The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 47

OHK, -SUNDAY, Tlii: liuOOKLYS- DAILY Lav, 101 7- DiUMULH increasing at an alarming rule and I transfer goods and p-if-eper TAKE TAXES OFF POOR BIG BROOKLYN i subjei't to dcas. If Hie is to retain its pre-eminence as a I in wh.ch to live and Oo busim iPUT THEM ON RICH. IS I TRAFFIC ARTERIES BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND L. I. USELESS trallic must be speeded up and BROOKLYN IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HYLAN ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP The foliowinj table shows the street improvements in this borough, paving and repaying, on which work is in progress, or for which contracts have been awarded: streets made safe for the people them.

The increases ill shipments and other business in the city and port of New York incident the I makes existing traltie all the PROBLEMS FACE THE MEW MAYOR! i NEW MAYOR'S POLICY loon; 1 He tr.itie- regui.i-i tions of 'he I'mIici. Department hive. i cirtam extent, mitigated ems tfic cmigi si ion. out i acree Est. Con Repaving Secretary Whitten, of City Plan 'it hat i it more comprehensive m- Est.

Cost St. Impt. 53,030.50 6,982.85 6,797.00 1,06305 Hylan Determined to Abolisii Pay-as-You-Co System and Eliminate Favoritism. Committee, Points Out Dan-ger to Future Trading. volving the eo-operatmn of many ci'y jiind borough departments.

the hartv support properly and i the general public, will lie nece-sary in oriler to achieve the desired rc- Marginal Railroad, Relo cation and Flatbush Ave. Extension Among Them. CONTRACTS ON WHICH WORK IS IN PROGRESS Amt. Location From To Character Comp. Albemarle Road.

Parkway E. Fifth St Asphalt 60 Bay 19th St Benson Ave 86th St Asphalt 60 Revei lv Road. Ave Rogers Ave Asphalt 60 Cedar' Place Malbone St Montgomery St R. G. C.

Sw 09 Dean St Intersection Nostrand Ave Macon St Intersection Sumner Ave DeKalb Ave Skillman Bedford Ave Tompkins Greene Ave Fulton St Classon Ave Park Ave Myrtle Ave Restoring Mvrtle Ave Clermont Ave Classon Ave Over sewer 05 FJdert Lane Jamaica Ave Atlantic Ave R. G. C. Sw Narrows 81st St 83rd St R. G.

C. Sw. A. B. 60 Ocean Ave Parkside.

Ave Flatbush Ave 75 Rockawav Pkw'v Glen wood Road Conklin Ave R. G. C. Sw 75 BUILDERS IGNORED PLANS I of I the'eomm admin'il'i ra NO FALSE VALUES ON REALTY ition decides to take up the liullic problem. The seriousness' of 'be.

Robert H. Whitten, secretary of the Mitchel admini i a tion 'street frame situation, lie, i tlv eleannu the dock- i to this I 'aiiing the taxes off the ik li alio I terminal of freight collsignei I ein- and the iiecessitv of relieving the iilistitutiim inoior truck VAST HIGHWAY WORK railroads by H-onimittee on City Plan, in his report I on the work of that committee, tmh-I mltted to the Doard of Estimate, I points out the need of at. once develop-j ins some arteries of trallic between Brooklyn and Long Island through the Woodhaven section of Queens. fi.ith St. 19th Ave 20th Ave Asphalt 60 haulage for all shoit hauls make clear that the street trallic problem is one of the big problems (lemaiehng immediate attention." 20,248.35 7,513.70 7,415.16 24,650.40 1,222.00 8,478.45 7,408.50 12,248.40 10,117.80 3.259.25 7,251,30 3,170.16 'E Colonial Narrows C.

A. Bay 37th St R. G. C. Sw.

Bay Parkway I air. Whitten points out that building 81st St 86th St 20th 20th 54th St 19th Myrtle Ave. St Asphalt St Asphalt Hamilton Pkw'y-Asphalt Ave Asphalt A NEW SCHOOL encroachments on Jamaica 60 80 50 20 60 75 99 60 5 i i.ulgewood avenue and Fulton 76th St 79th St 9th Ave Bath Ave, Skillman Waverley Ave. thrni on thc poor. We inter, 1 it" take the taxes off ihe poor an! I put thein bac on rich." in a nutshell embodies elect Uylan's policy, as s.iii.iiie.l up recently credited to with f- nee 1,0 taxation of I and pii-onal property during the nix.

font- xears. The Mayor-elect hat chic, ideas about the. manner I which citizens of New Yoi City an bring taxed he demonstrated I repeatedly dining the campaign. Judging from his public utterances on the mbject and rum oi sa 1 1, he hn had with piosprctivc appointeex in the Department of Taxes and Assessment Ave. 3.IIT5.60 2S(I 1 L235.50 21,493.15 9,251.50 18,015.50 Ave.

are rapidly making these, avenues use-j less as connecting arteries of trallic. I Mr. Whitten, in his report, states that, studies the committee has made Park Ave. j. Flushing Ave Park Ave 9th' St.

