New-York tribune., 1911-11-22

Ocld ahout breakfast tnIe. Bul " wv
thirds OF these newspapers did fail. no
calamity would be visited on the city ri
large. We would manage to get along
without them. SO broaden out. gentieneh.
to study work of philosophy and gov
eminent and puzzle your poor hoads 700
much. but broaden out. Let your horizon
be the whole city. the horizon OF tne clIs
and not the horizon Of Fifth avenue. even
though ii be the greatest street I'm the
world already.
had the temerlty year and half ago
20 suggest that we open another avenue
some OF YOU did not take It very kindly az
found out within forty-eight hours wnen
my mail began TO grow. Nevertheless' :
think II would be a good thing yet. Even
with all tho help that Waldo and ten thou
sand policemen can sive me have a pretl!
hard job 10 get up Fifth avenue spout
O'Clock IN the afternoon when am IN ~
q big hurry TO get up TO meet some leaIntu
men In some institute or something of that
kind. Eight hundred feet across here
think YOU could put two avenues throus"
and il would not hurt Fifth avenue pi.'
II would do Fifth avenue lot Of gosd,' ou,, ,,
dear me, where is the money? VIII you
pay for II? That is the trouble
Turning to the more important prob
lens re wished to discuss tho Mayor
said:
Tho Mayor appoints twenty-siz heads
Of departments and bureaus, as some OF
them are called, / don't know why--bc-
cause the new charter was not passed -
] don't know any other reason. because
We were going 20 change their names
among many other things. md these d'-
partmcnts cannot be run without money.
And the amount of money they require
grows all the time
The rentpsyers and taxpayers ere willing
that enough should ne appropriated 20 psE
for good government, 10 keep the govern
ment up 10 q standard Of efficiency which
the government should have. Now VIII
tell you, since election is over, Just how
much these twcnty-sx departments have
increased their appropriations since l be
came Mayor I see no way to avoid that
phrase. although ] would like 10.
The Mayor then read figures ehoWing
that the appropriations made by the pre-
ceding administration had increased in
1903 by 704 per cent over the previous
year. sn6 in 1909 by $50 per cent over
1908. while the increase In The first year
az the present administration had been
| only "A IN 1910. and this year 4S7 over
the last year. The Mayor turned toward
Commissioner Waldo and said
| So Waldo. we are not so bad as We have
| been painted. Purdy, over there, began to
| thought il would sound awful. and big
| Bill" with al his troubles this wear. is not
| going 10 run il UP SO much either 7 am
| sure you will all stand back Of him, even
! though you have 10 burn your garbage for
| q few weeks which might be q better
| thing to do with II than what we are doins
| now. 70 tell the truth, Now, how doe. thal
| before election Does II sound ss II ws
were running the budget way up out Of
! sight with our extravaganza? However. vs.
| can hear il. We have to bear good deal
Streets Could Be Better.
There were five boroughS in the city,
the Mayor continued, and each Borough
| President had his appropriations. too
Mr.. McAneny, the Mayor said, turning
toward the Borough President. had his
! troubles about the streets. and he helped
him now and then To propagate the no.
ton that they were not so bad as some
people wanted to make out
still, he can make them better. I ad.
nit that" he added, amid laughter
The Mayor found an opportunity 70
say what he thought of his own letters
written in answer 10 complaints or crti.
cisms made bv citizens. He said.
/ had letter from man the other
! day abusing me roundlV tor Two tnihss
I One for having the values increased and
{ the other for not building the subWays
I and OF course had 10 write back 10 MIN as
( kindly as possible-althoUgh they say my
/ letters are not always very gentle. ]
: think there IS some great mistake about
/ that because ! have never written any
thing but gentle letter 7 had 10 write
/ back 10 him that he must understand that
we could not keep the values low and
/ build subways also.
/ r,.ri.1 r,~,,.,--;-..;1,,1,. rVoIdo +o1l,od -
the work Of his department, saying:
The trafic policeman has come to stay
/ The volume Of traffic on the streets OF New
/ on the increase. Each year improved trait
/ ir regulations are introduced.
The horse has almost disappeared from
/ Fifth eVenue: the motor vehicle rs predomi-
usnt r. motor vehicle is easier 10 regu-
] late than the horse. ! am pleased 70 nc
able TO state that street accidents are less
In proportion 10 traffic than heretofore.
/ Other branches Of the Police Department
are also on the advance in point OF eft
| cheney The pstroimen are patrolling, the
detectives are detecting | believe the citl'
gems Of New York have an increased conn
dence in the oluecoat
Seated 1T the guest table with Mayor
Gaynor were Robert Grier Cooke. presi-
dent Of the association; Commissioner w
Il. Edwards Commissioner Henry 8
Thompson, Judge Henry P. Dugro, Joseph
s. Auerbsch, Jacob II. Schiff, W. G. Nc
Adoo. the Rev Percy Stlckney Grant, John
=. Crinmins, Borough President George
lIcAneny, Commissioner Rhinelander
waldo, Connnis sioner Johnson. Francis s
Hutchins, pr George T. Kun5. arnold W.
Brunner, George r. Mortimer and Nelson
r Lewis.
Brief speeches were made by. Mr.. Nc
! Aneny, Commissioner Johnson, T :
Eutchins and the Rsv. Percy S. Grant.
I Among those present We're b Altman,
George Z. Boldt, J ?. Bonwit, Simon Bren-
teno, Cyrille Carreau, Michael Dreicer
Ma jor Ernestus Gulick, c. c. Gunther, ]
| Haldenstsin. r. NJ. Ham. Charles r. Lamb
! g. Grant la Fargo Albert Keller, J. E
| Martin, Robert T. Putnam, lsadore Ssks
j. a Sleicher, Louis Stern, Fred Sterry
] Frank Tilford. Samuel Untermyer, FelS
/ ~. Warburg and George ". Young