The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-13
cITY'S WASTE OF MONEY.
,.srBAyrs. ASSOCIATION ~ "o'No
no n AND CHkCk IT.
Viii Ad,oe.,. Lesisaus" Chsns,ns r,.
vi" Method Of appropriation. E.,I",':,.s
=. po,,c. and water department. Is ',ns'
r,stance Of what IL os'"s W.

I,.t.nce Of what h os'"s W.
-. =, p,rc,,or. Of the Merchants
.ad.,ioo announced yesterday Vha' vi.
N..ac,,,cn Intended To present u hu"n"'' v.
Suls q, the next legislature the purp''o W
-h,,b vIll he ~ require A NOR" Ne'''h"'o
w., h,,s,ne.s.likc method In tho mahas'"'e"'
- ,r.ir. Of New York city, Tho ofec'"rs
VA" -, ,,dor tho methods now followed
-, ,-clols appropriations are asked Tor
,b,,lned by department. heads Wh'u
80. ,hs Hocri Of Estimate and Apporuon-
..as, mar the officials a.king the APPROPRIATION
-, inviting about che details Of the eA-
..,,,b,rp TO he made, or whether II IL nec"s-
80, ar not. The directors point ON that
A., ,sm the total city expenditures VIII amount
q, uoun.on, and that the amount Tor 1901
IN mo-, he much lees than eiSo.Uo,Vo' ana
,,.v derlar~ that much OF this great eNpendi-
tire ia due to waite. Ignorance and the ia''
,h,, there I. practically no public accouh''hs
for The appropriations. This QUESTION mas
80, In v.susatsd by Frederick II. De Berard
a,,,,. th. lat year, and In describing the
condIuon which he found Mr.. he BerArd said
yesterday;
-Th. Police Department OF MS city costs
,..,i, s,ro.Up a year. This association
an ooe 4 wrote to the President Of The Board
=, p,,iee commissioners citing conditions
-hiob had bcea alleged to exist on the Hast
s,ds az this city, In reply It received q letter
,,,u President York In which he admitted
~. .,i.,epcc Of the conditions cited and closed
~. communication with the following words
whether this Ia the fault Of the Police Depart
,usnt 4. q question Tho Taxpayers Of this
cit, empowered Mr. York to spend si7.Voo,0p
last year for the purpose OF preventing the
,,os the existence " which lie admits.
1hl. vice u 80 open and rampant that no man
can walk through the streets without confront
Ing Il, no woman can pas to ana io wi'hou'
heinz insL,ed by e. Only the Police Depart
ment which cost. sl:.op,ooo a y-ar, Is not cor
tain whether II {, their fault that It Is not pre-
In the rear iyss the Commissioner Of Water
supply VI tn. city had before him an estimate
recommending s3,soo.yS ~ coinplete the de-
yalopment of tho brooklyn water system Inc
report stated that that sum would ,proolr" all
lie water that could be obtained from the
.!r.:. Es, pI ID ShS Of i TTss' RR Tsp..fSa C Sf
v vreV thIet f Hns,n S.s of lie Water GG,spar,ment.
One yssr later tn ,eo .e G,ey '%n nf New q yo nAEs W1vei
Tor q, $50, 900 Tor idenucally the same purpose;
The Commissioner Of Water supply indorsed
the recommendations Of the Chief Engineer.
I'm the war isaa the Commissioned OF Water
Supply asked the Board Of Public Improve
msnts to approve an ss,,na,e o. tsU"Vr h0r
"A A reason therefor tho extr-m~ danger or
4 water famine through the probable de-
pledon Of the RESERVOIRS Of the rotor aid bronf
distribution Of rainfall in tho latter part OF
the previous y~sr had been exceptionally
unfavorsble and hat In con.elnenGe ne re-
and would have been entirely depleted had
Die season been as dry 2, IN e ,Sts p,sy m
az spDr 'eSsd by By, me hoard of PaSiS in in
pr9venen, and indoIsed Gy tns PICARD 9Ss r o, fl.-
. n'ass an" % S MEET snppiy Inc rseSId. q
he Department Of Mater Supply show that
tWanty-one years In which there was less rain
fell In The third quarter than IN The third quarter
o. the year 1905, cited by the G9inmissioner
iSe!reeord. Of that department show, that at
no time during the months named BY the Sonl-
gallons q water in store in the reservoirs 70
which he slludes. instead Of about 5.oU.0p.cD
salons .0; as q si ,s. cor, ~ hat hi II. Board Of I Ee2ifn
mate and Apportionment vote away the peo-
pies money.
mis .h . n Sf \ e sssr q su tnS ye iSI e each CT S " se TerpI
years past recommendations FOR OUTLAWS OF
new pumping works, lh- r.pof,s 81 me ,oin,
tions in the Borough o. Manhs,tan Both
a reports state A. ,s ,snt hi h;ioI Ru% Gs9ssi, yo ssd T ssse
'ANNs hA2fN ~ w.
sd. oOo 900 gallons per iav We're PUMPED, i 9
records OF the department show exac ly what
was pumped. II was but a.. s52 400 gallons per
day.
Under the present system Il IA possible
for enormous OUTLAWS 10 be made, especially
In the Fire Department. without advertise
ment. without competitive bids. on the sole
authority ~ a bureau chief. ont Of a lump sum
authori2e1f FOR that purpose. ] have he author
i'v Of the Comptroller Of this city for stating
that Ell cessiva waste results from this cause.
The Merchants Association ~ N-H York has
received from the Commissioners az Water Sup
ply n letter under date Of sept ~, 1870. in which
lie, the Commissioner admits that he does not
know whether the amount Of revenue received
hy the city from water meters Corresponds with
tho amount due for tho quantity ~ water which
passes through those meters. that he cannot tell
from his records without an examination of Sow
oral hundred volumes, which would REQUIRE
several months and involve much cost That
IA N say. the executive head of one Of the most
Important departments in the CITY admits his
igrorance ~ the essential facts. without knowl-
"dscot which his department cannot he properly
administered
Mr. De Rerard says that the information
furnished by the Department To the Board of
Estimate and tpportionment l. practically
,alueles-. and that the ONLY remedy lies ia the
enactment of statutes which will require de-
tailed. analytic reports from department heads.
The association intends TO urge such legi-la-
tlnn, Mr. be Berard declares further that
there IA nothing political about the matter. and
that N is merely a question 81 applying modern
business methods 10 MUNICIPAL administration.