New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-20
THE MAYORS ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Mayor Strong who followed with the toast OF
the City Of New-York." had natterins recep-
ton He said substantially:
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Members of the chan m
city of New-York to thank the Chamber OF Com
merce for inviting the Secretary or the lreasuury
ton to the financial literature Of the day that we
have listened TO in his address tonight IAp2.aus.(
You want 10 hear little about the city oil New.
York just II Is perhaps-at least, II you uon
want TO- you ought to know little so- I'M s aD0 ~
New-York for the last two years has been that OF
bs D.Ss rsn % pay any sne make your
tax rate as low As you can ana yon wi" c Wa 1 ew
f no win Zone the to Ss e ex sns t that there
not building in the city of New-lork OF any pup
most to an absuriity Take the Hail % Records Of
the city of NewYork The building is almost tum-
city government in the last ten fifteen years that
has been willing to advocate the building o. new
to the people of this city Simply because-"Wel. we
can't afford this year TO raise the tax rate
Building i is aso eX1ctiy The same way with the
or four Grand Juries, and no doubt mary Of you you
gentlemen have sat on those Grand Jnrles th a,t
in such light that none Of you gentlemen sitting
at these tables but would say that 1t was an out
casr @ t4ope cas have and nC they @
disgrace to civilization of any kind and much more
9ok is to h the a%s Nay s IF nr S NJ
stituons on the islands There is but one building
Island or Riker's Island that is lit to have human
being in it-just one. II you gentlemen of the
Chamber OF Commerce who have taken little in
terest In the last few years In municipal affairs
would appoint committee 70 visit those buildings
they would return to the Chamber OF Commerce
and pass a resolution on the city government for
the detestabe condition that those buildings in.
Applause)
Now gentlemen. these are simple facts. and the
for that IL there has been no adminisra ton
In the city OF New-York that has not been deter
mined TO keep down the tan rate. saying. I'VE can't
afford to spend any money on these buildings we
must keep down the tax rate" That has been
going along for such length Of time that IL be-
comes necessary for this administration to put
those buildings in order. The old Hall of Records
should be torn down: also the brown Courthouse
Building. and spend million dollars on that corner
TO make fire-proof building and when say that
/ mean of nothing but brick and stee--five stories
high. where you can put your records and keep all
the records connected with the Controllers Depart
York we'll the Hall OF Records In the building
lAppause) To do all of these things that every
one at this table and every member OF the Chamber
OF Commerce would recommend and would guar
would cost in the nelghborhood OF 5000 600 and II is
Just necessary that every one OF these things
should be done as II is necessary for you gentle
men to go home when you get ready and attend TO
| speak just this way because I would like to
have the members OF the Chamber OF Commerce to
understand that they elected man Mayor OF
the city OF NewYork TO look after the business in
terests of this city. and for nothing else
And to do that just right am going TO run you
In debt, because cannot do II any 9ther way. Tnes
people. these poor inmates In the Almshouse. and
the insane people-and we hope to turn our Insane
reef-daughter)--I mean the insane that In the
Insane Asylum-(morc laughter)-we Will set some
relief from that Every building connected with the
government OF the city Of Nsw.yQEh excspt Tho