New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-25
M'ANENY PRAISES
WORK OF BOARD
Reviews AldermaniC Activ-
tiles in 1914 and Sees
Great Progress.
NO CAUSE NOW FOR
CRITICISM ONCE JUST
Gives List of Principal Achieve
mentS of Year. Showing Wide
Scope of IaborS.

Declaring il to be apparent that the
Board Of Aldermen has progressed far
since The charter revision commission
OF eight years ago said the aldermen
from many districts were municipality
paid agents Of local political leaders,
President McAncny reviewed the work
Of the board for the year 1914 yester-
day.
After referring to the satisfactory
progress that has been made on new
binding code and in the codiiication
of ordinances and the regulation Of
revenue bond issues by the board,
President McAneny enumerated the
other achievements Of the board, a
follows:
Ordinance 10 prevent fraudulent ad-
vertising by quack doctors and pro
motcrs OF fake sales.
Protection Of sick persons by the
prohibition Of undue noises ID the
streets.
The requirement that running water
should be applied in horse troughs.
Improvement of the motion picture
law.
Designation Of site for new hos
pital for contagious diseases.
Establishment of the municipal en-
ploymcnt bureau.
Imposition Of fee for a pistol per-
nit
Abandonment Of Fulton Market, the
provision Of spaces elsewhere for open
markets and the recastlng OF restric-
tions upon pushcarts.
Regulation of biliboards as a fire
protection measure and the creation OF
"a commission TO recommend method
of oladicatinE unsightly advertising
structures from civic and historic
centres.
Strengthening Of the speed ordinance
by imposing two-day instead OF a
one-day Imprisonment.
Requirement that streotcars stop on
the near side of street intersections.
Restrictions upon parades.
Requirement that vehicles OF every
kind carry lights in the rear
Protection Of children IN the street
by giving power to the Police Commls-
Sioncr TO restrict the speed Of vehicles
i'm congested residential sections.
Requirement that any cab carrying q
taximcter be subject 10 the public bach
regulations.
Enforcing OF reasonable vacations
for city employees.
Granting OF leaves Of absence with
oay to city employees who enlist in the
military service OF the United States
Prompt work In passing upon recon
mendations Of the Board of Estimate
with regard to corporate stock appro
priations. creation of positions and tn,
designation or sites.
Discovery of frauds in the Constl
tutional Convention election, resulting
F in the trial and imprisonment Of Of
Tenders.
Appointment Of q committee to inyes
4 tigate oycrpayments by the city 10
real estate ln condemnation proceed
ings.
Granting OF power TO The Commits
sioner of Licenses TO minimize the the
atrc ticket spcculator nuisance.
The average attendance at the meet
inrs of the board was seyenty-iive on
OF total membership OF seventy-nine
and the attendance at the committed
meetings was equally good.
As President NcAneny rs chairman
Of the charter revision committee o
the Board. OF Estimate, the following
statement favoring the retention Of th'
board is Of particular interest:
However apparent may be the ad
vautagcs Of concentrated government
where financial and administrative ar
fairs are involved, we must realize tina
city as large as New York has e
have some sort Of municipal legis
latIic That there has been much JUS
tIicauon FOR the criticism Of the al
dermcu iu the past no one can doubt
T but the remedy for the trouble has al
ways rested with the board itself, an,
the board has now shown itself abb,
TO apply the remedy. Relapse will no
be easy. FOR the reason that precedent
have been set which the city will eX
ppct future boards 10 live up TO. IL i
no, too much % say that the presen
Board of Aldermen has scored genu
F inc. permanent advance IN New York
municipal government