Third Ave Fifth Ave STARTED IN CITY IN PAST TWO YEARS to relieve the street trallic congestion here have been rniuisitloned by the Council of National Defense to aid in improving street tiathc conditions and $131,756.87 $68,055.21 Total. CONTRACTS AWARDED AND REGISTERED ON WHICH WORK HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED AHEAD 52,648.80 None Can Be Completed in Less Than Eighteen Months, Says Official. Hep-pman Ave. Ave -Malta st Aspnais Hcgeman Malta St Louisiana Ave Asphalt Ilonkinson Ave. Ave He.geman Ave Aspha Livonia Ave Ames St Hopkinson Ave Asphalt Montgomery Bedford Ave Rogers Ave Sheridan Ave.

Ave Glenmore Ave R. (. C. Snedikcr Ave Dumont Ave Rivcrdale Ave Asphalt Snediker Ave. St New Lots Ave Asphalt Thatford Ave.

Ave Newport St Asphalt W. 36th St Surf Ave Neptune Ave Asphalt Sw. I taci titles in and atiout the l'ort of I New York. A comprehensive plan for iniprov-j Ine the city. Mr.

Whitten slates, should include: 1, A port and ter-I mimil plan; a passenger transpor-I tatlon plan; 3, a street plan; 4, a park I and recreation plan; b. a. building zone i plan, ami ii, a plan for grouping pub-; lie buildings. The building zone plan has already i been worked out. and Mr.

Whitten re-Ports that apidieations for placing cer-i tain areas in more zones than they are af present shows that the property owners are waking to i the value of the zone system. He sug-! gests that It might be advisable in the new- Mayor will fake nfllco Willi four definite taxation policies in mind They are: I. reduction n.w-sed on real properly i lorin to actual market miIuc. Ihe eiialiatioii of aws--iiicnls by aboli-liinn laoiilisin icv.l iiuerrsl. Rilii-Jil in up a-sesn.

incuts In meet ihr budget require, liients. WIRT PREVENTED PROGRESS 2,924.25 21.904.25 4,790.75 9,048.00 707.80 10.912.50 3,986.15 4.472.80 11.985.00 5,810.00 6,834.00 6,540.50 7,314.30 775.50 22,287.00 12,314.60 18th St Seventh Ave Eagntn Ave Aspnan Ave. Asphalt Asphalt 68th St Sixth 78th St Fifth Ave. 80th St Seventh Ave. 12th S.

St The Hylan administration soon after it goes into office will liave to take up for consideration a number of big public improvements for Brooklyn and Queens that are in various stages of progress or merely up in the air. There will be clamorous delegations of citizens from all parts of the two boroughs to insist on quick action by the new Board of Estimate in regard to these proposed betterments, some of which are vita! to- the future development of Brooklyn both physically and commercially. First and foremost stands the Houth Brooklyn Marginal Itatlroad. "What will the new city administration do with it? Back of the Eric Basin considerable property has already been acquired by the city for this purpose, or is in process of condem-nutJon. rpward of $9,000,000 has boon reserved by the Controller for the construction of this line.

There is nothing to prevent a beginning of the work tomorrow, unless it be the fceareity of labor and the high cost of material. This has been the excuse of the present city administration for do nothing in the matter since the railroads, months ufo, declared that circumstances compelled them to bail; uut of the promise they had n.aue to go into the undertaking with the city. If the new Board of Estimate should take the same position, the chances of the present generation of Brooklynitcs seeing the Marginal nuilt vvii! indeed lie slim, since the dearth of labor and high cost of material is a condition 'likely to last for to come. of Elevated 'J'tacUs in Adams Street. Then there is the proposed relocation of the elevated railroad tracks below Boeruin place in Adams street, so as to free the Borough Plaza from I.

'Ihe abolishment of thp s.lstClll of cii Not a new school building was begun in cither 1916 or 1917. ad- ditions to old schools were erected, The last new school building in the whole city to be opened was No. Ridgcwood. in Queens County. i "How long will it take to build a 18th St financing.

