New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-27

ought 10 be cut down Is per cent This is a
pressing work Of reform which the Republican
Legislature cannot afford to put off pater
with. 1t Is not In the public interest that the
Sherifrs Office should be allowed to remain so
prolific a source of revenue to Tammany. \
thoroughly economical and energetic Legislature
could make enormous reductions in the city OK
penses without imparing the efficiency Of the
municipal government In fact, the efficiency
/ Of the government would be increased by radical
reductions ard severe retrenchment.
Simple and clear Christian principles at the
basis of the movement to establish the Provident
Loan Association. The bill authorizing it's in
| corporation ought to be passed at once.
Congress IS the greatest time-killer Of modern
days
The contrast between the four-headed Park
! Commission In this city and the sngle-headed
/ Park Department in Brooklyn IS striking and
! instructive. The new head Of the Brooklyn De-
| partment was appointed by Mayor Schieren and
has been In office less than n month. Already
he has introduced reforms that viii effect say
Ing ~ 81 800 a week IN the park payrolls. and
ne has engaged eminent experts in landscape
gardening and forestry 70 supervise the park
work This is the result Of choosing for this re-
sponsibe Office not a politician or = man with
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par;ment. In tins city a spectacle Of incompe-
tcncy and imbecllity is presented in the Park De-
partment. sufficient 10 make every decent ciu-
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when Mr.. Vaux's plan FOR preserving a rocky
oa,,,,,.o &c hr,urbt - bis attention and ,ye
can form = correct estimate Of the position TO
c.b,cn tho administration OF the marks IN New
York has sunk.
mol ~ rho bonr
The Dismal Swamp Is gay and hilarious COM
pared with the Nhlte House thes''uhys' so ireSi-
dent Cleveland has gone there To snake or the
melancholy which broods - darby IN WASH
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Hh't""'S" petu'St' ana p"I'rIeSl OF All the
street '!eaning commissioners Win whch New
YORK mas been ahilc'ed.
1t would be better for John y. McKane to
make up his mind now that convictions go" and
to start cheerfuly for Sing Sing. The trip will |
penses.
me supremacy or Newly ork as the greatest |
CITY OF the western hemisphere was founded, |
mas been sustained, and IS SUI due to the COM |
nierce or the port. and any movement looking 10 |
inc continuance and Increase Of that commerce |
Is worthy the most careful consideration by the |
business men of the ci'y. The movement on the |
part or The Produce Exchange and other bodies |
toward increasing the efficiency Of the Erie
Canal is one of vital importance to the city.
'a'"'-poat owners had prosperous season end
NE Win the close OF navigation inns winter. ana
the lact mat western shippers used the canal
50 extensively CURING inc prevailing dulness Is
strong argument In its favor. Other States are
S'r'''Ins every nerve 10 wrest NETWORKS trade
,'o'" "'' b'"Sp ana '"e "'''e great waterway
- Wv ''''' ''',' " LAY W. II, maintaining l"a'
"'e u nave ''S "ST'u''''sS ha"per'd by shal-
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