New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-10

foes wars divided and rsffled cd. and bow some OF
the loser, swore terribly; but Of course these were
al ISLANDERS, for our Aldermen were 81 nonora0lr
men. However. Deyln WA st Ang'e connrned'
and for two months sfterward the Bowery Bank
discounted with surprising freedom, considering
the growing stringency Of the times. WIN Tue
immediate conflict for possession OF the once tue
rotous demon strs,ious, the injunchon'' counter
irjunctons, and the thousand orders, aud hearings
and arguments, aud appeals, our readers are no
doubt sufficiently familiar. The extraordinary an1'
ie,y manifested by Deyin and the old Deputy Street
Commissioner. Cha Turner, 10 get possession oil TIE
books and papers created 8 suspicion that al WAS
not right, and Mr.. CcnoTer commenced search
" bch has resulted in the discovery that the street
Department has been used for years as cover 10
the most enormous frauds upon the property
owners and the people generally The general
results Of these researches show that contracts
have been given to bidders far removed from tue
l. west ones; that some contracts have forged in'er
lineatons made subsequently to their giving out;
that regular system Of oyer-estimate OF the WORK
done has prevailed; that extra charges and extra
allowances have been the rue and that, hnaAy, q
c'erk in the Controllers office has been IN league
With the contractors to such an extent that on OF
about the day of Deylins appointment, he-m
humble imitation of some greater men-forged u
figure in favor Of contractor whereby the
Treasury was robbed of $4,000, and on which
charge the clerk is now under bonds.
These ale but portion of the Developments and
:. far a. they 90 the nsme Of Charles Devhn ac
companies them here and there as contractor or
as.gnee, or surety. OF these frauds We viii give
single specimen "a reported to the Common Coun-
crl by Mr. Conoyer on the 2Sth of January last.
Charles Deyln was the Contractor for setting curb
and gutter. and tagging sidewalk in the Third ave-
nue. between SiIty-frst and Eighty.siIth streets.
The Surveyors return of the work done was
altered az follows:
cube yard. Surveyor. fglre'. Altered as re-
Earth excavation. ..........l2tot -
Rock eNcsystion............ %. 80
Earth filling. ................ 81 '''
The operation is plain the in the first column
was changed to 4 the other figures boldly pre-
fixed The whole fraud amounted TO 1890, which
amount was paid 10 Charles Deylin in February
and March, 1857.
I'pon the news of the decision yesterday, the
Mayor locked up the Street Commissioner office
and mt guard of policemen there to keep of IN
tnaders until Mr.. Conoyer shall appear and deliver
I'D his charge in due form simultaneously one
Hugh McCabe, partisan Of Deylin, got an order
Of Court to prevent the removal of any books or
papers, There is much anxiety to know what the
Mayor will do. 1t is feared that Deyn will be put
ia full possession in spite of all sorts to the con-
trary. But if the appointment was legal the
Mayor has power ID suspend him for cause, and
with the Common Council, 10 remove him. 1t Is
claimed by Devlns friends that whatever there
may have been Of suspicious dealing here
tofore, there has been nothing since his
appointment, and that the Mayor cannot look be-
yond that date. The only error made since his ap-
pontment that We Just now recollect is the tritie
of making oath that his salary was 5000 year,
when it was only $4,000, in acknowledgment oil
which bit of perjury he recanted and paid back oo
per cent Of his gettings. However, whether saint
or SINNER so far as the law can make him so, Dew
lin is now Street Commissioner His eminent
fitness for the place, aud the fidelity with which he
vii guard the interests of the people by securing
contracts to the lowest bidder, requiring strict full
fllment, honest surveys, and fair and square dealing
IN all respects, may be inferred from his former
history
Mr.. Conover, after long, harrassing and eI-
pensive contest, is out of the fied yet the people
will not soon forget the services rendered BY him in
the exposure of the secret history of most shame
ltssly corrupt branch of the City Government
His work in this exposure is not holt done, and If
certain guilty parties can get access to the books
the evidence already pointed out will be destroyed
There should be some way in which all the records
of the Department can be preserved beyond the
reach of tamperDg until the men who have thus
robbed the city are made to disgOrge their ILL
gotten gains.
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