New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-20
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

Y, 10.
The CaV Bills in the Legislo'are.--The resolution
passed by the Coupciuen, against bills now before
the Legislatuse concerning city affairs, was con-
CURED in. AsO, the recommendation OF the Mayor IN
regard to High Bridge.
A Message was received from the Mayor against
The bill before the Legislature 10 establish railroad
in Broadway. The Mayor holds that If 1t Is decided
by the City TO have railroad i'll Broadway, the Com
mon Council should have tee control OF the grsut,
and that it should be given the highest bidder like
ferries and other franchises. Several pr positions
hsd been lodged With tiu, offering Sl0OOOO, aud
more for the right Of railway bject to certain
strctions The pap"r was referred.
The ErbcR BuaaesS.--A commune ston was re
ceived from t. Control err sho wing certain develop
ments in the overpAy nent OF ~ ONO to Henry Erben
ON requisiiious from the Street Department and Civ
ing copies Of the vouchers, lately discovered.
DEPABTatNT OF FINANCE, CoNTRo.LtRs OFFICE
NEw-fO ORk, March q, 1893
To the Common Council:
The report Of the Committee on Frauds of the Board
Of Aldermen, made to that BODY on the Stb day
March, in relation to the overpa!ment on an award to
Henry Erben introduces tae testimony OF Charles
Turner Deputy Street Commissioner, and James
Timpson, Auditor in the Finance Department, m
manner which not only ju.ti6es the undersigned in
making al explanation but mperously calls oa him
to do so, III justice TO blDsel and to truth.
The full minutes Of the te stn.Jry as taken by the
Committee are not published with the report. fne
testimony given III state nent No. |, annexed, Is
understood to have besu taken IN snOr hama ana puo
hshed substantially as gwen before the Committee.
The Go Ill iitee IN the body Of the report thus al
lude to the testimony ot the Auditor ana tae Depuy
Street Commissioner, viz; 80
Your Comnittee very naturally first examined the Auditor
Heninr s mstte aud rerra them to assistant knew
less il possible than od the principal - he was no ss'St t a.
who thu Deputy Street COnln Al hst ine and whose
duty wac 70 make on' all req and M ssS Ss HS e
huLded thousand dvls the day and exhlole
,oucher fcr that suoun, cold produce voucher for the
d
slightest recollection Of the subject AID when asked how be
may al Tor twenty Thousand
dollars for Mr. Erben sss favoe in the Controllers
'ofCe'"
twill be seen by referring to the testimony in state
ment No. annexed, that hr. ldrner IN answer to a
question from the COMMITTEE u relation To tue Toqulsi
tion in the payment to Mr. Eroen-" Do you say that
you ever saw that requstiOn? A. don't think
have ever seen II.
Question by the Commitiee-" rhen you are sure
that you never signed re9ustl0n fr tue S@fVVV We
are speaking about A Neve'; say that.
Resting on tas couddeIt belief tnat had never
sigped warrant to p-y an award u henry Et9eu VI
any other person for the opeuog i Canal or wueG,hs
of Walker street. uple-s the same - accohpaueu
a reduuition from tue street Department VIVA Isl
Of the Gil cunt of the awards in esch case win tne
name of the person eutItlsd 10 the same; the Con
troer old vOuuteer give any exp auatloo To the
Committee which h.o th subject under investigation
and was content that they rnoui call before them tue
Deputy Street Co nmis~IoUer, wh) had tue prlnhp1
charge Of making ont too acquisitions and lists of tue
awards the streets reIrei u, conjunction wit,
the Auditor 10 the Fiusncs Department who had the
custody and safe keeping of tne acquisitions and sr
alluded to.
SINCE the publication " the testimony and Of the
rsnort Of the Dard of Aldermen more thorou "a ek
animation hn. been made, aud h- following requis,toO
signed by Mr.. Turner nm'eii a. Acting Street Com
sea1;o,er scroupanied by hss of the awards to Nc
Ehsn ard others amounting t. s!O,,Sl, was found IL
. an;,.an ho. of the do,k IL the Aui'tors room, AnC
rdt IN the package where II properly belonged Thes
papers read as follow; ,
4
~ ~, n..,vr>ySr S-w.Yoik May !, lblp
r -, Can ,suer herrhy applies to the Controller
Oh Cits 81 Nv York fJT StSl, ell acc 'uht
Tor .trtet oVetiis ia puisuSLct oI a''' . ''f - ~
lS % Sl e S Ion $ draw sssast the sPPr'prsion maj
soI u"'' s''"~-''' ~ CHAkLES TURNER
on, cho,x 10, Aciius Street Commissioner.
CANAL AND wALhER STREETS.
New Hork Life In,u'ance ut Co tnortgSs-l go q
Henry EC2tn
iotk Lie In.urAp,r Trust Co. (noIisSsel... 5V
STRkEIs OPENING.
H. the matter - tbt wdeunF e." Libry street. Aaron Nsna
poo 10 hc uA'efn fed NOodha against Angus
psii rui-r oder "i SuIr-nr Court |<'
SrEIET DFIARrMEXI, MAJ g. 1855.
cop, OF the order III Cput Is with the requsltlo
ano lists Tue 81, ,S0j a. NJ T. ben, aud the 81 q
10 the Maverick estate make the ex1c; sum contane
in the reari.itiou of $26, 81 above referred 10.
On tie prcserta,on ut the above TequlsltiOn OF Mr
rprusr 10 the Auditing Bureau in tue Finance De
nart,nept with tie npspying lists at awards, III
foloviug garIauts Oh the Treasury were made out
viz: