The sun., 1892-01-28
WHAT ABOUT HIGHER rxxrs,
Contingency Not to he Overlook Cd WA.
Pension Hills Arc Tn

Anumbcr OF pension bills have bean ,,,ro-
duced In tho Legislature Mayor Grant wa,
| asked yesterday what he thought OF tbom. onj
he replied that he was in favor OF rensIopine
| tho mon who have performed the arduous
work required from the members Of the Fir.
and Police Departments. He added:
In the uniformed service OF tho Fire Do.
partment and In nearly all Departments NJ,
police work risk OF lfe and health is ever ~, =
accompaniment OF active duty The naomi.
in my opinion. agree with this view, and +, ~,
a reasonable provision for mon grown old in
such service or those who have been inc,.
pacitated while in the discharge OF their dutvn
About the bill providing for n pension for IN.
Park police he said that he would not OPPOSE
the enactment Of such measure.
''The service of tho Park police. he said ..vhr,
1t does not compare in risk with that Of our cir,
police. does involve degree OF exposure. and
instances Of conspicuous bravery and eyon
risk OF life are not infrequent in the records n,
that department But. to my mind. It secps
plain that tho bill does not provide sufllcien,
sources OF income to make 1t OF any avail il il
or the proposed pension for school teacbers
the Mayor said that he has not seen tho 6ill''
1t has not yet been introduced. but its aprear
Myo n Said t thn b should be- Sely T4s
fully drawn; M IA as there nre 1000 teachers in the
lit would be obviously impossible" ho soid
to provide. for pensions, for school teacher;
who have not served for. a long time. | d. not
as fSs er for
whether tho publ mind is prepared i"'iet /" srds Is
hs city they ths s r.ss sfse II IL
money by direct taxation. In he case Of ths h,
om thS %assed ra is raised
and similar sources OF revenue. A clnnrs
IL the eScis" ,MS isw or any one e variety
the necessity Of raising money /" t,"'GSs raS
psns9ns nH by tys,t direst taxation The nossby
ranks Of the police pensioners, and u lin is
about TO be INTRODUCED providing that in the
nish enough money the Board Of Estin,aait.
and ApportIonment is authorized to nut an
an amount in the budget sufficient to provide for
the Fro Department.. other sources OF rcvenus
than direct taxation are also relied upon for
as said before. to what extent the people viii
sion purposes by, direct taxation. with the ere re-
increasing tho rate oftaxation." ""u
dn ssensS s ey Ss S Maser s G ss ssi
debtedness OF the city are becoming too many
The proposed increase in tho bondcdn.
would to me to BE- the duty q the 1as city y
authorities t3 express disfavor. We're 1t not my
the LeRslature will. in its wisdom. be guided
by principles OF economy. I should take these
them In communications to the committees
But am sure that this winters Legislation
will all be. considered from an economical
standpoint"
In answer to tho question II the S3.OOO.OoO
paving bill. which will involve the issue OF
bonds. was included among those which
he did not favor. the Mayor said:
think that amount might be reduced
withomt serious dctriment to the ctty's inter-
OF the city are already high enough. There
are many things which might. perhaps. be un.
for out OF money readily raised by the issue OF
bonds. but this general ion cannot be expected
to make more than mir share OF permanent
improvements"