New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-11

| SuurIiOr (Uut per lHCN'H.-....---.- sj''.r 70
Supreme Court per uu'h........... gu -
Suiral!'ca Court, per l1uth....... s'9Co %
Marine Court per mon IA ....--...... 6'l2l 81
Common Pleas, Per lnUhtn........-. 2'oi' "
Total per wear. .salt'''' 80
II each court requires te services 10 CLERKS aud 10
officers The former receive S2CCl year anI ne htr
ttI f me ave co,rts vc1 he eCL 900 year, leaving
little pool OF s2y29J &c 10 be divided among inc Mc-
! bors Of The Ring. Or 10 he paid To tEcr a$oA,t
There are several pcCu.ar,ics ahOnt these court nay-
rolls and Tie various other payrO.l5 That are made
IGSST i0r }Sdf Of F. T. s%eeay is TIE Deputy
Chamberlain and also commissioner Tor opening some
receives 5000 year Clerk Of the Superior Court
| although il is notorious tEat he docs not Fl-
ayi - ~ 4r i C5urt of Common Pleas and there
isscaTcey a Court Oic5 in the now Coui lliOlse
Cnrnyy0iI il on The payroll Of the Court OF Common
| Pleas hut II is qulc probable that there IS
no such man in existence, AID eyen II tasre
| H. he docs not receive tHe eAe t"e, ' iae
ARE 9ar1 qiT Drawn by dain oi"i in the coGrols
o,gcc WHO signs Inc name Thomas Cornwall OF tho
roll and after The meme adds the letters pr. 4. ~
Fully half of the names that are on tc several rolls arc
signed by third party claiming citier to be INC as,
represent tAoin ia some other way, thus aiordns ample
In addition TO tie amounts have already named, the
y-roll Of TIE Tax Comini,SioLcrs ciie - So'1
one receive $1,000 year for ls services Two Of his
sons whose aggrc.atc salaries reach about tlo samc
amount their father receives holn suDCt1Ea,e 20
siions in the Office while several other MONITORS OF the
ier WHO is now ~ pleasure .rlp In Europe receives
Ssj ncr month while a.ing himself In foreign country.
ana J1ni arc almost deserted. OF to iOar C0nni sion
crs who receive salary of $50 month, the score OF dep
uties WHO receive 500 month"; and the couple OF score
eelhS Mo ~ ~ Gro are vcTai ofLcr lois fhat nre
paid in The County bureau Thee are two rolls for tie
| County Cicrh's Cih'e, on one 81 ,Which vac
pcdr-Burns receiving 500 year AID Camp1rh $780,
There also several dummies on them ne NAMES 81
deputy County Clerk. T.orc is roll for the COurt Of
General Sessions and ono for the Court OF
| btfcTncys olicc, with the names Of several
persons upon it VINO perform mo no t TSIE mann. 'G o
| William NJ Tweed. jr., aud Henry VI. Colyor. THO
Dsrictitolneys Office. but the D.s'ict-Att9rneE has
Two other assistants WHO 90 al TIC ""gi, a4d CoHyer
OF William NJ. Iwcedj r, corner OF Broadway and Ecade
rnnth n, Snccal Clerk" in the DistrlctAttorncy's Of
lcr and DisIct-AuOrHcy Garvin had the hardhOOd 10
% ne roll certif, ing That tic services charged had
o,iiV been prUlIed when il HCt0riDuS that many
persons whose names are Oh tho rolls had never dohe an
The following is given as an instance Of Mayor Halls
official watcLtuucss. The law Requires the Board OF
S3Iytse of adi5Grng to meet from time to
| time as tho int rests OF the puLhc Tor thelr
Hoard which has been denounced by tue Mavor and The
World tho most .Gangaons.y coraIt nodY t1at EYER
dsCraced civilized cOmFihily' Iai Is us eloik ana
| trlsty agent man named Joseph b. Young and aso
several deputy clerks among %Eom we're JiIcs IL. IN
Gcrsoli and j. A. WoI4Ward On inc organization or me
! new Board, Mayor Han aud his colleagues retained
Young and Woodward, while, Reeves f. SclmeS
sill retains his position. Tlls Beard does
course OF year. aud yet Mayor Han signs warrants,
for clerks and messengers, amounting Ia the aggregate
c 20 Of the Board Tic following are tie names
used IN draw ing amount rom The Treasury; and tho
That the persons named have actually performed:
! Joseph Il. Young. Clerk salary per yeAr.....S7,TCo
