New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-29

PACED 2O3. Here George again looms up and " fobs'
the following items:
warrant No ga give. the ky dog for drafting and copy
ing report opening Ninety -nnthse sI''Oo ~
Mote the exactness of the item; not fifteen hund-
red dollars but fifteen hundred dollars and THIRTY
TWO cESTs-neither more nor less. Shylock could
not have made out this bill, for he is dead)
Then comes the following:
Warrant No. 1884, Roomrent fuel, so. Ninety .,.o ~
warrant No a55 Disbursements and samps.:.... 100 90
Warrant No. 2i2. Clerical services. .-.....-.- ~" w
Making total for George in that matter of only
81, $50 80.
Lovely George say We
George again disappears, until We reach page No.
2O6. Thereon, Warrant No. 253 makes George the
recipient for drafting and
Copying report opening Onehundred and-thirty ,oo m
Warrant No ai Rccmren and fuel (ony s25 90
Warrant No 255. Stamps and Dsbursements--.. W W
Warrant No PSI. Clerical services 4W 70
Total for George on Onehundred and thirty hrds9 lis 90
Incompatible George!
Let the kind reader follow us to page No 2O9, and
we have done with honest George for the present:
Warrant No 274 cousoled George for drafting and
copying report opening Seventy seyenths Cery ss0o M
Warrant No rs ROOM and fuel (ony...... 2s5 90
Warrant No. 276. Disbursements (but ---'.--. 90 W
The delighted owners of property in seventyseventh
ST. only pay George. w
On reorganization, we find that our George had and
received from the City Treasury for "streetopen-
ings ALONE during the last quarter the trifing
sum Of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
SIxTY-rHREg DOLLARS and THrRTY-Two CENTS; and
further, that it oil paid to him on the same day,
to wit: the lucky oath day of January, 1866; from
all which we draw the following conclusions
First That George is lucky dog, because he is
the only dog in the City that has been able to procure
so many delicious bones to pick in such limited
space of time.
Second: That he is happy dog; for the most mis-
cradle cur extant ought to feel happy to have that
dish of City Warrants (s17,s6 32) set before
him, with the polite request to "go in"
Third: He is a smart dog; for he can bark at half
dozen openings at the same instant; and
Fourth: He is on economical and humane dog; for
he underles his kennel to dogs, and at higher
prices ana keeps it better warmed, than any other
dog outside Of the final restingpace for all such dogs
Observe, that by separating the bones into homo
geneous lots, we find he received for the use Of the
kennel and warming it alone the sum of $685. and
then for few barks as Clerk he received $4,000;
although other dogs were employed to bark in the
same service to the tune of $1,000.
Hereby, we see that George is genuine bulldog,
and never lets go of the root of all evil.
Notwithstanding all the good points above enumer-
atcd the taxpayers and property-owners along the
limo of the openings" declare that George is very
sad dog after all They say that their money is flched
from them-that his services either ornamental or
mythical-and that such drafts upon the City Treas
ury tend destroy confidence in the honesty OF every
man who countenances, abets, or aids such impudent
bare-faced yillanies. There some other dogs in
this book that we shall notice hereafter.
p S.-we forgot to add that this same George is a
public-spfrted and progressive dog. He is the dog
that wants all the ornamental features OF Fifth
Avenue destroyed, unless the owners shall feel con-
strained to " stand and deliver"