New-York tribune., 1896-12-25
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admnis sirsiion Of municipal affairs ne viii accord
f nsns to w1d ns % of rs to h people %
assume that II corruption or incompet6sn&Sy & we're %
Of party considsratons. % support him any, Of HI.
associates for election the first office OF their
Of his feilow-citizens who should fail to arrest
corruption or abuse in the public service whcn 1t
The Mayor is given the power to appSlnt all TN, the
b n b s renered Vi elective BY
the people every four vears. so that the treaSSury
ndependen, Gepartment' The Mayor viii have
supervisory control over the various departments.
Mnnsps s Assemby y'0 Ills Ps" patronage and his power
are great that 1t is perhaps no eTaggeratlo9n 10
say that ne will in these raItcnars error oe n lb
State or the President OF the United States
will every administrative ofcer irrespective OF the
prescribed term of his office. during the nrst siN
remove only on charges with the approval OF the
Governor. Some OF the committee believe the bet
great power of appointment should also be given
equal power OF remoy,l so thst at ever. mo mo
trative conduct Of the city TO this has been OBJ
jected that continuous power OF removal m maKGs @
Mayor tina; the city is in danger OF suffering from
this point of view. Without attempting TO decide
reached in the committee the basis stated. al
though each member Of the committee is at liberty
this point. as upon every other TO axe tne
judgment Of the Commission on the point al ISSUE
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
In regard 10 the composition Of the adminisira-
tive Departments the committee has been guided by
these rules: Wherever the work OF department Is
principally discretionary Board. rather tndn one
Commissioner has been provided. Wherever the
work Of a department. is principally executive Il
single Commissioner has been provided. As 10 IN"
Police Department. there is a dherenc" OF opinion
The ma tority rreferrins the system now existing in
New-Ycrk of a Board of Police Commissioners
controlling both the police ana elections, to ihe
system prevailing in Brookyn OF a sinsie orn of
Elections. The majority Of the connl',W'e zee peilrV'
that the various duties 10 he performed in conntc
ion with the Bureau OF Elections can best he dis- M
charged through and by the aid OF the PoIce Dc
partmcnt. whose officers in any event woiiln he
called upon TO preserve order al INC noI, ""n,r. %
election notices. distribute official ballots 10 the
.rans,n,t election returns Board charged with
all Of these duties is required by IN" stale 'ohc
he Two dominant poi,cai parties The only other
seeming departures from the foregoing rules are Ia
Public Charities tho Department OF buildings and
the Department Of Parks. Owing to the great eN-
York and its natural subdivisions. f. has been
thought best. in these departments TO have three
administrative control Of specified districts. while
aittne together Board for the decision Of suoh
as affect all parts of tho territory in common.
BoROrGHs AND LOCAL BOARDS
Having thus effected tho consolidation Of the
era municipalities into Ciy,with central gov
ernmert "upreme apon all subjects. ii remained to
provide for hat measure Of home rule csseNta! 10
the convenience and development Of fhe various
sections Of the city. and to the and attention
due 10 each neghborhood and community.
1t is clear that the work Of administering all of
the departments large sracc Of ierrito'.'.
situated on three Islands and party on IN" inar-
iana t must os % snpnaed IN 1ruer r% o. 20 a.
vide the city into Eve boroughs. which nature ana
! history have already formed; That is 10 say:
J Manhattan which
Manhattan and the outlying islands naturally re-
lated 10 it,
@ me city nF0of "%' yns s 1'
lem. territory which comprises two-thirds Of the
area OF the present city Of New-iork
County 10 be Incorporated into the Greater New
Is, Richmond; that is. Staten Island.
SWsT is syep TO hs @ MnnTPI, n %
need The Greater New York Will start with these
Ave boroughs for administrative purposes .-,.
system. as submitted in the tentative draft. upon
lines which We are Of one accord in believing to be
plan for the Grea,cr New-York. These lines give
prosecution Of local Improvements may be facili-
taied within the limits OF snail disiricts hni re-
Indebtedness and TO authorize the making of con-
tracts
submit too to The Commissioners in September, ,ha,
eyer So1oa in c to @ ss w d
duties relating to local Improvements ana the
the jud emen Of The committee It is essential that
source Of legislative authority. Al the same time,
The commttee We're profoundly sensible of III, he
control. Especially In tho matter Of local improve
merits and so rapidly do they accumulate in
vast end growing city that they could no, al ne
central body with the individual attention and
constant assiduity thrt have contributed much
70 Is es Ss s@ Si Of
ncps Asseb in mt the ely first ns' for 70
to open Traa uo and faye b TlsS ono Of two y
it win utterly neglect The needs, Of he outlying
unfortunate. and would probably he fatal 10 many
advantages reasonably expected from the consoli-
The Greater New-York.. After much discussion the
! committee have reached solution Of the problem
that they hope will commend Itself 20 all
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
They have taken counsel. in the first instance Of
the experience OF New-York when the Twenty
third and Tweniyfourth wards annexed TO
the city some years ago. AT the outset. this terri
tory placed under the control OF the Depart
men. OF Parks. which proved unable 10 deal With
the situation to The satisfaction of the neghbor
hood In the mean while some hf.y villages which
had no common drainage system. no common
street system and Of the attributes OF city,
! remained to a considerable extent unimproved and
impossible Of improvement because the territory
| containing them was not even mapped as part Of
the city tnuer these circumstances, aftrr seven
teen years. the residents OF the Annexed District
cured from the Legislature the authority TO elect
Commissioner OF Street improvements FOR the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards who has.
in effect. three duties First. he Is charged with the
| duty Of mapping any territory Tor which 40 Com
: missoners map has been adopted His action In
this respect naturally is not final. His proes and
maps must first be approved by The Board Of Street
Openings. and. when approved 0y them. uust be
adopted by the Board Of Aldermen before they have
! the authority OF Commissioners maps Second
he has certain initiative, II he wishes IT. in
the matter Of local Improvements. Third. he per-
forms some OF the functions Of the DeDi.:ment Of
Public Works In the Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth wards. This last duty The committee believe
should be imposed upon he 1rJper administrative
department OF The Greater New-York. that all
public works OF whatever character may be done by
| the proper departments All parts OF ihs sienIer
city. The first two duties the other hand, have
o. he committee ~. 4 m hn