New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-26
NAMED BY THE MAYOR.
PARK AND EXCISE COMMISSIONERS.
A COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED TO PROVIDE

A COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED 10 fIoNiDH
FOR TIE LOCAL COLUMBIAN CELEBRATIONS.
Before leaving the city yesterday Mayor Grant made
the following appointments. which his secretary "r'
Holly, announced late In the afternoon:
Commissioner of Public Parlls-Albelt CAMP IT,
appointed for q term of five years; no salary On
cept when acting president Of the Board wheh II y
$1,000 a year.
Commissioners of Excise William s. Andrews 20
succeed Alexander Meakim. term expired Joseph
Koch reapponted. and cx-Judgc Leicester iiolme' 10
succeed Edward T. Fitzpatrick. The term oi 'h' Ia
else Commissioners IS for three wears, ana the satS
is 5000 year. Al these appointments were ha'c
to date from May l, 1902
Commissioners to supervise the raising Oh faiHoa"
tracks and approaches to the New OK 'chtl"i buNo
over the Harlem BvcI-Georec W. Hlfu'alI' Na''eI
Katie Charles W. Dayton, Joseph II. IIasln and John
Fox.
william : Andrews. who succeeds Excise Com
missioner Meal1m. held the same ohce under mayor
Gracc's appointment from 1886 to loso' 'oni'n'S'
sloncrs WOodman and Won Claim were MS aNso'''c''
Until a wear ago MIR. Andrews was rampant county
Democrat and Bitterly opposed Mr.. Grant both Wheh
be was elect ID Mayor in 15SS and when he was re
elected in 1890. In all nu-Tammany movement
for many years Mr.. Andrews and his large 'Apdss VI
shrtfront have cOnspicuOusv at the lo'e' 'i'0
the collapse of the County Democracy ne mas pc'"
active In squallng himself with the TammanF le""e''
and apparently with During Els lOrfher III
,urbencv he made his rulings and general conduct In
Office highly satisfactory TO the lQuordealeS 30 "d'
the rum element advocated his present appointment
with practical unanrny and brought It's ihl pressure
10 bear ir- his favor. He was born about MY YEAR.
ago ard was son Of stephen Pearl Andrews VINO was
known as a plilanthrOplst. short ume ago ne az
tacbcd b,msef 10 The Tammany machine of the NNlst
Assembly District. in which he hveS. Mr. |huIeW'
belongs TO the Manhattan, Democratc' reform l"l
teen and Conmonweahh clubs. Before Inc S'",
newspaper ended its existence he was for time us
al
the new Excise Board when il IS organized next Mon
day. .,
Joseph Koch is the only member OF the recently
,,dic,.d Excise BOARD who has been reapponted ana
II Il was the Mayors purpose TO place the seal Vi MS
approval OH what most dsreputable III TINS boau
he could hardly have done better koch 1or V"ivo
years has been the Hquor-deaers favoHte 'o'ni"iS
soner although Fitzgerald. who has been urh'"
down., struggled hard for first place Koch o"iiio
into Tammany Hall three years ago with Henry ~
Purroy,s eX-County Democracy contingent anu was
appointed by Mayor Grant an Excise Comm'SN ,"cl !"
Nav 1889 his associates being Alexander Me"hi'h
and F. T. Fitzpatrick His record has been one vi
comnlet, and utter subserviency to his new masters
Koch and FITZPATRICK voted every license the IAN
many Han bosses desired. Mealdm VINO Ihrousho"'
his term manifested spirit of independence wh'ci was
highly creditable 10 him, had pTacucaN no HI"o''0
in the administration
ExJudge Leicester IIome, the third Commissioner
Is about trty.sevcn wears cd aud Is son OF the Kew
DIR John stanl)pe Home. we!l-knoWh haP'N'
clergyman lie was graduated from Columbia CoheHc
Law School in 1876. and after travelling 0Or'au' u"
tered the law Office o; Cochran d Clark III J'nudis'
1880 Mr. Holme was appointed Justice OF re VIZ!
C,nrt TO succeed Edward Browne, fciGnec. Inc lo-
lowing year lie took the place OF Mayors secieUrH'
succesdiup Thomas G. 7. Grain. when the a'ter Dr.
came CITY Chamberlain. Previous to this he was
member OF the High Bridge Commission Dv 'nc "p
pointment OF tie supreme Curt his associates Dels
Grover Cleveland and Frederick r. Coudert' lc Ho"
Commissioner is a member If the Manhattan Deih'~
CRITIC New York Athletic, Seneca and Lawyers Do"H'
tow1, clubs and is member OF the Ncw-fork B"r
Association lie has long been identified win lam
many Hall and is member of its general comhh'.cc
and committee organization for the KIN AsscnoH
District.
In compliance with the statute to provide for celc-
bratlnc in the city of New-York the 40oh anniversary
of the discovery OF America the Mayor yesterday a
pointed the following committee OF 100 10 eoiouct'
manage and direct the celebrations Daniel F. Ape
ton, John T. Agnew. Charles Barsotti, CoTnehus "
Bliss Samuel q. Babcock. David Banks, Perry BEL
mont. Calvin s. Dricc John NJ. Bowers. F. g. Bourne,
c. A. Barratoni. David S. Brown. William Brown,
Albert s. BckmMc. L. Contencn, Michael Crane Henry
Ter Crosby James $ Coleman John ID. Crlmmins, Juan
Nj. Cebaos, Dr. John b. Crosby, Charles A. Dana, L. +.
Dittenhoefer. Cornelius Daily, joe b. Erhardt, smith
Ely. Timothy c. Eastman, General Ferdinand 7. Earle
Elbridgc r. Gerry George j. Gould sequel Gompers.
Randolph Guggenheimer, Antonio G. Gonzales. Henry
Hilton. F. W. J. Hurst. Henry j.. Hyde. OK Governor
George Hoadly, John Hunter Robert J. Hoguet, John
l. Hamilton. John II. nman, Morris X. Jcsup, Eugene
Kelly Richard KatzenmayeT John Kelly, Arthur
Leary, Thomas Loughran, Giovanni p Morosnl Charles
4. Moore, J. rerpont Morgan samuG W. Mi6a d,s
Provost Max Nathan. F. p. Olc0tt, a. NJ. Palmer.
General Josiah Porter. General Iiogce Porter
Jacob Rupert, John D. Rockefeller. Charles ii. Ray
mond. Robert b. Roosevelt Wlitclaw Reid. j. Edward
simmons, Edward schel, Charles :. smith. Isldor
stmus, John II. starn Walter Stanton. William Stein
way. Lspenard Stewart, William sulzcr, Edmund c.
Stanton. G. Waldo Smith. u. Lawrence shaw, Edward
V. Skinner, Evan Thomas, Chimney TruaX. Daniel g.
Thompson, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jenkins Van Schaick.
Edward G. Vernam william G. Whitney, II. Water
Webb Benjamin Wood, Peter Wright. William ii. Wick
ham @ q. i. Wahle IL. and ChnrlnS R. Mrb.tor.