Evening journal., 1896-02-21
tAE GREATER new YORK
Senator Lexow's Amended Bill
For Consolidation.
COMMISSION OF FIFTEEN PROPOSED

Charter and Necessary Legisiation TO BE
Prepared by This Commission, Which
WIN Include state Officers aud Mayors
of Three Citios-Proyislons of the BIZ.
ALBANY, Feb. e1.-Groator Now York,
as dooroed by the Lexow subcommittee on
consolidation, IS TO include Brooklyn and
Long Island city all of Staten Island and
tho present metropolis. Flushing, Jamai-
ca and Hampstead are not in It.
The committee mot, and Senator Loxow
submitted the report, which is long and
details tho work of tho committee and
much of the testimony heard In Brooklyn
This report must go through the Joint
committees, but this action Is likely to be
purely formal The report favors consoli-
dation. and accompanying It is the bill
decreeing a greater New York on Jan. !,
1898.
The bill is not the same one sent here
by Andrew H. Green's commission, al
though modelled upon it. 1t wipes out the
present commission and makes a brand
now one, to consist of Mayor Strong Of
New York, Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn,
Mayor Gleason Of Long Island City. At
torney General Hancock, State Engineer
and Surveyor Adams, Andrew H. Green,
president of the old greater New York
commission, and nine other persons, to be
appointed by Governor Morton by and
with the consent of the senate.
The bill provides that these commits
sioners 'ere hereby directed 20 prepare
such bills as win, upon their enactment
into laws, provide government for the
municipal corporation, tho mayor, alder
mon and commonalty Of tho city of New
York as by this act enlarged, and, among
other things, for attaining an equal and
uniform rate Of taxation and of valuation
for the purpose of taxation throughout
the whole of the territory of the said mu-
nicipal corporation as so enlarged.
Powers OF the Commission.
"Said commission may, in and for the
performance of said work, employ counsel
and such other persons as it may decm
necessary, and fix their compensation,
subpoena witnesses, compel the produc-
tion before it Of any public record OF doc
ument of any Of the bodies polite OF COR
porate aforesaid administer oaths and
examine Hereunder any person touching
the subject matter thereby committed to
It's charge; and each Of the said bodies
polite and corporate its agents and sorv-
ants, is hereby directed, for the purpose Of
carrying out the provisions Of this act, TO
furnish to the said commission or its rep
resentatiye free access at all reasonable
hours to all such records and documents
and all Information within it's possession
or under its control. The said commission
shall proceed as continuously as may be
with the work aforesaid, and shall, from
time to time, report to the Legislature its
progress therein and its recommenda-
tions, and shall prepare and submit to the
legislature bills in proper form for enact
ment embodying such recommendations. "
For the expenses Of the new district the
cities Of New York and Brooklyn are to
raise S25, 600. Tho act does not affect in
any way the boundaries or government of
counties.
The Lexow committee viii meet today,
and the report will be printed, it is hoped,
by the time tho members get back here
next week. DR. Brush Of Brooklyn has a
minority report in accordance with the
rosubmission ideas OF the Brooklyn people.
General Benjamin T. Tracy is regarded
as almost certain to be one Of tho new
and J. S. Il. Stranahan of
Brooklyn is booked for another place.
Others talked Of arc George r. Cathcart
Of New York, George G. Greenfield Of
Richmond county, William II. Robertson
of Westchester county and John II. BrinolS-
erhof OF Queens.