New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-04

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ard ,ba further large eBp"noiinrs for p's purpose
my BE- h. wsihg for Us is NOT "s YET developed.
On the 9Th ul' ,he Controller sen, conmu icai'on
10 The &, mmoD Coui OIL inolodng proposals. IRON L.
H. Cornell o rcmoy. oil The dead animals of Al, &c
r, M tie City, fe 81 charge, and offering 10 give i'-
ciept 70 unity in $50 oos for The fsi'ha performance
Of the cor usc'. Tie Commou Council adjourned for
tie month without taking action th. advantaxeods
offer. On the 18Th ult il was renescd TO me 10 com
mur cation ne1ed ked which was subsequently
back. by the offer of the sueies. On me receipt oil
this plea ion from Mr. Corpel to me, addressed a
letter TO T. X Downing Ed, City Inspector, stating
that in my judgment ~e soouh accept III copy
Of which 10 snIo xed, markell ID, 10 which have
received Q reply, afn.1ed, marked +. The sceciy
converting Of the Common Council, TO whom me
sub.c Tad been lroptr'y refened by the Con roll
lei, has Ire,luded ally further act,"E on my par'
II is now before you, an! print me . urge the
acceptance Of proposition 50 tfee from objections
an0 go highly advaT iageous 20 the te'sury. Csndor
comp els ne TO add that cannot consent that fur her
sums sbsll b. pao for a servcs whi,'h can be pro-
cured Rra uitously Th,re can be liftle doubt th.t
Mr. Cornell lie entirely competent TO perform the con-
tenders are gentlemen OF well known response
bility. Permit me TO urse that Immediate ac-
ton be taken on this subject. | have no dis
position 70 take the responsibility when the neces-
ssry le isaii,e or legal proceedings can Do obtained
10 warrant action; bat III 4 is case as in Others, II
needs b.. il shall De- assumed believing ttrat saving
of $50 eco per 10 the taxpayers of this CIV
sut tent justification for the exercise OF little more
of the "oac man power -
srprpr crpAyIyG
This is another branch OF the public service now
being Ierfo med in clear viola ion OF the charter aud
eporu outlay to the treasury. The history Of the
matter briefly told and is follows: On the COM
Increment Of my trim of office found few OF the
tSen contractors performing their work according to
the conditions. The low price at which they were
taken was the eIcuse offered. As was my duty, l
il sste faithful eompli ,nce, which resulted Ia an
abaI DOM by some Of the contractors, an with
druwa of The cont acts by the Commissioner OF Streets
from offers About this time the Street Sweeping
Machine Company, OF which Messrs. Smith, Seck,l 4
Co The prophet ~, made their appearance here
and presented to me proposition OF highly adysn-
tseeous character for cleaning tie whole City
ard removing the ofa, which il had had
the power to have accepted would have saved
to the Corporation 100000 per annum; Gn,
which could Tot of course be accepted by
me under the present Charter and ordi.
nancts. II was, however, determiI ed that four OF
the lower wards a. oud be given TO them for limit
ed period order to ascertain whether the streets
could be properly swept by tho machinos by which it
war pr pof 10 do the Cleaning. Under this arrange
men they held posst ssion ofthe ii 81, second Fourth
and SIKH Wares until the first OF Julv performing the
work entire 70 the isflcion OF the residents ana
prrsoBs og business here and at exceedingly 10
price az compar d with what IL is now costing They
we're ing to continue This work at the same prices,
and have it extended 10 the whole city, had not the
Commissioner in,erlosed his authority To prevent the
charter doubt giving him this power HsfTced them
to rein qulsh the work. 10 the meantime the
Commissioner continued TO clean the whole city
.l..4 .. sttn IN
expenditure OF money, at an expense, which, in the
aggregate is three times greater than that which
Messrs. Smith, Seckel Co. were doing the
work for and in better and more satisfactory man-
ner The Controller and myself now asked the Con
missioner the contract year being about TO EXPIRE
10 advertise Tor proposals for cleaning the streets by
contract according 10 law. Tbs- WAS reluctantly a.
sened 10, but there was no alternative; es1mafes
were sived end for nearly all the dis rcts Messrs.
Smith, Seokd & Co. were the lowest bidders; and a.
the charter and ordinances governing the making OF
had been complied with In all respects there
no recourse but to award 10 them the contracts,
which was done by the Commissioner oa the 18th of
July last. As the ordinances then stood, under the
opinion of Mr.. DilIcD in a parallel case, the con-
tractors entitled 10 the execution OF the contract
BY The head Of the department and the lmm-da'e pos
sesso, of the streets Upon a demand by the bidders
in this case, however, that officer refused his assent,
M their legal aDo equitable rights were denied The
bids were referred by him TO the Common Council,
under the plea that confirmation necessary
before action. This reference involving great delay
ard greater doubts to the final action of your body
pre- AZ nred to the Mayor and Controller the important
question, whether longer disregard of the charter
should be tolerated IN the head OF this Department.
There would have been no difficulty IN deciding this
question against the PAYNE Mt of dOla for street
cleaning, under lbe present illegal and ex'ravagant
mode Of DOH H. but The paramount consideration OF The
public b. atb This alone constrained our action. The
Of tie year, together with the sad condition Of
some OF our severely afflicted Deighboring cities, pre-
Guided the idea of throwing any obstacle in the why Of
clean streets giving TO the Department having
immediate charge of the service any additional excuse
for Dot doing it's duty. The subject il in your
hands. The bids Of Messrr. Smith, Seckel Co., who
efftr at aggrt gate cost Of less than 900 per
year TO thoroughly clean and keep clean the City for
doing which We are now payicg at the rate OF about
s4CO eco per year. semitic the Board of Council
mtn on The 10Th July, where il remains awaiting
hon. The committee to whom it referred are evil
IDENTIFY in6isposed 10 sdOpt IT, having yet made no
report. Meantime Mr. Eblng has presented reqni
sOn for SIG $50 co for cleaning twenty Wards for the
TWO weeks ending the 18th August, which for the
whole City wouo be at The rate OF $3.50 coo per
year. The estimates for cleaning these Wards are at
tie rate OF lees than $50, 900 per year.
Having now brought the whole subject before you
whore its disposition properly belongs, have for the
pnsfn discharged m, duty IL appears to me difficult
TO SEE how propos oIs like these, viii n, if adopted
will the City something like three hundred thou
SAID dollars per annum and give us thoroughly clean
rtots be lor ger refused, when every provision
Of the charter and ordinances have heen complied
wib al law and equity are strongly with the bid
d.s. Upon what groui Dis longer refusal longer de-
lay in patter of 40 much moment 10 our oyer-taxed
citizens can be placed, cannot be SEEM Let me ask
Your attention TO Il with little delay practicable
rtsDt cfuly requesting that comparatively trivial topics
may not Ceprive II OF the consideration which 1t De-
m6ncs at your bas is.
PUBLIC MARKETS.
The public markets and their condition is also a
subject for decisive action. The prcsent regu