The New York herald., 1865-02-26
CITY AFFAIRS.
Tho Senatorial Investig tigation-Testimony }
OF Mr. Boole-Adjournmento OF the Com.

The Senatorial Investig tigation-Testfm0ny
OF Mr.. .Boole-Adjournment OF the Conn
mittee, SC. eat .a# a9
Tho Committee met yesterday At half past ten O'clock
and continued their inquiries In relation to the affairs Of
the City Inspectors Department. number Of witnesses
in relation the necessity Of employing
assistant ward inspectors and health wardens All the
witnesses examined this point seemed be OF tho
opinion that more men were employed to conduct the
outside business Of the department than necessary
Mr. Booe was then put upon the stand, and testified
substantially as folows:-
Have resided in the city Of New York for thirty
years; have hold the Office Of Councilman for two
years, and was Alderman six years; am 1t
present City Inspector; think that the system
now in vogue Of cleaning the streets is %
perfect possible, II the ward inspectors and
their assistants vested with authority TO make
mary violations OF the city ordinances per
haps few ether improvements might be added which
would prove advantageous 70 me cs.v would suggest
that the City Inspector should have the power
the Board Of Hoelth IN Of emergency; al prssen
the Mayor alone possses tine power 10 ministers
should 30 compelled by law report the number Of mar
yages performed by them, and doctors should also be
compelled 70 report the number Of deaths o.
curing in thoIr practices; ny department 1
| subdividsd into three bursaus a. follows RE.
| cords and Statistics, Weights and Measures and
Sanitary Inspection, which embraces the street clean.
Ing; derive my authority from ths city ordlnAposs and
the resolutions Of the Board Of Hesh that board has
almost unlimited power everything connected with
the sanitary aGairs OF the city; would be impos.
sble 70 clear tho streets OF tho vass sccumu.
lations Of ico and ~ the present time without
involving the city In large amount Of unnecessary ex-
pense u would cost st least 900 70 the
away and then would be inprnccable 70 do IL until
the weather moderass and even then Il would be large
was absent from the city on .ccoan, Of n h.aS
absent altogether about six weeks during which
time came 70 The ciiy three Or four times 70 give in
sructions 10 subordinatcs at Albany In 1884
try 70 goa bill through the Legislature 10 empower
spcctors and health wardens TO make arrests for viola
ons Of city ordinances and for tho nrst time then dis
covered that charges had been preferred against the de
patmcnt these charges TO the effect that system
brokerage had been established for tho sale OF oces
going TO Albany When ! assumed the du-
ties q City Inspector the streets were IN
Mr. DssvsD my prsaesssso sSros..sa he Hschisg
contract, Mr. Dsavan could well help this a. there
Of tho Hackey contract and his retiring from once he
introduced great many reforms, one Of which was TO
their duties faithfully before they could receive their
pay; this was not the case under Mr. Norton who held
the once before Mr. Deaysn he also had the ash carts
great number OF abuses which existed under the former
system the system Of bell ringers naugurated by
its results consider that / could not be dis, dis
| penscd with without injury 70 tho efficiency Of
ment; tho principal diniculty In the removal Of
the ashes that thcrc power delegated 10 tho
inspectors parties for throwing ashes gar
bage in the street, the police paid very little attention 20
matters Of this kind, and the consequence that
undue amount labor devoIved upon the department.
inspectors TO arrest these parties without procuring
warrant the ticket system introduced BY me;
slider IL far superior TO tho tally system.
The committee took recess Of twenty minutes
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Booe again called 10 thc stand and cross.
examined at considerable length by Mr. whiting
witnessHnve heard that more tickets had bcen given
than there we're loads OF dirt received; MT Wynants
said that he would ashes for nothing
when wrote TO him at the end Of the month asking him
II he had held to his proposal 10 remove sshcs gratis
did not know that he had sold hi. boats 70 his SON
Mr. whitng-Who furn shed Mr. Carr with the facts 10
write your biography They may have been furnished
by my brother Rev WIN. II, Boois
Q DO you know that these facts furnished by
your brother and that saw them before they
gwen TO Mr. Carr A. am not certain.
o Is that letter not In the handwriting d your bro
Their lshowns the witness le,crj A Yes; that my
O Read il. <. Read u Yourself Fro
d prefer that you should read H. A. prefer that
you should read H.; II Is your business 70 read H.
II you say that you not able 70 read Il win read
Q Well, take It then THAI you cannot read writing
and win read H. A. You will fnd out before you are
through with this Investigation whether or not read
Judge Whiting then read the letter, which is a. fol-
ows:-
DxAs sIR--This sketch 10 sAMb because have he'd no
time make other have not corrected H. leaving
oyoarsef 70 tshs FROM add ~ Or DO anything else with
frank seen a. The In accoan, are cons.s
snalersb'e viii call - less has hour You're truy,
NNM W. ". BOOf.E
witness-T supplied AZ The facts until Mr. Can
came TO me aud asked me aboat my birth, age and any
Other incidents IN my fe ,hs. BY him was deemed I'M
has strss sweeping -nce The ask q Decembsr
pay rolls for street swespng hsve been made up
the oath Of Deeebsr thc Street Commissioner dd nos
supply the blanks never had converratien Win ths
evmptroer sbout oDj1kng thc ssSest eenains apprp
piaon from the tax levy; there posss 70 srres,
people fos violating ssdnapcse tvcthrs Of he special
could clcnn the streets for S50o 00o the propcsai fo
doing had bean legally mads, would havs sivsn tn,
contract : t-s@ ~ 81. NJ 4
The ccmnses then adjourned TN tshs lssA AZ Marcf
next
Died.
DoSmrr. -1n Brooklyn, on Saturday, February 2s
after short Illness MANY DoRAuup sister OF Terrence
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