New-York tribune., 1911-11-22
CITY GOVERNMENT NOT
So BAD, SAYS MAYOR
Tells Fifth Avenue Association
How Various Departments
Spend Money.
FOR NEW UPTOWN STREET
Reiterates His Position in Favor
of Interhorough Building the
New Subway System
Praises Mr.. Edwards.

Mavor Gaynor discussed at great
length last night the questions OF taxa
tion. valuation and subways, at the an
nual dinner Of the Fifth Avenue Asso-
citation az the Waldorf. II am going 10
trv 10 say something as serious as pos
sihle. as little as I feel like II, now that
election Is over and nobody has any i'm
medisto reason for lying" he said amid
laughter when he began The serious part
OF his talk.
And later. siuding to the intellectual
Qualities of his audience. he said he was
afraid that his words would enter
through one ear and depart through the
other without leaving an impression.
In speaking Of the subway problem
RI. Mayor reiterated IN the main his
well known position favoring the offer Of
th. Inter borough Rapid Transit Com
pany TO contribute half Of the money
necessary 70 construct q new system
and he again explained what he called
the simplest truths underlying the whole
question.
Il have to get back 20 that" the May
or said, because the subway question
has been so zig-zagged and bewitched
that even a Tammany Indian would be
unable 10 nnd the trail Of the proposed
routes"
Three hundred members Of the asso-
cistion and their guests met at the an
nual dinner A moment before the May
or's arrival the lights we're turned ont
and only the red tulips on the individual
tables glowed with the subdued light
within them. Mayor Gaynor walked to
the guests table In this comparative
darkness. but when he reached it all the
lights were turned on and the diners
rose 10 greet him.
Greatest AVsnus In World"
Mayor Gaynor started out by saying
that the chairman had told him the OBJ
ject OF the association was to make
Fifth avenue the greatest avenue in the
world.
Nov. If that were all. he said. you
might as well disband now, because It is
already The greatest avenue In the
world"
But he added that he suspected there
WIS something beyond that. and that the
object was not wholly selfish Continu-
ius his speech he said
warn YOU. however. not 10 think that
tou are the city OF New York, because YOU
are not Our daily uevspa pers, publsheo
M this borough invariably say the city
when they mean the borough of Manhat-
tan. ] even saw in the papers not many
DAYS ago that IL was altogether ridiculous
so nave q Mayor who did not reside in the
city. This fellow thinks really that be
cause ] live over by Prospect Park, in
Brooklyn, I do not live in the city-whst
no calls tho city. But l have had worse
than that.
Ncry INTEL sent people. ! won't say many
but two asked mo now that ] was elected
1lavor n I did not intend 10 move my
residence into the Cit,. You are lust 4
little frsCmen. Of the city and don't know
it That is one of YOUR troubles over here,
and one Of The troubles OF the newspapers.
n nobody read these newspapers except
the people hat live over here about two
thirds Of them would go into bankruptcy
daughter and applauSCO II YOU do hat
ONCE cr twice ,ou VIII put INC in gooc
hunor
Uut to ten tie truth did not come over