New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-26
1897 and that IN 1892 there Is an apparent dif.
ference OF only x1s4 l.H OF Increase.

1871 ana that IN lS'2 there - an apparent or
ference OF only $1:s4,C:;I OF increase
So with the increased cost of the Public
School system over that Of 1S92. The total
amount OF this INCREASE is 81 4S2s and TS-'s,-
400 OF this is accounted for by the increase in
the sum paid for the salaries Of teachers in the
Grammar Primary and High schools. The ox-
PLANTATION Of the remainder is to be found III
the increased sums required for supplies, Tor
rents Of school premises, for repairs to buildings.
for sanitary work and like purposes.
AS to the Department OF Street Cleaning, the
means for forming an opinion as 10 the justice
OF the larger appropriation are still more az
cessbe.
The difference between the sum Of the appro-
priations allowed to the Department Of Public
Works for 1892 and that for 1897 is $50. 80.
This is more than accounted for by the in
creased cost OF lamps and gas and electric
lighting, the Appropriation for which in ]Ny2
was $SO4 800. and in 1881. 81 ,222, EI.
In the affiliated Department Of Street I'm
provements for the Tmenty-third and Twenty
fourth Wards the appropriations FOR ls9. were
$4,000. and $40. 40 for 1S9I-an increase of
$469. $50. The sum appropriated for 1891 under
the head Of maintenance and government OF
streets, roads and avenues was sloUVU. WINE
sewers and drains the appropriation for 1897
was $1,000 and for 1897 $4,000 OF the neces-
sity for these and similar items Of Increase the
people OF the annexed district must be assumed
to be competent judges.
The maintenance and government Of the pub
lie parks cost $32l915 more than they did in
1892. This is partly accounted FOR by an item
OF $4,000 for the maintenance and construc-
ton OF parks north Of the Harlem River
the rest Of the increase being found in the add
tional sums required for salaries OF the perina-
nent force Of police and park keepers, and IN
the increased requirements or labor. manteh-
ance. supplies. and construction and repairs. ow-
ing to the increase in number or the city PARKS
The items above summarized account l"r
60S7 500 of the total difference between the de-
partmental appropriations for lS9. ana nose
for 1892 or the remaining $.SO.2O1 required to
make up the total difference of Si.oOi,''bS. Inc
increase in the salaries of the judiciary accounts
for 1890 400; the Increase in the amount appro-
priated for charitable institutions accounts for
500 :335 and the increase in the amount appro,
priated under the head OF the fund for street and
park openings accounts for SIi9,N2. me sum
of these is considerably in excess or the total
increase to be accounted for, but there have
been some items Of decrease. az in the sum Tor
merly appropriated for the care OF the insane.
which now comes out ~ the treasury ot the
State
THE GENERAL COMPARISON
This comparison between the first and the last
years Of the two periods compared to illustrate
the relative cost Of the administration ~ the
city under Tasnmany and that under Mayor
Strong is OF course less favorable to the latter
than would be- the striking OF an average be
tween all the items Of appropriation belonging
TO each OF the two triennial intervals. But a. TINS
comparison between 1892 and 1891 brings oiIt me
maximum increase which can possibly lie
charged to the Strong administration, II has az
least the merit OF stating the case IN terms
beyond which the opponents Of the new orher
of things cannot go. The growth or the CITY an"
of its requirements during the years under con-
sideration is In many instances an important
reason for increased expenditure In many OF tho
departments According TO the figures or tho
Board OF Health. the increase In the popnia-