Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-19

| ing in London. which make large fire
losses practically impossible. and. for
this reason the New York department
is no: IL ne censured for what it can
not help. A. FIRE lighters. however.
the memhcrs Of The New York depart
mont are better trained and more
| efficient than those Of London. Taking
all this into consideration there is no
reason why the New York department
should cost more chan three times that
CT London.
For the current year close on to
$1,000 oGo will BE expended by the New
York police department. which has
over 1000 men and covers an area Of a
t,i.ic over 800 square miles. with
population of 5. 400 900. LonGcn's pJ!ice
force numbers about iJ.0Co men. ON
braces nearly 700 square miles, OF terri
tory, having Il population Of 6.D00.10o,
hut its annual expenditure is only
contrast in these departments. II lis
in the fact that the leaders in The Tam
many police. as they openly confess.
arc cut for the dough" while in Lon
don the police department is not used
for illeGitimat" purposes.
General c. II. 7. Coils, 4 member of
~
letter rertinently calls Mayo, Van
WNck's attention To tie scandaIoUs
difference in the price Paid for asphalt
raNements under the Tammany and
Strong administrations. He says.
among other things:
1T is well known IL every man III
the business that the last five years
are the scvcrest in the life Of az
asphalt pavement. and that where the
traffic is great the pavement has 10 be
Eearly relaid during that period. N
other words a well-laid pavement will
remain intact for five years, during the
next five years II will require a good
deal of repair. and during the third
period of five years it will be necessary
I" lay almost an entire new "a cement.
Yo,' are laying this asphalt tin -oai-
MAD under a ten-year guarantee at a
ST of 1851 per yard from Canal to
Fourteenth street. and at a >ost Of
45.3I from Fourteenth to Forty second
street. tThiS under fifteen-yaar !
guarantee). Yet during MAYOR St.np,S |
administration We asphalted Fif,h |
avenue over new foundation of six |
inches Of concrete. and under fifteen
year maintenance guarantee. rom |
\inth to FIT. ninth street. whcr,. he |
tlaffic reaches 2S.00o vehicles per day. |
at Il cost OF St.@-: from Fifty-nir-h 10 |
EiShtieth street at ST per ward. ana |
from Eightietl To Einetieth street at
s2.2@ pr yard. our highest price On |
Fifth avenue. inrludirE a six-ircil con |
crete foundation, was $i.3l. as against !
Your aN erage of S3.SG ON broadway. |
where YOU are laying the asphalt over |!
the old pavement. one-half of it being |
IN q t"n-year guarantee instead Of !
fifteen. The difference in the cost Of |
H2VinS Broadway and Seventh avenue !
alone during your administration, ana !
what ii would have cost to pay" them |
during Mayor Strone's. as shown h.,
tho foregoing figures. is $.l9.3N7. This |
IN part represents the difference between
administering the municipal govern |
ment On business methods ana running
it by political organization for ~hat |
there is in it,"
1t has been claimed that Tammany
hall gives New York the kind Of gov
eminent that it desires ana this i tn. !
logical reason for its continued ~,
premacy. II the fusion forces headed
by Seth Low are defeated at the APP
preaching election, when there is every
reason to believe that the better eIe-
ment in both the Old parties are united
with the Citizens Union in the firh.
y wit pretty clearly demonstrates tina,
Tammany interprets the public mini
Alright. IF tbs true, pity tbs it's true.