The times., 1897-05-07
MANHATTAN ISLE NO MORE.
An Empire City the Patronage Of
which Rulers Nav Envy.

fair cOTnparlSonin this, 1naSI3uch as Lon
| don has reached it's present greatness In
| the same manner that the gem of Manhat-
tan Island is now Greater New York. by
accession of surrounding territory.
The people of Gotham, taken in the usual
| conventional sense. actually do not as yet
realize the immensely of the territorial ac-
QUESTION to the little Manhattan Island
they have been for SO long wont to boast
and brag and parade themselves about.
The presiding officer of this new munic-
ipality, the mayor OF New York, who win
be elected in November next, will, taking
all things into consideration, barring the
great honor, be as important an individual
as the President OF the United States His
salary will not approach that OF the Presi-
dent, but his patronage will in the ma yors
domain, outweigh the Presidents TO-
most appreciablc extent. He can appoint
almost as many men to office as the
President can He will not be hampered
by any civil service reform law, and his
term OF office will have the same extent
as that of the President
1t is safe TO say that for certain purposes
there fg not an active political leader in
New York who would not rather be the
ruler of the great empire city than TO be
Chief Magistrate OF the United States
The divisions of the city government
under the new charter are as follows:
Elective Mayor and comptroller, presi-
dent OF the municipal council and legisla-
tive department. Administrative Law,
police, parks, buildings, public charities,
corrections, fire, docks and ferries, taxes,
assessments, education and health. Judi
cIary-City court of New York, municipal
court OF the city of New York, inferior
courts OF criminal jurisdiction.
The legislative departments is styled 1.-The
Municipal Assembly OF the City OF New
York" 1t is divided into a council and a
board OF aldermen. The council will con-
sist Of twenty-nine members, one of which
shall be president who shall be elected fy
the votes on the general municipal ticket.
The term OF office OF the cepncilnen is
four years, the president receiving
salary OF $4,000 and the members 81. 800
year.
The Greater New York is divided into ten
council districts, five OF them In New York
proper, three in Brooklyn and one each in
Queens and Richmond boroughs. Three
comcaimen are To be elected from each OF
tire eight New York and rooklyn districts
and two each from Queens and Richmond
The mayor will be a member ex-officio Of
the council. In case of vacancy in the
nayoraity office the president of the coun-
Gil becomes mayor.
The board or aldermen will consist OF
sixty-one members, one from each assembly
district within Greater New York. The
term OF officeis two years, and the salary
81 900 year. The board viii elect one
OF its members president.
The third elective officer Is the comptrol-
Ter, who is elected for term OF four years,
at an annual salary OF $40 900
This makes the total elective salary list
as follows: Mayor, $4,000; comptroller,
$4,000; president city council, $1,000;
sixty-ane aldermen, SCI 900; twent weight
councilmen, $42 900. Total salary list,
Sl33. 900
The charter of the new city will go into
effect on January next, and a that time
there will undoubtedly be many changes in
the civil lists OF all the departments as
they exist at present.
The legislative act increasing the area
OF the city OF New York creates five bor-
oughs in the divisions of the city. These
are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Rich
nond and Bronx.
The city will have n standing army, an
army ready at all times for immediate ser
vice and always on active duty. 1t Will
consist OF a police force of within a frac-
ton OF 1000 policemen and more than
2,eoo firemen, while the National Guard
that will be quartered within its limits
will fully equal in numerical force the po
lice army The new city, in truth, will
be an empire in itself
The civil list embraced under the pro
visions OF its charter will aggregate about
24.O0O appointments, the payments reach
ing some where about S25, 5,000,000. This
delightful plum OF patronage Will to a
third OF its extent be paid TO the members
of the police and fire departments
The great offices of the empire munich
pality in the aggregate exceed nuuieric
ally those OF the national Government, and
the salaries mot taking into consideration
emoluments that may or may not come)
compare, taken all together, more than
favoIably with the incomes OF the general
Government officials.
The three greatest offices to be filled
are those OF mayor, comptroller and presi-
dent of the council The old Democratic
element OF New York, now dignified, but
in the views of some lessened by its new
matter of course, first the mayor. then
the comptroller, and then the president of
the council. These three offices carry with
them an aggregate compensation OF S30,
oGo, Of which the ayoralty receives one
half They constitute fine pickings, and
the patronage S expansive.
The office of mayor, irrespective Of all
others, is what Tammany Hall wants
Richard Croker is declared as their choice,
but there are Others in the field.
Word comes from the borough of Brook
lyu that thereis a desire On the part of the
regular Republican politicians there TO
have Mr. Low nominated
They believe he is the strongest candi-
date who could run in the borough OF
Brooklyn, and their desire to have him is
caused by their eagerness to carry Kings
county this fall. The three most re-
nunerative offices in the United States
are the offices of sheriff, county clerk and
register in the borough of Brooklyn, other
wise Kings county With the Republicans
running one ticket, the Citizens Union
second, aud the machine Democrats tliird,
these three offices, worth probably $780,
900 year, would fall into Democratic
hands.
County Clerk Worth, who has the un,lis-
putcd control of the Republican organiza-
ton OF the borough Of Brooklyn, sixteen
years ago refused to support Mr.. Low
when he ran for mayor. But Mr.. Worth is
a politician who acquires wisdom, and It
is believed he favors Mr.. Low now. Mr.
Worth also favors a fusion ticket.