New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
POLICE BOARD CRITICISED.
CONTROLLER FITCH OPPOSES A TRANS
FER OF MONEY.
r,sc,,ssrox WITH COMMISSIONER ANDREWS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND


APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND
OTHER OBJECTS.
Controller Fitch read a statement at 'ne "e.'ne
OF the Board OF Estimate yesterday severely
ing the Police Board for alleged disregard anu '''I
ton of the Consolidation Act In us me'"ou1
garding unexpended balances OF approp'ia''
The suhiect came up on the Police Board $ requos'
for a transfer of $500 from money approp'in'u
1892. to be used In building stacon-house III .ne
Ninth Precinct. Following are extracts i'o'" ~
Controllers statement: ,.,taa
lion act is that unexpended balances OF prop f
tons shall be carried for years On , oe pur-
the corporation, be ultimately useu ioL On "a NJ
pose entirely foreign to that for whlcn ,,e oa "
Estimate originally mace ,nr Of Public Works
and The Police Department are exempted from a vi, ,
prohibition against transeIrg of another year
but This statutory privilege furnishes no siOuti ~
put The general spirit and purpose of charter
reourements unless good reasons can De SHOW" Aoi
the necessity of taking advantage theIto ., from
In the present instance the appropriately from
which il is proposed take the sum OF s'.ov , Wa
made four years ago for specimc pepted TO car
nv out do not think that 1t requires any eAenneu ,
argument to show the Improperly OF uSs ~
in he Ninth Precinct for contingent
expenses of the Police Department incurred III '''
EXPENSES IN GETTING EVIDENCE.
The transfer was asked so that the patromen ana
officers of the Department might reimburse 'he'l-
.ng evidence against disorderly houses. gamohhs
houses and violators of the excise law. Inc oi''s
cover only the period ending August 81 ias'' anu
there has since accrued an account Oh si''V' i ~
same sort of work up to December OIL tu
The Controller has all along fought the "a"sie''
,loi,r that ,he Police Board acted in contraveh-
+,on of the law and had expended more money una"
the appropriation warranted; Also that the i" s,
fer was asked for so that the CONSEQUENCE "a ~,
be shifted from the guilty boaiu ~ "a"
Estimate and Apporiionment. .A
Mr. Fitch called attention to the TACT tna' VI Wv
g. soo only soo Is had actually been eXpehdeu IA
securing evidence against dsorderiy houses ST.
snent for photographs and $500 for excise de
tecve work IN in sd e8pended ssOs for contin
rencies of which $1,000 went LOT Iecrsi notes of
s iiems. S''' ''' ''S''
REPLY TO THE CONTROLLER
Commissioner Andrews, replying to Coh'ioiie'
Fitch said that the $500 was apsoiu'ely 80
that If it not paid the oflcers "ou u 80 ,,o
expend their money to secure e'iue"N. ,ro.
,,,ons of the law and the effectiveness OF 'ne
o,,Id he Unmarried The men had EXPENDED , .ro
money believing they would get II oacR SAID
Oh me noor woman and she had to provide FOR me
women and children placed IN her nY ihe law on
iSse 10 I hanI and if the Controllers idea was fo
lowed out the woman would have 10 'io1"'0 - w.
IN" cher So what was she TO do? - .or,onr
tnT o'i Snrfrol.er replied that the poor woman
sbomid have been paid in preference to some @ -
rr,-n ioIica Commissioner said he Wouiu tihe "
49, time 10 reply to the Controller anu iui M
consideration of the matter was iaiu o''' " o.
him the opportunity s, sos sso ORIGINALLY APP
nronriated for the Ninth Precinct ;ned
~ in the Twelfth Precinct instead MAI "'PoN
ont the Ninth Precinct station-house iuhu
pONDs FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
The Board also appropriated schoolhouse oo'us
90 s9So so 10 for educational purposes, lad Out DIS
fo,ovs s25G 900 to build a new schoolhouse at Oie
and-for y-seventh-st and ST. Ann save
s-q o7o ~ to purchase a schoohouse site at Ninety
6rs,s, and First-ave.: $35S59 for heating thgnty
ich,bst school: 81 $50 for furnishings TO the Nest
tehty-second-st. school; S3VloO 10 oui ~ S,,t,
hundred and thirty nnth-st for the new Gls
CnIiege size The balance 1880 went Tor suiurieS'
FOR A DFI,EHANTY DUMPING BOAT.
transfer of 100000 was allowed to Commissione'
xyr,nq from the sweeping fund TO the snow ana Ice
fund. and s3S 600 to purchase Delehanty dumping
boat ,,, nov .
ToR B. Moflit was allowed S'e~ Tor MS iesa' sci
,cos IN tho Board of Charities and Correctlon a,
,ha time of the asylum investigation ana 10 iyaNu
Jeventrt 500 for his legal services III NV aS
;no,on bridge Park condemnation proceedings.
II was decided that the cost OF the Oie-i ~.
IA Tftc-6fth-st viaduct should be borne Two
.hirds Nv nroperty owners and one-hrd by me CITY.
After the meeting Mayor Strong sald ma nv, ia
thought that Mr.. Fitchs objections VIZ nnt GO
in their nature, and made more IN the tels' rs
Tammanv Hall than of the city. Inc Mayor "a az
sure thai Commissioner Andrews Would pe ape I"
reply to the Controllers argument