New-York tribune., 1919-06-21
Army to Have
Airplane Field
In City Park
Board of Estimate Gets Re-
quest From Gen. Menoher
for Ground for Landing,
Which Will Be Granted
Craig and Moran Quarrel
Aldermanic President Seeks
Tube to Richmond, Which
Controller Calls 'sDream''

Tube to Richmond, Which
Controller Calls ''Dream''
One of the city's parks will soon con-
tain a landing field for the army
planes of the air service. This was
made known at yesterdays meeting Of
the Board Of Estimate when Controller
Craig read letter from Major Gen
eral Charles T. Menoher, director of
the air service, requesting that this
be provided for. The request was re-
.ferred to the Committee on Finance.
At City Hall yesterday it was said
that the site probably would be either
in Van Cortlandt Park or in Queens.
sary formalities the army will furnish
a hangar. to be erected on the field
at the expense Of the city.
General Menoher also suggested that
the city bear the expense necessary
for the establishment of the landing
field and for it's maintenance and
equipment. exclusive of planes.
The first of the rows at yesterdays
meeting was precipitated by Controller
Craig, who denounced a recommenda-
tion of the Committee on Transit, Of
which President Moran, of the Board
of Aldermen, is chairman, that the
Committee on Finance and Budget, of
which Controller Craig is chairman,
construct subway between Staten
Island and Brooklyn.
Calls 1t an Idle Dream
"This is perfectly idle Dream"
said the Controller, after President
Moran declared the city would be finan-
cially able to build the tunnel within
Ave years. This is not fair to the
people of Richmond. We haven't the
thin spun-out yarn like this. will
mean that some unfortunates will be
sold lots on Staten Island by the real
estate operators down there, lots that
will be good for nothing but lots. The
statement of the chairman of the Tran
sit Committee that the subway to
Staten Island would be self-supporting
is absurd"
s'How do you know it would not be
self-supporting?" demanded Moran.
In the same way | know that the
canals of Mars are not navigable Why,
the subways now built won't be self
supporting for forty-nine years. We
haven't the money. We are up to the
mortgaged itself for the next twenty
five years to carry out the dual sub
way contracts. And as result we are
having beds in hospitals filled with
two and three patients, instead of one;
we are unable to afford proper fire
protection to some of the newly built
up sections and we haven't sufficient
seats in our schools for our children.
This can't be done"
Over Controller Craig's objections
the matter was referred to his COM
mittee, an action ne characterized as
passing the buck"
District Attorney Swami came in for
censure at the hands of Controller
Craig. This occurred when the matter
of awarding pension of 1000 yearly
to Mrs. Rachel l.. Bartlett, librarian in
the District Attorneys office, was under
discussion.
"This pension" said the Controller,
"is not so per cent of the womans SAL
ary, for she receives 81 100. 1t is al
most 10 0per cent of what she has been
receiving the last year, and prior to
that she received only 81 900 year"
"She is widow and nearly blind" ex-
planned President Van Name of Rich
mond, "Her husband was drowned
nearly twenty years ago on the North
port during a collision down the Bay
He was librarian, and she succeeded
him."
"Is she too old to get another hus
band?" asked President Moran.
"The lady," answered President Var
Name, "has lost the sight of one eye
and can hardly see out of the other. Sh'
Is very old lady"
The pension was granted.
DR.. Day Is Denounced
DR.. Jonathan L. Day, Commissions
Of Markets, was denounced by deputa
ton of market men, who came to protes
against the rules recently adopted b.
the board at Commissioner Days sug
gestion for the governing OF markets.
Former Borough President Miller o
the Bronx, who represented the holder
of leases at West Washington Market
denounced the rules as unfair.
"Under rule No. ~ said Mr.. Miller
"the Commissioner could eject an,
holder of lease in the public interest
whatever that may mean"
Some of the market men objected t.
the increases in rent, and one of then
said Commissioner Day declared that i
any of them denounced him as rem
prohteer he would dispossess them.
This is Prussianism!" exclaimed
one irate marketman.
SOHIroIleE NIdiE brought OuI liza
when the city lowered the rents of th'
men in Washington Market, on con
dition that they reduce the prices o
foodstuffs, they violated their agree
ment
The marketmen requested that the.
be given a hearing next week, which
was granted. They were told some
what firmly that the rules, despite thei
protests, would stand.
The board inclined favorably to
suggestion made by Borough Presiden
Bowling that the city erect ten stor.
building on the site of the old Ten
derloin police station, in Wes
Thirtieth Street, to house the Depart
ment of Health. Commissioner Dow
ling said the owner Of the building a
Franklin and Centre streets, where tn
department is now quartered, ha,
raised the rent $4,000 yearly, and tina
under the present conditions the rem
and uDkeep Of the building would cos
the city 100000 annually. 1t is likel,
that the board at it's next meeting viii
indorse the plan formally.
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