New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-14

tourn sine die on Wednesday 1t Is salo 'hdl
had it not been for the newspaper criticism "a
the boards expensive methods IL hight ma
,,,,,r,,ad ifs sessions 10 June !, when the new
law cutting off the per diem allowance ana eA-
ira CONDENSATION for committee WORK ana put
ting the members on a salary OF sooo year
will take effect. Some of the members reaiA
ing that the time is short in which theg Can 6e'
,,ickines from the county. seem determined TO
let nc opportunity get by them. To TINS emu
they have rushed through enough resolutions 10
keen MANY Of the committees busy to June l.
after that date there will be longer any IN
ducer,ent TO the supervisors to hold prolonged
sessions for they will receive no more pay lor
them than they viii for brief and eHpeeluouS
ones Therefore the taxpayers look FORWARD u
June ] with much relief
The board has about fifteen regular ana sPe-
cial committees, and some of them VIII erlno
away to the last. The committee on the equai-
-s,ion of assessments, consisting of five mem
bers will visit every town and city IN the couii-
~ to examine the assessment rolls and see That
.n their opinion. the valuations are in keeping
with the character of the property The COM
,,ittee exrects TO get over the ground by June l.
NJ an EXPENSE Of about $50 day supervisor
s.ats Yesterday that this resolution was eXtraVa-
cant because the men now serving on the Cohi-
rnittee might not he there at the next session
The judiciary committee. consisting OF three
members has also found work suf1cienl 10 Keep
9. husv to the last. The committee Is 10 go
through ali the laws of the state ano PICK ou'
and index the ones pertaining to "es'cnes,ei
r,o,,+v Superyisor Lawrence who is chair
man Of the miscellaneous committee OF lie
hoard has become alarmed. it is said. by the
60 80 ex+rayaFsnoe which are reaching him
from all sides. and has cut down almost every
.,,nervisor's bill including the bill of the chair-
man This is a proceeding, according TO oio
members that has seldom, If ever, occurred III
the history of the board
II is also reported that when the board meets
.odav there will be motion to reconsider the
grant made to the Fernclif Cemetery by which
a is 10 have 80 acres exempt from taxation
near Tarrytown.
MAY HAVE DIGGED THEIR OWN GRAVES
There Is a strong opinion throughout the coun-
" that the board in voting at one session 10
EXEMPT from taxation $50 acres of land Tor
cemetery corporations signed its death warrant
ana that If some of these deals cannot be undone
The members who voted for them are hke4y 10
find that In laying out cemeteries for others
-, Iva d;eged graves for themselves. This
@ee,ine is more intense since the State kallroad
Commission decided in favor OF franchise 1or
-be Nev-York and Port Chester rapid transit
road last week. For it is believed that the couii
~ can use TO good advantage all its vacant lalo
sn .he development following the construction Oh
This line and the reduction OF fares lhat VIII
eventually be caused on all railroads traVerslhs
westchester County. The residents OF the couh-
~ u.ould much prefer having nice houses built
nm these vacant lands TO giving them away, eN-
.r,n+ of taxation to private corporations whlch
I'm cover them with tombs and sepulchres.
c,,a of +be members Of the Board Of Super
x,tsors are beginning to realize that they MADE
mistake in voting away so much land TOT
sraveyards and they will try to put themselves
right to-day by making an effort TO RECONSIDER
their action on at least one of the three ceme-
teries.
superyisor E. r. Kear of Yorktown. VINO was
chairman of the committee on the Superlntend-
an. Of the Poor and Almshouse last year has
written TO The Tribune denying that ms COM
r,ittee in its tour through the State studying
ran.hods IN anoeliorate the condition of the
.vestohester County poor spent week at Sara
.oea while the races were going on The pro-
eeedings of the board (page 143) show that MT
Kear is correct. Instead OF visiting Saratoga
while the races were on. Mr.. Kear and ms COM
,nittee went to Buffalo, where the Pan-Amerl-
can exposition was being held. This trip was In
accordance with a resolution offered by MT
kear himself
This wear. instead of going away trip. the
supervisors are gong 10 stay al 4loii4N anu
the superintendents of the poor and super
,-isors' committees from ali over the State as
,bair s,,asts Their convention will be held in
yonkers next month and the board has appro-
,,riated $3.50 to entertain them. Some OF the
members were opposed TO the appropriation be
cause the resolution authorizing il contained no
direction as to how the money was to be spent
They said that the resolution as it was drawn
permitted the committee to use the money TO
sl,A,n 5-f,al
or do anything it chose. Each county. it is
said, also pays the expenses OF 'us oeiesdtes W
the convention.
M Kear is no longer chairman of the Com
,,.ttee on the Superintendent of the Poor and
Alnshouse He has been succeeded by super
visor George l. Ruscoe, of Poundridge. 1t is a
peculiar fact that. although Mr. Ruscoe repre-
SCENTS Poundridge in the Westechester County
Board OF Supervisors, his postoftlce ADDRESS is
New-Canaan, Conn. This is because New
Canaan is nearer Mr.. Ruscoes home than any
poetoffice in westchester County, as he lives
close to the Connecticut line.
The proceedings OF the board show that last
vear Mr.. Ruscoe travelled $500 miles and drew
$3.50 for mileage. In order TO reach the West
chester County Courthouse, in White Plains. he
goes from Poundridge TO New-Canaan, where he
takes che train TO Stamford, Conn At SIAM
ford he transfers to the main line of the New
York New-Haven and Hartford Railroad and
rides TO Mount Vernon. At Mount Vernon he
takes trolley car TO the New-York and Harlem
Railroad station. where he boards train to
White Plains.
ECONOMY NOT CONSIDERED.
Economy it would seem. would suggest that
supervisor compelled travel so far to attend
meetings should not be put many commit
tees Yet MIR. Ruscoe is a committee which
meets nearly every day In the year. 1t is said