The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-09
TIE GREATEsT ROBBERY ON BE.
CORD.
The Democratic Thieves In View York
-Anaoant Steien. SIs,oIs.oss.
From tn. Nen York Pest.

From, the New York Pest.
1t is already known that the Commit.
tee efCtisens appointed By the board
of Supervisors has Teen engaged for
many weeks in examining I'll the work
done for the city. for which vouchers are
found 10 the Comptroller Office, and iu
com pairing the value of the work With
the price paid for it.
Every part Of the work has been thor
oughly studied by experts, under the di-
rection OF the committee, and its value
liberali liy appraised according to the rates
at which such work is ordinary paid for
by public bodies. The subcommittee In
Immediate charge Of this great work
have prepared report, which was pre-
sented to the whole committee this after
noon at special meeting held at the Su
peryisor' S room, in the New Court House
by MIR. w. A. Booth.
The following summary of the figures
and facts revealed by this report is the
first authentic information which has
reached the public as the precise extent
of the immense Robbery which Tweed
and his confederates and leaders have
committed.
The amount charged to the cost of the
new Court House. still unfinished, and
county courts and offices. and their re-
pairs and furniture, is 10 all Sl3, 4l6,-
932 %. The whole cost of the complet-
ed building could not fairly exceed So
900 600. The immense sum charged is
nude up of So, 134, 703. l9, directly chare
ed to the Court House building and its
furniture, and of S5 .2s2, ,229. 10. charged
to county courts and Offices, nearly all of
which are in the same building, for re-
pairs and furniture.
The following items are included:
$641 ,9O049 paid for $1S,SI6 80 worth of carpets
1926 lS7 .O1 paid for S30S 80 worth of fnrn
ssl4, $3.50 e5 paid for s7oO5o worth of plumbing
si.937 ,Si5.24 paid for SIooSo worth OF plasterlns
The enormous sum of 81, l6S,2I2. % is
charged for advertising, printing, blank
books and stationary since the Ist Of j Ian
uery, 1869.
Now, the committee, after full delib
Grafton, concluded to allow the enormous
sum OF $500, 900 pei anum for the ad-
vertising, printing and stationary OF the
city and county; but this amount, as all
will agree, is vastly in excess ofthe value
of the werk done. This allowance would
amount to 81 800, 900 for the last three
years, but the amount.paid in the last
thlrty-three months is really more than
seven million dollars, or at the rate OF
five times as much as the large allowance
in question. Most of this has been paid
either to Tweed Printing company and
Tweed's Transcript, or to the small and
unknown journals of Tweed's friends,
which are supported, not by the public,
nor to be read, but solely by the subsidies
Of the Ring.
The whole account, therefore, stands
thus
Amount paid. Real value.
Armories and Drill Rooms$3, ,22l s65.62 $2O2, 163
Lumber hill ...,,,.,., 463.03927 A., 900
Court House and Repairs l3 4lo 9322o 8,000G0
Advertising, Stationary .
Printing 7 2122a 15Oo 900
$2I270n 40 $3.50 4G3
Loss to the city $19b19,58o
This is, then, the amount of public
mony stolen by the Ring and divided
between Tweed and his fellow thieves,
since Jauary lst, 1869. And this robber
comes impudently before the people of
OF fha x,oIlr