New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-25

f eco o % "a 200 for work that need not have cost
it cent When tho MOVIES won !. III, ' h
whether the interests Of the city or those OF the
official named we're uppeImost in making ms reiisa;
In relation to the charge OF ,sry;ees
In return the City Inspector rays that ms state Of
things existed when h. came into Office Ihs 10 an3h-
specimen Of prey alie sto aIa ui. ;.h cioras
from O00 81 800 and g. 80, which are o! no use
whatever either the city or to the department put
whose draw their pay from the City Treas
Reside these there is still another clerk, who does
moi perform a weeks work in year whose salary is
a. coo The City Inspector before ne came INTO ONCE
knowing the necessity Of providing ior irends IN tho
departrent do not permit the opportunity to pass IN
In The next paragraph I have repetition Of the
charge that should have made known TO bin how the
WORK IN the streets could be done for my esnrale
Tie answer Is brief The City Inspector had lot been
week IN the department before ny estDiete % men
end money required TO clean the city placed before
him 1t was deemed visionary, and the work OF down
hill progress and public waste az once commenced
have alleedy stated that had subsequently protested
to our City Inspector against this waste ed on one
occasion it was Ia presence Of third party who y.
willing 10 testify 20 the truth Of my statement when IL
was ansve cred that me did not care damn what IL
cost the people should pay for it,"
OF course nv estimate In this In the geo COO con
tngeut fund and the 900 or $4,000 free hesnuns'
was IN "impractceble one, in the sease N men tne
term praoticaby Ia understood by the practical oin
oisl In tee following paragraph the CITY inspector 40
abiding ~ tie Get Of cleaning the streets sl"les
at is true the expense Is great and then aoucs ~
ures sdroity twisted and multiplied thas lhe mos iu
! eenous can with difficulty understand theri lWm
! take the liberty Of examining them - A.
From the middle Of July last until the enc OF .ne
month of November. had Col. Deavan been permitted
10 remain in office the city world have Deci eeneu
far better than it was at lees sum than SEW"
month; whereas under the present incumbent ~ va.
cost over $4,000. by reference 10 tic metfoiohlea
tables M the reach OF all IL viii be seen TINT on the fth
of NoTcm5er the weather VAS stormy aud the WORK
upon tie streets absolute imprsccabilty o. The 18Th
Iff Nave Hli ~ showed
charged AS icing al work hnt day. bat there If not
Street Inspector who would dare perfume himself ny
I Eueafnr that he had FIVE sweepers employed. ,ho
above Is bat solitary instance Of hike abuses that
srkod eyefy DAYS return 10 this Department make
ttse Continents hom perusal Of the official papers
Ras permitted TO Use.
The nrv: graph In order IN tho, City inspectors
communication is fling ~ tho Mayor. who IN ls com
nulics,io 70 the Common Council condemns tie pohey
~ investing rover in the City Inspector TO receive ana
dsDugse moneys his unchecked account aud the
CITY Inspector in reply says tin no resolution oil the
hind giving such power was parsed by the 1unm9h
Council Instead o! the word resolution" should
have written ordnnuoo' and this mistake is grasped
10 introduce And enlarge upon matters evesye OF y
charge. That tbs power was thus conferred ny .ho
Common Council it, records will show and that the
money thus paid TO The City Inspector az tlines
ec nsl tho earnest remoDstance o. the C0atfoer, the
I latter official himself can bear evidence.
/ A communication from the Controller 70 The Com
mon Council. i think IN thc early part u December
states IN substance that he Is determined not 10 obey
longer the order TO pey the GU! Inspector paL WI Az
for the future the bills Of the Department himself But
before this determination was made Known tho CITY In
spectcr had in HE pey rolls to the Controller under
the expectation that es usual The warrants wouid DC
furnished hin ] crediby informed That there IL
very large number OF names on these payros inc re-
p-eseutatiycs OF which have not called Tor pay
irent and that large number have been refused pay
upon detection by the Controller that they had no
legal claim 10 the money OF the city: Dopoueas u'e
Controller Is prepared TO give these facts WHOM cec
upon.
The City Inspector also denies that any suoh power
the pubic money as he Is charged with possessing
IA new thing ard refers TO the custom under previous
ADMINISTRATORS Other City Insptotors be says were
allowed to mako their payments but he oins the
material point that these payments were never mace
without the Controller having ore or more frEstworthy
clerks to the pa, snts The means u pay
entrusted solely 20 these clerks and fraud OF any
considerable portion Of the total OF the psyos was
al irpossbty In this particular how stands the case
under the present systen The City Inspector also S
sures ths public that he can bring vouchers for oil the
money expended. EXACTLY 80. have seen his pay.ioJ
clerk with crss-cross write scores OF these vouchers
without person being present but myself in the once
Why the pay r0s are never seen, much less rgneh ny
lhcse men And these tho City Inspectors vouoh'
ers for the money expended pnder the present
The City Inspector states that be vss warned by his
friends not 20 Keep Office these friends prophecy
ing thu, would DO what have done These advising
friends were doubtless members OF the ring and fnew
TIE difference between my practcablity and the prac
tcabiity Of the City Inspector They EFFICIENTLY hnew
thai regarded system OF public plumber in tie same
light other kinds OF robbery and vas doubtess we
knowledge Of 10y possessing such visionary iceas thal
Office II may be that tie City Inspector was unfortun
il not taking such disntsrested advice and y may
also Be tLat the city nay be gamer Dy inc opsfsuPsn
ever. in precisely the way suggested by tho Cry In
spector Ee states that he lie willing ~ have an inves
cation by tie Common Council Tbs y very Ts, as
Of ruth - t. ny charges lie the earnest desire OF the
City Inspector would suggstt to him tho selection OF
three private gentlemen 70 undertake the
as FOR instance, james H. Whiting. Judge Bcsworth
and William Curt. Eoyes. What answer does the City
Inspector give to this propositioni
Ire City Inspector complains Of my charge relative
70 the department being political machine and That II
controls. with the street Department the elect.ons
and thep 18th air Of triumph answers that II TINS
had been the case the Mayor would not have had
opportunity 20 make his late attack upon hin. SAID
no such thing as he charges upon me: 1 said nomina
many senses as 1 think recent events have proved
The systeIn which sometimes contlois one sometimes
sadly iaif in controlling tie other. WILL add no ur'
Their uuwelcouo comment on th's point
The CITY INSPECTOR onpslns OF my statement az 10
tie large mortality, and sske WAY had not discovered
it before I would answer. that during the last 'iI
months the mortality Of tie city has increased about
twenty per cent the mortality Of the preceding
ye,r which in measure owing to all absence o,
system in the department. During tho sckiy month Of
July when the services OF tho Health WaIdens we're
most required tlare not than ten out OF tho
ItylouT receiving pay that could be made available
These officials had received leave Of absence from the
City Inspector and this without much as previous
knowledge OF the fact But the Department during the
four years tina; 1t under Col Deayan did not ceaae
~ pOE ont the grievances referred TO, In special com
municatious 20 the Common Council and In It's annual
repors But IN oDc instance were these represonth
lions attended 10 in that body Of which Che leading
member was the present City Inspector Perhaps the
remedies then sugscsed were visionary or perhaps
projects Of gain paramount 10 any confederation
FOR The health Of the city
ay statement ia relation 10 tie application OF the
City Inspector to the Common Council for the Issuing OF
street cleaning bonds pronounced TO lie false. and
Tie responsibility Of recommending the Issue Oi tie
bond. IS placed upon the Board Of Health as measure
OF It's own 10 my personal knowledge The contrary If
tie case The IDEA originated with the City inspector.