The evening world., 1892-01-04
MAYOR BOODY's MESSAGE.
Brooklyn Should Buy the L. l.
Company's Water Supply.
Urgent Need OF Another Bridge
Over the East River.

Mayor Doody, OF Brooklyn. to-day sent to
the Board OF Aldermen his flrst annual mes
sage. Ills message Is made up Of reports
from the heads OF the various branches OF
the city government. The Comptroller's re-
port shows that the city debt on Dec. /, 1891
amounted to s4l,aso,7oo, an Increase OF
S3,S+0,..4 over the year previous.
llMayor Boody says that the Department OF
city Works has made great progress during
the year in the work OF enlarging the water
system.
He says over rfteen miles OF sewers have
been built. The big main relief sewer, said to
be the third largest In the world, will be
ready for use about April next.
Speaking OF street cleaning, the Mayor
says:
II Is important to know that the city OF
Brooklyn, with mileage OF streets greater
than the city Of New York, has spent In
eleven months s25l 900 Tor street cleaning
and $13l 200 for removing ashes, &C., max
Ing the the total cost OF cleaning the streets
and removing the ashes s3s2,ooO. The pres
ent contract allows for the cleaning OF 10, 300
miles Of street The city Of New York last
year provided for the cleaning OF $4,000
VI otiN'tS, 'tilu 'ulo gthl has uppIo-
priated the sum OF Sl.s7s,54o for that pur-
pose. 1t Is plainly evident that Brooklyn
must provide for larger mileage OF street.
cleaning.
Mayor Boody also congratulates the heads
OF the Law, Educational, Fire, Police, Build.
Ing, Health, lax, and Park Departments.
ON the water question the Mayor says:
Among the subjects to which | Will ask the
attention OF your honorable body, few nave
received more attention from our ell
than the Long Island Water
supply Company, located In the Twenty
sixth sixth Ward. No need exists that |
should go over tine history OF this
by the city and the litigation which followed.
Among our citizens the principal question In
the consideration II the whole matter relates
to the price which the city should pay for the
works. No better way, It seems 10 me. re-
mains for meeting this question than by con-
domination proceedings through the right OF
eminent domain. The su RENE Court would
have to appoint three commissioners to as
certain the amount OF compensation"
Speaking OF the proposed new bridge across
the Last River, the Mayor says:
" The demands Of our city are now explicit
and urgent. AS to the feasibility Of the
scheme there can be no DOUBT. The Brooklyn
/ Bridge Is Suincient answer to any such
question, m a single glance az the map Will
commodation Of what is known as the east
ern section OF the city. 1t would open up I'm
proved transit TO the Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
rh''tH'u, SiA'ctHtu, HtNtI'ttHlH II, flRl-
teenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-irst and Tween
ty-slXth Wards, representing population OF
over $4,000 people. 1t would accommo-
date the enormous business OF the
water front IN the Eastern District-a
business OF almost fabulous magnitude. All
OF the facts that make the present bridge a
necessity urge the construction Of the pro.
posed one. ] do not refer now to the best
methods OF constructing he bridge or to the
specific provisions which should belong tC
any act OF enabling legislation. refer tC
the larger matter OF enlisting the active In.
tcrest OF the city government in the i'm.
| mediate construction OF an additional bridge
to be located In the Eastern Dist, let. The
reasons for this work are so evident and the
demand for It so urgent that no further time
should be lost In discussion"