The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-08

on our cy-uiaKlnp tne character or the asSOcatOn
marketable commodity, obtaining In one case ~
much as $1,000 from the parties interested in egis-
laon, to use at Albany In securing the passage OF
| single measure. But all this In time.
''OHARGEs" AS 70 THE CONTRACT FOR REfAvING
/ STREETS.
VIII now take up the charges OF the s'associa-
| tion" in regard to the contract for repaving the
streets OF the city, The charges In this respect may
i =. -. summed up as foilows-Inat made q contract
for r,,,.w.ng the streets with an unfaithful
tractSr, for i sum larger than necessary and con-
trary to Jaw; ana tina. the contractor, although re-
quired to keep at work 100 men S@siv grossly yio:
men, and one specified day not over five men.
These charges are made with the same olrcumstan.
| tialry Of detail as the othez have refuted
In O. former communication, and published to the
world without affording an opportunity TO answer.
o U shown to be hH oGu Ss
mode 6 Of nqsry or means for getting nfOrms
cutors, proceed-everything Is assumed, and all
cusatons rest on mere assertions most impudently
lished where there is no affirmative proved. The
amount for which the contract was made was that
sRs ss ss y Ss & re, s
contract by its terms does not contain all the pro-
visions necessary to guard the public interests Last
that 4 We. WORK which re required Ssp'u ski!
s nd Tss ny %ho Sa{ San ssf 81
reliable testimony to be the most capable and faith
the various special kinds Of pavement being laid
and the care requisite in repairing it. that the lowest
bidder might not be the best contractor for the pub
lie interests. II the work were not properly done IL
operated injurousy to the adjoining pavement as
well az created an impeachment to public travel.
AQueduct department, which had heretofore been
charged with this work. special praise awarded to
at is but justice to say that this contract PREPARING
streets has been carried out BY him with marked
Accordingly last year made the contract with
Mr.. Brown. Before the contract was completed legal
proceedings, no doubt set on foot by Sands, were
der consideration and an injunction was obtained
restraining any payment under the contract. Evil
dence was given to sustain the character OF the
tractor and the manner In which he performed his
contract. Among the witnesses whose evidence was
obtained on these issues was MT. AnIed ". craven
whose character and qualifications will, think, be
generally admitted Mr, Craven testified as fol-
lows
CITY and County Of Nso Fork a-Afred W. Craven, being
duly sworn that he by profession civil
gneer the Croon AqueduOt Department That such or
been familiar e with the condition psysmsnss
they have been and also with the cor. and
ss hs John L.
the contractor for said work for many years past That ne
and
m That Da
Of said city At the time and for many years past
ds =
and O.
paid by said city for the work Of keeping tho same ip me
for @ ne aons By h' rs
to before Ne me this Sss day OF October
the result OF the litigation was that the Injunction
was dissolved and the contractor allowed to receive
This year the Legislature conferred on me the
same power "a last year, but Increased the amount
OF the appropriation $1,000. Before proceeding 70
no legal obstacle existed to making y with the con,
tractor who had heen thus sustained, addressed the
poraton the legal adviser BY express requirement.
Of the charter, Of all officers OF the Corporation.
The Counsel to the furnished me Win
making 1t as before. The Sands association had
this correspondence In its or his possession, for
furnished him with copies before the charges were
made. But the fact entirely concealed, that the
accusation might not fail to do Its work. Now as to
number Of men employed represented to BE- as low
as "dve,n and at no time the number required
n ss and o bis
ntendent and assistant superintendent, showing
m ss 81 sn a
IN the month q ASs sn month q Sep
somSer la mea aud eighieen carts, and that the
rns
sss .ss 5. r
posed and THE ssd John T. Brown roF himself says
Is s.
. f9s e. srown .s sni 3: .
sid e. ss!s si ss ss
% A fS a
each tos himself says that during hs month Of july sss
Is
e.: a. e s under and 81 al. as on
Kept one hundred and twenty 9So men ana
G on Win
paired. =. T. BE0Wg;.
Sworn before by all the foregoing deponens this
SHh day OF September, isss-wN. CoDpisaroS, Notary
| ] shall not stop TO comment on these "charges''
ana the signal refutation which they have received.
- TO THE "IETORMATI0N' or THE association"
m 70 the pce o
ber:-"Before making the charge the association In.
CURED Of the very lumber dealers OF whom you pur-
Chased the material who informed the association
that theT price for such lumber was only twenty-five
dollars.n It win be observed that the charges are
impression s sought to be conveyed that certain re-
spectacle Taxpayers sitting In council 9. going in
body, received this Information. No other explana-
ton IA given Of the manner OF receiving information.
We are left to grope entirely In the dark as TO the
'n rssy ns wass
has 'ascertained" or been Uniformed" or "regrets
TO be forced to believer that great fraud has been
committed the extent OF 42222 feet and TX inches
In nineteen. and one half different jobs. The "asso.
Citations Is always very minute In manufactured
detaiapresentng altogether to the reader ready to
| condemn very easy and conscientious opportunity
handsomely assisted In the cases OF the WILDLY ina
BY noble citizens, sitting In grand, grave and ma
| jestc council, the mysterious 'informer,n closely
| masked, coming up from down below and In solemn
| tones giving the Information" to tho lnquisit0rs
and then gradually descending out OF sight TO slow
music. Its painful to be called on 70 dissipate this
/ glowing and assuring illusion by showing that the
noble gentlemen In council are lay figures; that the
sepulcXrai witness IL 80 dummy performing
through another's voice. and that the whole act has
no otner substance than the stage tricks and trap
/ pings OF the owner and manager, that well known
iayorite and veteran OF the public Nathaniel Sands,
/ performing In new but characteristic scene from
! which performance he In realizing nom $4,000 to
| $4,000 per annum.
In.rerard to what II il stated the association
was iTnformed,r submit the following afldavit:-