St. 16th Ave. Sonic the Mayor-elect's idras on the ouestion or real estate bixati, are set forth a httei some instances to create a new zone for business, garages and light manufacturing industries, but from which all industries of a nuisance type would be eliminated. This suggestion is made in view of the number of applications fur raising the bar against garages and light business enterprises in certain restricted districts. In his report Mr.

Whitten says: "There, are example in arious parts school?" an otlicial of llic school iwi Sw. Sp. Ave Ave St St St St St Ave Moffat St St Ave St St Canal. St ne to Law relief llie. esldrn' New 17th Ave Boerum Place.

roadway Hamburjr Ave. Nassau Ave. Navy St Rockaway Sands St I Si. awl l.e uver tile elf, ilyl.i:, building bureau was asked tit tei day. "That depends very much on the I conditions.

We hae erected a build- ing in thirteen months, when every- I ot the Real Regarding incut of holdings in lire-out tin, Judge this letter: St Ave St Ave St St St Bridge St St St at the iii of the city where the disregard ot the 24.263.00 28,547.25 5,333.50 5,006.00 12,017.25 20,257.00 9.351.20 24,804.25 41.664.00 4,973.10 6,019.00 59,794.80 street plan laid down by the city has resulted in serious public; injury. There Union Union UtiVa Ave. tiling was favorable labor, transportation and material markets just right. Today no one can tell how long the erection of a school building would take. Labor conditions are bad; the price of materials Granite mi Assessments.

"It is notorious that the City of New York is ovei burdened vvi'h debt. It is more than probable ihat I In-debt limit has been exceeded already as would be shown if the assessment Willoughby Adams St. St Asphalt Ave. Granite Ave. 24 ft.

wide. 41st St rirst Ave 7th Ave 63th very high and they are hard to get is probably no locality, however, where this disregard has resulted in more serious injury to the entire city than in the Woodhaven section of Queens, between Jamaica avenue and Liberty avcniin, adjoining the Brooklyn Borough line. Owing to the high hills and cemeteries on the north, and a projecting arm from Jamaica Bay on the south, this narrow neck of land furnishes the chief available means of I or leal estate were fixed af ils real 'value. While owners are holding on i in the vague expectation that some Total $135,256.20 $250,060.35 CONTRACTS AWARDED AND NOT REGISTERED transportation of materials will be difficult according to the latest word from Washington. "No new school building can be erected, it seems to me, in less than eighteen months at thc very least, from the time the plans are adopted.

These plans have first to be made and then approved by the superintendents, the Municipal Art Society. Sodcrwirk Place. St. Wakeman Place. K.

(., hw a r. c. Ave. 3,833.30 Ave. VJ.

SJ 78th St. the unsightly structure and make I communication between Brooklyn and Long Island. The plans laid down by the city provided for a number of streets of adequate width to care for the enormous traffic that will certainly develop. Jamaica avenue, in.so.wu Mt Total. the Department of Water, and I Klectricity, the Controller, and I lie I Board of Kstimate, as well as bv the1 thing will tin up put pn)p.

erly values back to the on whica th(! assessments werelixrd, inortgaeoos are making de-perate ellorts to compel the owners io reduce the mortgages. Foreclosures are infrequent because of the fear Ihat the properly at sale would not realize tin-amount of the mortgage and such sales as are taking place show that assessments for purposes of taxation are greatly in excess of the lized." Recently the Mayor-elect, in advocating the passage of moratorium legislation making ii impossible to foreclose a mortgage during the duration of the war so long as the io- i spects, offered the best possibilities, foivj $5,805.85 CONTRACTS ON WHICH BIDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND REJECTED Church Ave Fifteenth Ave Asphalt $8,300.00 Ave 22nd Ave Asphalt 9,800.00 $18,100.00 36th St. 86th St. Total. Board of Kducation.

"For the past three years our bureau has had to submit to the dictation of William Wirt and the Committee on Kducation of the Board of Kstimate. Take the plans for new Public No. Brooklyn, for example. That building could have a low level trucking route between Long Island and Brooklyn. This was an old road connecting' at East New-York with Fulton street and Broadway, I Brooklyn, and leading out through the I center of the island.

It was planned to widen it to 100 feet east of its in-! tersection with Myrtle avenue and Lef-! forts avenue. Buildings were, however. SUMMARY $68,955.21 250,660.35 135,256.20 5,805.85 18,100.00 Contracts in progress Contracts awarded registered and not ordered. Contracts awarded and not registered Contracts, bids received and rejected I teresl on it was paid, rxpie-sed lb- been built by this tunc bad it i $319,615.59 Total. erected within the lines of the mapped streets to such an extent that the proposed widening has been abandoned.

