The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-23
BOARD OF ALnERMEN.

Alderman OrTrwELL presented Q resolution calling O
che Committee on National Affairs to make proper pro
vision for the public reception Of the returning volun
teers on their arrival in this CITY,. Adopted
communication received from the Croton Aqveduc
Department. relation ITO the late increase Of wages
persons In their employ, and asking that additions
sum Of thirty one thousand dollars be Appropriated
meot the contingency. Referred TO the Committee O.
Finance.
The following message from bis Honor the Mayor &C
companyng communication from Mr.. Carr, late Super
nendent OF Sanitary Inspection reply 10 City Inspcc
<sr Boole:-
MAYORS OFFICE, Nsw YORK, Jan. %, 1854.
TO TAX HONOR ABLg THK COMMON CoUNcIL:-
GENLxAss-On the l1th inst deemed il my duty {,
lay before your honorable body the report of Thomas
Cleaning, relative to various abuses and msprsctice
existing In the City Inspectors Department. This com
mvnicaton elected response from the City Inspector
which was referred by the the Board Of Alder
men 20 the special Committee on Retrenchment and Re-
form appointed by that Board.
herewith transmit to your honorable body another
statement from Mr Carr IN OF the course pur
sued by him IN oicH and Specifying additional abuses
20, Ha. management Of the csy Department
81 Tor the thorough examination Of the alleged maprsc-
sces that his present. statement be referred 10 the
0. GODFREY GUNTHER, Mayor.
MR.. CARas REPLY.
New York, Jan. 10, 1854.
aox. c. GODFREY GuNrHER, Mayor
SRA duty which to you as chief officer OF the
city and which equally to the community, renders
nn x re through yoq 70 the
Perhaps the most striking feature Of that smarty pre-
pared document 10 its entire absence OF all auson
some OF my most serious charges and the evasve
ner equally adroit, with which that official deals with
other charges, from the notice Of which cannot on.
Whether his standing be an admission Of guilt or
whether, as 10 sometimes the with charably dis
posed Judges will DO regarded BY the court Of public
opinion as plea Of not guilty that court before which
wo both stand must decide shall proceed to answer
hs defence If such It may be called, paragraph by para
graph, and with as little waste OF words as possible
Ia his first paragraph am charged with OF pro.
prety in withholding from the City Inspector all nIor.
nation in relation to the correspondents which has taken
place on the subject Of the abuses Of his depart.
ment, TO this reply that the exact reverse is the
G,se More thaa two weeks since 10 private
letter had received, and that l was answering it.
On that occasion freely expressed to him my dssas-
faction at the manner in which much Of the business
conducted in that department, and unhesi atingy In.
Formed him that could have such work better done at
less than hall It's present cost to the city There
reply TO this when proceeded TO state that remain
longer IN the department would be dsagreeabe to me- as
from me- supposed that, while was addressing him
lin painness and drectness speech which could not
be the last charge to be brought against
me would be that was acting without tho knowledge of
my superior officer. If so TO have acted was Official
contumacy, was not then informed OF It.
When speaking OF the large amount Of money annually
appropriated Tor the department Tor salaries reference
was made TO The City Inspector being Great
ing that state OF things application himself was
In relation TO the Contingent On this subject the
City Inspector replies that there was very little of
uund lett when he came into the department. but he
gets that he had added to it by the Common Council
about $1,000 Instead Of dismissal, which he says he
made d men who were receiving pay from the fund
they the aggregate merely transferred over 20
the Street and other ros the better enable the
,use tins FUND.- which for the year lust closed win
amount TO abost- $28 000 The City Inspector, being
grsc'ca man knew how to use that fund for the city
ner III which II has been spent IS only SIS 000 Two
thousand dollars for carriage hire in months could be
taken from and the loss would not be discovered, and
perhaps numerous other Incidental expenses might be
eqally beyond the power OF scrutiny The precise oh
jccts 10 THIS fund applied 1t might be difficult to
purposes wholly ilegtnate aud never Intended by its
creation is ict SO notorious TO almost every member
OF ihe de- aud 0. previous Common Councils that
i will not dwell longer upon the subject.
