New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-18

nstit;on for the leases OF the WllliamsDurgn rer'
r;es. be set to work among the members OF the
Common Council, and, by getting them to allow
him to change his ferry landings at will till he had
obtained location at Roosevelt street, quite as
valuable as that of Peck slip itself, while
the Peckslip Company paid the city S2l'ooo
a year, La got the Roosevet-street double land
mos given him for the same as he paid for the
single landing at James slip, $4,000 year. AL
though this acton virtually established new
ferry. and franchise as valuable as that OF peck
aim It was piren to him. From this point, be
,ouatter, ran ruinous opposition to the legal,
heavily rented ferry, hoping to break down the new
Company Failing in that, his friends 10 the
Common Council gave him another chance, by de-
claripg the leases of the new Company Illegal
though made in strict accordance with the char
ter-and direct them to be resOld. by these
devices, he drove the Peoples Ferry Company
into bankruptcy, and swallowed it whole. Now
he runs the ferries for which the City got $780, 900
year, without paying any rent whatever, while
BIO has troddeu the plainest terms OF the leases
under foot, compelling those who could heretofore
always cross for $40 year, as guaranteed BY the
leases, to pay him a sum equal to about $50 year
for the same privilege. The WILLIAMSBURG,
Staten Island, and Hunters Point Ferries are
now run by Mr.. Law without legal authority, and
with return to the City treasury of less than one
twentieth of what they would fairly bring if dis
posed of through any other channel than corrupt
Common Cout ell On all these acts of gross in.
Justice to the City and to individuals, we find
Aldermen Smith, Brady, Starr, ard Owens voting
ste adiy for the great monopolist, following with
the docity of sheep il the tOrtuOu' track of the
leader Of the Ring
Smith, Brady, Starr, ard Owens were foremost
in pushing through the bill of s $50 for Commit
tee of Aldermen who spent few days at Albany
in the Spring of 1859. They wet without author
ty, and ought never to have been paid dollar; but
these so called Republicans rushed through the en-
the figure, although any one Of them could have
stopped it.
One more recent instance, and we have done.
On the l4ih of June last, q National Quarantine
and Sanitary Convention met in Boston Our
Common Council sent certain delegates, Aid. Starr
being the chairman and representative of the joint
Delegation OF Aldermen ana COuhcuultn' phy
two Aldermen and about five Councilmen, of all
those appointed, went TO Boston. They were gone
little over three-say four days. The reader can
easily cipher up the legitimate cost of this expe-
oiiloD thus ST ven fares to Boston and back, $40;
carriages, so; board for three days at 81 80 per
day, $50 80; incidentas, wine included, so each,
$40; total $40? so. Now put the EXTREMIST pos
sibe margin to this and call it $3.50 for the entire
trip, sum more than ample to cover every de-
cent charge, especially where they were in man-
ner guests of Boston, and constantly receiv-
ing attentions which must have reduced rather
than promoted expense. How did they re-
pay themselves for this small outlay BY
sppropriating and taking from the City Treasury
(for which the Controller has Aid. STAIRS recept),
Trio Thousand Fire Hundred Dollars And they
we're not satisfied with that. The same Common
Council, sitting in their useless capacity as Board
of Health, tried to get $500 to send delegates
from the same Board of Health to the same con-
ventiOn but the Controller denied their authority
TO use money in that manner and refused to draw
bis warrant. 1t is proper to add that these appro-
priatons received the cordial support of the Demo
CT attic majority in each board; but where, in all
these fOrays upon the Treasury, were the Repub-
lican Aldermen 7
-Furthet comment il unnecessary