Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
ECONOMY IS MADE /
MAYORS KEYNOTE
Executive Also FavOrs Thor
Ough Reorganization Of Prin-
cipal City Departments.
SUBWAY ONLY RELIEF
FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION
HaussIing Will Seek Law to
Permit Taxing "Pru's"
$4,000, 900 Fund.

Permit Taxing "Pru's"
$4,000, 900 Fund.
Economy, retrenchment and reor-
ganization are the keynotes of Mayor
Hausslings seventh annual message
to the Common Council.
The address, which was presented
to the Council, yesterday. will be
printed and distributed among the
aldermen for their consideration.
In commenting upon the large ex-
pendltures the administration will
have to make, the mayor points out
that they are necessitated by rapid
growth and prosperity of the city. He
recommends the reorganization of
the principal departments as means
of retrenchment. subways, he de-
clares, will be the only relief of the
traffic congestion in the centre Of the
city. He serves notice on the Pru-
Dental that the administration will
seek legislation to permit the taxing
Of the s29 .OU000O fund now exempt.
Mayors Message.
The message follows in part:
ITO the Honorable the Common
Council, Newark, n. J.
Dear Sirs-On account of the COIN
cidence of circumstances which may
be regarded as unavoidable by the
growing city 1t is well at this time to
emphasize very strongly the necessity
for strict economy and retrenchment
during the coming year. The finan-
cial condition of the city is good and
the community is prospecting as 1t
probably never has before, but in
order merely to keep pace with the
situation which our progress forces
upon us0it is necessary to provide
for the expenditures of large sums of
money. This, OF course, demands an
unusual amount of care in admins
trative methods.
Our gross funded debt today is
s2s.Ss5.20o. an increase of s1.o75.oOO
during the year 1919. Bonds were
issued during the year as follows:
City Hospital Observation-Disclosures 100000
Public schools ...-................ 5SS 900
Water main extension............ $1,000
Water shed extensior1....s........ 100000
High-pressnre extension ..D,..... $4,000
Docks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 100000
TotaE.9...... s1,1ss,0Oo
During the year bonds were retired
as follows:
Tax arrearage ......,,..........,....- $4,000
Water ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. U,vvQ
vailsburg School ..................... $50
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
eThis leaves the net increase at the
figure stated
"Our gross debt represents 1851 per
cent. of the tax ratables as they were
prior to the decision of the courts In
the Prudential Insurance case. The
sinking fund at this date, contains
1915, 144S6, representing an fncreass
during the year of s67s;0O7S So The
net debt is therefore s21. 210.055.14, an
amount equivalent to 55254 per cent.
of the tax ratables as they were be-
fore the decision mentioned.
with reference to the Prudential
case, notice may as well be given,
here and now, that the city will exert
every means In it's power, to have
the right to tax the particular fund,
which was involved. restored to It.
by legislative er Enactment
During the year which begins to-
day IT will probably be necessary to
issue bonds to the amount OF several
million dollars for projects in which
the city has already embarked.
en- this connection would say that
/ am convinced the time is ripe for a
REORGANIZATION of several of our prin-
cipal departments. Information gath
cred during the year has shown to
my satisfaction that there have
grown up, here and there, practises
and methods which are decidedly the
reverse of business-like. would be
far from imputing the blame, for this
condition, to any individuals. No one
man or set of men has been alto
Rether responsible. But reorganiza-
ton. which would introduce modern
systems of accounting and admins
tration, would, in my opinion, not
only increase efficiency, but also save
to the city many thousands of dol
lars annually.
City Dock Improvement.
"Vacillation and uncertainty have
delayed the plans to reclaim a por-
ton of our meadows and provide ia
cilities for transportation by water by
means of docks along the bay front
and elsewhere. This Improvement,
which possesses vast possibilities of
material benefit to the city, should
not be allowed to lag in this manner.
Every year sees an increase in
congestion of traffic, in the central
part of the city. and every year has
served to conarm my conviction that
permanent relief from such condi-
tion can only be secured through the
construction of a subway or system
of subways, by means OF which the
trolley car can be removed from the
surface of the streets.
1.-THE 250th anniversary of the
founding of the city will occur in
1916. It would be eminently
proper that this anniversary should
be celebrated, but We should begin
to consider the method of celebra-
ton now. II therefore suggest that
steps be taken to secure legislation
which win permit Of the appointment
of permanent committee or COM
mission on plan and scope"
HOSPITAL FOR ScRAPPER