New-York tribune., 1892-01-05
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
MAYOR BOoDY's FIRST MESSAGE.
HE ADVOCATES A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AM

and VuIckcnning. They were all present HcS'erN'N
save Alderman FitzCibbon, whose father had !u', o
Flowers were on the desks OF the new membeF'. i"r
first b, nc,s wa, the choice Of president ana hch"i
] CoGev of the Twelfth Wai,l. was unanimously elect
3D. Michael j. Cummings reelected tlN 'I'"'
and the other employees of the Bold were icpp'"''u
Aldermen Nc0arry Icancy and Thomas were ap-
pointed TO inio.m Mayor Body that the boiu "'9
organized and ready receive any communication rom
him. Tney returned with the first message oi "e re"
Mayor II wa, br.cfer than the similar documents
from his predecessor. Mr. Body reviewed th' 'o'u'
Hon OF the affairs Of the city from the lcpoF'' OF ,c
beads of departments and made a few rc'ohic'""-
tons The chief Of the latter related 10 the increase oi
the police force the purchase Of the plant of 'he LouS
Island Water supply Company, the extension oi 'he
f-c limits the need Of a second bridge ana the o''ao
llshncnt OF a free public library.
The statement of the financial condition Of the CITY,
called for by the charter. showed total net l1c"u
ness On December J. leg1, of $fl.9oo'"o A. an IN
crease in the year of S;;,549=2i 3d. Iho Gf>' uo''
IS s453o8 100 90. OF the increase $2,oo4Ooo Is water
debt. The bonds issued in the year am"u"'cu u
So 800 900. and the amount paid on to S"l'"'oo''
From lie reports of tlc beads Of departments 'le
Mayor shows that the water system mas ucch ',pi''"
and enlarged by laying the new conduit DuIuihS a
new storage reservoir and making the new supply
available for use; 1j.S2 miles of sewers nave u'cu
built one of the sewers being the tnrd IlEest "
the world; six miles Of granite pavement nave oee"
laid and seven miles of cobble pavement Inc rcS's
pupls the pubic SCHOOLS tA't'uN '' rN'
ing CAPACITY BY So the total number OF seats bens
OF o32 Tho crcatcst pressure is upon the schools III
the outlying wards. but the Board OF Educauoh h's
promptly met the demand by preparing to acconh"ile
every pupil i'm the coming while sizes nave "lIe'N
been purchased to meet such increased deHaHu lot
school accommodations - may arse LOT " H"''oOi "a
years tO come.
There are now 613 fremen, increase OF my y-seVeh
and a new engine house has been built flavor BoodV
recommends that the fire limits be e1'enueo' i"e
police force at The beginning Of the year numbered
1850 Of whom 991 were patrolmcn. The law limits
ihe number OF patromen TO 12O0, and an increase OF
900 is uy..ed by the Mayor. Two police stations
are building and sites for Two more nave been pu'-
chased. The number OF excise loc'-es + 3'"oo' al
increase Of 151 in eleven months.
