New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-25


No1E-rte roll, for the Navy Yard Mare Island
deIe0 or the entire moth.
" thus sppears that the number Of employees in
the N,vy lai6s December l. 1857, sks no; May
1873, 6,6N; November !, 1883 lo03s. The chief n-
crease vas at Brooklyn sbd Po,leiepbis. 10 Brook
lyn the uuib-r December / 1851 was ,E9; hsyl
1853, 1879; November I, 1853, , iSS an increase
OF ], 100 men il five mouths. 10 Philadelphia the
CGi November l, 1853, 81. During the month
Of OCTOBER it rarged from 6sJ 10 ~ iacresss
Of over GO IN four mouths.
Il wD De perceived that the highest number st New
York about the lst OF November, and al Phils-
dephia shout the middle of October.
1ne N dersigned tiad that abuses In the Brooklyn
Navy nd are not confined to master workmen aod
their ueu bot extend TO all the cvil departments Vi
tbe ya.d.
THE NAVY AGENT.
George y. Sanders, the Navy Agent 81 Eew-York,
disborses about si,00b000 anously. BY law he 10
appointed far four ysaIs but removable from Office q.
Flstsufe. His salary is not 20 exceed 50 900 per a.
His duties are not or-scribed by law bot are
6ied by regulations Of ne Department. lie is there
FORE TO term Of Office and day, entirely subec. 10
the discretion Of tue Executive. BY the &C. Of
March 3, Is43, all mated,s, OF whatever name or
DetuIe, for the Of the Navy, heR time rU per p
shall be furnished by contract, by ths lowest bidder
Fuel, and a few other specified articles, are sI-
eup'ed By subsequent laws. Contracts annually
neoe by the dfeI.nt bureaus 70. tue articles sup
pCe.d 10 be waited; bat arto-s often needed not
eubrGcsd 10 to contract. Under tho implication
srtcies not covered by the contracts and in the
navy stores, ore needed, ttey boogpt by lopez.
purchase" under The direction Of the Navy Depart
meD. The Navy Agent, among his other dnties pre-
sonbtd by the Department pays for all articles pur.
chased at New-lOik by contract, and makes all opea
pufctHset.
All the articles were purchased upon the assumption
tst time wuu!d admit VI tneiy bspg purch ased By
Gourmet. The evidence clearly saows that articles
thus puTcl a I'D were bought 1T much higher rae
than The cor tract prce. Thus iron OF prescribed
sizes in 1858 81 oeGts per pound By contract Yet
quality OF iron for hoopog the sps rs OF toe ffgats
C. gre-s needed. TGere slight variation in
the Of the iron from that furosbe1 by coatfact II
'be 2tV0 p'onds reouired $50 pouods were bought
OF open purchase AZ u cents per pound.
When articles sre neejed cot embraced 10 q con
trace, rfquis-ton IL mace out by the master yort
man, ceit!hed 70 bythe constructing epgLeer or navel
cOrstTucbr, as the case msy be, ADD commaDdant Of
The yard, nDd sent to the Navy Agent; IL thea be-
comes RE onty 30 enter the snake, snd pnrchass tbs
or cle Ietded Al its fair markes voice. Ia-teai Of
this be!Ig done in the City Of NeEYork, the ,e1asi-
fOrs ere generally baDdrd over % Charles A. seer
Co., chip chsndlcrr, of Nea-Yois ard they farpsh
be article. One Of the firm is the security for Mr.:
SaneeTs GA BIS official bond, ard il his infinite al
COS ftert.ll friend The articles called for fG'-
Difbed BY them, whether within the ne Of their ousi-
pess not ara cent directly 10 the yard. TIE Navy
Agent has fol'wed this urge during has term, aud
never sees the Srtcles hxcs their prices, or kaoSs
when, Ct whom, or at what prices Sec)r gers men,
ana Jet claims thst he s appointed % make t1e pGr-
' 0i'A - tSNvA-Lh ISl sNS P.AS~7' A~3"@-S
smith.
Wien The articles reach tho yard junior officer Of
the yard iuspt them, 90 IL tn aIs good aod
sat ffg tiloeef II they are c srged At iair mVka
prces To DO that be sometimes hes cent - the Cy
OF New York 10 make inquiries, but usually re tooS
me Price presumed % have been agreed upon by ths
Nayy gent az the fair market price. Comm srdT
Root fes,i6es that they Ia. gea, deal Of trouble
with SIR Sc5r, end that everything fdroishsd - the
Nsgy Yard By SecOr Go. while ne there hsf
beel far above market prloes and he wrote TO tie
Department. Lieut.. Barrett, for sOule tine tns q
epectng oiicsT ulakee the statement. SegerI
inC,suces ere scosn in the testimony and IN Con
TlaldeT Rootess correspondence with the Depart Dsr
where the prre cxOrbissnt. la such cases 10
article VIZ rejected; bu. O. toe officer did not par
chase tie article and rot informed in regard 70
" css Z csusIy passed into the store. aonse, ssa
th'reupon eoc0r got III pay 81 .ns Navy Agent.
When tie attention q Commodore Smith o. re
BlrsGu o. l.rcs end Docks sas called - tie mattel,
he issusd cIclar 10 each May Agect reqgn1s
him 1ire of the cont actor loT articles u tho. ae
lie price, and slSo that no SEX the pnees Of 40
o.LsrT Irtcs dealing II the same line, and then Iak
tie 'oEss. bid
Tiese iultrucfions csTe gArded by Ssr'efs soa
msuy Of the open pnrch sses were, and Still losis
IL tie zane manner of Ssc0r & Co. Mr.. Sanders de-
MED ind ostb, .hst DO had received or expsstet~
receive Any benefit f0n tbiB arrangement. BI, rs
dangerous to eI0~ a pfsotice under vEich alsos
betsten the agent AM the "pr0yidsr" is 90 aibsa~
of de;e,ectoU.
4 stu more dangerous custom hGs been SLOWED 1
Mr. Sanders villain lie pas. year. Ls.seTy, sS'