The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-23
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A single glance at this table shows the superior
results obtained by the city in the years 1880 to
1903 over those In 1885 to 1888. For N these
nearly forty -four millions of bonds were issued
with net increase of only seven millions in the
sn ae ss IL Wth the o
from $40 TO 1892, than was accomplished dur
ing the four years from $40 to 1883, when ONLY
little over thirty millions of dollars in new
bonds were issued and the net debt was de-
creased by less than three millions.
Reporter see that in this table n good deal
of the increase In bond issues is for docks The
charge has been made that the results do not
Mayor Gilroy-Here are the figures Of the
operations OF the Dock Department for eleven
proving the city's water front seems to have
hnguished. The reports show that from 1884
bull. az oos fsr OF bels
average Of 500. 025 per pier. while from 1850 TO
ss Sr pes nsye se:a
per pier. Had the fifty piers erected between
iss9 and isoa cost +. as much per pier as the
sol. a5o instead OF s2O76.6 $50. so that there APP
ssi on Tammsny as compared with anti: Tam
many administrations Between 1884 and 1888
while during the last three years twenty three
piers have been extended at a cost of
vail built in the lsss eleven years, only i.ies
feet antsdate 1889. and OF l0l72 feet OF crib
ys sf9n TO-
once for the amount of dock and slip rents
that the amount which in 1883 was 81 aso, 6s4
had grown in the year ending April 80, 1894, to
six years OF s5is.oS4. Leaving out OF sight the
necessity of providing adequate facilities for
direct returns which the city receives from
aaii.,, additions, to Its capacity for for, pro
indicate q bad Investment IN the last
year Of Mayor Edson's term. 1884: the rev
n sss FH ss dSs and ID i Mayor sp ST.
32oSs4 The gain under four years Of so.eailed
year. Considered with reference either 10 the
Pic sSlaE sSis 3 gScd showing Tor shs Sue Sue
s9 ss SSsf
sy
tho sum OF sa,Oos,7ss making a total rev
ON The wafer fcnt Of S S tHRR
better justification could be given OF the wisdom
or Of sad hs r OF S
ending with Dec. 81, 1893. the amount of dock
bends issued e pay for pFyas propsr
heads, and extension OF old ones well AS for
the expense Of administration and maintenance.
Reporters the record as clean in the matter
of school extension
Mayor Gilroy-Most decidedly so. Here Is a
report Of the Board of Education bearing ON
that subject. not very closely summarized, but
you pick out the facts for yourself. The re-
port is made by wards. and the record OF new
schOOlhouses Is not separated from that OF an
buildings. But taking them as they come ,I You
will find that there were Just ten new construc-
tions Of both Kinds made n the four years from
and coming down 10 the present year there have
been thirty -three Of such new structures added
IN lInn la inns af .sfA
and so far from the list being complete, there
are fourteen annexes and new schools still in
OF the average school attendance in the last
eleven years and you will see the practical bear
tendance In 1858 was l3l .0ss; in 1889 IL was
133.4a4 Here was period OF four years in
only 1856, or a very small fraction over one per
cent. while according to the statistics OF the
Board q Health I pGpSn Ss Increased las. per
OF children seeking admission To the public
schools Is only per cent IN four years there
receiving the benefit OF free education in New
York in 1850 than in 1855. But AS we have
that for the odd D.l5i the reform " admins
tration OF city affairs could find no place Tan
it be part of the reform creed that illiteracy is
the best preparation for citizenship, and that
the most desirable lot for the children OF the
poor is TO be condemned TO run the Streets II
was clearly impossible to provide for this sur
plus school population all at once. and admit
day, otherwise there would not be fourteen new new
schOOlhOuses still building. But you will oh
ssrye ssst isSt year he syersge schSoi attend
h4b, or more than 10 per cent. over the attend
snce Of 1889. The increase IN school accommo-
IDENTIFY more than kept pace with the assumed
growth of school population, though il did not
the four years of reform government.
Reporter.The increase in the appropriations
proof Of extravaganza.
Mayor Gilroy-The. appropriations have GER
tainly not increased faster than the progressive
demands Of sanitary science, and they have. !
am happy 10 say. been attended by gratifying
decrease in the rate OF mortality. In ss4, the
rate was 1924 per 1000; in 1858, the last year
Of Mayor Hewitt's term the rate was 25.23 per
1000. In 1893. the last completed year of Tam
many administration, the rate was ease per
200. and for the present year, on the supposi-
there win as many deaths as there were for for
the same period last year, the rate has been re-
os Ds sp eO ne 10" average
made that Il i trick Of Tammapy administTa,
Mayor Gilroy, Yes, have seen that in news
certainly cannot find any warrant for It in their
own tax bills. OF the great newspaper proper
more than they were four years ago and these
exceptions are due TO so demonstrable an adj
Of the members Of he 1 commissee OF Seventy
pay taxes on real estate, and some OF them pay
p srsoina,l ta{ss, don't think any q them viii
valuation Of their property during TRmmany
administration. In 1854. the last year of Mayor
EdsOn's term, the assessed valuation of
taxable real estate was Sl,ll9, 7Bl .597.
In 1883. the last year Of Mayor Hswitt's, il was
81 .S02, sls.S7g. an advance in four years of
sls3, O5T2s2, or AZ the average rate OF s45. 764-
$50 per Anhum. For the present year the as
sessed valuation OF real estate Is 81 81 O57 735,
an advance In ak years Of $40, 23s's56, or at
the average rate OF S5l. TO6.+7b. That is 70 say.
the average annual Increase of real estate yaln-
alton under IAmmAQg adm niHiTatlOu has been
S5.BS2. 1913 greater than during the anti
many administration which preceded H. No
one who knows anything OF the accelerated
growth Of New York and the rapid multiplied
lQn Of new buildings during tee last Elk yesrs,