Ridgewood avenue was planned as a relief street for Jamaica avenue. It would have furnished an excellent cutoff and substitute aiito and trucking not been for the interference of William Wirt, who came here from (buy, once a month, and every time he came he made a change in the arrangement of rooms or something else, which necessity ted much work in the drafting room. The Building Committee finally gave instructions to Snyder to go ahead opinion that force, isure proceeding vvrie becoming more numerous. liega riling the eoiiah. ition of assessments, the Mayor-elect wrote: "In appointing tax conim issioners.

ns well as all olher appointment. I intend to use great care to secure competent and impartial men. The element of honesty is all important in public oflice. The pew tax commission will not reduce assessments on room for a civic center in downtown Brooklyn. This improvement includes the removal of the ugly railroad terminal at this end of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the clearing away of the municipal garage, the bridge shops, the tracks and the track storage yards in that vicinity.

Commissioner Kracke of the Department ot riant and Structures has all the plans prepared down to the last detail. He intended to construct an umbrella shed station on the site of the present terminal. sulficient to handle the traffic, but not at all resembling the existing huge, spreading building. In a recent letter of Die Public Commission to the Board of Estimate dealing with the Ashland place "link" project and other transit improvements for Brooklyn, the Adams street relocation was given the cold shoulder, although this particular betterment had been promised the borough, and was believed to be pnrtand parcel of the central Brooklyn transit improvement program. There is no doubt that, earlv in its existence, the new Board of Estimate will be reminded of this promise in no uncertain voice.

Extension of Flat bush Avenue To Barren Island I'rgcd. Extension of Flatbush avenue to Barren Island is another public work of great importance that will be brought to the attention of the in-coroing city government before the flowers bloom again. It has Imp it route into Brooklyn from the point at! which Queens Boulevard enters Ja-I inaiia avenue. Houses, however, have I tion has attracted most interest. The JTA TIT TJflT! TJ I T1 fl TIT oLIiOl LbAlMS IN not to make tinv further ohrniires i.eeu iiiiisuiicie.i wmini various poi matter who wanted them.

Thes, Board of Kducation. Under Mitchel i the property of campaign contributor estimation. However, they got the assurance from Aldcrmanic I'residcnt Dowling that they might come back to the hoard at a later date for a arrangement, and they are certain to do so as soon as possible after Judge llvlan gets Into power, "(iiieens wants a Borough Hall where i mis 1.1101 unjoin! mm piuns were readv to anvertise when it was reduced from a membership of forty-six to a membership of seven. PRIMARYAO.P.PLANS all unpaid. The Democrats argue mat lumiiuii the election was held, and that; knocked them into a cocked hat.

The building was designed for a (Jury, or: uchool tnrl tle.it lo ll, I seven unpaid men will not he. satisfae- and personal favorites, which ha -added to the already heavy burden of Ihe less favored tax pavers." The practice of jacking up assessments to meet, the budget, rather than, trimming the budget to conform lo tho tax levy is illegul, Judge Hylan thinks. He says of il: It can concentrate its arti vines. mrj 'upsrai vimm uuuuuuK The I.oard of Kstimate. has consid- i tripling of the number of members i oi-od this matter seriously, but not I or the creation of salary for the By-LaWS of County General inemler nf thn smaller lioni-rl.

Vthen i such an extent that such portions of the street have finally been taken from the map. Fulton street was aNo planned to continue through this section of Queens as an extension of the existing street in Brooklyn running through to the terry. Through the building of houses within the lines of the mapped street li is. too, has been abandoned as a continuous thoroughfare. The only other street that, has kind of school the people want.

We arc now waiting for thc new Hoard of Education to meet and to decide on what, it intends to do. "What we in this bureau want is even ine ciorpicm. appcair, i i i dent Connolly could move the board i this question was before the ttepub-lo "ive its consent to the proDnsition. lican Legislature last winter there Hotli Mavor Mitchel and Controller 1 was much argument over the advisa- Committee Probably Will be Amended. t'rendergast said Queens tiorougn un- "in' oi mnuh mh uhimiu mmiu to have the Board of Superintendents and tho Board of Kducation adopt a fixed policy.

We don't care what it is. so long as it is a policy. This Board of Kducation, which goes om I doubtedlv was entitled to a tine Bor- many arguing against it. so that it is oii 'li ll -'ll hut the citv simple could 'not believed that Mr. Hylan will have no? Pire 'the money for such an im-! much trouble in bringing the legisla- DKMOCK.US ADOPT PLAN.