The records Of new bindings show that 414o We're
CONSTRUCTED and ! 500 begun in The eleven months
ending December l. the to'al estimated cost Oc'"E
ss3166s93 The total yal"aton of the properly real
and personal in the cy j. 5l669 f2l0. an increase
of S211 ,64s304 in ten year, sites for smtl PAL his
have been purchased in the Iwcnty-sNth, EiIhioen'h
and Eighth wards, il proposed 10 lay ont parks
in the Twelfth and fourth wards in tie near
fntur. The Bridge receipt, for the wear amounted 70
s1176447 50, an increase Of Si9,3"3 45 over 'he
previous year ,
The Mayor saws that work the terminal facilities
of the Bridge been delayed by the TACT tha per
cent bonds as required by law to pay for me M
movement could not be foato!. lie recommends
asking the legislature, permission to Increase 'he
rate of interest. He advocates also decreasing the
number of Bridge trustees. lie says:
The fact that from the time that the cities under
coax mis- enterprise the Mayor aud Controller Of each
city have respectively eN-ohclo meinDeIN Z" nc
Board Of Trustees is strong aIfun'ht loT l'',''.s
them. IN addition To- thc-, Ol'iaIr, , "U id on
from Brooklyn and one NON NeW-> ork Wouiu con
two thirds of the cost Of the Brioee and New,n0rh
one-third the latter city could NOS comp am at ts
arrangement No cOOd reason is apparent why uhs
Ger a" svcn spo' t ssUcon I passing Bin which en-
f,odiC iC6 his hang
different grounds. This suggestion is made upon gen
oral principles. without intending any reelection upon
The present management. such change would Ger
,9ny be in the direction Of greater Peron%
In his recommendaons the new Mayor embodied
tls in regard 10 the Long Island Water supply Com
pany the purchase Of whose property was stopped by
the courts:
Among the subjects 10 which will ask the attention
tenon from citizens than the Long Island Water &
So heed exts that hcnd 20 over the history Of tds
corpoa1oD the attempted pIlchasc by Ia" civ ana
special consideration seem 10 be the,e: water
supply company exists within the city limits. Whether
Il can maintain all the :ht, which II claims i not 80
important peYhaps a ne t,c that il car maintain 81,
s se e. T1eh s cTs fTs in na@ sSs em Eh @ @ f9aSg %
aud which, from every pGut Of con'dera'ion TIE cry
sSEem sSDeisl 0Es' t opio6 H amog @ % e c2cn my that " The
principal question IN the cousieraon of tn whole
Sr @ fhs rs1 soT 70 @ b e Wch waT n c s o e & %
mains for meenS this question than by Condemnation
The subject Of tie annexation OF the four towns OF
the county to the CITY is reeeatcd TO another message
but on the subject Mr.. BODY had this 10 say
The question Of first Importance in the consideration
OF The subject is this Would a,nc.aton represent the
wishes and promote the interests Of all parties TO the
act ] need not say that II is an'aconistc to the
forced conditions of government Assuming. how
ever, as think every one VIII. 'I' a.ncXaton Is 'eF
tain dt remote date 10 represent bOth TIE wishes
and the interests of all concerned. IL should be
present consideration TO II very much cannot
l. Lt AOtp F,ffr
less favorable that which va BE- inevitable few
years later.
on the question of a second bridge over The East
River, the Mayor says that a- long aco as 1857 the
necessity and feasibility OF sIc structure shown
JIG continues:
1t is probable that this - vor', has been
long delayed through the absence Of organized public
dltion. however, is rapidly disappearing. Tie de
mands of our city are now eXpho; ana urgent As TO
dhe ieAsi6hy on the scheme u re can be no doubt
The Brooklyn Bridge IS a suihclen, answer to any
the necessity OF the bridge for the accommodation Of
what IS known the section Of the city, 1t
Tou1 SPsH Up pOVgG ahs' TO e Ih f
teenth, Nineteenth, Twenty first and Twenty sixth
PIE 1t would accom:ndGae Tie enormous bu,inc,s
pf the water 'front.' in tAc Eastern District-a business
make the prr~en, hridg" necessity urge the con
s;sucton Of the proposed one so not refer now Ia
the best ncth hpd- Of constructing the bridge the
specific provisions which should belong " any act Of
enabling lesi'la,on. ! ier to ID" larger matter u
IN The nm ,ddte constIu Ion ot additional bridge
20 be located in the Eastern District The reasons
for This work evident and the demand for
urgent that 30 further tine should be lost in discus
Sion.
The last topic touched upon FIN the message relates
to the need Of free public library. and the Mayor
ays:
have thus iar a,roi the attention n yolr honor
able BODY those subjects which represent IN"
tersl inter- - o' oi'Y. Ii may be thought that
this ~ a. it j. proper for such communication
g. 20. and D, fgr a CITY j, able proNidc. |
am 0f the opinion. however. that can surely
r-ovide for material iutcie.t~ bv the hcip Of
l1clnaI srllIlnnf. lhlui-r nf