The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-02
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TuoxEY presented resolution 70 increase the
salaries Of the general clerks in the Street Department
By the Comptroers report appears that the balance
at the close Of business on Saturday September o.
cordpg TO the returns Of the Chamberlain and County
Treasurer, appeared 70 oe:-
Balance, September TO-. S466 olo
Receipu 1857 700
Total 81 s54 ,oos
rv"cns'' eS,1so
Balance, September 70 81 s3a ,soa
THE CHARGES PRUxRRxD BY THE MAYOR AGAISsr THE
CHIEF ENGINEER AND ASSISTANT coNnIsuoNER THE
cxorox Aorxprcr DoAnD-rHs COMMITTEE RxroRr THAT
The following report WAS received. The reading was
suspended and one thousand copies ordered TO be print
To THE HONORABLE THE BOARD or AIDnnN;-
The undersigned, the special committee 70 whom were
referred the Of his Honor the Mayor dated the
eleventh and eighteenth days OF July 1850, asking the
Of this Board In tho removal Of Alfred
Craven as Engineer and Thomas Tappeu, Assistant
Commissioner Of the Croon Aqueduct Board respectfully
that your committee held their first meeting on the
tenth day Of september, ult whan they were attend
ed BY Messrs Craven and Tsppen.
That previous 10 the assembling Of the committee
bad been addressed by the committee 70 hsIHoa
the Mayor requesting him to appear before them the
investigation Of the charges preferred by him, with
whIchefequcst his Honor refused TO comply.
That second meeting Of your committee held
the eleventh day Of September, ut Messrs Craven and
Iappcn both appeared before your and read
their written answers to the charges cont ined in the
messages OF the Mayor, which verified by
them under oath, and are hereto annexed
otcers EXPRESSED bis desire and snxety to have the
charges preferred against him thoroughly examined
That his Honor failed TO attend this meeting Of the CON-
That your committee hercupon directed their clerk TO
serve upoa bis Honor copies OF the answers OF Mcssrs
Craven and Tappen and adjourned to the seventeenth
u, order TO give his Honor opportunity Of dspu-
ing the truth Of said answers Il he desired TO do 30
That that day your committee again assembled for
the purpose Of proceeding with the Investigation but
finding that owing TO some oversight Of the clerk the
had not been delivered TO the Mayor they again
adjourned in order that service thereof might made
That the said served on the Mayor on
the eighteenth day Of September ut and that the
meeting q your committee was held on the twentieth Of
fha, at this and the previous meeting nessrs Craven
and Tappen were prefent.
The Mayor, however, failed TO attend.
IL is thus apparent, that while the parties accused by
the Mayor have been ready occasion OF the meet
upon the investigation OF his charges his Honor has
steadily refused 70 appear before your committee 10
take single step towards the standardization OF those
charges.
The sworn answers presented by Messrs Craven and
Tsppen are, in the opinion Of your committee, thorough
refutatons OF the charges OF the Mayor and cast upon
him the burden Of proving his allegations.
This be has failed TO do aud your committee there
fore draw no other inference than that be has become
satisfied from a persa OF the that charges
contained in his two messages were erroneous and
true
1t is, At all events, the opinion Of your committee
that there s not . single charge IN either o. those
messages which Is not thoroughly explained by
your committee should exprcss their sincere belief
the charges unfounded, that there is
slightest ground for suppoepg that either the Engineer
the Assistant Commissioner has, In any respect, failed
10 discharge the duties Of his position with ability and
fidelity.
with reference 10 The charges OF the Mayor 10 relation
10 the your committee also deem their duty
10 state that, In their opinion there has been
instance in which the estimates by engineer OF the
probable quantities and Of the Of the required
Tor work OF this character, have closely approxma
the actual result and that Mr. Caven far from
being subject 10 for his action In that
matter, Ia deserving OF tie highest commendation.
In conclusion, your com nttee would report that the
charges OF hts Honor have not only not been proven by
him, but that they have been thoroughly dsproyei by
the OF the accused and your committee therefore
present for the adoption Of the Board the following
ton
Resolved That this Board do not concur in the removal
OF Alfred W. Craven, Chief Engineer aud Thomas r. Tap
Board, requested by the OF his Honor,
Mayor, dated July eleventh and eighteenth 1880, rpcc
lively. n. W. GENET,
v J. A. BOOLE,
GEO. STARR.
The report OF the Committee Salaries and Onloes In
favor OF concurring with the Board OF Ccuncilmen In
the salary Of the First Assistant Auditor In the
Comptrollers ofce TO ~ 500 per annum adopted.
The report OF the Committee Finance, in favor Of
ooncurring with the Board Of Councmen appropriate
$500 for the expenses OF the funeral Of the late Major
Morton Farcnild, was recommirod, because a bill OF
particulars was not furnished
The report Of the COMMITTEES Fnance, In favor OF
donating $4,000 70 the Five Points House Of Industry
adopted.
The Board adjourned TO Thursday nexs At nve O'Clock