! am charged by the City Inspector with neglect OF
duty Ia not reporting to him negligence OF duty on the
part of clerks made no charge negligence their
part but did CHARGE as evidence Of the inefcency OF
the department and the neglect OF the City Inspector
that but little business was let to these clerks TO per-
form. come to series OF charges of a dIorent
character aud Involving more important consequences
firms that, with the exception OF supervising the clean
ting the streets, enjoyed all the duties belonging to
by tue ordinances again assert that every duty as
superintendent u Sanitary Inspection taken from
shortly the lily Inspector entered upon bis or
,dce that Such duties left to perform
:nerciy CEREAL with scarce the appearance and
substance OF power intended 70 be conferred
upon my occ by the city charter This deprivation OF
my oiIcla II MS and duties while made under tho plea
OF making nv oce easy and agreeable had an object OF
tar different character In the exercise Of my just pow
ers would undoubtedly have been 10 the
way OF carrying into effect the newly Inaugural
ted system. Had the City Inspector continued to
impossible for that official to have spent upon
the streets rate OF 5000 900 per year for work that
could been done for less than oneha that amount.
On such pouts my missionary IDEAS" were soon made
known 70 him and he took what he deemed sufficient
summary m asuros TO prevent me from disturbing him
with such deis by taking my duties from me and con.
ferring tn upon record clerk in bureau, and the
officer thus seeCted removed to another part OF the
bulldog, and his doors secured BY day and night by
raSpn locks provided that purpose All iu
formation douied 20 me, and the system
going On with remarkable success regardless OF ex-
pense rnlil il received sudden check from the Comp
sroler who refused to longer the drafts Of the
City Inspector for more money NY want OF practical
business QUALIFICATIONS became apparent by my earnest
opposition measures which clearly intended
90 carry with them a wanson waste Of the public money
without any corresponding benefit 10 the city.
There another point on which my ideas were aud
are some bat visionary" In the estimation OF the
Guy lnsre tor Among 1 h nTst measures was one n
approval OF Coloce Dclavan, had been inrodu ced TO
prevent and detect fraud on the part OF dirt
and ash tmen, and to substitute In its place the
ticket system by which the city has been derauded out
OF thousa DIS Of dollars for the benefit OF certain
ployes attached 20 the department Another example OF
ths want o. practicabilty in my remonstrsnce TO
the City Inspector against the shameless waste Of money
10 cleaning I streets, 10 which | received In reply
brimful praciicabty, 'that be did not care damn
what c5st, that the people should pay it, Again was
deficient 10 praccablity when urged the City Inspec
the cs OF cost, for which the city Is ut presen,
paying from forty 70 fifty thousand dollars was far
vision y aud impractical in my views upon these points
that stated to the City Inspector, Ia presence Of his
brother ~ my office, that unless some stop was put tc
this rockies expense the which took place Cali
fornin would be enacted In this city Bold indscrse
tmpractcabc or visionary a. such language might have
seemed 20 the CITY Inspector repeat its utterance al
this time evidence OF the with which
addressed that official and additional reply his
charges TINT did not exert my self 20 abuses
Tho Ci,y Inspector charges that male a prac
tical suggcs ion, that instructed by him pre-
pore such communications he directed the Grand
Jury Council SO utterly at variance with
tact this assertion that there has not been sanitary
Communication sent 70 the Common Council during the
present City Inspectors administration that was
wholly writtcn by mo- but the preparation Of which the
City Inspector was IN entire ignorance o until
for his approval, among which the most prominent wal
the subject Of dbdnovs The monitor OF this fact may
bear the appearance OF vanity; but sodecncc forced
upon inc, renders IL unavoidable. The communication
20 which tho city Inspector audes having been pre-
pared by others than myself related chiefly to tho OK
peuscs o. the departments, 10 which figures may have
been made 10 perform certain Offices TO which was toe