New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-12


let NJ look al such results 40 nay occur under An
rnscrupu0us admin .fatioL Of tue oaice. The City
In oecicr makes OUt his ssmimOlt1ly pay Ious,
amounting % say S25OJ) f., 1000 leb0rng men and
emrloyees transmits the same 10 tie Controller and
demands his drait Coz that amount lAe Cohtfolcr
mar have reason 20 question the correctness 81 tins
payroll and lay .siet % be las done, Ia paying the
men himself But the city Inspector. az has been the
cate under ie present incumbent, erhb.t the newly
adopted resolution. end compiance with s proYitoas
on tne part OF the Controller n i1histed upon IN
ayodabe The pay roll beiag In its form all THAI Ac
Law requires. Is the alsrfcens uaihofty 70 receive
ths gyoss sum which IL indicates
And now q word az 10 whor may BE done with almost
entire IMMUNITY under the operation Of the re5o,niou
IT, 10 b. prosuDled-end the presumption 70 not bod
One-that out 81 the 100 returned On the pay
rolls b. the Cont roller only no honestly entitled TO
pay. There H. pr,sem chsci or hndrauce 81 the
appropriation o. tie balance o. any uses L. which Tie
CITY Inspector 'ua, think nj 10 PAT IT, Even reducing
the proportion 10 lees snosn the conclusion j. not
lrsh Inevitable, that The power Of nppropria,mg ~.
publc funds without cheek limitation II he res III 81
such resolution n lie one IeirIed g. Even shoald
the Controller send for yOuchCGs Lac bccn the ease
they at hand their fac. showing NO distinction
between payments truly ialsdy made.
h, plea that this mode II payment IL = conVenlencc
g. he City Inspectors DeVarnen IN facilitating ne
husinras is simply aDsu-dy for The plain reason that
Il Is tie assumption Of additional lute- WITH additional
agents 20 perform thcJn. The cDer mode relieved the
City INSPECTORS Department fun such superoea,ory
dDiiee, while at the came ii1e stood ns cherS-sO
intended and expressed by he chgefGgalrst any ni-
tcinps 6tfrauduent cOnni,an-I "a Ire irt ~ Citj
Inspector
lie repeal Of Oh resolution ssg tbs addi'cns IN
rcsuicfed power 70 fhe City Inspector is imperatSely
called for. for, whether abuses MAJ or Ma! Goi have
lecn practsed under II, IL opens he door Tor tuch
abuses, and j. At variance with s sysLcn Oi saigihry
checks Which The safeguards o. AL Seh regulated
governments. This Department D, Dg now without pc
eunisry 10 carry tie wOfioi street cssulns
the City inspector hos pctitiouol me Common CCunci
10 sgio oity bonds which viii aga.s place lin III Abe
possession 81 funds "a be- used y lin nj his own d-ctc
sion III the idea o! granting bin III Hitherto unknown
power - seriously entertained eitbr BY the present or
the incoming Common CDln,l tic len-t that can be
asked from thai body is that the nmnt 70 enthozedto
he issued shall De limited 20 tho absolute wants Of The
Department
Among the early measures 81 the Legislature hhonil
be- the passage Of aet 10 take frn this depart nei
tie whole machinery OF sTcet-ceanlnx and transfer II
IA the Police Department where 1t properly belongs
The Commissioners should be empowered e. ndyer:isc
fJ proposals 20 clean the city, the same 20 DO subdivded
into districts of nc less than i,o nor more than seven
gg6 g. contractor b. sQgel 10 so.ati Tor more than