New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-23
CIRCJNLOCTTION.

Tammany lays great stress on its business
administration" of the city government. There
is nothing fancy about il in the nature OF re-
form. but for plain, buslncsslike prompt action
in the management Of affairs just trust 10 Tam
many. II has no use for Chinese systems of
appointment, but give 1t the Kind Of men it
wants in office and IL will give an example Of
efficiency and devotion 10 the welfare of the
people such as the world has rarely witnessed.
If anybody docs not believe this-or If he
docs-we hope he will read the account pub
lshcd i'm another column OF the heroic efforts
just now being made TO repair a broken side
walk in East Eighty scventh-st.
1t appears that residents Of that nclghbor
hood some time last October made complaint
that the Sidewalk in front Of Nos. 80 IS and
60 East Eighty -scventh-st menaced their com
fort and safety. They brought the matter 10
the attention OF Alderman Homer Folks. who
after making inquiry Of a friend rs 10 method
Of procedure on November ! wrote 10 James
T. Heating Commissioner Of Highways call
ing his attention 10 the obstruction He re-
ceived no answer On November Il he wrote
a second letter. reminding Mr.. Heating OF the
first, and on November % John ID. Creamer
the secretary TO the Commissioner delgned to
reply lie said that the owner OF certain prop
erty in Sixty sevcnth-st. had been served with
notice to repair his walks. and that a re-
examination would in due time be made TO see
if he had obeyed. and II not survey would
follow preliminary TO submitting the subject TO
the President OF the Borough TO present TO the
Local Board. Mr. Folks on November % point
ed out that the broken walk was in Eighty
seventh-st and not Sixty-seycnthst. and on
December ! Mr. Creamer explained that notice
had really been sent to Eighty-seventh-st The
error was on the part of his stenographer in
writing to Mr.. Folks Presumably she was
one of the persons who, according TO Mr.. Gro
ker had been overworked by consolidation. and
II is TO be hoped she has received due relief
in the recent raise aud Is able to get her CORE
spondence straight. Mr. Dreamer In his letter
said that the sidewalk before No. 90 was In
fair condition, but that before Nos. 80 and IS It
was bad. The time given 10 the owner would
| expire on December g. and then If the repairs
! had not been made the subject would go to the
President Of the Borough, but repairs could
! hardly be expected in bad weather. Mr.. Folks
waited patlently until December q. and then
told Mr.. Crcamer that he had been trying TO
get that sidewalk repaired since November 3.
He received no answer. Finally. on January
| Il, he wrote TO the Hon. James J. Coogan.
President OF the Borough Of Manhattan, calling
on him 10 take action. 1t IS now announced
that a hearing will he given by the Local Board
on January 30. after which the Local Board
may ask the Board Of Public improvements 10
ask the Municipal Assembly 20 ask the Mayor
| 10 ask Mr.. Croka 10 ask the city government
20 ask Commissioner Heating TO ask con
tractor to fix the sidewalk I'm East Eighty
| seventh-st.
Mr. Folks has got as far as the hearing after
three months work. Before be began, az we
| have noted. he obtained some advice in letter
dated November 4. which must seem TO him
now az In the nature OF prophecy. II was IA
! follows:
Ny Dear Alderman;
| In answer to yours OF the 1st inst would
| say that your remedy I'm case Of bad sidewalk
| is 10 go 10 Department OF Highways. See a Mr.
Benjamin. have him send owner Of lots in front
/ OF which sidewalk Is out Of order a notice TO
\ repair same-wait two weeks-if not done send
| complaint 20 Board OF Local Improvements. and
when IL comes up have Local Board recommend
| that the city do the work IL will then go TO
| the Board OF Public Improvements and after
they get through mOnkeyinR with II they WIFI
send II 10 one OF the branches OF the Municipal
/ Assembly presumably the Council where N viii
| probably be referred 10 the Commissioner az
! Streets and Highways. where II will probably
| rest for from one to six months. be reported
| ordered 10 a second reading and placed on Gen
! eral orders and In course OF time n the term
| of the Council has not then expired they Will
| possibly forget themselves and pass IT, IL then
| comes 10 the Board Of Aldermen where II will
| probably be referred 10 Alderman Bridges-I
| should say the Committee on Streets and High
w8ys-who will report IT, after which II can be
| Iasssd - @. o. 1t then will 80 to the Mayor.