The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29

Revision Commission Listens to suggestions
From citizens Of Kings.

The fourth hearing ~ tho Charter Revision
Commission Wa, bald las uiCht IN the old Com
mon Council chamber in the Borough Hall N
Br"oklvn Tho room WIS crowded. Among
the organizations. roprCs' med we're the NAME
i3r'urcr~' A~-oclaiIou thc West Ind Board of
Trade. N" Bay Edgr and Fort Hamilton Cu-
7'ns' Association. the TNtntv-rinth Ware
Taxpayers Association. the Brooklyn Demo
CrUtIC club and the AesrciAt" cycle clubs OF
lonG Island. Alderman Mclnn"s. the first
speaker, recommended the follow ne amend
mrrtS to the Charter.
First That the President of the borough
be- made a member Of the Board OF Estimate
and ApTortionmont. ~SoconG-Thc ,onSolida-
tiun of the local boards in a single borough
board to consider such matters ID, ancct the
entire borough and have POWER to enforce
nll ordinances locking =" the welfare Of the Dor
olgh. Third If not the abolition the curtail-
mont of Nh" powers ur tho Board Of Public I'm
prOVenrnt SO that IN" local board and the Dor
ough board shall have absolute. power in an
utorl2lng necessary public Improvements in
abolition of the Deputy tOmmissionrrs and
H." orenni/atton Of typographical bureaus in
all tho hurougls.
Edward NJ Bassett, as tho representative
Of the Twelty-n'nth v ard TH&I nvers' ASsocia-
ton, spoke Of the delay IN making stree, and
other mprovementsin the tlatbrs hdi-trlct since
A'l4N'lAlillllls IlN was wv lIk Il eel Ia
tine great diiioul'v IL the method. prescribed
by the Charter. Greater simplicity. l." con-
tended, was Required and NOR" autonomy for
the borough. There SHOULD also b, some change
Ia the plan Il making aSS'SInCHts. II tie
properly holders make u prov .sicu of two
thirds or tour-nfths Of n" assessment, then
th" Improvement shu,dd I've started and car
riei out.
MIR. \. II. Eastmoud on behalf Of the BROOKLYN
Democratic tlNb favored a continuation of
the four years term for he Mayor with the
absOlul" power of removal cXCeI it. lhr Ca.e
Of judicial Officers, the city's absolute owner
ship of the wntcr supply. n single head for
all the departments except that OF education
and an independent board Of Elections.
George J., Elliott AZ the representative Of the
seventh and Twentieth ward advocated single
heads Tor the various departments and The
entire expiration Of tho Board 81 Elections
from tho. Police Department and also the re-
ieNtlon oi Tho lour vealS term for the tiavor.
will th" absolute power of removal through
III" entire torn.
J. ". nougherty, chairman of the Bronklyn
leHgne, said TINT the league wa, almost unani-
nous IN favor of having tn" Hqvrr's trrm
four years ana of giving him IA" same power
u rHmoVA ~ aur"in'mcrt. NCy~s
Paine appeared ~ a city surveyor and declared
that all the Charter required was "a Hills NOR.
gr"a~.ug on some Of i, slow whoci., A,.cn-
hlvmnn .Nor.nn spoke NJ lerCth oi the mucli-
d. puted section No AZ Of hoIHur'rr in refer
oroe 70 tho water supply and of the variou-
measure" introduced AZ ALBANY last winter on
N" sub icCt. We promised 10 furnish the com
nj sion with his vle's in the FORM of n brie,
Frank Harvey Field chairman of the Commit
tee On Legislation ~ tho Manufacturers N-So-
lion. said that the rs Ccint ION WIS a unit in
f0yCri'G the extension NJ tho roVrr- " tho
local hor-d- Win power 10 i|ri,iAtn ard ,prry
ont Improvements. II was the opinion uf tho
association that There was TOO much circIn-
lOcutl1n about tNc CITY government.