New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-28

The subject OF expenditure onthe New Court
House came up'yesterday in the Board 81 ri.
pe-iasors on the presentation Of a report OF q
Committee giving detailed history of its pro-
gress Ina, remarkable structure has already
col Toe city so'ncthiug more than two millions
n doiah. when ;hc estimated expenditure Was
ONLY L.lra million. AID il Is calculated that there
is sti.l about years work to be done upon II,
at a rost whose only Emit is the necessities o.
The Ring" Supervisor Fly, therefore. very
pro,srly took upon himself the dty OF inpngn
iue Ore correctness OF the Committees report,
aud proposed to refer il 10 another, OF which he
asked to BE- a member, pledgins hinseh 70 suS-
tain ms statement. The motion was laid upon
ipe ilbl,. Mr.. Ely then put in writing a
formal charge oil grossly extrsvagant
aud improper Expenditures on the part
Of those having charge OF the building,
ia tbs purchase Of iron, marble and bricks
and in payment OF .vatious persons employed
and again asked for the appointment OF Com
nlittes of Investigation. This motion also
ya< lost the Board of Supervisors thus voting
vice within All hour that il did not dare or did
not choose 10 appoint committee OF its own
members to look into charges of waste eytravo
eance or corruption often publicly made, very
largely believed in, and which have, at least,
the reasonable foundation that on an estimated
work Of half u million more than two millions
have been already spent, while ayear's work is
yet 10 be done. ~.
Tint such would be the public judgment on
these proceedings seems to have occurred to
some of the meulbers after the adjournment, Tor
few hours later special call was issued for
another meeting. To-be-snre Supervisor Blunt
was ready with some sort OF q report about
acknowledgements when was he not any time
these three years AS a pretext for this basty
meeting; but it was evident that the real object
WAS to reconsider the subject Of committee OF
investigation ON the New Court House. So the
Board did, what it should have done, without
hesitation, at the outset, aud appointed Com
mittee. But at was very careful, contrary
TO all Parliamentary usage, not to put
upon IL the mover OF the measure, Mr.. Ely, and
the only one, 50 far as the public knows, who
il disposed to make an investigation. And not
only is it contrary to usage but Mr.. Ely
specially requested that he might be made
nienlber Of the Committee, and offering, if chat
we're done, to make good the charges he pre-
fersd, If the Board means to have an honest
uvestigpto9, it's unfortunate in thus throwing
suspicion upon the COMMITTEES appointed; and
ifnot homes. the fact that Mr.. Ely was not
made D msmberwilI be borne in mind when the
report Is made. i ,l-s-7I-, J.T1 - =,
Meantime, however, the Committee meets
to-day, and all parties interested are invited to
present evidence upon tho subject. We beg
l,ave 10 accept this invitation on tho part of
TINS TRIBUNE, which has already expressed
good deal Of interest in the matter. end 10 make
. stat msnt to which We trust the Committee
will give consideration as an aid to their iuvss.
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