New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-18

suits will Spring from this alton Of tho .w and
do think that most Of tho violations OF the law vice. zen
young who arc growing up among US VIII thus be
avoided know that / shall be CONDEMNED by many
OPINION vane or making this Tecom%cndaon
Is duty to express the honest opinion WIN nave
examination Of tho Question and study Of the condi
lions for which wc have to mako provision py law
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
In reference to the other departments OF tho city
government It is not necessary to go into much de-
tall. The Department OF Public Works is admlnls-
| tcrd by ST. gle head. appointed by the May'' ana
removable in the hcrclnbefore discussed imS
arrangement secures efficiency and responsibility so
long the position is filed, as 1t now Is by eompe
tent and faithful incumbent, but no has DO, Docn
ong enough IN Office to secure the pe being made
I'm forming corps of competent ana TaIneu iiar 80
old politicians. Contract work, notwithstanding the
protests Of political organizations, Is oclns h 10
as rapidly as possible for the day labor pec,1on day
the issue OF tickets for services on clecuoh gay s
This change is indispensable In order to secure ia
days labor for fair days wage ana onr so citizens Of
gangs OF men engaged In showing how nor ~ uy
should bo placed under the control OF single head
There Is decided advantage In having tne De -
the advice Of public spirited citizons In reercnc W
| the management. adornment and use of the pubic
parks TO be enlarged by largo additions IN me
Annexed District and by the small parks "hsh o %i
be constructed In the lower part OF the city, Already
one OF these parks has been determined upon, 10 Oe
created at the Mulberry Bend, and It VIII De my
out these small marks in tho more dcnscly populated
Of the cit y so as o S' rS
The Fire Department might advantaeconSy De az ho
stered by single heal IN, SAM n adysntarge what
| ever in having three underpaId Commissioners Whcn
the work ought 10 he committed 10 the care OF one
who is paid an adequate compensation for the great
| responsibilities of tho position would NOT auHIso
| lent wheh is now I'm eminenly satisfactory con
dton adequate means for preventing ire spread
| I'm he
demanded not only by considerations of public health
but Of common humanity
| STREET INSTRUCTIONS.
| Az the outset of my term of office ! adopted the
policy of calling the heads Of departments together
for consultation to all matters affecting inc inter
ests of the city, especially with reference to the meas
| ures of legislation either required by them or sought
IN be imuosed upon us by the action of the Legsa-
ture The resnIt has boon an entire harmony of ad
m'ni~tratlon between the several departments anu
very conmendabe disposition the part OF each 70
fac ate the operation OF the other departments whore
they come in contact. In one respec, nov Vtr i
have not secured as good results as had hoped 10 40
| although This is not due to any lack of disposition
the part of the officials charged win me scT hs
properly cleaned. l have carefully considered the
difficulties In the way OF the Commissioner OF street
| Cleaning I'm a letter which addressed to him when
he was rcappoinfcd TO Office. and I do not propose
repeat what IS familiar to yon ana to every
not been on the part OF the police sufficient conpre-
hcnslon of the necessity of preventing encnmbrahccs
in tho street and thc throwing Of waste articles ron
houses and shops into the highways. II Is contrary
70 law for any person to throw waste paper. dirt
rarbore ashes or any other material into the streets
It IS equally contrary law allow the streets to
he encrmbercd with vehicles; and yet 1t Is known 10
every citizen that trucks have allowed to stand
for weeks and months, without ever being moved in
the main streets OF the city SO far "a thcse treks
streets over night. there is justification In the
usage which has prevailed from time mmrmorla and
which cannot he ntcrfercd with Immediately without
| Great hardship TO most worthy class OF orr fellow
citizens but what are termed " dead trncks' and
those which arc the property OF largo propretors
l0auc in
| left hy VIII" do not reside In New-fork ana
he promptly removed Much has been done during the
last year to abate this nuisance; but until me police
shall awake to the fact that the streets Of the City
Of NcwYork from house front to house front. arc the
property of all the citizens and cannot b" uscd either
or for the carving of business Of kind except
for access and cgrcSS, and far it Is allowed by
ordnance TO peders and petty dealers within the
stoop line. we cannot hope to SEE the streets OF the
The laws by which the city IS governed. and the
corporatlon ordinances relating to health, tho OF
he streets and other public appliances, need revision
between tho ordinances and some of them are post
ivclv in cOnraventon of statute law, large mum,
her have been adopted since the last publication OF
the Revised Ordinances so that II is almost inlposSi,
bic for the city officials 70 know their dutle. and
TO define the rights OF the pnbic Inasmnch as there
is now settled determination 20 enforce these ordi-
that the rsyo1 De IN Gona IN
the Office Of the Corporation Counsel whore IT can pc
executed with little If any increased charge upon The
city treasury.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION
This department is under the charge Of three Comris
sfoners appointed by the Mayor and removable by him
for cause after trial with approval by the Governor The
only official supervision OF this department Is that pro
ytdc1 by the law which opens all public charities to the
examination of the state Board of Charities The State
Charities Aid Association has also the right OF vista
tlon which Its members have fully exercised with
great benefit the institutions supported Dy inc Guy
| Very serious complaints were maze 10 M sOor
sfer o0 OK 3 bee e The charges made
in the public journals and by private persons III regard
%orctorc rcSmcsted the state Beard of Charities to
make a thorough investigation Of the charges ana 20 re
port remedies which, I'm their judgment, ought 10
| be applied
The state Board performed this duty in the most nc
thorough manner, and embodied their conclusions In
report which was At once gwen 10 INC publ -, ton
report served to show that the alleged abuses han Gee
Of duty on the part Of the Commls oners calling for
ccnsurc but il made equally clear that abuses dld
tho AUTHORIZATIONS were not sufficient to provide
proper dietary for the patients that the atlehdah's
were too few in number and not properly trained ana
that the accommodations were nade9late for me ,'Der
Of patients to be cared for The latter Hong from
the Commissioners of Emigration Of some nnGccuPIee
also made for the beginning of operations the farm
Of thousand acres which had been pttnaseu 10, a.
eases Of insanity thus relieving the main institution
of the plethora with which it was congeSfeh
The Board of Estimate and Appointments b SaGs
personal inspection Of all the INSTITUTIONS a NC
coming satisfied that large sSeee by the
state Board. they havc not hcsatcd TO Increase the
amount TO be expended well for maintenance as ior
improved accommodations Wherever ~ Is po ;u
the attendants housed WITH the patients WI o. D.
proyied with separate dDrmitOrics enlargng me &c
commodatluns for the inmates TO the extent OF M
space vacated and furnishing TO tho 81
an indispensable relief from the depressing eifec's oi
never. ending cont act with disease
Meanwhile benevolent and intelligent persons soI nave
suggested that these institutions can never proPcris
fulfil thrir mission unless there Is radcai Cbans ~
thc system of administration The favorite sugsJs,IT"
is to make n complete separation between the crlnnals'
the paupers the SICK the insane and the cnae
Instead Of one management for all OF these depsnnn
| inmates il is proposed to havo at Least lour ood 90
OF administration, each charged with me c d,eerent
single class and each class to be located III ~ in,ar
| places so that there be M POSSIBILITY vi MI MI
course between them. This proposition Is ceI,ad sr
on the face OF It, attractive aud when we cp ps