New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-08
noxD ISSUE AUTHORIZED.
p.y s23.S56.754 SO FOR PUBLIC I'M.
~ PROvEMENTS
x-rprScE TO THE DEBT LIMIT BUGABoO-
THE SUM INCLUDES si7's'7oise 81 OF THE
ISSUE DECIDED on UNDER

ISSUE DECIDED on UNDER
MAYOR STRONG.
~. rammany plan to stop the public i'm
..rants which had been authorized by the
v,u,r,stration OF Mayor Strong was abandoned
...,,,eIy at yesterdays meeting Of the Board
- estimate and Apportonment. Mayor Van
- Controller Coler and other members Of
~. poard voted TO authorize the issue OF bonds
:. y. ,,s amount OF so335G. 754 50 to pay for i'm
..oyements without saying a word about the
-, limit The large sum includes S1I.33I-
o,a 81 n, the issue OF bonds amounting to about
20, OnlOOO which Mayor Strongs admlnistra-
49,, authorized. Corporation Counsel Whalen
"a admitted report. recommending that
~ sxtra precaution to safeguard the interests
:, ~. buyers Of the bonds the issue should be
~..r,horized By the present Board OF Estimate
-, Anportionment In addition to reauthoriz-
. ,hose bonds the Board authorized issues Of
~ara. TO the amount Of S6.O19.737 Sc for i'm
-.ovemen:s not mentioned in contracts made by
,,ovor srong's administration. The Board did
%. .av anything as to the character Of the
~s.as 10 he issued. whether they should be made
u.b,, in gold or in "coin." leaving the Con-
...u.r 10 seek advice Of the Municipal Assembly
on that point
-. total amount Of bonds which the Con-
..on., recommended should be ressued was
s,a4s7.O76 o. and OF this the only item not
.aonted was that OF S21O0,000 for the building
=, The new Hall Of Records. President Guggen-
,s,mer OF the Council. objected to that Item
An the ground that In his opinion the estimated
.os, Of building the new hall is $4,000 too
ruch AT his request the Item was referred TO
The Corporation Counsel. with instructions to
examine the validity Of the contract and report
10 the Board.
WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
IF that contract is a fraud and am informed
u.s." said the Mayor. 1T ought to be alb ,gated.
I am told they put in a special kind OF granite
which Increased the cost Of construction $780,
0OO and now the man who is to supply It gets
mos. OF his supply from other quarries"
"The building should be made three or four
stories higher. anyway" said President Gug-
genheimer
The bonds reauthorzed yesterday are for work
on the Pelham Bay Bridge the East River Park.
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. the Museum
o, Natural History, the First Avenue Bridge.
the two East Side parks, the extension OF River
aide Park drives and viaduct. ST. Johns Park,
the bridge across the Harlem River from One
hundred and forty Afth-st. TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
forty -ninth-st the extension Of Broadway
across the Harlem River. the Sheriff-st Park.
the paving OF Jerome-ave, Riverside ParK
and Drive the public bath In Rivington-st.
bridges over the Bronx River at Westminster
ave- and East One -hundred-and-sev Sixth
st., the Boulevard Lafayette extension. and Tor
the water supply. with S2.3Ol.5s8 for new
schoolhouses 1t was also decided to issue
bonds 10 the amount Of S2.4S7.S23 65 for the
East River Bridge Commission. OF this SZOS1.-
S23 is TO be used for contracts and 100000 to
pay for the property OF the American Sugar
Refining Company In williamsburg. The Com
m.ssioners ask for S. 100 600 altogether. but the
Board thought they could wait for the re-
mander.
The Board authorized the issue Of bonds TO
The amount Of S13467 % for the following
schooI sites In Manhattan and The Bronx
boroughs which were authorized last year:
ST. IN One hundred nd-fourth-,t. between
SIZE in One Hundred and-sixty- third-st.. near
ste IN Nine,y-nin'hDst. between second and
81. IN one-hundred. md nfty-seventn-st near
Me'roseave.. The Bronx OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oA'S ."
Bonds TO the amount OF $1,000 were author
lied for the payment Of the special counsel fees
OF ex-Judge Thomas Allison in the school site
cases TIE sum Of S1.O00O00 was provided by
the issue OF additional bonds for the expenses
OF the new Aqueduct Commission this year
The Board authorized the Issue OF $1.13S,362 II
In bonds for the site of small park between
One-hurldred and eleventh and One-hundred-
and-fourleenth SITS. First-ave. and the East
River. The sum Of S154S44 SO was authorized
for the payment for lands taken for the Willis
ave. bridge approaches. The sum OF SJOO.OO
Is used for the sanitary protection Of the Croton
watershed
OTHER ADDITIONS MADE.
The sum Of S245O 06 was added to the est-
mate Of the Special Commissioner OF Jurors for
New-York County. and S2OO1 81 to that Of the
Special Commissioner in Kings County for the
payment Of employees salaries. The Board or
Estimate in February refused 10 give these
Special Commissioners the amounts they asked.
although the law provides that II shall give the
amount decided upon by the judges OF the APP
pelate Division. The employees who were LETT
unprovided for brought suit against the city Tor
their money. and the Corporation Counsei de-
cided 10 confess judgment. The Board tnere-
Tore pays the additional amount.
Controller Coler made report In favor OF the
appropriation Of 5000 TO pay expenses OF the
Rapid Transit Commission.
"will the Rapid Transit Commissioning never vel,
cease coming here 10 ask for money!? asked the
Mayor. They have spent half million uOlIdIS
and done nothing. The city could well ahord 10
pay these gentlemen $4,000 year each to get
out. II l must vote for this resolution l VIII.
Aye" The resolution was passed.
The Corporation Counsel reported IN FAVOR OF
appropriating 81 900 for Game and Fish Com
missioner for Kings County.
Il suppose this is another relic OF rottenness
IN Kings" said the Mayor II have always
heard that when a thing was rotten IL was
gamy. What is there 10 do for a Game Commits
sioner In Kings. anyway" The report was laid
on the table
The sum Of $4,000, excise moneys. among In
sututions was distributed.
An attorney representing the Staten Island
Electric Company appeared before the Board TO
vse the payment of money due the company
Ior electric lighting In Richmond Borough. Inc
mo1ey has been held up on account OF the gen
ersi inspection into lighting contracts made late