New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06


mons to answer certain charges made against them In
relation TO the Street Cleaning Contract;
MAYORS OFFICE. NEw.YoRK. Sept i, 1863
To His EretlIeacy REUBEN +. FENTON.
npIR Sm. / am in receipt OF certain charges pre-
ferred by james Gregory of this city against me- as
member of the streetCieanng comm,S sntic at ar
earlier date than the Goth inst For myself \ an
ready for an Immediate trial and unless you change
the time will have under the imPntation % ny
miud) a cruel and unnatural length Of time. You' I'm
f'' c. GODFREY GUNTHER
LETTER OF CITY INSPECTOR BooLE.
CITY INSPECTORS DEPARTMENT }
No 10 CRY HALL SQUARE, CHATHAM ST.,
... NEW YORK, Sept. ), le65.
To Hi. Ereeileacy GovERSoR FESIOSi -,
SIR: have received from your ExceHency copies "
the charges made against me in my capacity as Hty
Inspector and also Of the Turher charges hde az
Tue IN my capacity a. one oil the commissioners Ca. ~
make contract for cleaning the streets oi Tue my
OF New-York. ..,
In addition to these documents, have received no
LITIGATION TO appear before your Exceneney AT the
ecutiye Chamber in the City oil Albany, on to ''I
instant to answer the charges referred to above
shall be happy TO wait upon your ExeeIency at the
time and place Designated and to prove to yon that te
charges are both false and malicious. and thar my ON
cial conduct both as City Inspector and as Commis'
sioner has been wholly irreproachable. ga,
For the present and until am able to consult win
the other members of the Commission, waive the
constitutional question TO the power OF the Coy
ernor over the Commissioners appointed by the Legs
laiure and also the proper method OF proceeding
against them when they are thought " De gu.ty u
Official misconduct. Secure in the consciousness OF my
own innocence aud In the respect and support OF my
felow.citizens / can afford 10 nothing for the
legal technicaies which may emDarrass ,he prosoeg,
ings in this case OF cOnTse admit your Exceencys
Jurisdiction me. Individually IN my oihcai ca
pacity as City Inspector. 49, - 4, ,
Since have be IN the City Inspector Of New York. l
have been constantly and unnstly prosecuted by the
same parties who now present the charges against me
in that capacity These prosecutions have previously
eliminated in two gatiOnsone before Governor
Seymour and one before the Special Committee OF the
Senate Of which the Hon George g. Munger was
Chairman. At a considerable expense for counsel ana
immense labor IN preparing my case ana III producing
Testimony both oral and documentary, defended
myself before Governor Seymour and before the SENATE
Committee aud the result Of both OF these lnyesga-
! tions was my practical acquttaL
The charges made before your Exceleney against
me as City Inspector simply rehash OF those which
have already met and reiuted. They are made by the
same parties; they are reuted ny the same evidence
Fortunately that evidence exists in an oiein form,
having been printed BY order VI the Senate To that
document SENATE Doc No. ~ refer your Exceleney.
and have not the slightest doubt that your attentive
perusgl Of lis pages viii spare you the hugue and me
The trouble and expense 81 the oral examination OF WIT
nesses and the summing up OF counsel have already
expended much more than my emouments rs CITY In.
spector in defending myself and this Department
against these malicious prosecutions and now decline
20 waste any money upon the uBscrupIIOus per-
sons who from personal, political or pecunery motives
continue To attack tue.
BEFORE leaving this subject allow me 10 remind yonr
Excelency that Gov Seymour refused to take any ac'
ton upon the charges against me- upon the ground that
there was foundation for any action. refer you To
the Ex-Governor for proof Of the accuracy OF tbs state
ment. This my frsf acqnittai. The senate Com
mitec your Exceieney VIII see by the printed OIL
cial report decided that more evidence was neees
ssrv i'm ms defense aud senator Munger the chairman
OF the Committee said Substantially IN his speech upon
the Tax Levy that there not sufficient testimony TO
Justify report against 1 refer yon 10 the Hon.
GEORGE g. Munger and to the official report of the Sen.
ate debates proof Of the accuracy OF this statement
This was my aequitlal Thus my former judges
are now the witnesses for my defense How often am
| 20 be tried upon these twice exploded ch0rgesf
In regard To- my conduct one Of the Commissioners
appointed under the Tax Levy to make contract for
cleaning the streets OF this city my defense will be very
brief NV accusers In tins matter the paid agents
and counsel Of the "NewfoIk Sanitary and Chemical
Compost Company represented before you by an IRE
sponsible person named Gregory, who, rs am In
frmed ~ not taxpayer. The motive Of the accnsa.
ton clearly malicious and arises from the refusal OF
tho Commission to grant the contract 90 the Company
alluded to- The Corporation Counsel. under whose
legal advice the Commission acted. has already
pauod that the charter Of that Company does not
allow them to clean streets they could not have made
legal and binding contract with the city even they
had offered 20 clean the streets for dollar day. The
Hon Recorder John 4. Hoffman. the only other legal
member Of the Commssion sustained the corporation
Counsel In this opinion. Therefore the Commissioners
had no choice bat to rule out the Compost Companys
proposal.
SO soon as this was done tho agents and the organ
OF this compost company declared war upon tho Com
mission avowing tnat they intended to night the
contract IRON the start" aud that II should be
carried out. They did cause strikes among the work
men: they did tho stable Of one of the con
tractors they did main horse belonging 10 one OF the
cleaners, and they did assault tie
employees while at work. But, the police being called
IN these ourages ceasedor rather they are now re-
ne,yed in another FORM by these charges against the
Commission. The best proof OF the good Judgment OF
the Com mission in giving the contract to Mesrs Brown,
Deyoe and Knapp is the manner in which, in despite
these obstacles the contract is now being carried out
shall say no more in regard TO this street cleaning
contract until the 10th ins when shall appear before
your Excellcncy at ALBANY. But l simply desire 10
show your Exccency the spirit in which these charges
have originated and the malice with which they have
been pressed l glad that your EIcclency has az
forded nc opportunity 20 answer them as completely
as have already answered In two Investigations the
charges against me individually as City Inspector As
the charges have been published in the papers in this
city, and as the continued iteration of them by in
tereted parties in tho public press may have tendency
TO njure in the good opinion Of my felow-ctzens
take the liberty Of giving this frank aud hasty letter rs
wide a publicity as my enemies have given to their
studied and malicious accusations.
Very respectfully your obedient servant.
FRANCIS l. A BooLE, City Inspector.