The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-01

change 1t would make Sn, there his
He had no Idea as to wat system
wound Ue uSed, inat, ne SAID. rs ui!j
a matter Of detail. anyhow. and can easily
he settled afterwards
Sucn was the argument used seven
years ago. \ change In The system was
then ~ NnOwlcdgrl 10 bc imperative. 1t
the beginning aud the ending Of all that
has br,h accomplished from the Police
Commissioners, standpoint.
Comptroller Myers mas taken the other
side Of the question. and in effect he
you have had 100000 to find out the
best systemic find uut what y1u want,
and you have not used it. Sow YOU
and find out hat it is YOU really do
want. Stop your wrangiinS and do
s'meethInE. Then, If your scheme Is
feasible. you can get all the money you
want"
Thus. between the two sides OF the
question, the city suffers and debasing
after day. Innocent men are sometimes
dragged through the streets as criminals
In full view of the public. and their char
acters stained.
block. say the Police Commissioners.
He says he is there to stol
the waste OF public moneys hi'
t,sitton has Peen , dsrided, ms s Con n
put sum of 5000 in the provisional
estimates 50 as to keep the matter open
to be increased when the final estimates
were taken W., he was scornca 49,.
dreamed OF then Everything had been
cut and dried to go before the expected
Democratic Legislature next Winter and
obtain n couple of million dollars to pu,
In practice "A system not yet decided
upon. but the acceptance of which was
merely n matter of detail
| Commissioner Shcehan now says thai
there Is positively no hope until mex
year. as by neglecting the Comptroller
proposition the Board of Estimate ha'
now no power to act for another
twelve months.
Unless the Legislature grants W. tn,
money" he says, I'VE can do nothing.
What n beautiful position for the 20
lice Commissioners to be In after sever
vital reforms ever suggested?
! In spite OF Commissioner Sheehan'i
statement. however, there is no neces
sity OF waiting until the next l.egislatur
meets in order to Mt least begin TIM
much-needcd reform.
when It comes down to fine points,
said "A gentleman. who perhaps. next t.
| Comptroller Myers himself. knows NOR
about the finances OF the city than an!
! one else. money Is always To he oh
tanned for any purpose whatevor In a.
emergency like this there would not To
the slightest difficulty In getting a tina
good start
This assurance. coming from such I
soI,os Fan I've scT@n'rI as s9rres,
act. They say the Comptroller In tn
stumbling block. Let them ask how I
suggest n way out Of the difficulty h
may he able to point out from wha
fun with uncxpended halancer o
othcrwisn-such moneys can be drawn.
Commissioner Sheehan laws stress o
the fact that owing to the Comptrollei
st.rt., ~ oil
hack into the city treasury. 1t may h
Just AZ Wen for the public to understan
how this covering" back process wa
brought about
present 'omptrolers term OF office MI
Myers has been preaching to the Polio
Commissioners, whenever this signal sys
tem h"hhed up. that they had 100000 a
select system He told them So tn
very day that they asked for an add
tional &ooono for PRACTICALLY the sam
purpose. They thought he was wronf
He insisted that he WAS right. and stoo
ready to prove II. In spite of his pr
tosts that amount of money was turne
members Of the BOARD OF Estimate Il
the request Of the Police Commissioner!
Mr.. Myers objected TO the SO0.0W &c
two reasons. In tie first place .'sy'
, tenn was accepted by resolution of II
Police Commissioners six years ago. an
: Afterwards iuggle4 with. \ big LAVISH
was threatened. and the Comntroller ha
( no desire to enter into one. He had iu
seen the city forced to pay nearly $1,000
over the Tlter-mnter analr through jul
the same sort OF Juggling. He did n,
want to see the city muCted for mi
, lion or $, in the rresent instance. II
sides he objected tn swing dollar MOI
for experimental purposes when Il
original 100000 was st!il unexrcnd,
t and at the disposal Of the commi
Is!oners.
1t was then that the s5No,Ooo was y,
- into the provisional estimate inst h
: protest, or rather It was knock,
; down to s2O0OoO and the original $1,000
< converted back to the city.
I He asked Mt the meeting OF Il
81 BOARD what was the use Of IT, nj
=, Mavor Gilroy was the member wi
= said
"A "Wcll. II YOU do not Ike Il we can
. I, tho Legislature. anyhow"
5 Afterwards in pursuance OF the scher
decided uron 10 appeal to an expect
r Democratic Legislature. the Police Cor
n missoners themselves withdrew 4
= item altogether from the provision
q sstmaIe. Mr. Myers had nothing wha
/, ever to do with II