New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-01
Senate Investigsting Committee.
TUESDAYS SESSION.

the city Of New York. was connected win the Cy In
spcttofs Department some three years was Superln
tcndent Of Sanitary Inspection in 1850 under Mr. Dela
yan at that time the city was doing the street clean
ng in 1864 the street cleaning cost Sel2 OOO or about
500 600 more than in ls6l the total for ls6l WAS
coo: thpre expenses continued ~ he about the
same until Mr.. BoOe into office; was there un
der Mr.. Booze six months; my own estimate carefully
made shows that the expenses for the six months was
about s7OOO00: the sum total amounts to
$500 900 for 1894; during Mr.; Bodies, eighteen
months the expenses were si'i41ooi during ,he
VANS administration the expense was sOCOIcO
making a difference Of ss26,0OO can figure the m
Of wages OF only so CO., but even allowing the
expense tO have Increased $500 900 1t leaves over
$500 900 to be accounted for: the manure of lt64
amounts to about CO. s5 loadsin 1850 1t amounted tn
lOs. 7sS loads there were four incumbrnnee oincers
who seldom did duty except 10 get their piy
there fortyscven Health Wardens. who are entirely
useless; this causes an expenditure of about e1-Vo
annually; there were about one hundred ana seventy
six Special Inspectors that counted on the ayros IN
November LASH / cannot understand what these In
spectos had to do; in tie Fourth Wd there were four
Inspectors ard in the Sixteenth Ward twenty four
Inspectors with less carts; the ordinance dlsrDntoIs
are pretty much in the category; there were SON
sixty n hundred of them when one or two men couii
have performed the duty; then there were SPECIAL
notice distributors; there are liboreIs on dumps
I one lnbuIcr on dump woaId DC suiclehti
now there is scarcely II Limit to TIE huHter
there are ash-ticket distributors; these men, IL Ia
understood collide with the caTinen aud give them
several tickets, with the understanding that when lhey
receive their money II is 10 be dvded carmen state
the ticy nom Inc IN no
thew receive pay from hotel, &c. for removing dirt
ashes, &c: In tie clerical department the SHARES
amount Geo while ali the dues can be p'rorlned
IN $50 COO per aunum tho beirngeTs are SUPP iniious
tbev receive 81 per day in of the wards there are
ghteen bcllwIngers 10 ten nsh carts nom tue Ht,o
conclusion as the number Of loads OF hshes, street
dirt and carriage thai have been removed. az the re-
poi Is are cunilicing Mr. Acton, Police CommissiOne
stated to that the street inspection Wa reriorHe'
in The Police Departments tie power Of street ms
tion should be vested exclusively IN the hands OF me
Police Commission; on ne ply rolls N lsoi l3,ai
81 swecper- 10 dirt onTs: three sweep'is Wouia D.
sufficient one cart found In I1einstaiccs one man
name Oh nav roll carnan swe'per ara teI!-flng"f'
md on nav rolls from Nov 1h 20 IAN, that thtre
l76 special Inspectors Tor Sven weeks tne amount
men hose services not needed. On tie hrst 81
Juy nr' the Contrler requested %! resolution 10
report the expenses of the Street Inspectors ocsi no
such report as been made u stead oi tsteU0, Tue
cost of that Office is over Sl,CVtOO unce stand rom
the reuort OF tie Controller tha the expense FOR car
riagc hire IN the Inspectors Department WIS over
81 UO0 think that srcct cleaning should be gwen out
y contract; think the City Inspectors Office shoud De
boil she'd the business Of tie health o the cry slou
lie placed in tie bnrds of IA commission composed
ryincioally of medical men; IN London. the returns
show mortality If Tot over 2l.toO To the million; IN
ths city, 5000 10 tie million; have visit.d the dis'
peusaIies III this cy ard hnd that there bar b'cn more
sickness for tho Ias two years than IN any oheF cry
in the world; after tie removal of Hackey made a
careful estimate Of cost for cleaning Toe streets ne
Street In, pecors cstiMated the cost al taiUU ana
made the estimate at $4,000; where contiguous dis
eases existed successful in getting health
warden To visit the locality
prcsrni IN investigating municipal niifs; am not en-
gagged with any cvspaper; one OF Two c'hMuhcA
of niue have been published; receive no rehluneFatl
for Uiy services IN NY investigate n,i nave no llobsc
or ~ i,c on of remune alton; assisted Col. Dcla.
