New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-29
GLINPSES 1T THE CITY ACCOUNTS.
THE CONTROLLERS vOUCHERS-AN EXHIBITION
THAT EXHIBITS NOTHING.

THAT EXHIBITS NOTHING.
A TRIBUNE reporter applied, yesterday, to
Deputy Controller storrs for permission to examine the
Controllers vouchers in the of of the payments
Keyser Co.. and Others the report submitted by the
Controller through the Mayor giving merely general
statements of dates persons amounts and services rem
dered Mr. Sors said tnat IL would be necessary 10 OBJ
tain permission the Controller and that that officer
not in but would probably return in half an hour.
At the expiration of that time the reporter returned
and met Mr. storrs emerging from the Controllers pri
vate office. He had bundle of vouchers in his hand,
and invited the reporter to into the private office to
examine them AS they entered, moments view Of
Mr. Connolly obtained while he was detained in con-
versation at the doorway in his passage to another
Mayor Hall came up TO the desk just as the ex
animation begun and remarked that ait
hardly the thing TO submit vouchers for
examination in such way, and 1t would
not permitted at washngton-a least he doubted II
it would and yet the people had demanded to see the
and no obstacle should be et In tine way
difference between the two descriptions of vouchers
the Board OF Supervisors and the other by the Com
mitee Of the Board
The first voucher examined was one in the case OF
payment OF $50 $50 50 TO Keyser Co., for plumbing
etc" First in order in this bundle Of papers was Keyser
Co.'s bill for work done and materials furnished, com
prisng several pages of foOscap The various items oc
cupied line each, with the amount set opposite aud
the totals under the several heads carried down Across
the face Of this bill written the signature W. NJ
Tweed, Chm" in coarse, scrawling letters. , AZ
FORM which filed out so as to read as follows;
CITY OF NEw-YoRK DEPARTMENT FIs4NcE
CoSPTRoLLKR's 0YYicR June 10, 1910.
The undersigned pursuance Chap 1872 Laws of 1870
m a, they audited the annexed bill Of l TO- and have al
lowed the same a the sum Of 1881 49,
Dated New York, June 10, 1870. - Mayor
r. B. CONNOLLY, Controller
". NJ TWEED, Pres Board Of sups
In red ink under the statement OF the amount in the
above, written: Interest due to June 10 ls;o.
37o e. bringing the amount 10 $3.50 So The Con
trOers order TO the Auditor 10 issue warrant Tor the
amount was contained in the printed form which was
pasted on with the paper copied above The lndOrse-
the back OF the whole consisted OF RECORD MARKS
the TS sC RS%9 aBS fs ee d stamped
on with the signature, James WATSON written IN the
center This was all that was sI9eeu as h Tor
$50 $50 sOthe Of the whole being, as 1t addressed "
SWe charge thus much; 3 that Mr.. Tweed said, "Ali
right Connolly. square It :" and that the Controller said,
the money" The reporter looked az the long list OF items
in Keyser COmpanys BILL but was OF course unaDle 10
and he AT the same tme fanced that 1t must have
zled Mr. Tweed himself TO determine the question IN
Next was examined the voucher in the case Of pay
ment Of s931s to the NewYork Printing Company for
1870 The detail Of items filed 10 pages OF foolscap,
closely and neatly written and across the face Of each
the Board of Supervisory This one of the cases IN
which the account had been approved " by resol1-
ing TO that copied above, was signed by the
Mayor and Controller showing that those two officers
the statement of Mr. Wlbour the President of the
Printing Company that the account as rendered was cor
But neither in this nor III that Of the bill OF
Keyser Co any receipts submitted 10 show that
the subordinate officials concerned acknowledged the
service claimed to have been rendered
The Deputy Controller afforded the reporter ample OPP
pOrunty 70 the vouchers which he had brought
from the files but he kept his hand very close to the
bundle OF papers which possess, TO the Controller the
representative value OF many thousands OF dollars;
and the reporter observed that two men came
in, who seemed TO be merely supernumeraries in
the Controllers Office, and who patiently sat
near hand, during the whole examination,
without speaking word. Their business may have
been guard against the reporters snatchng and run
ming away with the important papers, zeal for news
T. presumed to subject men, sometimes, 10 terrible temp
tatiOns else they there TO act witnesses
he able TO testify with reference TO any subsequent
account Of the examination.
MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
The Joint Committee of the Supervisors and
Aldermen upon City and County Accounts met yeser-
day for organization, consultation, and cooperation,
with civic COMMITTEE Alderman Dimond elected
temporary Chairman John Hardy Clerk of the Com
mon Council, acted as Secretary. Alderman Woltman
moved that the Supervisors and the Aldermen were
represented by Committees the meeting should be an
executive one TO mode Of procedure satisfac
tory 10 both Committees. This motion carried and
all except members and officers were excluded