New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
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The charges against Robert Watcborn 1.,
grafton Commissioner at Ellis Island vsra A.
missed. and the President renomfnated him To- 49,
post.
The legislative COMMITTEES which invssffz.+o.
York City's finances made divided report to the
Legislature. One part of the report declared tb..
counting contractural and land liabilities IN tn
total Of the debt the city to-day has debt r,,ry,
of ST511 90 81. But since the Court OF Appeals a.
not Decided that these debts should be figured ana
counsel of the opinion that they should nor -.
taken into account, they believe that the city act
ally has debt margin OF approximately S25 oOoo ooa
The majority reported against the re-enactment 40
the constitutional amendment regarding the 5ab,
margin and recommended the creation OF a central
purchasing bureau. with elaborate provisions r.
garding the standardization Of requisitions TO do
away with the present loose and wastefuI method.
of supply purchasing. The committee sounded a
warning regarding further expenditure OF nlousv
the AshOkan water supply project pointing orr
that the Board OF Water Supply had not perfected
method Of getting the water into New York Cit
On the exemption Of income producing bonds from
the ctys debt limit the majority Of the conaaittee
took the ground that no amendment e tiI- cousrt-
tuition would be needed L w=e1e of city money on
supply purchasing anf political OffcehOlders who
do not do a day. work eliminated On this
Senator Cassidy and Assemblymen Merritt Palmer
oliver and Bennett agreed. Senators NcCarren and
SAKE and Assemblyman Lee disseuted. fling nj
nority reports Fifteen million dollars a year it
was declared would cover the cty's present sub
way needs
The payment Of gas bill rebates was begun by ths
gas companies in accordance with the terms Of the
recent United States Supreme Court decision It
was estimated that 1t would require a year 70
complete the task Nine distributing Offices wers
opened and on the first day nine thousand con-
sumers received 100000 in rebates
Trinity corporations legal right to close St
Johns Chapel in Varick street. was argued before
Justice O'GOrnau in the Supreme Court Counsel
for Trinity argued that the temporary injunction
rf~Ffv aF-of,
from interfering in any manner with the religious
work and services at the chapel should not Be
made permanent Counsel FOR the parishioners ar
gued for making it permanent. Decision was with
held
Colonel Edward z. Britton and Quarantine Com
missioner Frederick H Schroeder. who held,
spectiveIy the Offices Of president and second vice
presdent of the Eagle Savings and Loan Company,
OF Brooklyn were found guilty OF grand larceny,
first degree IN stealing Sf000 OF the banks funds
by a jury IN the Supreme Court, Brooklyn Ths
conviction was the first in the trials OF bankers
rested after the failures Of half dozen Brooklyn
institutions during the panic Of 1907. John G. Jsn-
kins president OF the jenkins Trust Company,
which closed its doors IN 1901, was acquitted Of
grand larceny two months ago. and the Jury dis
agreed in the case OF William Cow. whose opera
tons were alleged to have wrecked the Borough
Bank. OF which he director and the chief
stockhOlder
Albert T Patrick left his cell IN Sing Sing 10
argue before the Appellate Division IN another
OF his many remarkable attempts TO regain his lib
erty which he lost for life conviction OF the
murder OF William Marsh Rice He contended that
the Governor could not legally commute his death
sentence 70 life Imprisonment. and that he should
either 20 free or die in the electric chair
Lucky Baldwin. the mine owner. raceEorss
owner and betting plunger, died at Los Angeles,
leaving a fortune estimated SZ5000,00. Mrs.
Elizabeth Scrtven Potter. widow OF Bishop Henry
Goldman Potter died suddenly from Bright's disease
LTa-- azT eTafa hold
inzs in Manhattan alone are said 10 be valued az
more than S5OO0GOOO."