New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-08
MAYOR ACTS ON BILLS.
VETOES PARK ARMORH.
Pension for Wido5o Of Lieutenant
Petr0sino App0Ced.

Mavor Mcclellan vetoed Yesterday the Crotona
Park bill. the bill! to authorize the reconveyance OF
the Andy" Horn saloon property to the owners
one relating to the determination Of damages IN
I45th street another narrowing the discretion Of
the Controllers office. in relation to renstate-
ment of suspended and dismissed employees OF the
Borough Presidents Office, and the dill which was
designed, apparently, TO make it difficult 10 dismiss
employees of the Department of Correction
Among the bills which the Mayor approved were
those relating to a pension for Adena Petrosino'
the powers and duties Of the Commissioner OF Cor
1ection and the Sheriff of Kings County. the con-
solidation of the New York, Westminster q Boston
Railway Company and the Port Chester Railroad
Company the North River Bridge Commission.
amending the municipal court act, the powers OF
the Board of Estimate and Sinking Fund, and the
operation of ferries.
With reference to the bill to pension Mrs. Petro-
sino the Mayor sent the following memorandum:
have accepted this bill on behalf of the city Of
New York fTst because of the extraordinary ser
vices rendered by the Lieutenant Petroslno IN
sassination; second. because deem it moral obi
cation to provide for his widow and child third,
because of the moral effect OF TINS measure on Iie
police force of the and the class of crim-
mans .taI @ va res
dent in the police force. certain that the pub
1osad ,F - ,Ij,, t ~ 49, 9d ,iIGjrey, Of an
officer who sacrifices his life for the peace ana wei
fare of the state
Concerning his objections to the Crotona Park
bill. the Mayor said:
This bill provides that the Board OF Estimate and
Apportionment, on the request of the Commissioner
of Parks for the Borough Of The Bronx may
authorize the of part of Crotona Park for an
armory. | have personally inspected the proposed
site, described by meteS and bounds in the bill
and the same is almost the size of Washington
Square, in the Borough of Manhattan The neigh
borhOOd Immediately adjacent 10 this end Of
Crotona Park IS built up and thiCkly populated
Public schools ., and 40 are in the neighhorhood,
and have between eight and nine thousand children
on their rolls
While I am in thorough accord and sympathy
with the national guard, Vet the advancement of
the guard cannot he permitted the expense of the
public parks. The land in CrotOna Park was taken
by condemnation for park purposes. and the money
raised 10 pay the awards assessed on the tax
payers of the city To now the land in question
for other purposes than those geTmane the oTig-
nal condemnation would be- in my opinion most
reprehensible.
The Mayor vetoed the bridge terminal bill. be-
cause he said the triangle would he needed by the
city when the new terminal building con-
structed.
The Mayors objections to the bill relating to the
employees in the Department Of Correction as
follows:
The proposed bill provides for a uniformed force
with tenure of position. pension fund-which | am
not satisfied will be sef-supporting- and discrimi-
nation in favor Of less than Onehalf of the depart
nent employees.