Jacking I'p of Assessments. "The manner in which tax romni s-sioners should perform their duties is defined by law. rind I believe in living up to the terms of the law. The lavv never contemplated that valuations of real estate for purposes of fax. ition should bo inlhienced by th-' of the budget or instructions to keep down the tax rate." "The Mayor-elect is determined tha-the "pav-as-you-go" system shall be nrovement lit this time.

ioi iu ins poilll oi view on me alio- talked of for a Ions time, and it was learned yesterday there is really no The The nolicv also i a possibility of development as I through trallic artery in this section is Bockavvay Boulevard. This has been I mapped with an adequate width, but is being developed with buildings en-I i-roaching upon the lines of the mapper street. Unless something Is done soon this, too, must be abandoned. The result is Ihat this narrow neck of land i which should furnish a passage for nn enormous tranV between Long Island. Do' it very little (imim uiai vneco.s Livingston Is Kxpeclecl to Offer I Amending Resolution nt Meeting' oi omce on vv eonesnav wneii the new Board is appointed, has pot had any policy of its own.

It adoplcd and followed the whims and fancies of Ihe City Hall. It has hern a subservient hotly bowing to the wishes of the Kducation C'-nimittee of the Board of Kstimate, which was not a charter body and which had no stand- i Boi'OURh Hall nctore tno Clio OI III, uritim me mm sun-- I Hvlnn administration, provided the adoption it has developed many on January 8. money can be found. I enemies, who feel that in effect Nothin" remains to lie none ooiu ii.vtn no- iirenna enci iun hm mc i the new "Children's Court House in benefits that will go to future genera-. i Ht-ooKiyn and lower Manhattan, is sol reunon wny work on Ihe extension should not be started as soon as the weather permits.

All legal obstacles have been removed, and an agreement reached with the abutting property owners as to the assessment area, according to Borough President Pounds. In. developing the plans for the improvement of Jamaica Bay the Importance of the extension of Flatbush avenue to Barren Island was recognized, and its continuity was left, unbroken, none of tho basins or nhi'n. blocked by buildings erected within the''1-' outside of that given to it by tiie Schermei-honi street. All of thc site lions, in view of this a right tor its, lu 0i ine nd Con troll lines ot proposed streets that a satis wiped out.

i "Tb" pay-as-you-go' policy," It-j said, "was- undertaken hy the present administration for other thin Hie best interests of the city. It in an -elementary proposition that th rsr-j lying of the full burden by tbtpHftlo i of today for improvements tbat'will bi-nelit future generations is itipqnit-I able. This is ho meaning of the 'pay-jas-you-go' policy which has been ha been acnuired nv the city, ana ine i aooiinon win negm v.un a tuvumuir ivmu" vuumj niiuuiicaii uenerai plans for the building are ready, i reception in many ctiarters of the Committee to provide for the election Work on razing the old dwelling Legislature. I of district leaders by popular vote mav houses now epeumbenns the site will be proposed at the. next meeting of hegm in the A I r.PDMAM PPPflCT the organization.

Countv rh.irm, factory solution of the trallic problem I is impracticable. "Legislation should he enacted that! would permit the city to withhold fori "The secretary of thai committee is Mrs. Mathilde Collin Ford. She was, as a mallet- of fact. the moving spiril.

Her word was more potent than that of the Board of Superintendents, the district i i nrtnheflW 1 1 11 rl 1 MYt t't; 1 1 I I I 1 I I III WUR fl I I i ueih neing- carried a.cross it. Some of Alfred E. Vass last, night sent out a the irregular channels in "lr rvertin (via honriniii, Lecemoer call for such a meeting to be held at ja period of from six months to one, I year the granting of a permit for any) i building within the lines of a street shown on the final map of the city, "Through the initiative of the com- -Today's War Office report, coverin and the members of 1 1 1 lioa'd Kiiucation. She favored Supei inn ie irgely responsible for the pt-pPnt ii-ge budget and high tax rate. ru front, i the Johnston Building on the night on the wtern operations reads "Front of Crown Prince Rupprecht I mittep, legislation has been secured empowering the city to provide for the legal establishment, in appropriate Bavaria Toward evening the ar tillery activity increased In isolated ILL ALBANY HELP HYLAN PUT THROUGH PUBLIC OWNERSHIP? cases, of uniform set-back line I i'f or 20 feet back from the line of i the improved street.

This is secured by Charter amendments empowering in-. and inequitable under any con ditioni. it is indefensible in wa-! nines. Heavy as our Federal t.ive-I will be what would be their im.il if be I iovernnient insisted on raiAngth--ioniiro cost of the war 'by la xa m. in I stead of selling Liberty Bonds'-," To fin avvriv with the "pa y-a no svstem, legislation will have to to i enacted at Albany, but.

the new ci'tv administration is confident that such leui Jation can be secured. I'll i til vi.iiv. anu v. noti Board of Kducation was ready lo drop Mr. Wirt he was plained at $1 a week for ten weeks a year by the Brtard of Kstimate.

