The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
CITY'S SHOW is ALL READY
GRtPHIC ENHIBIT ar TINE
WAY THE .MONET GOES.
\ Lot % ThIngs leu Didn't Know About
This Town win Confront SOu and at
Noon Every Day There win ne Lee
lures on the Exhibits by the Exhibitors

This Town win Confront lou and az
Noon Every Day There win ne Lee
lures on the Exhibits ~ the Exhibitors
The city's big show opens tomorrow
AZ 80 Broadway. For the last few weeks
the heads of departments have been
working hard To put the accomplishments
and needs Of each part Of the city's gov
srnment into so graphic shape that MIR.
Citizen can tell at a glance Just how and
why his money has been spent There
was another budget exhibit two years
ago made by the Bureau OF Municip al
Research and the Taxpayers Conference.
hut this IL the first time that the city has
gone in for such . show
One of the last things that Mayor GAynor
did before he left his desk at the city Hall
was to approve an appropriation Of
So. OOO for this exhibit passed by the Board
Of Aldermen. and those who have heen
making the ATran Rements hope that the
Noyor will he able to open the exhibit
to-morrow at 1880. II he can he there
the acting Mayor. Mr.. Mitchell. will speak
for him aud Comptroller PrendersAst
will also have something to say. Borough
President McAneny will preside
The building Is that formerly occupied
by the Tent Weller company. The show
will he going from tomorrow until the
:s.h of this month. When you go in
the front door there is enough detail to
discourage any one hut a taxpayer who
wants to know reasons. Ioujump night
into Commissioner DTiscoll's mrsuem OF
scales that nave been seized from dishonest
tradesmen. It's nothing at all 10 SEE a
set Of weighers that will make five ounces
look like ten.
Straight down the centre aisle il the
exhibit Of the " alter Supply Commission
and TO get into II you have TO walk through
a model conduit like those used to bring
water from the Catskill water shed
II arches clear TO the ceiling There are
DESCRIPTIONS 81 progress on this work.
pictures Of the commissions police force
enforcing sanitation and order. scenes
from the construction CAMPS. maps.
tables and figures that give an idea Of the
size OF m job
Upstairs " the Department Of Educa-
ton exhibit. Did you know for instance
that the city must send on, seventy-fve
tons Of school supplies every day and
that II can get eight and a half pen points
Tor "A cent when they cost you a cent
apiece Or that the depart nent makes
its own ink and can turn out eight gallons
~
forms Of supplies were used last year.
Dresses mi writing table sets made by
the girls Of the Manhattan trade schools
have a corner in thus department. and a
lItti" further on are the heavy tools.
monkey wTenches and pliers. that are
made 10y the boys at the Noca iIonal School
a iSSth street and Fifth avenue 4 model
of a ho,Ise. fitted with lighting and plumb
ing arrangements, made 10y these same
boys stands IN another corner.
Ih.a Btrlltg lhr. 81.
news that the estimated cost ~ mainte-
nance II public libraries H. y cents per
capita for 1911. less than You pay each
month fpr your newspaper. says the
plaCard
Tn. Department of Charities wants to
get an Increase. IN it, budget II shows
that daily for the last year II 87S person.
have been looked after and that every
day 3JD Of thr-. must lie on the floors
Il it, institutions Pictures showing the
crowded conditions IT the wards are on
the ~,ll- 81 tie booth. \ bright spot In
thus -Ai.lnIt ~ the farm product corner
from The colony down on staten Island
9TH list uf the first and second prizes
that they took at u" lnterborouRh Fair
! here a ruomfui pf fIrnitur. and handi-
work. too. from the children ON haDdlll's
Island a
Down in tn" basement. whore Com
missioner Waldo has outdone himself
with IN. Fir" Department. exhibit l.
IN the flesh Is brantwuod. the veteran
iiTe horse. and side hy side are tn" first
and last engines used 10y the department
The oldest one, built ~ 1928, for the
ulunts"r Fire Department. stands next 4
to one - IA" newest type 81 engines and
" thin -lght 81 the nigh pr'.~Suf" exhibit
\ model Il the city - mere too. with mani
AIn- representing the post Ut every fire
man IN New York And then there - the
police exhibit. with .Naminat Ion qualiii-
cations depicted. and a graphic descrip-
tIon Of the work q IN" department
Every day at noon there ar" Ia be meet
ngs at which the branches 81 city ~orA
will be taken up. The heads II depart
ments will speak