New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-07

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Ns,increase. ......... sls2l3l 81
Net expenditure for lSis .s2066q34 %
ls4I.. s74SO2 ls-si92l3l On
AIMS H3usc.
The payment for this department during the year s4-
exclusive OF salaries. amounted sisq - 50
The receipts Of the year were.-.-..--.... 1850 u
Net Observation-Disclosures. s57e, 45l y
And Tor salaries lSsot ~
Making the total OF net eNpedures. si5L40t -
And an increase Of s65273 = over the pre-.
vious year, IS follows viz For general
expenses ...................eSf,lIO " -
Salaries 500 II s6o213 y
By which 10 shown that the salaries more than keep
pace with the outlay for supper, and Distribution
IttLe above may be considered as the rate Of pro
gresson In the expenditures for this Department, sn
Of opinion that the evil will become srievous AZ
to provoke the public mind to some concentrated
The payments already made with the claims In
amount TO s69il2 -, being s0j66 IA more than as,
year 70 the same date.
Among the items Of expenditure which appear to
call tor particular notice Is tina, of Outdoor Rs!tsf by
the distribution OF money. provisions and fuel TO per
not thin the establishment The cash distribu
tons alone for the year lsis amounted to sILNf ~
being an increase OF $50 s. the year ls4l This
branch OF cur public charities has become 50 iormids
Die la amount and is liable 10 imposition and fraud
as to induce the belief with many Intelligent and be
neyolont persons that unless Il can be limited 10
reasonable amount, and be better guarded in It's
administration than At present its total Abandonment
would better serve the cause Of humanity by a com
pelng 20 greater degree of providence and economy
those who now In the habit OF receiving and relying
upon such aid.
Another item is tina, of Law Costs. for which there
was paid 10 the late Counsel Of the Com.
missioner icI VI
And to the Attorney of the Aims House Depart.
ment for six months sasry, In addition to
his compensation Of $4,000 per snnum, and
Clerk Hire IS Corporation Attorney ......... 1900 W
Making total payment OF. .s5,957 Al
Beside which, the late Counsel Of the Commissioner
hss presented claims for farther OF - 02 81 be-
ing the result OF the transfer OF the suits Whether
any corresponding benefit will be realized to the
public. TO- 50 far AS am informed altogether probe
matical.
1t rightly apprehend the OF the public mind In
relation to this Department It 10 strongly impressed
with the belief that there some radical defect either
ia It's organization or management. And AS the ex
penses of said Department annually and very large
increasing and add greatly 10 the burden of our taxa
ton which mas already such blighting Influence OF
the prospect OF the upper districts OF our island isecm
20 that the subject demands thorough inyestiga
ton to the end that ample provision and parental
treatment may be insured the sck and afflicted the
aged and inirm and 10 the children of the public
charge while to the ndoent and the vicious shall be
allotted with certainty such fare and labor or punish
ment according to circumstances, as will tend EN-
GENTLY to diminish the population and expenses OF the
establishment
Therefore. I would respectfully suggest as one OF
the direct OF attaining true knowledge OF
OF three or I'VE Of our prominent citizens who have
been, connected with the management OF some
OF our benevolent institutions, whose skill and expe
Renee would enable them most readily 10 detect any
deficiency of organization or errors OF management
and that said commission be authorized 10 call for such
information within the control OF the Common Coun-
ell they shall deem necessary for accomplishing the
object Of their appointment and also that they oe re
quested 70 report with all convenient speed tho result
Of their invest cations and recommend such measures
OF change may 10 them seem best calculated 10
ensure the greatest efficiency and economy 10 the al
mnistrstiOn OF the affairs OF the Department
CoRoSERs FEES If the bills Of this Office had been
rendered they became due quarterly, the present
exhibit would have included the time from lst Oct
I-f7 10 oct l. l-i- and shewn his Tees 10 have been
30 400 81 instead OF the stated $3.50 80, which
embraces only from lst July, l-47, 10 lst April. lcio
The due the st July sDd ls Oct last were
not presented tor examination until December, nor
ordered paid oil the 9TH inst, The effect Of such IRE
yuarty IT, ~ withhold from the public the true amount
VI fees sccruing and chageabe for the year and 10
leave the Supervisors without the proper data In est,
mating the tax to be raised for the account
COUNTY COMMUNICATES total charge 10 this
account was $50 34 "a Of which s5l 263 Is was for
judgments and suits 10 sundry suits against the
Corporation including the case Of Horace Butler, 90
account OF building the Halls OF Justice ior si JOB H.
which Of tse more than accounts Tor the incree over
the previous year.
DOCKS AND SLrPs-The total Of expenditures for
new work $50 922 H. exceeding the previous year
over 30 per cent and IL nearly $4,000 beyond the sum
branch Of the public outlay has been subject 10 sundry
irregularities, among which the following, VIZ
Contracts have been made and work done under reso
buttons al time without restriction ss to cost a,
another time with appropriation Of about &c rIain
sum Then the character and extent OF work directed
has been changed without the authority OF the Com
mon Council and again, the SPECIFIC appropriations
have been exceeded Ia number OF Instances, one ~
the exien, Of 70 per cent and In cases where piers
have been built extended joint account with 9th
ers The portions Of 20 % borne By the parties
respectively provided for 40 az 10 prevent their
becoming for litigation 10 the prejudice OF the
public Interest
Ia addition 10 the cost Of new work, there was an
outlay Of $500 for repairs to Docks and 5hps-ex
ceediDg he expenses Of s47 nearly 20 per cent These
disbursements oy ordinance, under the charge Of
the Street Commissioner, and are made for descrp
ton Of work which requires great precsuton and vsi
lance for the public protection
Tar Lery for 1910.
The estimate for l-49 submitted 20 the Common
Council on the 18th day Of December l5is and Il as
follows, VIZ:
For expenditure Of the City Government, e1clusve Of
Police and Lamps and Cas- 81 ,i2o,csy
For Police ..... $4,000
Lamps and Gas ...---...-. @isfJvD
Total for City and County expen-
dltures subject b the control