When committees of principals sought lo have the system left out of their schools they did not go to the Hoard of Supeiin-dents or the Committee on Buildings of the Board of IM in a I ion, or to ihe president of that Board, but lo Mrs Ford, and some of your Hrooklvn principals will tell you Out they were received with scant eourlesv. Thee sectors on the Flanders front, south of the Searpe and near Oraincourt and Gonneliue. East of Xleuport and near Poelcapelle several British reeon-I loitering attacks broke down. I "Front of the Cerman Crown Prince North of Courtecon our recon- noitering detachments penetrated tho I French lines and brought back several 1 prisoners." the board to lay out and acquire court yard areas. These courtyard areas may be used for courts and gardens, of January 8, with the announcement that "important business would come up for consideration." The agitation for the selection of G.

O. P. district leaders by direct vote has been under way for some time. The Democrat ic leaders are now-chosen in this manner the organization rules providing that the Stale committeemen, who are elected by the Democratic voters at the primaries, shall bo tho leaders and by a law-passed last winter it was provided that any party could, by amending its bylaws to that effect, elect its district leaders at the primaries. Ever since then the Bcmihlican lenders but may not be built upon, in ac- I I quiring courtyard areas the Board of Kstimate and Apportionment may, in Continued From Preceding Pago.

discretion, acquire title to the land their medicine' like little men and made no complaint, although it MEXICAN WOMEN HELD the angle that the people here voted Ilovi T.iv P.alo Has lin-rea-ed. The steadily climbing tax late ntslied much grist for the llvlan nn during the campaign. overburden" taxpayers may con'nirntlv expert see il deall a sledge-hammer blow do cross the line, of Flatbush avonue but in order to avoid the introduction of bridges on this street and to make it availahle for use as a great trunk sewer, the channels and basins which have been approved by the War Department avoid all crossings of the street. The extension of Flatbush Rvenuo will make the great Seaside Park on the Rockaway Peninsula more accessible to the people of the entire city. There will be, a ferrv connection between ihe end of the new street and the park.

Milking l'p Brooklyn With Ros( of Long Island. One of the propositions that has not as yet assumed tangible Rnape bl he pressed by its friends is th- im vrovement of the highways between Brooklyn and Queens Boroughs Thi2 includes boulevard connecting' Fas N-n Farkway with Forest Hills Park The matter did come before thc Board of Kstimate. but nothing was done with it because Controller Prender-gast did not approve of making the cost of the boulevard a city charge and the majority of tho board took the same view. The owners of abutting property, on the other hand, claimed that the assessment would ruin them Controller Prendergast admitted tint Brooklyn was handicapped bv having such poor road connection with the remainder of Long Island, but thought the time had not yet come for the construction of a boulevard to Forest Hills at the expense of the city The cost of tho land ami improvement is estimated at $700,0001 ls, Hie Ma or-eect has his a v. overwhelmingly for avians election 29-Fro- well knowing that his platform bound i wfiro telegl4pllfMl to the Cuban him to municipal ownership that 11 Galveston.

Texas, and the overwhelming majority for ''ylan it Cuban Min, Washintrton today dlcates that the bulk of the people ErnMt0 Garcia, a resident of Kl here want it and that thereiore it who (lM h(s Mrs. RUa the duty of the legislators to grant the GarcUli was beiK held in at the pates Brook prop stuck, and they had their revenge when tho Fusion ticket was defeated." MlilMIKI.YN IMU SIKV. iHp'-elnl to ThP ir i Albany. I icroi 0r LTi ray i.d P. iheiiKt- sin.

ef niuoMyn, Iihs Iwivi i-1 m.nnif.e-tU'-e eptaal fo-. uro KoMiay und A. t. Th.etn tin -1 MunhatUn. and Arthur Siolhr.aii of nave been promising the rank and file that the necessary chango in the party rules to take advantage of the new stibject to thc right of abutting owners to maintain and use existing buildings encroaching on the courtyard area until such time as the buildings are reconstructed or removed.

