The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-27
MxyOR,s AERIAL MESSAGE.
Chapter III. Deais Principsiiy with Fable
CHARITIES and Correettou.

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Chsrities and Correetior.
The third inrtailment of the Mayors annual
message was sent to the Board Of Aldermen yes
terdny. 1t deals with the Departments Of Char
tiles and OF Correction. and devotes considerable
space 10 the License Bareeu. The new East
River bridge also comes in Cor q paragraph.
After declaring that tho transfer OF the care
OF the city's insane to the State makes q saving
10 tho city OF 500. 900 o year. the message says:
I'm n city the size OF New York the charitable
Institutions should form q model for the entire
country. IL Is not too much to say that a city
can be we'll judged for it's advancement mate
rally and socially according to the degree Of
caro- given to It's poor and unfortunate. 1t is
not necessary that the clty's charitable institu-
tIons should furnish luxurious accommodations
or entail q profiKate expenditure OF money. IL
Ia desirable that the hospitals should be able
to take care of the city's INDECENT sick and
furnish medical treatment and acconmo.
dstions consistent with tho most advanced
science and the greatest progress in municipal
affairs. Much has been done during the past
two years to place the institutions referred TO
on . plane consistent with the standing Of this
city before the world. Much remains to be &C
compiished, and by the end of the current year
I hope that the Department Of Public Charities
and the Department Of Correction will DO q
source Of pride as well - . standard OF
efficiency"
The Mayor thon takes up the city hospitals
and tho almshouse separately and relates at
length the improvements. repairs. and addi-
tons that have been made In each OF them in
tue past year. Concerning the Department OF
lone OF the maiu difficulties to be met in the
m.n sssm sann q 10 me Ss i Rsp oyspS,or 81 d I Sansition
penltontlary. The last Legislature authorized
shA lsAs. Aa.Af haalA Ia. NhA p.nnnt Of nm m
for renewing and enlsrginG the City Prison and
for building q wing to the penitentiary.. Plans
for both OF these buildings have already been
prepared, and the work on tho foundations will
be commenced as soon as the weather permits.
i rSrt'e c"na,t soIe" of ahe e" si, oeI pr, pS,s 20 and ads s s"n,,
effort mads,to have them kept perfectly clean.
The health OF the inmates of the city's %instltn-
ably good. and no case OF disease is reported as
having originated in any OF the prisons"
Approaching tho benefits OF fresh air and
the advantages Afforded by outdoor work.
experiment has been made In placing under
waited land on Black wells Island, affordinR at
the same time employment. for the prisoners
their dietary. This was dinicuit. because OF the
extreme poverty Of the land, and the fact that
year without fertilization until II was completely
worn out. besides. which n portion OF the land
was made ground. and in such form was prac-
WAS purchased, by the uss of which the lawns
about the ~various build,ngs on the island were
restored to their proper condition, and thirty
i've acres OF land placed under cultivation.
Vegetables to the value OF over $4,000 were
raised and employment furnished to a number
OF Tho prisoners"
On the subject OF the new East River Bridge
the message has this to say:
1T will be OF interest to your honorable body
and to our citizens to know that the preliminary
work in the construction OF the new East River
Bridge, bringing Brooklyn and Now York In
closer touch. has been rapidly advanced during
the last year. On the New York side the re-
Quired surveys for the tower, approaches, and
anohoraRos have been made. and the contract
for the construction OF the foundations for tho
New York tower has already been lot. So far
~ the Brooklyn end of the bridge Is concerned.
the surveys for the lower and anchorsges have
been completed. and those for the approaches
are IN progress. The plans for the foundation
OF tho Brooklyn tower are completed. The plans
for the entire structure are we'll advanced. and
tho work will actively proceed"
In conclusion the Mayor promises TO send an
other inntaliment VI the message to the Alder
men at their next meeting.