New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-25
OPPOSE A SEPARATION.
North Side Board of Trade Wants
BTOHT as 1t Is.

After a spirited discussion lasting rnors than an
hour and a half. induced by a report OF its COM
mittee on taxation. the North Side Board OF Trade.
at It's monthly meeting last night. voiced It's op-
position to the scheme make a separate county
Of Bronx Borough and instructed committee 20
appear at Albany before the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee next Wednesday. when a hearing is to be
held the subject. and oppose the Hawkins meas
ure. The reading OF the report BY J. Clarence
Davies. chairman Of the committee on taxation.
caused a discussion. shared IN by several members
OF the board Mr.. Davies. ex-Tax Commissioner
Wells. ex-Aldermdn Peck, ex-Justice Ernest Hall.
Hermann Friedman and John De Hart opposed the
county scheme. while Gerald Chaplin and Frederick
NJ. Hottenroth supported it.
The report Of the committee was as follows:
That il IS the unanimous opinion OF your COM
mittee that the separation Of The Bronx from
estate and building and consequently al business
That said separation would cut or Tho Bronx
from a large part OF the capital which at present
can eS lSss'S 14 a8G Gould not b loaned on
mortgage or for building purposes outside OF 'ha'
Thsi it viii materially affect tho prestige which
The Bronx now has as oelns IN ana laTI OF 81 ne ne
New-York and the United States, and which fact
accounts fcI the Increased value OF It's real estate
over other sections OF New-York City. and the
amount OF money which has been invested therein.
That the cost of a county government ana county
buildings with the necessary judges court clerks,
court Offices kcSlsters oIhceS cItthS' ak Iel.Ll-
ment and CLERKS, sher1u 5 ONES anu Tetainers.
jails etc. cannot help but largely increase taxes
Your committee cannot see any material benefit
TO be rived from the separate county. except 70
those who would be apt 70 hold office under such
county government II is. therefore. moved that
the sense Of tho North side Board OF Trade IS that
it oppose any movement TO make county OF The
Bronx and that a committee be appointed 20 at
tend the hearing at Albany on March 10 oppose
the passage or said Dill and lay tneir arguments
before said committee.
The committee consisted OF J. Clarence Davies
James L. Wells and Henry Lewis Norris
Mr.. Wells said that the county measure affected
.F,. 90 q Thor rfaf-
since its annexation to New-York. and that 1t
would be a step backward 20 separate from the
city after having been part OF It for thirty years
Mr.. Davies declared that II would upset property
values. retard the progress OF The Bronx and make
1t impossible 20 interest New-York city capital.
which was the life Of the borough
Ex-Justice Hall declared that numerous Inquiries
among lawyers. business men and citizens generally
had convinced him that there was demand for
a separate county and that the plan would benefit
only those who might hold Office.
Herman Freedman said that the reason that the
tax rate in The Bronx the lowest In the five
boroughs next TO that Of Manhattan was because
II had not the expense Of maintaining county IN
stitutions such Queens Richmond and Kings
Frederick W. H0tteur0th, I'm advancing the sep
arate county said IT would give The Bronx IN
creased representation at Albany, well as a
larger measure Of home rule lie said that Sec
expense Of maintaining county Offices and buildings
upon the city at large At present Inc bronN PAM
toward county support about $t3tto, while as a
separate county 10 could be run at about the same
The board resolved the reports OF various COM
mittees and transacted routine business