New-York tribune., 1902-03-05

temporary or permanent may be made good from
the other.
IMPROVEMENTS CITY IS COMMITTED TO
Soon after the recent election asked the then
Controller of the city to furnish with a state
mem or the enterprises TO which the city was al
tion, and the estimated amount of the expense re-
the The o0nss Of ths dSed
December l. 1901. may be summarized as follows:
For bridges s35 l9t 500
For waterfront for improvements 10l2009o
Total s73 800 $40
IN this nG but 0T he PS efy he
city is committed. It is somewhat striking that
tentionschools and an Increased grease Water waite supp supplyE
Hdsd fn IN THIS his list at all except & as PFoys9n is m
the Jerome Park ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to which
sum Of 100000 pay for school sites in proceedings
already begun The city. In the mean time is close
stood that the financial problem bequeathed to the
new administration is not an easy one.
THE BRIDGES.
upon Whch the Of interboroush cones
muncation must proceed for a number OF years
planned for and in course of CONSTRUCTION ac46ss
the East River These bridges are now knGwn as
respectively. These numbers relate. to the order
authorized and not 70 their geographical relations
designation itself is evidently temporary. / com.
mend to your favorable consideration the PROPOSE
manent names be given to all Of the East River
II is evidently the duty of the city authorities
TO carry forward all OF these bridges as rapidly
to secure the early completion of Bridge No. @ for
Il is clear that adequate relief for the existing
other way as by the opening OF this second high
on the other hand it is Impossible to suppose that
the present conditions prevailing at the Manhattan
fed during the twenty months which IT Is estimated
must intervene before the completion OF Bridge
BROOKLYN BRIDGE A SCANDAL.
The conditions at the Manhattan end OF the
Br9okiyn & Bridge involve not only the danger Of life
the difculty cannot be cured the cause Of IL must
be removed. Looking at the problem do, with
to come from the presence upon the same loop,
used by the surface cars OF the cars OF different
rush hours animated by conflicting purposes.
necessariy reach the brSee I5 be oPeP n oU bS hG1
the cars arrive upon the loop, the crowd is continu
ally agttated by the pushing backward and for
or to avoid the car that they do not want in order
8a 8 II s 9o esn f Gher n b 1t to 6 me % d
nWfy w3 o the RrpePaI source OF danger and dis
The permanent solution Of the problem is very
different matter; and this is receiving very careful
The problem at the Manhattan end Of the old
Gon T be oas to as and c1
Of Of the ne cars from BrooIkIlyn to pr9yide remedy
at the bridge, and to furnish connection with the
subway railroad now In course OF construction in
Manhattan.
THE BROOKLYN TUNNEL
The recent city administration also gave It's ap-
59 an o t by the Fapf TPant
be used for furnishing railroad communication be-
tween the subway system Of Manhattan at the
iyn Borough Hail and the Long Island Railroad
depot Depot. This undertaking has proceeded up to the
been obtained and It will shortly come before the
make 1t possible.
The city should certainly insist upon uniform
%56 Cd66tn9s tn9 cg T a 9nHy There also other
Transit Commission for the construction of this
ready commanded the attention Of the Mayor rS and
the t9e Controller sitting as members Of the Board
OF Rapid Transit Commissioners, and every
thing e. possible VIII be done not only by them, but
rest before city is asked to make an appro
on the other hand, when all such points have
6een e0TTefSd RED the enterprise is that should
are called upon to act If four tracks are Insist
ed upon down Broadway from the bridge to the
connection. IT ought to be considered whether two
the o IN Bpeon o f9m not the m
that is imperative in this Very natural demand -'-
THE FERRY QUESTION.
u In IL this connection desire to call attention
the 6orouSs and epeesy bwee the
Of Manhattan and Richmond. On the East River
Bridge has already modified S the Gse
or the FERRIES. AS the other projected bridges
into the ferries likely to lose even further
their comparative Importance Under these cir
cumstanceS the city must expect to lose a consd-
erable part OF the income which It heretofore
derived from ferry franchises. My suggestion is
that the renewal OF these franchises be studied
less from the point Of view of securing income for
the city than from the point OF view OF promoting
the public advantage by improving the accommo-
is possible that considerable relief OF the bridges
may be effected in this way, while cost to the
city, under the circumstances, cannot be great
AS between Manhattan and Richmond the neces-
and pressing. The charter gives TO the Com
missioners OF the Sinking Fund, upon the recon-
nendaton Of the Commissioner of Docks authority
to enter into ferry lease for the period OF twenty
five years. In making such lease the city may
we'll insist upon sufficient OF boats of the
best characteri upon as many landing places
trips such rate OF speed and such a rate OF IA
will thoroughly protect the public interest and
promote the growth of the beautiful Borough of
Richmond I have charged the Commissioner oP
sible day the most careful and complete study
PIERS AND COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY
The continued commercial supremacy OF our mort
is evidently closely related to the sipply ~ aaSa
quate pier accommodation, on modern linas -
keep up with the demands Of domestic and foraien
commerce, both by steam and rail- The city is
thoroughly committed the policy OF ow1,ne
the entire waterfront of Manhattan Island and nI13
or total length OF thrty-SX miles il already oUJns
twenty-five and one-hals miles.
The process OF improving this Waterfront under
city ownership should be carried on without nance
| and rapidly the financial condition 6f to-
city VIII permit. Since 1870, when the DenartmenT
OF Docks was established, this department has
spent. in round numbers s479O 900 in acn,,-tns a
and improving such property. Its Income from fbs
docks IN the same period has exceeded this OUTLAY
by SZO1OOOo. The difference between the revenues
OF the departmnt for the year 1870 and the year