New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-22
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, OCTOBER g. 1853

| pended he's been destroyed or removed from that
| Department.
A Memorandum a loose sheet Of paper. made By
Mr. Roger Contract Clerk of Mr. Tsyr, Is found in
! tie street Department which states the hii. but
enters against the bid Of {. e. Ellis, "Infornal with
an additions memorandum OIL the same line, Decluei
by letcT. II is worthy If particular notice that 10
tie record of the to,k kept in the Finance Depart
meni Informal l. not entered opposite the BIZ Of
Mr. Ellis, which would have been doLe had auy inof-
Inalty been announced by the Street Commissioner
when the bids opened These bids no. en-
tered on II record book Of bids which was kept in
the Street Department 10 correspond with the record
kept IN the Finance Department bat was leit on a
loose sheet OF paper, although there were entries of
bids 81 two three Cthervpenings IN the same month.
Notwithstanding tie bids opened on the slth Of
Of S.utcmbcr iea6 the contract not made until
the 81 If December, and was then made, not with
Mr. Els III. lowest bidder, but with Oscar Taylor,
vLc.e bid amounted to sI2 $40 ~ than the sum
for which Mr. Ellis offered do tue work in his bids
In the mean time, Oscar Taylor, II seems assg uei
liz contract 10 e. Devhn, one Of the bontsmen OF
Ellis and who had engaged, by his agreement that
Ellis should excayate tue rock at 10 cents per cubic
ward &C. and this bondsman then assigned the
tract 10 liz principal IN the bidding, thus enabling linn
TO do tine work, AMI obtain from tie city - cents
per cubic yard for the excavation Of rock
On the discovery a this new feature IN regard 70
regulating and grading Fityseveuth street, tue Cou
froer gave notice to Mr.. Ellis that by the obligations
entered into By himself and ts bondsmen IN the bd
before reeneG to- he was bound To execute the cor
tract being paid for the work by the Corporation
accordingly.
II appears by the specimen for the work contracted
in this contract, that the quantities are as follows:
53,C00 cubic yards rock excavation, 23'yO1 edo'c
cutter 70 40 square fact of isggng. At the prices
in the contract Of Oscar Taylor, the work would
amount to the following sums viz:
cubic yards rock excavation atsb..... sSlSS ~
q cutie yards Of earth excavation, al l4c..... SD o
So 81 running feet curb and luteT, AZ ibc....... 2 90
- 40 square ieet Of aaseins a, iV4e''''''''' 400 70
According to the pr.ces contained in the bid OF Mr..
Ellis. tue contract would amount TO the following
sum- viz: -
- ~ cubic ARDS Of earth ~ atp 90
running o curb and gutter, al 08......- l9D ~
q 40 square Zee, Of tagging az lc.......... @0li vo
observation-disclosures. .4s.5u %
Difference in favor Of the city by the bid of Mr. Ellis,
when compared with that ci Oscar Taylor, >I2,lo -.
Il paid toe. {. Ellis ON this contract oct.
And 70 the Receiver OF the Bowey Bauk Dec t. 81. 1000 90
lo,gei e6
The total amount of work done according To the sur
yev If Jno. I. Dodge embraced IN MS certhcate, l.
1910 cubic wards rock excavation li,ip cubic
yards earth excavation. At Oscar IaylOts bid, -
per cubic yard fer excavating rock and ~ cents
per cubic ward for excavhtng earth the amount would
be so 90 ~. The same amount OF work at the bId
Of C. {. Ellis would amount 10 the sum of SIGH.
Tie payment OF ~ per cent under the ordinance of
1871, on the work done according TO MIR. Eliss bid,
amounts to the sum of $ll $40 80 1t Is thus seen
that if Mr. Ellis j. held to his Did, the city has paid
him within S377 II of the amount DOW due him on tho
20 per cent, and he will also be entitled TO the addi-
tioal sum Of 81 s73 ~ when the contract Is compile
ted being the amount of the of 30 per cent on
the work already done.
1t is low apparent from the disclosures made in re-
gard To The various transactions connected with the
bids contract and assignment, &C., that deliberate
calculation made to rob the property holders to
the amount If Sl2 80 3D. and 10 oeiraud the city out
of 1888 c. and il has required very thorough
animation to ferret out the frauds which are now dis
closed from step to step in the progress OF this con-
tract
A c. FLAGj Controller.
The Board adjourned to Monday.