New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-20


and all the proceedings will therefore be of perma-
nent interest.
The sweeping of CUR Streets.
The Sweeping of the Streets Of our City has fer
the last seven years cost her Taxpayers an ave-
rase of $4,000 per annum over and above the
salaries of Street Inspectors and all receipts for
the material collected by such Sweeping The
Wings, after vainly struggling when in minority
to have this Sweeping done by contract, have,
upon obtaining power in the City, passed an act
establishing the Contract System; and, this being
vetoed by the Mayor, they have passed it again
over his head The desperate effort to defeat this
measure Of reform and frugality BY bringing the
power of the Legislature to bear directly on the
administration of our Municipal affairs, he's utterly
fsiled the Contract System has triumphed; and
the Joint Committee of the Common Council
have at length completed Contract, by which
the Streets of our City are all to be swept care
fully twice week, (Which is much more than they
ever yet have been,) and all the Sweepings
promptly removed, the Snow cleared away from
Public Places, &c. for $64,500 per annum, or
saving of $45, 900 per annun from the average
cos, of the last seven years. This measure will
save to our Taxpayers a, least 100000, bringing
the COS. Of S,reetSweeping for five years hence
forth fully $250,00O below what it was under the
last five years of Loco-Foco rule.
STILL we hear complaints that this work might
have been contracted for even iower than this, as
is stated in communication in this paper If this
is soft good, responsible men would have done
it still cheeper--then tho Committee deserve Sc
we're censure All men know that the lowest bid
for such job is very often not the best bid and
we have been assured that on the Croton Water
Works the lowest bid for contract was very
r.relv. ;f ever. taken. The merits of this case
canno. be rnshly determined from statement of
one side of it.
But whether the Committee have erred or not,
it is certain that great saving has been effected
to the City, and on that we congratulate our tax
PAYERS. Their gain by 1t is certain; and II the
price contracted is still toohgh, the argument is SO
much the stronger in favor Of the change effected,
to the Contract System. The very men who now
decaim 80 furiously against Contract at So 4,3oo
wear as exorbitant and corrupt, have themselves
paid $4,000 and $l37 900 without a whimper!
The Wings tried their best last year to change the
system; but no,--the Loco-Focos resisted the con.
tract sys.e either with or without combining it to
the lowest bidder; with what face do they--with
what face does The Sam, now come forward to
abuse the Wings for getting done for $64 $40 what
they have allowed twice much for without
murmera With what dccency does The Sun
now abuse the Wings for not giving the contrac,
to the lowest bidder, when it never censured the
Loco-Focos when they paid $4,000 and stub
boraly refused to contract at all7 Say, most de-
mure and deadly engine Of Loco-Foco dishonesty
and venom.
I We mistcok in stating that Pittsburgh, Pa,
had chosen a Loco-Foco Mayor. The vote was
Hay, Wing, S6l Thompson, do. 7l9; Dickson,
Loco, 1853; McClelland, Abol. SO. Over taco
thirds Wing. Pittsburgh IS COED for 1000 ma
iority, AMI the Cousty for 5000, whenever the is
sue is clearly made up between the friends and
onnnpents of Protection to American Industry.
~ The Loeo-Foco lGsycrs Of Albany held a
meeting at the Mayors Court Room last Sasur-
day, ballo,ed for and gravely recommended to the
Governor one of their number for Examiner and
six for Masters in ChanceY. This Is rather a
novel operation. OF course these gentlemen, who
as class assume to dictate the appointments to
legal Offices. win no, think of interfering in the
disposal Of other offices.
rs WILLIAM H. SEWARD has resumed the
practice of the Law ar Auburn.
rs A Mobile paper states that the captain of a
northern ship recently at New-orleans was fined
$4,000 for attempting TO pass off as free negroes
III rec slaves. His excuse was, that he wanted TO
keep the men out of Jail
NJ The CINCINNATI Gazette says, that upward
If 500 h,drant. have been shut of, and as many
fsmisies deprived ofwater, because they could mol
pay their rent.
ey THE SoME.s MpTiNY.-A Pamphlet Containing To
ea,;re Proceedings OF The Court of Inquiry IN this cas-
with spiri,ed view osthe Seers under full sai Fortra
OF Commander Mackenzie, accurate drawing oil ING
and Bcr, Decks OF The yessei with inmate descriptions
the same Speneers Programme IN >he Greek character
all tie Tessinsay, Documents &C. &e, just issued 'os
IN. press and tor sale at the ofce OF fhe Is1ouse
p;ec lsk css Postnas,ers and others reEiitns 81 WI
he entitled 10 u copies Esy be obtained In Fhade
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