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Show A SE1V YOICK SClIKnC TdCanrealrMeMrtrral llrrnl tllle Into One Jlunlrlnalll-'. Xkw Yonic. Dec. li A rciieme which has foriUolject the un,!on of iew Yorb. BrooiJyil and Long Itsauil and IjUiten Island town, concentrating all of these Into onu great municipality, lias gained suck an impetus as to milii it probable that a bill for Ibis purjw-e WH be introduced at the coming fcIon of tho 'ew York Deglslature. The nutter was discuf-ed today at a mfetlug of the municliial con-oli Ja-tlon Ja-tlon Inquiry comcii-ion, vhich Is abodyappalnl 1- HoVernSriliil, tht ilayoMof eiv Yorksn I Brook, lyn a Ml the urrvl-on- of Iving", U'lven mid Ricnnioiul countie for Uie larjcsa of camMi-rlia the fv-l-WUty of he ;$, .noWUoil. The r-MposItlon or"r.iuati-l f itli Andrew 11. Oai rf "e-y VorkanJ JAmff&.T.: jranahan, the vetcrau Ilrooklynlte. An exhaustive and iuteresting report, e.ubodjliig the grneral views of Mr. Ureeu ujn thesubjbct under con-lderatioii, was read. He proved by KiatUtlca that the present n?c wai oiH'onpicuous fortlieconceutratton or population of the country wltli munk-ipilltk-R. His estimate was that atU'.e present time, one-timrttrcftl'errtllreioiiu. lattoccf UWco-ictfyllvt-. Iu citie, while In 17S3 but". ir cent of the leilitIon were dty resident?!. Miny ftroug argSmesU ere itt forth to deeienstratethe wisdom of I the ,ian aud Mr. Ureen maintained that cities Joined iu social, commercial commer-cial and geographical rtdstiocs a Aew York and the uiCrilciial cities adjulult:"; Laving one common growtn, one common jjusperity, wouIJ thrive better under om gov-eminent, gov-eminent, accompllih more and develop de-velop mare, rapid!?, i'c pointed out that itlv'dlrV waters were no ob-strcle ob-strcle totlicuuIGcation formauyof the greatest cities of the world are divided by rivers anil the dltlerenl section bound together bi bridge as enduring as the streets, but cleaner, sniiothcr and more attractive attrac-tive U travtl.j A resolution ov adopted, with but one dteeiltr.g voice, recommend ing tlie dmniug of a bill embodying Mr. Oreeu's view, whKh will, if nos3lb!e, Irj pre-cnled to the iiext I.erislatute. The Territory em braced Iu the general scheme far a larger municipality includes all that Territory In Wistchtater County foath of Yonkers uow Included lu tho annexed district, as well as the -trip of .land In Westchester Intervening Inter-vening between tho present city line and lVIIuru l'aik. It Include-a Include-a Kr:ion of lt'-tche.-ter and I VI hamville. Tho Hue will cross the Muud between Glen aud Hunter Islai-irt. Alloflrtngl-Iini.FIu'b-Irisr- Jamaika, a portioucf Hemstead and Ilocknway Bcaili am eiicom in-'td Iu the ulan. All cj .Staten Island is Included. Tne memlier of the local body 'OirejiidIiig to the bosnl of con-tnd con-tnd of the, national coulniliilou was alvi made lubllc. The mciiilien-are: mciiilien-are: Lyman J. Esge, T. D. Itryan. I Fred W. reck, Edwin Walker. F. I F. Jellerey, 1'otter I'almer, F. 8. i Winston and DeWItt C. Crvgier. I Owing to the lack of tiniB the dlrec i tory decided V dken;e with any coiiip-tltldn. if architects for designs ! for the txiiidiiis". The committee I was aiitiioriisd to telect fivearchl-tecU, fivearchl-tecU, ich ihoseu for audi wont a-; a-; would I mifet nenrty parallel Willi ; his bet previous arrangement ThCfO ardiiteet will meet iu con ference. |
