New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-07
TIE JAPANESE BILLS.
.,oe mo THE GRAND TOTAL.

| AIo6 900 THE GRAND fofAb.
WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID IN SECRET sSS-
SION. 1923 .
w. ara informed that the " items" Of thu erPen'
,ure for the entertainment Of the japanese EmP iey
we're presented to the Joint COMMITTEES Of Reception AZ
their secret meeting, held in room No D. Clty han'
| nm "Wednesday evening, and amounted atogtn9e 10
$IO6, OOO 1t appears that Immediately after tue De-
parture Of the Embassy, the Joint Comntte' ap-
'poiuted Alderman Cornell and Councilman Sna" q
speci. Committee 70 receive and audit the bls lot tne
lamar ese reception and entertainment. Wheher tn'
Committee recommended appropriation OF slo' wv
without getting the bills Ia not shown; bnt IL must
have been So as this Auditing Committee have asserei
to bs: the estimate for the sppro raa"n was
made upon the oral statements of parties to whom
the Joint Committee were indebted, eaeh party
saving about what he though. bis Dill "ould
smoun, TO- Alderman Cornell especially gave
this account of the matter. which acco'ds with
the excuse given by some Of the Aldermen and Conn
cilmen, both on and OIL, Of the Joint Committee for
voting in favor Of the apPropriston-that the cum of
$l05, COO wss merely an approximate amount some
what In excess of the supposed expenses ont OF which
the Controller would permit only just bills to DO paid,
the surplus of course returning into the City Treasury
The bills, however, for which there have been ouch
emphatic calls at last put before the Joint Com
mittee on Wednesday evening, by Messrs. Cornell and
Shaw. Alderman Boole was in thechair. Alderman
Tuomey and one two others Of the Committee were
absent. The bills werehaudled and looked over with
great deal of interest," engaging the attention Of the
Committee for over two hours Most fault was found
with the Lelands bill The bills have all been, will
be- sworn to- The chief items Of the Lelands bill
as follows;
AsBoY.
Furnishing collation. the steamboat Aida including
800 bottles Of wine at 50 bottle and 100 cigars W 700
BOARD METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
For the b,OOD
For the Joint Reception Committee, being inclusive Of
everything they had at the Hotel. 700
THE
Twelve thousand suppen at SO each (prce agreed upon
beforehsnd) 1900
Seven thousand FIVE hundred bottles Of wine at 50 each
Objection was made TO the number Of cigars put
down as used the Aida also to the number Of sup
pers and the quantity Of vino. These items were
thought to he huge but how 10 reduce them after they
were sworn 10 appeared to be quite too knoy quss.
ton for the Committee to solve in one night.
There are, of course, good many item. Of thou
sand dollars or 80. Nixon g. Co. bill for the theaer
lie 81 O0O the bill for the Aida $780, then the bill for
iquors at the ball includes good supply Of brandy;
per man. and s. for the leaders, Gen. SandfOrds bill
for music for the Let Division $1,000, but it is
duced to s., $780, The other bill Of $4,000 mentioned
in yesterday TRIBUNE was an error. TIE buntng
used for decoration at the ball was procured Of Stew
art of the Marble Palace. II cost 81 800. The Au.
dting Committee tried TO save something on this bill
by having the material taken back at fair reduction,
but Mr.. Stewart would not take it back at all. Then
the man who put in the extra gas pipes and fixtures
for the ball would not take back any Of the material
nor make reduction; reduction was made from his
bill however, OF third and the fixtures sent back
to him.
The carriage bill is $500. The board bills of the
Naval Commission and the Philadelphia Common
Councilmen are separate from the other board bills
mentioned, but the amounts we have not learned
The result OF she meeting feeling that the bills
must be reduced by some means or other. A Special
Committee therefore appointed TO take the matter
in hand and obtain all the reductions possible with the
understanding that this Committee would report to the
full Committee at o'clock to-day, at meeting to be
held somewhere in the City Hall at that time, as to
be able to present the bills TO the Aldermen this even
ing a. least to commence preparation Of them for
presentation to the Common Council by next Monday
evening.
The Committee then adjourned.