The evening world., 1888-07-19
3 O'CLOCK
EXTRA
AQUEDUCT ERRORS.
Gov. Hill Throws a Bomb in
the Legislature.
He Recommends the Adjustment of
the Present Board.
And Favors the Creation Of a
New Commission.
Two Other Messages and a Row
in Both Houses.
He Recommends the Adjustment Of
the Present Board.
And Favors the Creation Of q
New Commission
Two Other Messages and a Row
in Both Houses.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING woRLp.l

VShAD
ALBANY, July 10.
Gov. Hill carried CONSERVATION among the
Republicans to-day by sendsng in three more
messages. One dealt with the Aqueduct
frauds, a second recommended an enume-
ration of the inhabitants of the State, q third
provided for q Constitutional Convention,
while q fourth defined what was meant by
the Penal Institution of the State.
The Governors first message ran as fol-
lows:
STATE OF NEW YORK. EXECUTIVE cHAMBER,l
To The Legislature:
II, 1883 / recommended for your consideration
institutions Of tbe Stale" This language is broad
prisoners are confined for crime. am informed
thas It Is claimed By come Members of your honor
the state only include the stats. prisons DO
not think that the words win fairly bear SO narrow
questions as to the power Of the LessiatSre At
this session TO dispose OF the whole subjeot,
nr asrsSy , .s1o%%sna for ,.! y0a1 sSn', S.ans1 .m a. Inc
ment of the convicts in the state prisons, ~penlten-
tiaries, reIormatories. houses Of refuge, Industrial
convicted Of crime are confused Tor punissinsns.
It Is desirable that the whole subject OF convict
DAVID B. HILL
The second and third messages of the Gov
ernor were as follows;
STATE or NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
ALBANY. July IS, 1888.
recommend for your consideration at the pres
ent extraordinary session the following subjects:
First-An enumeration OF the Inhabitants OF this
State, as required by the Constitution.
Second-A measure providing for q constitu-
and in obedience to the will ofthe people expressed
In 1885 DAVID b. Hill.
printed.
Here are the Governors views on the aaue-
duct steal.
STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
ALBANY, July Is, 1Ssa
BY chapter 400 OF the laws Of 1888 the Legisla-
ture provided for the construction OF an aqueduct
for the CITY OF New York, and designated the
In the bill as a Board Of Aqueduct Commissioner
1855 vas amended by chapter sT Of the laws Of
1885. whereby the Mayor and the Comptroller were
SS@ named d BY the aoner"or,' were aaS ' to Be- p appointed %
as additional Commissioners and confirmed by the
Senate: and thereafteI three persons were 40 ap-
pointed and confirmed. and are serving OF the pres
The present Agueduct Commission, therefore,
missioner OF Public Works, who 10 q member ex-
oficio, and six citizens, three named In the act Of
nrmed bv the Senate under the act OF 1855.
am advised that II has appeared upon the In
s sss'; Ss sssGn m nGw pf IN sas ely IL Ts s New 70 f ios tA s"ss Sss
Board Is now constituted has not been q harmo-
nious body but that for some time tnere has ex-
ton among ie members, whereby public interests
have suffered In some degree
commissioner have had business relations with
some OF the contractors or sub-contractors, thereby
subjecung them 10 Just criticism and necessar,ly
embarrassing them In the proper discharge Of their
II is claimed that other matters have been shown
affecting the letting OF contracts aud the perform
the city. all these matters. however, j have
NO accurate or oncial knowledge, rs the investiga-
tion, which IL ex parte, is still pending, and no
report thereof has yet been presented. and under
such circumstances II would be manifestly i'm
proper for me TO express an opinion thereon, eepe-
against the Commissioners are finally established
they are liable 10 removal, and proceedings for
the suggestion which / desire to make concern
ing the Aqueduct Commissioners IL not, therefore,
isSstio SPon ns sas %P ers,n11 ,hem' Of Inn .Se !, ,T tonn g, inc %p al,
an Inherent defect or mistaken policy In the Two
statutes In question creating the commission aris-
commission was created.
II must be conceded that both OF the statutes
come to be regarded as essentialeto the proper
government OF municipalities.
That general principle ! have usually endeavored
TO enforce, and whenever q departure from 1t has
been permitted ! am satisfied a mistake has been
made.
The statute of 1888, approved by my predecessor,
named three commissioner in the hill Itself. That
was unwiee. II any other than onncials were TO DO
designated those persons should have been selected
by tue local authorities and not by the legislature.
Here the nrst mistake was made.
not naming he three additional commissioners in
the hill, IL empowered the Governor OF the state to
select them aud the Senate TO confirm them. This
was like wise a mistake. The additional Commits
aoners should have been appointed by the Mayor
II IN submltted nj this time when publio atten-