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

bents draw their pay from the city treasury. BssIds
these there still another ccrk. who does not perform
weeks work 10 q year, whose salary 10 two tnousan
knowing the necessity Of providing for friends in IN
department, did not permit the opportunity 70 pass w
In the next paragraph have repetition OF the charg
that should have made known 10 him how the work u
the streets could BIO done for my estimate The ans
Is brief The City Inspector had not been week In tn
department before my estimate OF mon and money 70
quired 70 clean the city was placed before him. II wa
deemed visionary and the work OF downh progress ant
public waste at once commsnced have already stated
that had subsequently protested 70 our City Inspector
Of third party, who Is willing 10 testify 70 the truth q
my statement. when II was answered that 'he did moi
care damn what cost the people should pay for Il
gent fund and the $40 900 1000 free freghng,
an 'impractcable one, in the sense which the torn
practicabty Is understood BY this practical ociai
the following paragraph the City Inspector abiding e
the act Of cleaning the Streets states that t true the
expense great" and then adduces figures so sdroity
twisted and multiplied that the most ingenious with
difficulty understand them will take the liberty Of OK
From the middle OF July last until the end Of the
month of November had Col Delavan been permitted 70
remain in office, the city would have been cleaned far
Whereas under the present incumbent 1t has cost oyer
$4,000 By reference to the meteorological tables 10 the
the weather was stormy and the work upon tho streets
an absolute mpracticabity. On the 2Sth OF November
tho returns showed that seven hundred and seventy
i three charged being at work that day;
but there 10 not street inspector who would dare per-
ure himself by swearing that no had i've sweepers ON
! ployed The above is but solitary instance OF like
abuses that marked every days return TO this depart
Dent make those comments from peruBal OF the Ol-
| Cial papers permitted to
The next paragraph in order In the City Inspectors
Communication Is ding at the Mayor, who, In hs
municaton to the Common Council, condemns the policy
dsburse moneys on his unchecked account the
City Inspector In reply says that resolution or the
Council Instead OF the word resolution Ishould have
written "ordiuance," and this mistake is grasped
at TO Introduce and enlarge upon matters
charge That this thus conferred by tho Com
mon Council its records will show and that the money
was thus paid TO the City Inspector at times against the
earnest rem0nstance OF the Comptroller the latter on
cal himself can bear evidence
communication from the Comptroller TO the Common
Council think in the early part Of December states In
substance that he determined mot to obey longer the
order to pay the City Inspector but will the re-
tare the bills Of the department himself But before this
determination was made known the City Inspector had
his pay rolls the Comptroller under the expec
taton that usual the warrants would DO furnished
him am crediby informed that there is very large
number o. names on these pay rolls the
large number have been refused payment upon detection
by the Comptroller that they had legal claim the
money Of the city. Doubtless the Comptroller Is pre-.
pared TO give these facts whom called upon.
The City Inspector also denies that any such power
the public money as he is charged with possessing is
thing and refers the custom under previous ad
ministrstions Other City Inspectors, he says.
material point that these payments were never made
without the Comptroller having trustworthy
clerks as Witnesses TO tho payments The means to pay
were entrusted solely 70 these clerks and fraud any
considerable portion Of the total Of the pay rolls was
an pPossibty. In this particular how stands the
under the present systemf City Inspector assures
the pubic that he bring vouchers for all the money
expended. Exactly so. have his pay roll clerk
with crss cross write scores OF these vouchers without
person being present but myself in the office. why
the pay rolls are never much less signed by these
men And these are the City Inspector vouchers for
The City Inspector states that he was warned by his
friends not to keep in office these friends prophesyng
yhuf ortuosn
doubtless members Of the ring and knew the dit.
ference between my practicabiy and the practlcaby
o. the City Inspector. They evidently knew that
garded system Of public plumber in the light
other kinds OF robbery, and 1t doubtless tho koow
them to demonstrate against my retentsn in oIice. II
may be that the City Inspector unfortunate in
taking such dsnterested advice and may also be
tue city may be gamer by the operation. There
means OF testing the quesonno however, In precisely
the way suggested by the City Inspector HE states that
he Is willing TO have investigation by the Common
Council. This is very we'll as they all dsinterested
parties But II the calculation OF truth my charges
DE the earnest desire OF the City Inspector would sug
gest to him the selection Of three private gentlemen
undertake. the investigation-as for instance. James
What answer does the City Inspector give to this pro-
positions
Iha City Inspector complains Of my charge relative TO
the department being political machine, and that 1t
contro with the Street Department, the elections and
then, with an ar OF triumph answers that this had
nifty to.make his late attack upon him. said such
thing as he charges upon me. said nominations, and
think have proved. The system which
sometimes controls one sometimes sadly fails in
trolling the other Will add further unwelcOme
ment on this point
The City Inspector complains Of my statement aso the
fore would answer that during .he Last six months
the mortality Of the city has increased about twenty
cent the mortatys0 the preceding year. which, 10
measure ewing to oil absence Of system the de-
partment. During the sickly month Of July, when the
snired there D were not more than ten on, or
the forty four receiving pay that could be made
available Those officials had received leave Of
absence from the City Inspector, and this without
my previous knowledge OF the fact But the de-
parment during the four years that under Colonel
Deiavan did not cease to point out the grievances
ferred TO- in special communications the Common
Gil and In its annual reports But in no one instance
were these representations attended in that body OF
which the leading member was the present City nspec.
Perhaps the remedies then suggested were "vison
consideration for the health OF the city.
My statement relation " the application or the City
Inspector the Common Council for the issuing Of street
cleaning bonds lie pronounced to be false, and the
sponsbty OF recommending the issue OF the bonds Is
placed upon the Board OF Health Of It's
To my knowledge the contrary i the case The
idea originated with the City Inspector AID In CONVEX
saton with me upon tho expediency OF submitting the
project to the Common Council rremarked that u was IN
answer 81 don't damn" was received in return.
The Board OF Health afterwards convened for tho
pose OF acting up the City inspector measures which
had read before TO that body and OF which he
the originator and panner And here ends the communal
cation o; the City Inspector. IL paragraph by
paragraph, without hesitancy op reserve, planly and
directly, aud, as think tho public will decide, concu.
sivey. And having thus answered, let ask, whero
can be found all the long replication the City nspec
tor, single direct combination OF any OF my most
serious chargcsy Prevarication, Misrepresentation
tho alpervadng characteristics Of that
boriousy prepared document. But there Is OF my
charges and the important by far OF any have made
involving its costs 10 the city at the Of from $780,
900 5000 00o which passed by the City Inspector
without an aIlusion to It, stated that from two to
three hundred had been receiving pay from the city
who in return had not performed a days work. Where
Is the the City Inspector to this charger Who
wore these men--if they werc--and where they
| TO be found for their names were charged on the
pay rolsY An answer must be found In the
i convenient system OF the City Inspector which be
has naugurated The City Inspector has evidently not
considered this charge "practica' ono, and he has
passed II in silence But the public win not be
sen upon this subject the subject OF other abuses
which have crept INTO the City Inspectors Department
during the last six months II deep Disgrace the
city that should have permitted itself 70 be msgovern
cd by handful OF political adventures
| In all less than twenty men,
The blow which this combination has received renders