New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-24
M THINKS THE MONEY Is BEING U1STED
CITY TREASURER OF Long ISLAND CITY SAYS
THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CoMMls-
SION SHOULD BE STOPPED FROM
SPENDING THE FUNDS

! CIV Treasurer Luci-n Knapp 81 Long ls.and
CIV told Tribune reporter yesterday that no
thought thr citizens OF that city should ger 10
get her and apply u the courts Tor an hJu"'o" 10
stralnng the tienersl improvement COMMISSION
from, snenilng any more Of the $l,1""o wnich IL
NOS anrpowered to use for public improvements by
q, act of the Legislature passed last winter. ME-
I<uann insists that the erossest mistakes IL ho'hhs
worse have been made in the expenditure o' NV
llrger part OF this sum IN the awaFHihs VI Oo"-
tracts 10 Police Commissioner John [. sheehah VI
this civ and others H. alleges that 1t was under-
stood bv the majority OF the taxpayers o. Long
leland -ltv that when the Legislature passed the
acts authorizing citys administration 10 oon tns
city for millions of dollars the money woui W Ia Sc
Is expendei for the paving and grading OF the
and avenues The General Improvement Commission
which was formed 10 take charg, OF this WORK. was'
however using money for other and comparatively
useless purposes. according TO Mr.. Knapp. Mter tho
raylny OF Vernon AMI Jackson ayes whieh "as
done by separate commissions, the paving vi wv
s,roe.s had come to a stanist. and great sewer
age system had been started contracts 'o' o.e'
g. mo oto had been given and the work OF ou'id-
Ing great trunk sewers through the most 'hhs set
tied and sparse.y built up parts OF the Guy was
ro. ,,rder way These sewers are so large thtl
horse and wagon can be driven through them iney
are egg-shaped and built Of BRICK Such SSS.ei"
Of sewerage Mr. Knapp insists. VIII not pc requires
in Long Island cry for fifty years at It's present
rate Of growth and by that time those 10" De'"s
c,,s,ruc,cd viii be- useless. he thinks $500.
II was bad enough that such an expensive anu
needless work should have been begun az inns ,
IN the city's history when. for IT'S future WEI.
fare it could least afford the Waste o. nG p" car
r,nis hut the work was not being properly EAR
rni out Built through svampy Janus, Ihs ma s vd
work was not being sufficiently backed up; ar, hu
cave-ins had already occurred What Mouii 20
left OF the sewerage system lew years neniiSS
vas hard to determine II the con'rdcto'5 eoG Jun
ever Tho sewers with earth ana get 'ne city
~ accent them II was all they cared about II
was not they. MIR. Knapp said but me ~ go
,bo he the losers. twenty -lOHi MN ,i'A
nine sewers Nj Knapp says would nave oee.l
arnly sufficient 10 carry OFT al me se"dse iVf
,,ar? ,oanv years to come. and their cost Would
have been comparatively small ,., 49,.
10 III, a o0, AN OF the 81 10000 appropriation been
exnendoi in paving the streets. the beneht TO me
CIV would have been great that every taxpayer
would have lauded the expenditure TO the SKIES IN
tho soeakers' opinion. and IT would have greatiy
heped the sale of real estate 10 prospective resi-
dents Al present. only few OF the thorough
fares were paved. but In bad weather were so deep
with mud as be impossible. Sucn y state or
affairs, with the city's bonded indebtedness con-
stantlv Increasing was n shame and disgrace,
ami the people should Immediately resort to the
courts ID prevent further useless expenditure OF
the public money