The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-13
THE NEW REGIME.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Activity in the northumberland Of Con-
racts-The Water Supply-Mea-
sures Of Economy.

under the new regime Is the Department OF Public
Works In times past the Street Department was
great concern, the Croton Aqueduct Department
was also an Immense AFFAIR, ana the services OF o
commissioner and deputy commissioner were re-
quired to run one and three commissioners to run
the other Now there Is but one man doing the
work OF five, and, although the Information Is al
most unnecessary, that one man is
49, "Boss" TWEED.
He sits In his office day after day. receiving an In
credible number OF onlce.seekers and applicants for
favors OF one sort another. and at the same time
Directs with mastery skill the machinery OF his
vast department. Notices are posted In any guam
tity on the walls around the commissioners 0nlce
NO MORE MEN CAN DE EMPLOYED
in the department and that no more applications
for lab0rers inspectors Will be received; Dut the
notices do no good. They come In swarms, ana any
one can tell when "Boss' Tweed is In town oy the
number waiting on the stairs and stoop for chance
to 'buzzn But no matter what notices "the old
man. may put out
The cry is, stii they come.
He sees as many as possible and then orders his
blonde but not always over bland, doorkeeper to
lock the door as he "wl see nobody else to-day"
While all this is being done the WORK OF the depart
ment Is running on.
THE WATER REGISTRAR
has just been comfortably ensconced In the building
at 235 Broadway, and yesterday the crowd COM
menoed pouring In there to pay their water rents.
or there were numbers of the clerks busy all
day receiving money for water rents "0oity Goor'
was on nand to take care OF "de Shermens" una
dold EN- vot dey shell doc dot dey git ole shqware
own de pooks.n Then there others who did
little or nothing but stumped around behind the
desk travelling on some relatives reputation aud
getting their money
''ON BEAr''
from the city Treasury. II Is pleasing to know,
however, that there very few Of these gentle
~ in the department, and that what have been
regarded as sinecures the place exist no longer.
THE WATER SUPPLY
Chief Engineer Tracey makes a most satisfactory
report When the order Of things were insti-
tutes1kr Tracey was appointed Chief Engineer in
the DEPARTMENT. lie was during the first fourteen
years alter the introduction Of Croton water in
this city acting as Assistant Engineer, and during
portion Of the work He mut, therefore. be ac-
knowledged TO be Thoroughly conyersant with the
actual state OF things IN regard 70 Croton water.
organize the bureau and to find where any improve
mens could be made He has Instituted most
THOROUGH AND RIGID SURVEY
OF the pipes and other paraphernaia used IN fhe de-
livery ofthe Croton wafer. He found that the water
called the attention Of ''the Boss'' TO the fact The
order published IN the HERALD some days since or.
dering the owners or private piers to put stopcocks
the pipes in their offices or In such places as
would insure economy in the waste OF water, was
Immediately issued and severaliof those to whom 1t
was sent have appeared at tn Commissioners Office
and acknowledge ed the good Judgment OF placing
slopcocks in the private offices where outsiders
could not interfere with TIE water ms order will
therefore 90 into effect and thus
GREAT SAVING
will be secured. Mr.. Tracey also found that abuses
had crept in by degree during the past Few years In
regard to water rams, force pumps and such ma
chtnery and he called the attention or 1.-The BosS 30
this abuse. Statistics were collected, lull list OF
those using the apparatus named was furnished and
all were duly noted The use OF these pumps IN Tie
lower part OF the city has tented to
DIMINISH THE SUPPLY,
and Commissioners Tweed has determined to stop il
as lar possible. To do this 1t would be impolitic
to commerce by deing the removal OF those
e IN Wa thus the @
lowing circular was yesterday Issued To the
plumbers:-
DEPARTMENT or PUBLIC WORKS,
NEW YORK, July IL, 1870.
sIR-You hereby notified that within the city limits no
connection will be allowed with the Croton water pipes Of
any water ram, Hanson pump any Other, machine
s h1sr By as the SSn wss from TO be used as
which ls1.a 9s GGGon ws'G head
''''A'" p'''' Without ps'''i wiLLfXM X. TWEED,
Commissioner OF Public Works.
Nj. Tracy has been careful to keep
TIE CITY RESERVOIRS
well filed so thai there need be no fear OF a want
OF water. The supply reservoirs have oeen kept
right TO the mark, ana when the recent orders OF
Commissioner tweed are compiled WIth-l5 he
means they shall be--the water VIII have ''head'
enough down town TO go at least a story or two
higher than 1t does az present, Thus all danger OF
WATER PANIC
is provided against Arrangements are being made
TO put water meters at the ferries and in factories
stables and any other PAGES where there may be a
waste OF the water
THE wAsIIINGToN HEIGHTS RESERVOIR
Is being rapidly pushed to completion, and will In
few wee he ready Give tie water. The tower
intended TO force the water to the higher points on
the island will not be finished before the Ia, but it
4
There are many Other III little points under the Depart
they, OF course, are du cared for.
on Monday proposals opened for work on
pavemen,s under the Department, and awards were
chystie street from Division Grand street, to W. G..
EiSssstS street from Grand to street. C. W.
Seventeenth street from first to Eas. to
% 70 avens
Forysecond street. from Tenth avenue Hudson river to
G s.s E.n Avenue aa to hudson river
CIV. Fuller, for ssS,1soi i;Slsa ninety day,.
In Fra. avenue between sFFEgaS and ys1h Streets
Thomas Casey for -s time u thirty day.. 81 s
nue. With branches in avenue A. First avenue and Eighty
seventh and Eighty.cishth streets to r. stomeyer, Tor
In Water street. between slip
aSssa Ssy sss 'i%s .ns
uaninss Streets
In First avenue between Houston and Third Streets ave
A. between Second AMI Third streets, and avenus u,
bcwcen Third and Fourth Streets TO Robert McChrse for
s3,4A; time, 20 days
Se TaH rh fp and Fifth avenues
Patrick Farley, for SS35l; time, 80 days
South street between Jackson and corerrs and In Cor
ears from South fo Water street, TO Michael Rabbit Tor
e5r0. Time, fifteen days
First between Thirty fourth and Thirty sixth
streets tcast sidcl The bids by Michael Rabbit and
McKcon, Sl,l5S. Time ten days
sfhis award Jet doubtful although Mr. Jardne s the
lowest bidder
The work In the other bureaus Is being pro-
gresscd with n spirit, system almost surprising
superintendent Edward Moore, in charge OF
THE ROADS,
has already succeeded In making the work OF the De
pariment, rs far as his bureau IS concerned, quite
cOmplete. Being an gold stager he Knows how