New-York tribune., 1885-01-06

all his faculties and powers and helps TO pronaote
Introduction Of practice in the eIemsnts Of the t.
arts would require but slight mobilization Of the prS
msnt while Il would pIsce our Schools sSrssss sqs
most improved and scientific methods Of pedagogy -
noad q Therefore s, approve discreet aud gradual .
While the expense Of maintaining our own school ~
tenn Is Increasing from year to year. we are annually
state school tax. for 1884 Ssx:York citys suoss
s tax & s 49, sas 40 cent Of che
So O99, 1875 go. Tho amount received back from ~
ssVas 81 Sn
Per cent Of tho whole school tax paid 6y the city Of New
Of VIZ thus ISL sycs a. @aeh snS
should for State for school purposes this fa0
the city compelled to maintain the expenses Of -
State
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This great department, with Its manifold duties srA
many ramifications will demand great share of ny
attention and shall subject Its workings to the most
exhaustive examination, for the purpose of naugutne
such economies as may bs found to be practicable
One OF the most marked services recently rendered By
the dsI artment Ia that othe improvement Of the publs
markets.
new and handsome market house has been erected
the site OF the old Washington Market Tho sum ol
y2s0000 was appropriated by the Board OF Estimate
and Apportionment and raised by taxes In 1893 and
1884 for the construction OF new building Tue work
has been done by contract for considerably ess sum
under the direction Of the Commissioners OF Public Work
BY the erection OF new buildings ios wasainson and
provided with ample accommodations for conducting the
& Tes business IN o @ t1oss Sa & a1d
by the ely to the land required Tor new market
and thirteenth ave- for coaductng the Wholesale mar
kst business Of west washington Market, aud prelimn.
the Sinking Fund forthe erection OF suitable building
During the past years there has been material
places. welllighed city is half -poiced and shall
approve Of any appropriate plan for the still more per-
fecty lighting those parts Of the city where an Improve
ment In rAis regard Ia especially. needed
The sewerage system is being extended and improved
from year 10 year. and nothing should be permtcdte 70
retard continuous progress In this direction.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS.
For years parks suffered great neglect because Of
the anomalous constitution OF the Board OF Commis-
soner but during the past two years the practical
perence and willingness to cooperate on the part OF the
members of the Board have shown very marked results
in the Improvement and maintenance OF the parks,
nevertheless am OF the opinion that this very important
department should, without delay. be put under the
control of a single Commissioners, as the only way Of
assuring its proper administration
The people can have no confidence In the adminstra-
tlOn OF department constituted as it Is VITA -FOUR Com
each egda os ana
In Board thus Organized TINS acuisy NOT
ever beneficial simply because they lave had no agency
in planning y ndulsng IN the assumption that that haa
been obtained Where IL Is possible for considerations
Set. the uaeness OF the department must necessarily
The NUMEROUS changes occurring in the direction OF the
department. by Of the election OF President AZ
Intervals of onths another evil Of the present
system and unavodaby tends to eneryate the admins
tration OF ITS affairs.
The present park area of this city is o94 which
dsproportionatey small compared with that Of any
OF tho worlds greater cities comp ared With
many the smaller cities OF this country The necessity
ousv increasing growth OF the citv led three years ago
to the Inauguration Of the movement on the part OF
ss.,ou Of the Ieraare OF law dng for the
acquisition OF the land for six new parks four OF which
designated as parkways At its last October the
General Term OF the Supreme Court In this deparmens
handed down opinion in favor OF the appointment OF
commissioners to estimate and apprase the lands nece
sary for this purpose and such commissioners nav:
acquiring lands for the city II is estimated that the
100000 to s2o.ooo.ooo The recent CONSTITUTIONAL
Amendment, however will prevent the carrying out OK
this purpose and in any event first expenditurs
should made for those parks which are entirely within
am Of the opinion that the parks should and believe
in the future they can be made 70 yieta larger tevenas
the attention of the commissioners 70 this mspef
Ia particular.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
In view of the paramount necessity for protecting the
public health this department has been vested with
larger lowers than any other in the city government
and Is not only police but legislative body as WELL
While it should be amply provided with means for carry
its work the importance OF Its functions Is never
theless no utifcaton for an expenditure Uncommon.
surae results obtained 1t is to be feared that
It's duties may prove OF unusual import aud dely
during the Tres year. ewing TO the threatened ysta
ton OF epidemic or Asatic cholera lt hands shoud
be every afforded for securing
the best possible sanitary condition OF te city ana thea
expenditure will necessarily be Increased In order hat
should ne yertheless be no wsseful, extraygant IL
considered use OF the public moneys simply because the
dreaded pestience As illustrating the difficulty OF
maintaining the sanitary condition OF the city, may
have rscenty beer compled: In the year 1880 there
were in the City OF NswYork 1906 299 Inhabitants and
nIabans accor ing to the latest estimate OF tho Board
OF Health. OF the dwellings n this city 27i7s ara
what are technically known tenement-hOuses, tene-
being defined oy law as any dwelling inhab-
tied by three more families The dnefenee IN tue
sanitary condition OF great cities cannot be better ns-
rated than by comparison OF city with the cities
OF Brooklyn and Philadelphia. ,,.,,,-,
itants or about half that OF New-York had 62933
2, U Mt is or about ,So-
thirts as many as New-York. had l404l2 dweiiinga"
There are in this city thirty-one single blocks which
taken together recently contained population rs 2,
Aggregate area OF thirty blocks is acres
that the population to the acre was SAL o'
The case is even worse now than IL was IN loeo.
From u personal examination male " me durlnS my
as term this Office am impressed with the narlSmps
and dan attendant upon tenemen-house life. and
II an epidemic OF cholera were TO ini our city unpu
errors of its effects The House Co-imission,
whose tenure office has expired. has carefully con-
tion and believe it wouf be for the common welfare
its to be extended SO that might eoGperaS sSc
with the Board Of Health and tho Mayor during 'H0
coming spring and summer
STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT.
During my former Mayor OF this city the Legs
lature responded to suggestion contained In my hss
annual message, and created a Department OF street
Cleaning under the control OF single COMMISSIONS
The practical results which have been attained by tho
ad option OF system have been most gratifying AND
fully Justify the enactment OF the law. The streets Oh
our CITY have been kept cleaner tor the past three years
than FOR twenty years before, and In this department
wisdom OF the system or sngio-headcu con"ssi"nS
has been fully yindicated. ,.x...,,
In view OF the possible visitation Of our city by pes-
ence in rho near mture confidently hope for andex
meet cordial operation between TINS department. o
the Police and Health Departments. as am wel saus-
ncnaliflD of OIL