Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-08

| known as greater New York will begin
! its official existence on Jan. l, 1898
! The first mayor will be elected on thu
| I'd day of next November. He vii
| have greater executive powers than thu
! chief magistrate of any other modern
! city. The government of the city vii
| be vested in a mayor and a municipal
! assembly, consisting of two houses
elected by the people. The mayor vii
appoint the heads of all municipal de
partments, save the comptroller. wh(
will be elected for a term of four year!
| to direct the citys finances. Tn,
mayor, comptroller and members O
! the municipal assembly are the only
| elective officers Of the great city. Thu
police department will be governed By
board of four commissioners; the fir
law and correction departments each b!
one commissioner, and the depart
ments of education public improve
ments, charities, health, docks, park!
| and buildings will be governed b,
| boards Of three or more members, al
appointed by the mayor.
The municipality will be divided in
| to five boroughs, for the purpose o.
better administering the powers O
government. The borough of Man.
haitian will include the island of Man.
haitian and the small islands in the
| East river. The borough of Bronx viii
lem river and between the Hudson
river and Long island sound The
borough of Brooklyn will include the
present city of Brooklyn. The Dor
ough of Queens will include Long Isl
and City, Flushing, Jamaica and al
in Greater New York not within the
present city limits of Brooklyn. The
borough of Richmond will include al
Of Staten island. Each, borough will
have a local subsidiary government
presided over by a president, elected
for four years. Each borough viii
also have a deputy representing the
various administrative departments Of
the central government, and a loca
school board and board Of local i'm
prOvements. The president is chair
man of all local boards. The author
ity of the borough government is limit
ed, the controlling power being vested
in the central government.
The upper house of the Legislative
branch will be called the council the
lower house the board of aldermen
The council consists CT % members
o1oo+od Cow fO,,, voorc from doSipnat n
districts. and a president elected at
large at the same time with the mayor
The president of the council become;
chief executive in the absence of the
mayor. The board of aldermen con-
sists of five members from each sena-
torial district, elected every two. years
which under: the present apportiOnment
will give the board 105 members.
The charter forbids the granting: OF
any street franchise for more than
twenty-five years A two-thirds vote
is required to pass any measure over
the mayors veto. If the veto concerns
franchise or an expenditure of money
a five-sixths vote is necessary. The
public improvements of the city will
be under a board Of six commissioners
each taking direct supervision of GER
tain class of improvements. The
mayor is president Of the board. Al
contracts for public works must be
approved by this board. The centra
board of education will consist of nine
| teen members, of which four are to be
| the chairman of the borough schoO
| boards, and the others chosen by the
| LEGAL boards in Manhattan and Brook.
Ign. Queens and Richmond borough:
are combined for school purposes. Al
the regular members of the police
| forces in the various cities will be re
tanned, their respective chiefs becom
! ing deputies in command Of borough
! forces. The fire departments will b.
reOrganiZed in the same manner. The
methods Of government in the presen
city of New York relating to taxes anC
assessments. estimates and apportion
ments, sinking fund, health, charities
| correction, buildings and finance vii
form the basis for the government O
the greater city. Taxation will BIZ
| equal throughout the whole city, say,
for special local Improvements.
The area of the new city of New
York is IT square miles. It's pop
ulation, according to the official est
mates, will or Jan. l. 1898, be 3,400,
900. The city has 1900 miles of i'm
proved streets, 1856 places of worship
$500 policemen, 10000 inhabited
/ -
parks. The population increases 40,
every day. In fifty years, on the basil
of natural increase, New York viii
have 20,OOO,OOO inhabitants.
The mayor of New York will be tn
head of an army of $4,000 employees
and he will direct the expenditure o
s75,000,OO0 annually. His salary viii
be $4,000 a year. Scores of othel
salaries will range from $1,000 to SIS,
600.
In many respects his authority anC
personal responsibility will be create
than those of the president of thu
United States For the first si1
months of his term the mayor of New
! York will have power to remove a
will any appointed ofice-holder, excep
! judicial officers. After that time re
movals can be made only on charges
The extreme length of the city from
| the southern end Of Staten island Il
| the northern limits at Yonkers, on the
| Hudson, is 80 miles. Its Creates
width, from the Hurson river to the
| boundary line across Long island, be.