New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
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~S- year has been one Of considerable activity
-. park Commissioners Cruger. McMilan,
r.n.. and Ely One OF the most notable incl
.s.,. was the opening Of the Aquarium. in Bat
49,, PARK. Its success has already been demon
...os hy the throngs of people who have en-
80 the building whenever the doors were
opened.
49,. sssur,ption Of the care Of largely In
.sed park territory. including the addition
:. eight acres TO Corlears Hook Park and Null
.rrv Bend Park; the continued Improvement
=, riverside Park and further extension of the
Museum Of Natural History. The Park police
,,rce now numbers all told. BAL men. and the
,otal appropriation for the year is Sl,3333.l2o.
n, the Street Cleaning Department 1t is only
.acessarv 10 say that the Board OF Estimate
srd Apportionment testified their appreciation
=, Colonel Warnings efforts by granting him
,aarlv the entire amount for which he had ap-
r,,ed or in round figures. S300O,0oO. OF which
s1 360 600 was for sweeping" $4,000 for
ncar;ine.r and $4,000 for final disposition.
Commissioner Waring reported to Mayor Strong
recently that during the January snowstorms
1871 miles Of streets had been cleaned COM
nletelv at a cost OF S165. f91.
The annual report ot the Commissioners OF
public Charities has not yet been prepared. but
The statement made by Messrs. Croft OBeirne
sns Faure before the Board of Estimate and
Anportionr1ent showed satisfactory condition
o. affairs.
The hospitals and asylums were reported In
good condition and many reforms prom
,sed Special reference was made to the bene-
dcial effects Of the opening Of the Craig Colony
FOR Epileptics in Livingston County as afford
ing a greatly needed relief.
One OF the most interesting items in the re-
mort of Robert J. Wright, Commissioner OF
Correction is that the average cost of sup
rorting prisoners is - cents a day. The num-
her Of inmates in the Tombs. various district
rrisons workhouse and penitentiary is placed
a, 233 The cast of the Department was fig
ured at s471.500.
Largely increased accommodations will be
provded in both the Charities and Correction
aepartrents during the year by the rearrange-
ment OF the Tombs Prison and Bellevue Hospital
and the enlargement Of other buildings on
Blackwelrs Island.
Exclusive OF the principal officials. the police
force Of the city consists Of 30 captains
10 sergeants 300 rourdsmen, 4.39t patrolmen.
s. doorrnen and 80 detcctive-sergeants.
The Fire Commissioners were made happy by
.he Board Of Estimate and Apportionment grant
Q. $50 600 for a new freboat, TO be used on the
Harlem River The North Side Board OF Trade
had petitioned for further protection 10 the
valuable property situated upon the borders OF
the river.
one Of the smaller departments Of the city,
but one Of the most important in way Is that
Of The City Record" The management Of this
Department Is left largely with the supervisor
and the office was one OF the plums' in the po-
utjcal schedule. What has been accomplished
in the last two years in the way OF economy is
shovn bv a few facts and figures taken from
the official records. To summarize them, II may
he said that Tamnany arrearages TO the amount
Of Sg3 600 have been paid OF with decreased
appropriations, the cost of printing The City
Record" has been reduced by one-third although
its size is larger than formerly. and larger sup
niles Of blank books, stationery and printed
forms have been furnished TO the departments
al a heavy reduction in the prices paid.
To understand the case clearly. il should be
understood that hitherto The City Record has
supplied the various departments Of the mu-
nicipal government with stationery and sup
plies and cost for Its publication upward or
100000 per annum.
Notwithstanding the natural growth OF the
city and the corresponding increase OF the WORK
Of its departments. and Notwithstanding the
large additional expense involved in the neces-
sary changes in blank books printed forms,
ETC. by reason of the general change in the IN
cumbents Of the city Offices there has been a
decided decrease year by year in the eXpendi-
lures Of The City Record" Department. When
Mayor Strong came into office The City Rec
ord had Inherited from Tammany arrearages
amounting TO 1900. some Of them dating back
10 1890 More than S27 900 Of those arrearages
were met within three months after Mayor
Strong took the oath Of office.
Nearly all the printing and blank-D DooK work
had been done for years by Martin q. Brown a
wealthy politician and printer, and the strength
Of Tammany Hall was so great that competi-
ton for the public printing seemed 10 be use
less The printing Of The City Record was
awarded to Brown year afte- year without pup
lie competition. and almost without protest from
other printers. anG he found no difficulty IN
using up the appropriation OK S'opOV yea;
The stationery supplies. etc. were ADVERTISED
= be awarded by contract, but there was Htt
bidding mainly because Martin f. Brown had
most Of :he printed forms standing in his Of
fee and had similar advantage II the matter
O. blank books
When The present administration came IN
new order OF things was established in The city
Record" Office The form OF specifications and
contract for printing was prepared by ne"
Supervisor John A. Sleicher. who had had
Iny experience as editor and publisher. ana
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