The New York herald., 1869-03-28
MAYORS OFFICE.


Business al the Bureau OF Licenses has not nagged
much during the past week, and Marshal Tooker,
with his assistants Messrs. DAILY and Hartt have had
their hands full, attending to complainans and de-
PENDANTS In which for the most part have been
quite trivial. Owing to the prompt measures pur-
sued by the Marshal the bogus intelligence ONCE
business has been almost completely stopped,i
and "coachies' and truck and cert drivers
keep themselves on their good behavior.
In ferreting out Offenders and swindlers
and compelling the return OF moneys Illegally
obtained detective officers McGrath and Youry,
onduty at the Mayors ONCE have been kept pretty
busy by the Marshal and have rendered hlm eflcient
service. During the past week they have been In
strumental In having refunded nlnetyseven dollars
to overconfdlng young men seeking situations.
An amusing complaint containing
NEW DODGE
was made before the Marshal few days ago. A
gentleman appeared and complained that he
had engaged coach No. AIS, rear the corner
OF Eighth street and Broadway. 10 be driven
70 e, fa anena ne street and
then asked 10 DC driven TO the corner OF Four
teenth street aud Seventh avenue. For this the
driver asked 81 80. The gentleman demurred TO
this charge but handed the driver two dollars. The
ema EnownS Ss he & oSa earss e
Mayors Office, allowed the matter TO drop at the
time, took the number OF the coach and made the
complaint as stated. The owner and driver OF the
hack, No. 475s were sent for. From their story 1t
appears that the driver went into saloon TO get
cup OF c0ffee, ana on coming out found tiat his
coach goire lie reported the fact atIhe station
house, and while the driver and the police
were looking for the coach the gentleman was being
vctimized by the coach thief. The coach was found
next morning rather used up and the horses knees
skinned. There rs but little probability OF the VIC
tmized gent obtaining his money although the police
are ON the lookout for the sharp, sel-appon6ed
coachie.
appear to be coming in for good share Of the Mar
silals attention, and some Of the many donges prac-
tlsed by them are being exposed. The system or
charging storage light articles the Marshal is de-
termned to break up as numerous complaints III
that regard have been made 10 him. The following
l. Slmons, or No. 90 Catnarine street. was charged
with demanding extra storage on goods pledged
ker tnat he had no right to make an extra charge
for st0rage it announced actually TO charging extra
percentage, ana this he had no right TO do under
the ordinances. The complaint was that watch
had been pawned for six dollars which amount the
pawnbroker paid after deducting five cents for the
revenue stamp; but he marked on the ticket six dol
lars and twenty-five cents, stating that the extra
twenty-five cents was for storage, and he refused to
aer e Her %acss ec @ se as
the matter with complainant ana make no extra
charge for storage.
NJ. Manix, OF No. so James street, was charged
with having stated to customer who had pledged
some goods with him. when the latter wished TO
deem them, that they had oecn taken out "stop
that little girl called about ten DAYS after the goods
had been pawned and said the ticket had been lost.
He gave the child o "stop tcket,r and on that the
goods were taken out. The complainant had the
ticket In her possession and stated that she had
sent anybody to stop the ticket. IL appeared
that the pawnbroker had not required or Obtained
any evidence OF the loss OF the ticket when giving
the stop ticket," and the dliilcnty entirely
from the careless way IN which the business was
DONE the Marshal said that the pawnbroker ought
to suffer and therefore learn lesson, and he re-
quested him 10 refund the value OF the goods.
Louis Swartz. OF 5sS Third avenue, whose license
was revoked some time since because OF his manner
of doing business and for alleged completely in
sWindllng operations, was complained OF as still
carrying on his business The Marshal therefore,
placed his case in the hands OF the Corporation At
torney Tor prosecution.
THE CARTMEN's PROTECTIVE UNION
having complained Of Michael Reilly, OF $40 East
sixteenth street, Tor running more carts than he
had licenses Tor, aud therefore violating the corpora
ton ordinances has created quite sensation. Conn-
sci have been engaged on both sides, and the trial
VIII come up tomorrow at noon.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
During the week large number OF fines for viola
tfons OF corporation ordinances have been imposed.
In most cases the fines were all comparatively light
as the Offenders generally are poor men and en-
deavor to avoid being found delinquent second
time. Marshal Tooker in imposing glit flue ex-
pressed the opinion that 1t would be productive OF
much good as O heavy one In most cases. and
tnat f person were determined to 10 wrong dining
would not deter him.
Licenses have been granted as follows:-Express,
10: venders ~; carss, %; drivers, g7 coaches, *
boarding houses, 2; porters, T. Total, pa.
Total amount received for licenses and fines
1928.