II seems certain that (lie application of ibis method in appropriate cases in connection with street openings or furi-et widenings will result in very gnat economy both to the city and to property owners. "TrafTic congestion is undoubtedly one of the most serious problems confronting the city. Street accidents are 1 rrtv owners have paid on tlirir tate Min 1 iaw wouia ne made. nccessaiy to put it into-j, jn Juarej! on a poitica charge 1 I i legislation effect. 1'H'i l.il HUC CM IT'i 1 I I 1 1 6 Maria Rivas rle Guerro a Mexican n'eTst meet formerly employed in formerly empl oi Tie Oh uersbln.

woman, ing ine county Committee, but i i hut. crnment offices here, is also reported Bepubl a lt be held In Juarez for investigation circlesalthough not. frequently- J. i nllecred nolitiei ivities. Iso reported oi aucgi-u political acnv iui-3.

I "back-down" bv Hylan on the munici j-rt-uuer Livingston, who was to introduce it, said that he had not had time to prepare it. He said then that he would offer It at the next, meeting, and this he is expected to do January 8. Most of the leaders have declared that they favor the change and therefore it is not expected that opposition will develop. If the amendment is pro- 2,269 AUTOS STOLEN Police Commissioner Woods today received a report of the work done pal ownership proposition is a subject of speculation. Most of the Republican leaders, while they do think thn Democrats would like lo evade the problem, do not believe they dare.

Asks Hylan to Harvest Ice On Reservoirs; Save $1 00, 000 in tho past year by the Aiitomomie The municipal ownership plank was written into the platform largely of which Sergeant Hughes is posed by Livingston at the January the result of the Hearst influence. In I AW I IIS ASSOCIATION MKLfN. i The County Lawyers Assoein-llion ncd l-'iiikiy at the Imperial, l-'nl. ton street and lied Hook Lane. The llieinhers Were addressed bv' T'erev (J If Ctlkes.

clerk of Hie Cntled Sta'i i Ihstrlct Court, Hastern District oi Nov York, on the practice of adncr-: Af'er the meeting, a was served. Some of those present were: John .1. Clancy. Max I I Nathan Swoodler. Louis i ence Mundy, Nathan 1) Shapiro.

I ieoi-ge 11. Ward. Michael 1 1'S-a HiVa I Helix I-'. Itannert, J. Hood I fioscnfold.

Jacob A. l-'i -pedum -j Samuel A. Cease, Casper .1. Lniia Charles L. I-'asullo, Samuel V.

Hit; Mails Kudich, Louis Hayv-id. IM SADI I.I.I. I'KKI OKMI H. "The Children's Crusade." by i mo ncaa. oiecung n.

cannot ne inunertiately The report shows that from the first passed, but must lie on the table over of the year 1917 until noon yesterday. ne meeting, according to the organi-there have been 2,269 automobiles i zation rules with respect to changes stolen from owners on the streets of in the by-laws. the City of New York. The police I I)r- MoRossie, who recently re-estimate shows that 428 of these cars turned from social service work among were stolen for "jov riding." The the soldiers on the Allied fronts, will number of recovered machines is deliver an address at the meeting. He given as 1.005, and 386 are still miss- Is a friend of Deputy Controller Board-ins and unaccounted for.

The Police man and has been invited by him to (Special to The Kagle.) l't-pcport, December Pe-lieving in the old adage, "In the time of peace prepare for war," Thomas V. Lucas of 31 Railroad avenue Kree-pott, a real estato and insurance broker, has made a timely sugges-to Mavor-eleet llvlan of New return Hearst was the chief aid of Tammany in the election. Municipal ownership has been his pet idea for a long time, and now that he has the chance politicians do not think It likely that he will let Hylan or the Democrats "duck." In fact he is already standing over them with a "loaded club," prodding them into activity. Kvery single edition of his publications drives home in some form an argument for muni xnu preliminary work for the widening of Kings Highway to HO feet is well under way, and this improvement Is not apt to give the new administration much trouble in view of the fact that the assessment urea seems to have been laid out to the satisfaction of nearly all the interested property owners. Under Bk Department also recovered eighty-live tell 'the G.

O. P. committee about his machines which had been stolen in experiences, particularly with regard resolution passed by the Board of Kstimate 24 per cent, of the cost of cipal ownership, and apparently he olher towns and brought into this city. to tne worn ot tne Bed Cross and tho Y. M.

C. A. the widening will fall upon the oily going to let the people forget nt, uioii, ii per i-KiH. on the horoiiah I ro1 a moment mat nyian ana ine Yorh. Mr.

