New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
THE crANGE or ADMINisTRaTION-+
OTI!II, TIMELY TOPICS.

OTHER TIMELY TOPICS.
rhc n.r Mayer will take o,ic- tomorrow. hrt tie
complete chans, thr, Is I, occur in the city
wovcrnmen, VIII mot take plfcr nn'i month
later There il no t.ason a?iHrcn, why the
term os thr MaApr AL lie terms - thr Wv
heads Il Gcpar;nI cnis shoI'i not l"rln It; T..
same timo. bat III wa- evidently with '!' ii"h 81
giving a Mayor rltnty of time 10 select Ms assist
ants that tie datA for the change In ~" various
comnr >ioncrshr, WIS placed a; t." h"rln"imS Z
February The iinpD';a"' think aHsr n'. J. nav '''
ncw M,yor brcon whoiiy AMI s'''f r. ''i'N'''.
~ 50. .a ,~ull a!ninisiraiior. within very short
Tine after s o.lioial entry int, the cry l'alh IN
this rcarrct ljrqDklyn las an .!lTi c,rf' r u f'S
% g"oi ' ''r in,o 'nn' = the ~,p p,' .i f' rS[
crnment all thc limo. fha' rhc, nay" hai %i & '"l
ornnieni :ur th. hst eight V"arS T. nj IN ~" ff, u
degree igc 20 the charter NJ IL ~ hehcf' ,N.',
lcncc alter ." dimi.n n :ac mat ~ on, . &c ~
respect 10 tho power Of Mayor i' r"roy" n.h's "i
re,.ncH 81 M","r in ' ,is muir ha. been x
nncl in ,he rec"n, Schli'..Irn 'neidti'. "hi'h
ought not 10 be forgotten.
Just nj this time II Is Interesting :" nciH ihe
mcihr!- aIo;,t"I by the different MAY N'r~ h"iihr
Once hrd'r The present Charter Ia ~" an'l"'h''-
i.e.l, ~ The men selected for heads Of drarin n".
The fir, ex, rieca Of this kind when Mr. Low
took office twelve Year, ago. Especial Interest Nis
fclt In the appointments at that 'nc ~ The Nv
men were not u take charge Of tn" d"iar'in h'~
until february |. Mayor Low postponed I've an
entire list was given ont at one time Two years
later Mr. Low reail oint'l nearly all the m'n who
had served under h,r. When Mayor Whitney cam"
Ia ia 1885, he. ton. made pubic his list Of 'om'ns-
sioncrs all ~ ohce. hut on January -. about
week earlier rhan In III, cas- OF h!s predecessor
Mayor Chap, in.r .luccr, Il nv mc:fod AMI a.
,soon az he had selected one two men al! they
had sIgniacl their acceptance lie gave their names
80 the lew wspaIcis and IKE Mr. Low. u" confined
tl ,st OF his siiOrlnatcs during -four years Mayor
Moody reverted t. IN, Low plan :" 81 omnibus dh
no,m'tmeni hW with II va't dinercpce. for on 'nr
iirst day Of his torn n" r'aiI"in''u NN'rf MN '
found holling oiice 'h.rchy diNccv'rn % IN 9na ,i
iiuencr w'.ch hsj been powerful enough 10 dras Him
out Of Crnrr, AMI thTu-t him INT" "" Mayo
Of announccncr, by ir.brt~ and in some cases men
f.vc bon anno'nocl az c"mniSsionsi> , w,,H ~"
there great Iyan;aGcs in krerin' Tn nam
are thus enabled form single G,,in,e npr' Sson
Of the character Of an Incoming administration
Probably few people remember that Mayor Low
twelve years dill not Civ he city an entirely
new slate The fact H. he reapp ,in'cd three officials
whom he found In office. I;cfore his time there had
be, thrc commissioners at the head Of each Of the
several departments. one Of whom belonged 10 III"
minority party Mr. Low therefore founha number
Of capable Republicans holfl.rr important Offices.
and he reappolnted Police Cpmmissioner jour Ian.
Tax Collector T,nn.r. and john Trusow. the ircsi-
Dent OF the Department OF Assessment. and It VIZ
generally believed that these were a GOD appoint
ments as he could have made
Neither the trolley the motolnon can H. Justly
held responsible for the acct ents by which w"
children were killed Oh Sunday an1 Monday tn"
same l. true IN respect OF several previous acc-
dents. espe cally those by which two men We're killed
when attempting 10 jump on the front platforms %
cars In these two recent cases the victims ran
directly in from; Of the rapidly moving cars from
L.hnl going IN the opposite direction and. or
course there no time - stop o. even check the
speed 81 the cars. one Of the children Killed was
The daughter a. mo'orman who's car was GA, 81 "A
farher himself had been In charge O! "a. car That
caused the casualty. IT. is very icr,fnl whether he
eS"" eSr"tsvely piow to ercvc the ~r,ance cf not
allowing children to play upon or cross streets In
which trolley cars are Operated
Tie reorg anisation q: the city Works Department
which will bc made Ly Commissioner white VIII
bc one ~ the nIost welcome things the n"w admin
isrsANn will bring For six years this department
has been run hy John T. Adams. ii lawyer AMI "
Ring politician. who Grrin; n coo1 part of the
time chairman Of the Democratic General Commit
tee also. Adams retained ns deputy commissioner
James \. Murtha. a brother OF the late -''ai,r
Muriha. but for some reason has practically *
norri him. that Murtha. while regular IN h!s
Attendance al ~. Office. has hal almost nothing TO
do OF course hc Will - out wh"n Mr.. White comes
IN: and $, Will among others III" Superintendent ~
Streets. George H. St,t!ins. Sterling receives sal
AIRY OF 500 year. at'! yet lie IL accounted rich
man AMI recently r",noved fr IN the Second Wari.
pcct Park. lie is big. hurry follow ana formerly
was appointed CHEF weisher BY i.re.i,lent Cicv..
lini whcreat there WAS a great lLbhub Sterling
dil ~; the Office. however. IL found that
the apprinter should have Undergone civil Service
examination. and when the examination was held
II wonld lee interesting To know how "a man holding
such caice Stcilings can e-' rcn on 500 ii
year.
No decisioD has been reached regarding the i,ri,gc
terminal and appears likely INN ci.at,ly ,ha,
VIII give satisfaction. That the cost Of the Bridge
far has been enormous is generally recognized.
anl In conscquencc II Is f,lt that the further ox-
penliturc Of fmr2ensc sums would ot he WISE
IL the city In position 10 make them. \
estimate Of the cost OF the Bridge places the
total. Including interest charges 10 maturity
xIjoo.1, and 1; is stated that the total income has
been $lo5,aiG. while the expenditures since is com
pletion have amounted to 81 g:2.A4o These figures
miiial station TO cost anywhere from three to six
millions seems tmphatcally out OF place. There
ought to be an era ~ economy and good manage.
ment In Bridge affairs. Thus Far the reorranz'i
Board Of Trustees has shown ere capability
In this direction than the curo ~ hoard .! twenty
which finally got rid of last winter.
How many dwellings, there In Brooklyn? The
Ds partmcnt Of buildings has Deen endeavos.ng to
find out In fact. II has cause1 count to he made.
and the number Is declar i to be 1l2.93o incluhg
every class OF dwelling. from the ttncm' Mt house
the Costli.st residence. II may d. added that fhc
number Is not increasing rapidly at present. Ftw
building permits are now issuci. nj building oleid-
t!ons are abOu: at stdndstill
EHOOHLYN ALDERMEN ~ 4 TfNGTE.