New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-18
Mitchell Has New Plan to Dis
pose of 11th Avenue Matter.
THlNksPERM!T HAS EXPIRED
Board of Estimate viii Look
Into Scheme, Which May
Bring Central to Terms.

President Mitchell of the Board of Alder
men believes he has found an effective way
of bringing the New York Central Railroad
to terms on the elimination Of its tracks
from the surface of Eleventh avenue. He
presented it to the Board of Estimate yes
terday in the form of a resolution, which
was laid over for one week in order that
the other members of the board might
study it.
The resolution provides that the Borough
President of Manhattan at once take steps
to prevent the railroad from operating
dummy engines below goth street. and SuS-
gests the appointment of a special com
lnittee of the board to devise some means
of operating the trains o. the New York
Central on the West Side of the city In
the future.
Under the charter by which the railroad
is being operated locomotives cannot De
run on the West Side below Goth street put
the Common Council in 1861 gave the road
the right to use dummy engines below that
point
President Mitchell holds that this permit
has long since expired, and the operation
of dummy engines there is without war
rant or authority If the city can stop the
operation of the dummy engines below S6th
street it probably will be able to force the
companv TO make a settlement on most
favorable terms.
The Board of Estimate adopted q resolu-
ton making the Controller and the Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen committee
to investigate the relations with the city OF
various charitable institutions which have
been getting city money toward their sup
port. The Commissioner of Accounts Is
directed to cooperate with this committee:
The city pays annually about S5,OVO,Vo9 10
various priyate charitable. correctional and
other institutions for the care, treatment
and custody OF foundlings, orphans and
other public charges. The resolution states
that the action taken is necessary because
recent Investigations conducted by the
Controller and the Commissioner OF Ac-
eounts have shown that the relation eX-
listing between the division of charitable in
stitutions of the Department OF FINANCE
charged with the responsibility Tor the
audit OF claims of private charitable IN
situations and certain institutions recelV-
ing public funds. have been Of character
not calculated to insure the fullest pro-
lection of the interests of the city IN dis
burseInents made to such institutions.
The CITY is to hold a budget exhibit next
October, according TO a resolution passed
hv the Board Of Estimate. The special
committee. composed of President Nc
Anenv. Controller Prendergast and Presi-
dent Mitchell, was also empowered to take
whatever other steps might promote the
nurpose of the board to fully acqualnt the
taxpayers of the scope and character OF
the budgetary proposals, and to afford
ample opportunity for their public discus
sion"
In addition to charts, diagrams, plans and
photographs that will illustrate the work
done by the current expense budget. there
will be other illustrative material showing
the relation of next years budget TO the
corporate stock budget and other improve
aents that are either in progress or pro
jected.
Alderman Bowling objected to the ap-
preparation of $1,000 for fireworks for the
Fourth of July celebration on the ground
that the amount was "pitifuiiy made
uuate" He declared that the Board Of
Aldermen would never agree to such a
small amount, and indicated that the reso-
luton would be killed by that body. It
would be better, he said, to have the fund
raised by private subscription unless the
city wanted to do the thing on a broad
scale.