New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
BINGHAM GETS WARLIKE
HONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
Would Cut City's Purse Strings for
Good of Department.

Police Commissioner Bingham and the Nine
Gods # War by which he swears seem II he
about ready 10 swoop down on the CITY Han by
forced marches and do a bit Of lynchng-ths
"lynchees' prospectively. being the honorable
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment Of "hlch
the Mayor is chairman. and the honorable R2ard
Of Aldermen. of which Little Tim Sullivan Is the
boss
The trouble with General Bingham seems to
arise from contributory causes. namely. tha- the
purse strings % the city are held Jointly by the
Board If Estimate and by the Board Of Aldermen;
that these organic bodies canno- be abolished; that
they do not appropriate money fast enough to build
new station houses suit the chief war god at
Mulberry street and that General bingham was
addressed yesterday by absent minded patrol
man as Corporal Bingham. Anyway. he cut
loose" at the Board OF Estimate and Apporuon-
ment and the aldermen. ntimating very clearly
that # maddened citizens should take # into their
heads TO sack the City Hall, draw and quarter the
Board Of Estimate. hamstring Little Tim Sui-
van. gag Alderman Peters, chloroform Alderman
Downing and blot out Reg" Doull. he Bingham
would consider II a considerable blessing, or words
that effect
General Bingham not long ago got S2.oooooo for
new stations and repairs. But what Of that? says
the general. This is New York-expandng New
York-and what does 100000 more or less,
amount to? General Bingham said that the most
Of the S2O0O,000 already appropriated had been
absorbed. gulped down sponged up. for repairs to
present buildings and for tearing down old ,S ones
beth street, Delaney street and oak street stations
in Manhattan and the Adams street and lower
Fulton street stations I'm Brooklyn that should be
replaced without delay. Continuing. he said:
4 have been doing my best 10 divide up such
districts the Flathush District and the 18th
Precinct, or the Tenderloin, and also districts IN
The Bronx and to build new station houses In
such divided districts; nut the Board OF Estimate
and ApportOnment and the Board Of Aldermen act
like lot Of children.
They don't comprehend that this city is growing
faster than any other city in the world It Is al
most impossible for me to accomplish anything, be-
cause the citizens don't do Their, duty. They won't
put men in the board who will do their duty. I
would make this suggestion as good one for The
citizens I'd hold meeting I'm some big hall
and I'd pick nifty or sixty Of the biggest and husd
est the meeting. ! would select from
each OF the districts Of the city. and with these
men and stick them UP against wall and I'd say
to them
What are you going to do for me? Are YOU
going 10 play politics o. are YOU going 70 give US
what want?
1T seems to me that this is only solution OF
the problem. The people don't the city any
more: its run by the Board Of Aldermen and
pack OF fools.
They're always wrangling about something
other and playing politics. They busy doing
that they have time 10 do anything else
1t suggested TO the Commissioner that If a
committee Of citizens should storm the City Hall
q riot call would be sent lie replied.
We'll. let's have a riot call We could cope
with il