwinre
ap,tae,ot who woua be glad 70 take the job fot tls
sunb ,. ,. 49,. ,t j,
"a tho neuagi,ppnt he salh iat Nj bprts had maie
,He saae biis As tesi aAd lhp ses beeie " was hh
Wy S"iae s,osFns twafmif, Paying Wenef is aise ~
Ni slalY " pNsis TWICE as purh i W. ns' rT w
hp rahs 80 "a inia lhs VIZ e"as s M tomus ,ha
"Mr" WW~ We"rs IA concluding his statement, sa'd
oesFS CIV or town IN sHe e,y,1sa WoSa 0aoo aee OK
. Mayor ElsOn-iho expenditure Was ,mNh,ns W. NV
Kind You are not within S-o'no"u" % %, o th ,a
Z Mr. Beers The eXpenlllMe ias. Sr ~, h ~ ~ onn NM
hndgot Was more than s3i 0uouuu 10 lhls Ni'uuu,"u"
more seGd be Saisa pne I wos 6y the sale Of
bonds Then there are some other ehleh9,'uies 10 a.
, NH h hrst the time m fourteen years Last scar you
Thought we were mistaken but the senate committee o
poics "Reminiscences French McClave and Matthews
tbru explsncd The items asked for by them Mr. French
ehsHsed So as to read telegraph telephone service
Colonel Scot of the sth Regiment ana MAJOR
letter that appropriations he made for arnories
these regiments me IeaSe o lie -ou ~, , @
aunOry expires In May ana INC o'n H"' ooo" "'''~ ~
' Controller Loew asked for appropriation of S25oo
IN III mn the rooms of the Finance Department III the
Stewart Building and procure new iurhiurc' ana lor
$4,000 for additional clerical force @, coo ro,,o o
The Board OF Education reported that Tl'ouV Woud ne
required to all the schools with the FIRE Depart
The rorpSaton Counsel was requested to inform the
Board what the legal fees Of the shcr are ana whether
or not the Board has any control over the Shcf eA-
The pn6lc hearing was then declared practically
closed and the Board then TOOK recess
TuoupsoNs FIGURES CUT ABOUT 20 PER CENT.
Soon after O'Clock the Board began the consideration
of the final estimates The Clerk of the Common Council
osked for total OF Ss6250. Tho following items were
allowed: President Of the Board, S3,ooo twentyfour
members S2 900 each $is,OOO clerical force $4,000
contingencies 5000 reception of the Barthodi
Statue Committee and 81 900 for ordinary, $4,000 con-
tngencies for the clerk. $3.50; Total, $77,2oO.
The Mayor-salarics, including Bureau OF Permits,
s3s 900; contingencies. 81 900; total $4,000.
Finance Department-Cieaning markets, S2s 600
borlain's Office, $4,000; total f2boooO Tor nteIest
city debt S77O61o o. ol i9r Stte @ iak sooo, 81 80;
for miscellaneous purposes S3Ol2 90; salary OF shore
NJ nDnartncnt OF public Works-For repairs, main
tcnahce aud strengthening of Croton Aqne-
duct s25o.o0o was asked and allowed ;
River Work., 81 800 was asked and 10000 allowed
Tor maintenance OF the boue' ards roads and avenues.
Sil3OOO was asked after much discussion $4,000 was
allowed $4,000 TO be expended IN repairing The bone
ward below Seventy ninth. for contingencies 3d.
900 was asked and $4,000 owed; for Tagging side
walks and fencing lots In front OF city
prrperty ~ 900 was asked aid ~ 200 allowed; for
maintaining eleven free baths, $4,000 was asked and
$4,000 allowed. For Lamps az gas ana electric hgit
ing S723, 900 was asked. Tho Common Council recon.
mcndod that the item for electric light be increased
$l5i,UoO
Mr. Asten said that he favored increasing the number
OF electric lights but deferred by the expense For
each electric light gas lamps displaced. Each
gas lamp cost 81 30 but each electric
light cost about $3.50 year. The placing
of electric lights IN Madison Square and other places
however. had reduced crime. The item was finally
For IaSiig troon pipes s25Ooo0 was asked and
100000 allowed, of which 10000 Is for salaries
insiead of 7O7o For the construction and repair
uuhllc buildings $4,000 was asked and $4,000
allowed For public drinking hydtants $1,000 wa'
nskcd and 80 600 allowed. For removing obstrction
In streets and avenues, $4,000 was asked
and $4,000 allowed. For repairing anc
.n,nvnl nf nincs cocks ets, S3OOOOO was asked