Lucas recommends that tiie ice on the chain of lakes and reservoirs owned by the city, from the r.idgewood storage on the outskirts of Brooklyn, to the village of Amityville in Suffolk County, be liar-vested and put in storage for next briel Iherne. was given yesterday Carnegie Hall by the Symphony' Society, under Walter Damrosch, and i superb performance of the music wa Democrats promised it as part of the Per cent, on property betweei wi uui I nuiu-Qii $1 a ton. and next summer it will he worth five times that amount. Mr. Lucas' communication to thc Mayor-elect is in part, as follows: "As a taxpayer in the city of which you will shortly be the executive head I humbly offer the following suggestion: I am a firm believer iu two things: 'In time of peace prepare for and "Willful wate is willful Ho you know, since the abandonment of the Long Island Water System, costing several million dollars, there are many ways in which it can be used without impairing its value? "I firmly believe that tons of Ice can be cut from the city's reservoirs on the south side of Long Island within the next two months nt a cost of $1 per ton.

which will be worth at least Sa by July 1 "That ice could readily be used by the city in Ihe different departments hospitals, charitable and penal institutions and a savins of is worth considering. lleorgo Loft at the present tinu i cutting within a stone's throw of the Milburn Laap at Baldwin Ihe finest grade, of ir 15 inches thick, clear as crystal aod as pure ns nature can make it." Hie result. The orchestra of the Svin- CHICAGO I.ID OX TIGHT. Chicago, December 29 There will be no tilting of the "lid" in Chicago on New Year's eve. Chief of Police Schucttler told his captains today that he would insist on strict closing of all cafes, hotel restaurants and cabarets at.

the legal closing hour, 1 o'clock. phony Society made a strong background for the soloists who cave on the buoyant story of the wanderirr of the children of the Crusade. a was Florence BKOOKLYMTES INTERESTED. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, December 26 Lillian Finh, of Brooklyn, is a of the Metropolitan Bias. Fabric Company.

of Manhattan, chartered with a capital of Jlti.OOO. If. H. Borah and Michael I.yon, of Brooklyn, are lnom the directors of the Sterling sin, Importing Company. of Manhattan, formed with a capital of Samuel Piticlc.

or Brooklyn, la one of the director of the Piizelc. Hamhergrr Mnnhattan, organized with a capital of to deal In precious Hones, etc. Agnes R. May, nf Tirooktjn. appears as one price of victory.

And with the Hearst lorccs in that position there is littlo chance that the problem can be met iu any way except by a determined fight to put municipal ownership into effect, and that means lively times over legislation at Albany this winter. Aside from municipal ownership, the other Items on Dylan's legislative program are not. formidable and their accomplishment does not appear so difllcult. They include abolition of tho pay-as-you-go policy, public school legislation and the wiping out of certain city oflloes and boards such as the Courthouse Hord, tho Bon rd of Water Supply, etc. tf these tho public- achoof legisla- v--uan avenue anu uceatl Parkwv find 10 per cent, on property between 1-latbush avenue and Ocean avenue.

New E. D. Park Area Not Approved by Owners. The area of benefit for the new or playground. In the K'asteru L' -ti-lct has been fixed, but, it.

does not 1 'he owners of property included the district, cf assessment. They v. r. od tho p.iri., which is bounded by 1 oi drier -et, Johnson avenue, Leoti'-n -I slrof-t and Uocrum stroet, but told tic Hoard of K.Mtimnte that tho levy would deplete their pockotbooks. The s-lands a shore of the expense, not a large enough share, in their i Kdith Chapman Could was fine in th I pathetic character of "Alain, a hiim 'hoy." Albert Lindquist in Uts part the Narrator sang with clear, summer and used in the various city I departments.

In his communication to Judce Hy- Ian Mr. Lucas does not slate the manner in which the ice should he cut. whether by the city's employees or the privilege sold to the highest bidder, but he does suspoM that the entire output could be used in the! hospitals, penal institutions and pub- lie buildings controlled by the Muni-j cipality. Mr. Lucas estimates that iv.n.-f.

Khoulrf he vicld from the res NEW Ql-KKNS CONCERN r-OKMKO. (Special ti Thi Bagli. Albany, Ooc-r-inbei- 29 John f. Howard of tho hoioustli of bare born Ini-orperatfd with a capital of JIO.OW, to do a fur dressing and dyeing birsineaa. etc tone, and Itoyal Dadmun, ns thc ol.

sailoi and "The Voice l-'roin on High, was rich tonally and expres.dve. Th children from the public schools. their choral work, were feature r. value, and their dulcet voices g.tv charm to the cnsoinh'o. Th dlrectlrt are K.

Howard. Minnie jef the directors of the Sonalta Films, Howard and Ueorge ervoirs of nearly 30,0,110 tons. He says i Howard, at Wood- ot Manhattan, Incorporated wilh a capital of side. IJfln.nwi, the crop coma nc pamcreu mr aouui.