T. A. Woodward, Dcputy Cicrl salary per year.. COCO
Jas McGowan scr-c.liatArm salary per year. 5000
| 4. h
! T,n,las whitney hal. Messenger to President,
NlayOr HAD salary ptf ycar................. 1900
| TotoI ............. t16 700
There are tiiec distinct pay-rcils Tor tie Comfy 5u
reau. One OF these J. called ne regular lo ana con
taus the names Oi the CONTROLLER me De"uty Controller
| the County Auditor the ccrls VINO are actually en-
poyed in the ONCE, and some halt dozen DINER names
ihG onrr of which receive the amounts set opposite
tHcIT names or MOI it the Controller wills It. Tho
second j. called ne temporary roll" ana contains
about twenty names OF ptrsOIs said 10 be temporary
clerks" in Tie Comfy Bureau More than bali the names
on this roll are fictitious, ana no person whatever whore
name upon IL performs any service in the oiee The
third roll il also called "a" temporary roll :; but both Of
these rolls have been made out regularly Tor several
years. This roll contains about twenty names, only
| two OF which are known 10 have any own
ers. The money that IS Paid out on thls rol
Is rot taken out OI any appropriation lOr 'uiei eAtnu
itares but Is part OF uHd aai5,d ~ me ,tc Oh not
Damages Indemnity bonds htEo na,m'I "i i, 'Di2
| fund remained ueXTeud;d aitrI uf paymth,, 4i an
claims ana tDis Is now being Nv d' up III monthly IN
sallmtns. The three rolls just described are under
the eyes and under the immediate control OF Con-
molly, StOus, and County AudItOf LyLesi ana
every dOi.dr tldt u pa'u ont Oh ti's' i"'i' VA
cept tue salaries OF the six or seven Clerks
who ale to BE- seen daily ia the County Bureau is drawn
under false prctenses. There are some perullartlts
about these three rolls which entitle thCm Ia more imam
| passing notice. Several OF the persons who are de-
saTIbcd CLERKS" have not vet learned 10 write
Again, there are the names OF several men on ese l"s
Who engaged IN other business, ana some OF them re-
cciye much higher salaries than the clerks VINO are
actually engaged in The Office. The following are the
! names Ol n few a these lucky individuals; 49,.
John hOutaIDg salary per ycaf'........'....s2ID
) mes Davis, salary per Ncar.......-...'..-.- .i"l
Id1ick Chimney, s1rrN per ycnr....--...-..'. -
Patrick Barker, salary per ycar-..-...-...... l,eO
Idtflca CJmp5cll, salary per ytaf-.-......... l,op
Michael McNlrruty, salary per yetT...-..... lis'p
William Jarvis, salary per ycir...-...-....-. l,lJJ
Ilrlce Jarvis, salary per year. l'0lp
Ihpinas Ia.tn, salary per ycal......--.... I,AOJ
| JAMES connolly -alary per letr............ i'5D
! 1holnas Baker, salary per year............. l,41
Lehl.Inin II. Yard, salary per ycir-...:..... 20
Ithc ana several Others ere rtpfthtiicu on lc hoohs
a clerks IN the County Bureau but that IL merc one or
thc ltt!e hcuOns 30 which Ae ConIJcr so frequently
! resorts. Mr.. HOutaiug is a gentleman about town;
S4F' DAVIS married niece OF Controller tOnhOIys anu
j. supposed - be merchant. Mr. Giuney has prOha
pc JOB IN taking up and rclaying the ciOsaWalks BIZ
| bHECf is brother TO the Wti-knONh Aluerlhlh
| or the same name, and attends bar on Eighth
ave MI Campbell is a liquor dealer IN the sXtt enth
! NaId. Dir. hcNemcy IL IA boss painter, sch0Oi
ohctr IN the sixteenth Ward and lDalsla IN judge
hdhts Court. Thomas Whacn, better known as " irish
I' kept liquor store for many years on tcntfest,
opposite Tue Park Hospital and only moved from lh,re
! Nheh the building about 10 be pulled down In May
h hc ives IA soud style on LcanEton0yc andlh SAID
70 ne worm considerable money. Tie JarNscA are mem
pio o. thc great JARVIS family, which has It's itpresent
awe ia every once within I'VE miles ui iht 1lly IAN,
cred possible, iut admitted that with lie lapse OF umo
In rcbuttal the plaintiff proved by several witnesses
lnHt nc "'" NuI,asaui Beach on TIE Lrhi OF me oih