New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
Mayor Calls Lieut.. Kennel
to Compel Irate Citizen
TO Stop Calling Members
Real Estate Ignoramuses'
Ivory Cavel Has Busy Day
Market Men Furnish Another
Row; Van Name Tells
What Richmond Thinks

Yesterdays meeting Of the Board of
Estimate ended with the Intervention
of a policeman, who was called upon
by Mayor Hylan to suppress a citizen
who had Kkened the Board of Estimate
to "lot of real estate ignoramuses.
The cause of the row, L. Stone, owner
of the building at Centre and Frank
lin streets, now occupied by the Board
Of Health, protested against erecting
the proposed municipal structure to
house the department on West Thir-
tieth Street, on the site formerly occu-
pied by the Tenderloin police station.
Mr.. Stone said the proposed site was
in the midst of uncleanliness. Frank
L. Bowling, Borough President of Man
haitian, who conceived the idea, said
Mr.. Stone was in error, and that the
reason the city had to find new quar-
ters was because Mr.. Stone had raised
the rent from $4,000 to $4,000, and in
addition wanted the city to pay for its
own light, elevator service and similar
items, which would have brought the
rental up to about $105,000.
Bang Goes the Gavel
81 didn't raise the rent!" exclaimed
Mr.. Stone, heatedly. "You raised it
yourself, like lot of real estate igno-
namuses."
Bang! Bang Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!" thundered Mayor Hy-
lan's solid ivory gavel.
"Stop talking!" shouted the Mayor
while he kept on banging his gavel:
Mr.. Stone continued to talk. Then
the Mayor said to one of his body
guard;
Lieutenant, stop that man from
talking!"
Police Lieutenant Kennel, while Mr.
Stone kept on talking and the Mayor
in front of Mr.. Stone.
"Now," said the Mayor. "don't you
come in here and call the members
of the Board of Estimate names"
~ didn't call anybody Names" re-
torted Mr.. Stone.
"And when you come in here behave
like q gentleman"
81 did"
Lieutenant. stop that man talking!"
~ did behave like gentleman"
"Stop talking! And don't get angry"
'I'm not angry!"
The rapid fire between the Mayor
and Mr.. Stone ended when President
Moran Of the Board Of Alderman COM
mented on Mr.. Stones denial that he
was angry by saying:
"I'd hate to see you when you are
mad"
This occasioned laughter, and on mo-
tion of President Bowling to adjourn,
the board did so, not to meet again till
July II.
Market Men Furnish Another
There were several lesser rows, the
principal one occasioned by the pro-
tests of market men against the new
rules governing city markets.
Cyrus c. Miller, former Borough
President of The Bronx, and William
Minder appeared for the marketmen.
They argued that under the rules
promulgated by Commissioner of
Markets Day their clients could be
evicted at the end of two weeks, as
the permits for stalls were issued for
only that length of time On several
occasions the Mayor interrupted the
objectors to declare that they were
''Then there is Rule 8, which is very
Objectionable" said Mr.. Minder. "That
rule forbids man to walk outside his
stand. Yesterday representatives Of
Commissioner Day threatened that Sc
we're discipline would follow if the
rules we're not lived up to-"
"Under that rule" said Borough
President Dowling, "if a fellow came
along and stole a ham the marketman
would be forbidden from running after
the thief"
"I would advise the Borough Presi-
dent to get his ham some other way"
said Controller Craig.
"It's all right to jest" continued
President Dowling. "but oppressive
rules and ordinances adopted by the
Board of Aldermen and the Board of
Estimate in the previous administra-
ton are what made the people vote the
former administration out of Office.
All such nonsensical stuff should be
kept off the law books. That rule is
like the hack license ordinance which
seat To which the driver replies:
How am going to open the door if
don't get off my seat?'"
Justice Promised Them
On the suggestion of several mem
their suggestions for changes in the
rules, which will be taken up on July
IL. They were assured by the Mayor
that they need not fear injustice.
The board was about to put through
resolution changing the zoning Of
the property in Ocean Parkway from
Coney Island Avenue to Cation Place. in
tue Oo1ouEn OF brooklyn, from bust
ness to residential district, when a
delegation Of Brookiynites living in
the affected neighborhood. led bv
Charles S. Heidenreich, appeared in
protest. '''
Those who want this CHANGE sa;d
Mr. Heidenreich, represent but 13 pe1
cent OF the property owners, while ~
per cent Of the owners are opposed.'
THAT puts different complexion On
Bowling. "The Brookiyn es,uen, Ro5omah
President (Mr. Riegelmann) told US ;r
the executive meeting that more than
so per cent Of the property owner,
wanted the change. III certainly vote
with the 72 per cent against the l3 pc,
cent" - ps'
AS it required unanimous consent to
cnange the map, the matter was re.
1erred back to committee
Calvin D. Van Name, Borough Presi.
dent OF Richmond, accused Controller
craig OF discriminating against Staten
island. This was when the Controllsr
aided by the Mayor, held up an apnro'
priation OF 1927 to provide for an nd
citionai force to care for the new
courthouse
Richmond Understands
The Controllers spleen is hold;ne nm
snis appropriation" said President Van
same. Not. only ia the money 70.
CURED to keep the coaurtbov.. H..