van N le62 to drlft law WIih yicN ~ plCinf nc
sanitary powers IN tie disFcn.filc shd III III thc
men connct ted Herewith ioi H- health WnIurns
rrs eel wbnt called tie health ills IN lrtl; op
posed the bill ~ ol because thought II would nor o.
bruefcnl To the city; would c0ntde 10 the POicc Com
mi.i entire supervision 81 the ccdnug 81 thc
streets; would give the Health t"umisson tlc entire
control over all health matters IN hs CITY, klhRs nnh
Richmond Codnues. The witness then explained ms
pan for the establishment OF Health tonmssiun tie
patronage would probably amouit u some s''UD
think that the papers could be obtined hOm tie Ton
trollefs office ii could be shown that tie expenses u
/ the City Inspectors office for the met sh
To-" under under Nj MI B9oe were nb;nt s;u0toJ
20 do drew nv IN! regularly cv'Ty month; iy dltirs
/ were mostly .igEcd 10 SIR. wainwright: The PATROLS
were removed TO another room and kept und'I patcn,
LOCKS; wrote considerable for the newspapers Viii
connected with the City Inspectors office; thgk I
heard complaints against the City InspociOrs deps Il
mcnt a couple 81 months after Mr. BOolc came into
office; while IN Mr. Bodies Office efi - IN C,i
Delayan, written by Mir. BODIES conhf initial clc-.
complaining Of cHtravagant xxi enc ,,nrc, and Mr.
BODIES ineficiencyi consider 80 Al thrte is any d,
pIopoiuoh pei"e,h sW''ps All cGrtnen the rcspon.
.lb,t tesls WIN 'o street Insyector; cannot under
stand ~hy usei IN connection with this
oepaf % "ortsree months the cerriage.hre amount
eo Wv, gioic an article Published IN Ihs Fra III
feereLo< Mr. EOolc the noies were inrnIsbtd me by
Rev air. Booze Mr.. Boolc know about the pTepal alton
81 the article ard was closecd With me.
Regular examination rTum't-Mr. Booze was a
candidate for Mayor AT the time the article was pub
Nshed in The N,w.fors Era. Recess for hall an hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Judge Whiting stated that lie would be obliged to
dispense witt M Cars further evidence for the day
| on account Of sickness in his family.
Charles d. Bl.sh testilek-I reside et The corner Of
Second.nyc and Ninth-si. am butcher; have yer.
bal agreement with Mr. Boce 10 clean certain portions
Of streets: i covers SXthave.. flth-iye touith.hic
| Bowery Chsthanl.st. Beeckersi. and Broadway and
| Park-row; clean some Of the streets once week
and some twice week; for the first three
my bills amounted TO about goo week !
took part OF the manure to a dump down town, and
mart that paid took up town and its sale was for
INV benefit; received 600 for sale of in Fail
OF e63 did tho work IN the night time with macinery
commenced the work in the spring OF is@r aud IN the
Fall received increase which, with TIE ADDITION 81
Grand ST. amounted 10 600 per week In the Spring Of
le6i Bleccker.s'. and other work added and the
whole amounted 20 300 per week; sued tie ci,v last
Spring for shout SLIGO; this amount accrued from
November lr63 10 june !s4; did not paI ANYTHING for
this contract directly indirectly; Interested
the Hackiey contract SIR. ie.s"iton ard myself pu7.
chased one-hGli Il the HacEIeY contract from Ns
Hope; ] was general superintendent tor fourteen
months; Mr. Booze never nsaed ne the exact cost oi
cleaning these streeta.
10 have that stree. cleaned three times week; the
Hsckley contract at s27O 90 did not pay the ra year
At cost s3l0 900 TO clean the streets We paid eborers
a sy and carmen about eighteen cents bad DO not
think the streets could be cleaned FOR $4,000; know o.
L. Wynants he received six anC eight ceDs load for
frei 2htng ashes the streets 10y
ira T. tink would cost between 500 90 ard SoO0O0
with free dumps Croton and sales from manure.
James Crow. being swofn testifed-l reside In
ninety eighthsi was Street Inspector for the Twelfth
Ward was Inspector FOR twenty months mp TO Deem
Der last: had two ash carts and four dirt carts en-
poycd The Of LlwaTd Smith was on The pay roll
as ash cartman he did drive ih. cart another
collected the money for mc received SO day as in.