New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-26
BIG INCREASES ALL AROUND.
MORE CITY OFFICIALS TELL THE BOARD
OF ESTIMATE WHAT THEY NEED.

Of ESTIMATE WtAl ltiEi 4>isH'
The Board OF Estimate and Apportionmen' yes
terday considered the estimates OF the FIRE Depart
ment. the Department OF Correction and the Cor
poration Counsel and again went over the estimate
Of the Department of Charities. when was re-
ceved on Monday. President Keller. OF the last
named department. had a statement comparing
the amounts asked with the amounts granted by
the old Board. He had to explain every increase
in every item One for an increase In wet
nurses in the Founding Asylum.
Those children must have more wet nurses III
they going 10 live" he said.
Il was raised on the bottle myself" said Mayor
Van Wyck
Mr.. Keller said that the Charities Department
had been constantly sighted by Boards of Esti-
mate and Appointment The charities OF New
York d disgrace 10 the city. said he
That is an unjustinable statement" replied the
Mayor. The city of NewYork has put into It's
budget this year alone over $1,000 600 You GER
ts'ny not justified in telling broadcast 10 the
world that New-York has disgraceful system OF
charities"
Well you should see for yourself said the
Commissioner
The estimate submitted by Commissioner Francis
J. Lantry for the Department of Correction was
s6Ss 0l5. S5l5 75 for Manhattan and The Bronx and
S72240 for the other boroughe. The final estimate
Of the old Board allowed S4Ss.loO for Manhattan
and The Bronx and S4S24 ~ for the other boroughs
Mr.. 1t try said that he would give more for the
money spent. Notwithstanding the increase
Fire Commissioner Scannell asked for $500, 81 for
Manhattan. The Bronx and Richmond, and N.767.-
253 70 for Brooklyn and Queens. making A37o,ll4 20
the estimate for the whole city.
The increases IN salaries given TO Brooklyn fire
caused large in the estimate for
Brooklyn. The seventy men appointed on the Long
Island force also caused some increase. Mayor
Van Wyck had these mems salaries stricken from
the estimate saying: Those increases made in the
tYta1
in fraud. and the courts will hold 80. You may
eliminate them from the budget"
The estimate Of the Corpora ton Counsel for the
s399.75s against S2S75JO regularly appro-
prated for the departments Of law in the various
municipalities last year. In explanation Of the
increase the Corporation Counsel said that he
intended TO conduct all the law business OF the
city and do away with the many special counsel
fees paid in proceedings for acquiring title and the
Ike He is compelled 10 assign assistants from his
office 10 departments to take the places of counsel
The Corporation Counsel read a list Of sums paid
70 special counsel and the list included the follow
Parsons. Shepard & Ogden and Tracy, Boardman
& rat special counsel for the Rapid Transit
Albert d. Boardman. Elm-st. widening case.
E H., Hawke, jr.; speedway proceedings. Na,5ss IS;
Fort George Park proceedings, 1916 "A; total.
~ Thomas h Ason sPeedwssy $500 West ct Side
William NJ wins. Little Italy Park as.7s7@
Franklin Bartlett ST Nicholas Park, $1,000;
Riverside Park $3.50 total. s2s.500
Peter h. Olney. three schoolhouse sites. $4,000.
Charles y. Harris seven schoolhOuse sites $500.
Roger Foster. Health Board condemnations,
50, 5J9 So
William G. Choate and Henry c. NJ. Ingraham
received 10000 for special services for the East
River Bridge Commission.
Mayor Van Wyck made running commentary
on the list of special counsel as II was read off.
NO wonder they could spend their nights getting
VI. G. Choate's bill was read. apparently having
Joseph II. Choate in mind.
The Sheriff Of Queens County put in A1.7A
the share OF the expenses Of his Office to be borne
by NewYork City He said that reckoned by the
amounts assessed for taxes. the districts included
within the city should pay four-ffths OF the whole
expense Of the office. which amounted TO the figure
named. Controller Coler said that the percentage
paid by Long Island City had been increased last
year.
The District-Attorney OF Richmond asked for
So 800. Increase OF A.7L over last years ex
penses He said that two extraordinary murde-
trials caused the increase.
The estimates OF the Board Of Education were
not considered Yesterday although they were
printed in The City Record" The total estimate
Of the Board OF Education for Manhattan o and The
Bronx is S. 1856 73 20. increase Of so555S3 81 over
the appropriation for the Board Of Education for
1897 Included In the whole sum wanted are
81 5 4Ss % for salaries OF teachers an increase OF
sGG6 O2S 10 $Ss sos for salaries Of janitors an in
crease of $40 5 and s204 for salaries OF teachers
and janitors Of evening schools. an increase or
S9- 81.