The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-04

for the payment by D. Smith. 1t Is fssnA
the examination which has been made that II drewg
for the % ymens OF the awards frauduto14
payment made On tho 18th Of October, 1867,
drawn the Chamberlain for Ss6s u
of Thomas Parsons md tho back OF the waraz
the Thomas Parsons appears; but no suoh awW1
is found his This check passed through the
TS"re appears to Sc an over payment o. 500 70 ass
A. Moore, who had award Of " lao. On the 10th 6
1--WE OF n.r Of @ avsr
18th OCTOBER 1865 another amount OF five per cert
stock fer $500 issued 10 Maria A. Moore, and on the
9Th March, 1857, q payment made OF $40. This
yment in cash was equal the balance Of the award
ater she Of ttock Of 81 800, and the second
Of stock OF $500 10 have been overlooked
settling the award.
During the year 1867 5O,788 yards OF this pavement
have been laid in the streets New York. follows vt1
Capa street .:..................... g,nSs
Bowery and Chatham street.. y ~
r,... -. :; ~, '"''
The amount OF revenue collected in tho year 1857 On ~
count Of piers and sps By the Collector Of City Rsvsass
Statement No. "a shows in detail the allowances ma4s
for dredging the sfs repairing the piers for damages -
them with sbc streets membranes &C. The total Amss
Of these allowances ling tho yoar ending Doc 81 lsss
Us SIC, 9ls ~.
Statement No rs shows the different ferries N opera
too with The lessees IN each case, the annual rent paid,
and the expiration OF the leases.
All which is respectfully submitted
A. c. FLAGG, Comptros<.
Statement No u This statement shows tho resy1lnnf
the Investigations made in the Finance Department
s. Cady and A. Gorrs under the direction ~ the CeAp
roer, between the 2lst December, 1851 and ths 3eh
These examinations relate principally 10 the books Nd
vouchers connected with contracts which hare
FOR the last swo years been kept by J. b. Smith
Soon after she examination commenced frau was ~
covered 10 Of the confirmed coutr acts by the eddA
600 70 a the r., o. s pu5P0rrs
duced comparison of all the transcripts on the eeW
with the assessment rolls confirmed BY the Couns.
Council during the year. The whole number q
assessment lists confirmed In 1867 was lsl on Con-
pairing these transcribed on the ledger, with ~
original record OF assessments confirmed, keGe
by the Assessors, the transcripts on the ledger
kept in the Fusnce Department found W.
tho single exception before referred TO- Tho cntneo
Of payments 10 contractors the ledger found -
correspond with the amounts Confirmed except in the 60
before alluded 10. The payments surveyors ~
correspond connrnsA
rolls in sir cases the inspectors appear 10 have scen
l S an sun oss sum- ~, Pr n :" e a. -
scsmeni have not presented their accounts drawn
their fees for the year Tho total amount OF Assesmcn1
confirmed In the year 1851 In SSbe2f2 b. The ranaae
tons connected with the monthly payne ns Of soveatV
PER cent asessuent contracts under the ordinance ~
frauds.
In order 10 ascertain the condition Of the accounts ccs-
were made monthly was deemed neoesssry. 10 rns.T
10 have the whole measured BY n comps-
tent surveyor TO test the accuracy o. the monthly mes.
cent pay nents were bascd In making hese resurvcyv
the Comptroller engaged tho services OF Daniel Ewes
and joan j. ScrreL Tho surveyor In charge e
work OF this description Possesses advantages q
making measurements which the surveyor vhs
follows him after the work s done docs not pes
sees; an exact correspondence, therefore, In
suremenis made under circumstances dssimar N ss4
TO be expected. In the measurements Of Vidal 81
Dryer, when compared with those made by Even 80
serre the disparity Is 90 great on The works Of WHOA
the former have had charge. b sholly rreconcia-
Bile with the belief that ,hey houessly maize THIS
most copcusiveIy shown BIZ coenpsr nsa o. the toe
surveys on Ffy second and INV sryruih streets rrou
tho r,rd IN The Eub Avenues ard ~ INV am strecx
rom Tho Tn ri avenue IN The Lsst ,iver
INSULATING nm srcoSp rxxsr TocErp AvKxux TO xuw
mvxp.
I'm The 2o,h October 1sts. a CONTRACT, vv made -
toscpb Taylor then Stree Conmsslopcr with CHARLIE
Devp 70 regulate INV second street from Fourth ave-
nue 10 East river
Tho fetal amount Of work on this street, covered by vv
the street Comuis.ioner or hls deputy amountnA
to..........,.,,...... -. $50 80
The whole sum paid on me ave re1uisitions on this
lob amounted To- ......'..,...,....... is.sIS
The last payment made on this lob was September H.,
1851.
In the month of October the COMPTROLLER requested Ia
MEL Even 10 make examination " the work done -
10 report writing when done Oct ~, 1857 a.
pears by the report OF Mr. Even that OF work
done up 10 the ume Of his would snste Mr.
De win 10 the uAyment OF sI4 1906 so
The preceding COMPARISON does not include certacsAs
a the surveyor on The work dated Nov % 1857 vhch
amounted W $40 s31 II
"A ia worthy Of particular notice IN this case That on
certificates OF the Surveyor and Street Com ssioner
his deputy the payments Of 70 per cent already made