The New York herald., 1865-02-24
CRY. AFFAIRS.
YaB CITY MPBCFoRs DEPARTMENT.
Estimated Expense Of Cleaning
the Streets.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY.
Important Testimony in Relation to the
ComptRollsrS Department,
&s., &e., &e.
ne committee met u the usual hour, and proceeded
. take testimony In relation 70 the City Inspectors De-
Dazsmenk
Tho nrst witness called was Samuel r Webster, ex-
ouancman and a present clerk b one Of the police
eourts
Ne was shown an shidavit the one signed by Mr. Carr
which alluded 10 In the previous days proceedngs
aaA asked II he knew how the jurat came NOT 70 be
o1led in.
witnsss-I can explain the omission IN no other way
Aan that II was clerical error
Judge Whiting-Have you been talked TO about this
matter within the last few caysf A. No person talked te
- about since testified BEFORE In the Bureau
Sanitary Inspection when ! signed A. now deputy
srk In of the police courts held that once yeaI
while was 0 Councilman; received compensation as
'Usunciman..
me counsel for Mr. Booc here read = communities
Geo from the Compost Company which had been
vubshed In one Of the city papers, 70 show that the
etect Of that company to mako money out Of the
e11y. The counsel said that Mr. Williamson stated that
- communication written in tho ofce of the COM
eed, and he he counsep wanted to put the paper in
kviaence. The object Of this testimony TO show
respectable citizens were unwHtingly enlisted In
Mr. Munger chairman Of the committee, excluded the
On the gr0una .nas a. publication tic IN IN
The counsel for Mr. Booe asked the committee 70 enter
sEotest 70 the ruling, which was SO entered.
George Elliott sworn-Have been In the fre'ghting
eosiness; came TO this city In 1882; went into the
heighting business in 1855 the kind Of freghting
speak Of Is removing garbage and manure from the
6keets OF the city; know Mi. wynants about twelve
yeas; he in the same business conversed with him
= several occasions in relation to the City Inspector
esntract; Wynants proposed making application for
nore compensation for removing the ashes from the
proposed to be made to the city.
pass now; went out OF the business they did give
ns enough compensation; made contract with the City
tnspecor got no compensation take the ashes from the
John Lent sworn-ResIde at 7eA Lewis street; am
tsatman not in the ashes fre hitting business now have
been In that business about ely 1T years. left when the
4tty contracted out to Mr. Jonos and Mr. Elliott in
October last know Wynants for twenty years. talked
ever the matter OF feghng the ashes after the Hackey
soatract In the Park, about the time Mr. Delavan
vent out or Office; Messrs. Wynants, Elliott and
myself talked about this matter in the Park Mr. wynants
aid We did not get enough for carrying away the stuff
and that We ought to have more-from ten to fifteen
sents load Wynants was then engaged in freighting
yae never paid for ashes that did carry away but
had to carry away good deal for nothing; the carmen
vere refused tickets for small loads and that
dumped into the boat and had to be taken away for
nothng got eight cents load for taking the ashes away
carried away four i've hundred loads In in
SAis way, for which got nothing
Doctor Cyrus Ramsay sworn:-Reside at 12S East
Shrteonth street; have lived in the city Of New York
since 1853; a physician and surgeon; graduated in
m Drof ever eli hay
charge Of the Bureau Of Records and Statistics the city
q New York compares favoraby in point OF health with
London other European city, wrote 20 the heads
~ departments In cities In Europe and have been
furnished with statistics OF mortality &C the per
ange Of mortality In London last year was twenty
ax in thousand to twenty-thrce in the
e1ty OF New York. the mortality of London huc-
,es same ~ foa, ns,s aoos nes there has been
- this city last year, as compared with the
ertaty OF the preceding year; this is the same
enc yoar who died in New York last year number
N thousand and ftycight the OF this increase
can for by the number rctarncd soldiers
suffering from chronic dssentery and other diseases con-
acted 10 the camp; the greatest mortality during
the three hot months which accounts for the increased
0ortaity OF children who died from cholera infpntun,
esethng 6c. the number Of erlgrants arriving at
Castle Garden also increase tho bills OF mortality;
shc rapid increase OF population may be attributed
70 two causes, the influx OF Southern refugees
md immigration the increase has been about So 0C0 last
year the city is healthier this year than it this
Time last year; cannot ell the reason; II Il difficult
account for the existence OF pdemcs is that
there fewer pcoIic living u ears than formerly;
the winter has been very cold but the has
been uniform which Is more conclusive 70 health than
when there are sudden changes iu the atmosphere.
Mr.. Munger-Nhich city, New York London, has
Dhe best natural advantages 20 healths A. New York
has In some respects advantage, water is better
but we have a large number OF enigrants arriving who
ore unaccmaed and all those who die at Castle Garden
put in weekly bills o. mortality great many Of
these contract their diseases on the voyage
ross-examined-Haye been I've years and
months in Office; make annual report in writing,
which goes into the Common Counsn with the City In
spectors report all the bureaus make out report there
table appended 70 my report, giving the nambcr Of
asahs births and marriages throughout the year.
ell how many died In consequences Of the draft had
20 means or ASCERTAIN ng only from the reports of the
oorones; think the mbcr hundred and forty
nine; there might have been more the thre months of
bot weather contributed greatly to incr the mortality
- the city but produced no particular disease epi-
Aemc have been In London and know what constitutes
Ae city OF London proper that portion which Is
iained within the walls II known London proper; IL
soniancd In 1854 hundred and fourteen tho sand
sour hundred and seventy-two inhabitants; the deaths
erc In 1868 numbered two thousand eight hundred and
seventy; the whole population OF London, including all
Ne suburbs, 10 nearly three millions
q What was the population Of New York in 1887
= cannot tell exactly the number Of inhabitants in
1880 according TO the OF that year was something
ever eight hundred thousand there might be improve
ents made In the sanitary condition Of the city Of New
Q Ought not the Sanitary Department, to be ned with
Dsntlemen Of education-physciansS A. think il is
1ng meat than doctor
3 Suppose his sense Of smell was not good how could
ny % this committee, under oath, that j have gone
ehrough as thorough course OF medical study any
sthcr physician and could not tell pcce Of bad meat
- good as hatcher.
Counsel for Mr. Boole-In making your estimate OF the
population, which you place nj million and eighty
thousand do you that that s the permanent popu
ton do you include In that number the transient or
uoating population A. mean the permanent popula-
Mon there have bean fortytw deaths Of omlgrants in
ene week. three fourths Of whom contract their diseases
before coming here.
q In what ratio does the population Of this city in
ereaso a. compared with Londons The population OF
sbs city increases great deal rapldy-thcy lose
~ emigration and we gain the mortality OF that portion
- London which In contained within the walls greater
shan In the suburbe
George Rice sworn-Rcsidc at No 8 Madison street;
have lived twenty-five twentythre years in this city
one Of The inspectors OF the dumping ground at the
Hoosevet street dock the greater port Of the day
nerei wasapponted in the month Of December, 1858;
since haze been there do not know Of any loads Of
snow having been dumped there FOR which tickets
gwen the instructions OF the City Inspector not TO
lve tcknis 20 carte not hrlruQ llll ioads havn