New-York tribune., 1901-04-11
TIE MAYOR BLOODTHIRSTY.
BALDWIN If'CITED ROBBERY-MORE
BIG APPROPRIATIONS.

! Mayor Van Wyck at the hearing on fremen's
bills and later at the meeting of the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment yesterday maintained
the same conservative and dgnihed attitude
toward the charter and people he doesn't like
that attracted the attention of the public last
Saturday. when he commented on the new charter.
When the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
reached the resolution appropratng money for
thirteen new frehouses in Brooklyn the Mayor
broke loose at the delegation from Brooklyn say
ing:
At public hearing this morning The ControileE roller
possibly grant the funds to build these hrehouses
gives the Long Island Railroad Company s,25o.OO,
and to that extent wipes out the aept ninI nlar
albany, sH :OA@'0'' ought - Sc
When the board discussing schoolroom
necessities in Brooklyn the Mayor said;
ought to BE pTssSent by Of this s
Iong rsand Railroad COMPANY TO give city
of New-York 100000 or $500 600 out Of that 81 25oooo
he he cy e o n or n hs we may build
schoolhouses and frehouses.
Again. when a resolution relating to hospitals
being discussed the Mayor said:
do not believe in passing that resolution until
ascertain whether not the Legislature of the
State of New-York is going TO turn over the man
agement of the hospitals to sectaran institutions
1t is provided in The new charter amendments
that commission shall be appointed on the rec
certain Catholic institutions and certain Protestant
institutions, and If these ne turned over 10
them | am against building any hospitals. ]
will vote for the appropriation of dollar or
public money 10 be dishursed or administered by
sectarian institutions for any purpose except for
charity support orphans and delinquent children
in the city. whom the city would have to support
If II did have the assistance of charitable in
stitutions. There Is nothing provided that the
public schools alone shall receive funds raised for
them. and this is a direct assault the public
school system and is the entering wedge TO split
wide open the system. The public school system is
the foundation rock of the highest civilization
known throughout the enlightened world, and the
only foundation upon which the universal suf-
frage which prevails can be eyerlastngly main
tained.
An appropriation of s54Goo for frehouses in
Manhattan. The Bronx. Brooklyn and Queens was
approved. OF this amount 100000 is for Manhattan
and The Bronx. and the remaining s2il00 for
Brooklyn and Queens
4 report from Commissioner Lantry applying for
appropriation of S750Gtj for the completion of
the Tombs. with 800 cells. received. Ac-
companying the commissioners report
port from Engineer Mclean, Of the Department of
Finance. in which the engineer said that hun
dred more cells would he sufficient. The report
thereupon sent back Commissioner Lantry
for amended application
The board approved the issue Of corporate stock
10 the amount of s274500 for the building OF a new
schoohouse in One-hundred and forty ffth-st. be-
tween Amsterdam-ave and Broadway. The CON
tract has already been let by the Board of Educa-
ton, James j. Looney being the lowest bidder. a
similar resolution. appropriating s43.965 80 for
school site in Eighty th-St., between Park and
Madison aVes, was approved.