New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
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$45,l50 Police
Motor Car Plan
''Of All the Men I Ever
Worked With, You Are
the Most Annoying, - Says
Mayor at Board Meeting

Mayor Hylan again crossed swords
with Comptroller Craig at the meeting
of the Board Of Estimate yesterday.
Leaning toward the Comptroller, who
sat next to him, the Mayor said:
"Of all the men l ever worked with
you are the most annoying"
"You may never be called upon to
work with another Comptroller,"i Mr..
Craig retorted.
81 hope not, if they are all like you,"
the Mayor replied.
The incident occurred at the end Of
a long and uncomfortable session of
the board under a climbing summer
temperature. Police Commissioner En-
right appeared before the board in
support. of the resolution, previously
adopted by the board and approved by
the Mayor, requesting an issue of $45,-
100 special revenue bonds to provide
for the purchase of motor vehicle
equipment by the Police Commissioner
The matter was put over for final ac-
ton yesterday and required unani-
nous vote. Comptroller Craig's vote
in the negative killed the resolution.
Commissioner Enright explained that
he wanted fifty motor cycles, eight
small touring cars-the latter for use
of detectives Gin getting quickly from
one place to another in the city"-two
hundred bicycles and three touring
cars, to cost $4,000 each. He said he
particularly wanted the small cars and
one large touring car for the chief
inspector, who had not had new car
for six years. The items of equipment
item, but the Comptroller opposed all
Of them.
"The time has come when the Comp
troller has ceased to run the whole
city" said the Mayor with a show of
temper.
"The Mayor has only eighteen months
MORE" said the Comptroller.
"l'll make good use of them while
am here the Mayor retorted.
eyes, you'd better do that" said Mr..
Craig, smiling.
right not to worry, as things would
happen that way sometimes, but that
he could try again.
The board denied a request of the
Comptroller to transfer to the tax and
Appropriation surplus and deficiency
account unused appropriations for the
Board of Education for the years of
1912 to 1918, amounting to S912,713
William c. Mayer Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel, appeared for the Board
OF Education and argued that the city
iiNiN IHSoS iilOilcyS III trust Tor the
board and that they should be used
requested by the educational authori-
ties. When the board voted the Comp
troller down, he declared it only meant
"another million dollars in next years
budget"
The board held long public
hearing on the recommendation of
the committee on city plan and
public investment closing and dis
continuing South First, Second, Third
and Fourth streets, Brooklyn, from
Kent Avenue to the bulkhead line of
the East River and River Street from
Grand Street to Kent Avenue. The re-
quest was made by the American Su
gar Refining Company in order to build
a new refinery, and there was an i'm
Piled threat that the company would
move its plant to some other city if
the request was not granted
There was a large delegation pres
ent from the district in opposition to
the closing Of the streets. They de-
clared it would cut off air from the
river and menace the health of the
neighborhood. They contended that
the threat to move the plant to an
other city was joke. After two
hour hearing the matter was laid over
for one week