New-York tribune., 1922-04-08
Government Asked
To Increase Force
Al Brooklyn Yard
Board of Estimate Calls for
Steady Employment, on
Naval Work, OF Mo-
iion Of Mayor Hylan

On motion of Mayor Hylan the Board
of Estimate at its meeting yesterday
adopted a resolution calling upon the
Federal government TO keep the Brook
| lyn navy yard open and maintain or
increase its present working force. The
resolution requested that the Federal
government so arrange it's finances and
ALLEGATION of work in the Navy De-
partment and in the Shipping Board
as to maintain at the Brooklyn navy
yard, not only the present force Of
employees, but substantial additions
thereto on a basis Of a continued and
steady employment"
The Mayor was authorized to appoint
committee to CO operate with all
available bodies or committees, to
carry out the purposes and objects Of
this resolution" The Mayor appointed
as members of the committee the
whole Board of Estimate, who will go
to Washington to impress upon the
Federal authorities the necessity of
doing what the resolution calls for.
In reply to a query by the Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce, Senator Will
liam NJ. Calder recently announced that
the government intended to retain the
Brooklyn navy ward. On the strength
o. this announcement, the Brooklyn
Chamber called off the trip of its COM
mittce to Washington.
The resolution also requested the
Federal government to spend at least
part of the Sl7,0000O0 appropriated
for hospitalization of disabled veterans
III the city and state of New York, in
order to furnish additional means of
employment and to provide for dis
abled veterans who belong in this dis
trict. The resolution was presented in
view of the "persistent campaign be-
ing waged in Federal official circles to
either close the Brooklyn navy yard or
leave it nominally open and divert
work therefrom to other navy yards
in the United States"
The resolution pointed out that the
city had authorized work and made
available about S97 100000 for. con-
structon of public buildings, schools,
pavements, sewers, transit. etc. and
would make available before the end of
the year $30,000,000 more for public
works
Following out its purpose to provide
work for the unemployed, the board
also approved the report of the COM
mittee of the whole providing appro-
priations for revenue producing i'm
provements to the amount of S4437 900
and for non-revenuc producing i'm
provements of $1l ,891 ,1o5. The board
alSo approved thc contract, plans and !
estimates OF cost-$242 900 for the i'm
provement of the fire alarm telegraph
system in East New York, Park Slope
and South Brooklyn, and $4,000 for
the equipment Of new fire alarm CEN
trail station in the Bronx.
The report of the special committee
with respect to the request of Borough
president Matthew J. Cahill of Rich I
mond for an appropriation to meet the |
expenses of construction of the freight
and passenger tunnel from Staten Isl
and to Brooklyn was referred to the !
committee of the whole. The commit !
tee estimates that the total cost of the
tunnel VIII not exceed $6O,000, 900, and |
II advanced eXpeditiously it can be .
completed in 1929. Under the program I
- 100000 should be provided at once, |
with additional appropriations as fol-
lows: S15,ooo,ooO in 1923, $4,000 900 in
l924, S3,0Oo,0Oo in 1925, $4,000, 900 in
1926 and S4,o0O,oOO in 1927.