New-York tribune., 1871-10-10
THE FRAUDS REVEALED.
cov,,sues from F4rs, Pese.

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oipal Government is simply this How do such ex.
uanses compare with those of other corporanonS'
YOur Committee do not hesitate to assert that there
n not q railway or manufacturing company In the
United States land there are several such when coulo
be named) whose annual receipts and Disbursements
nearly approximate those of the City and County VI
New-York, whose expenses for receiving anu u0
bursing money, auditing recording, ana keepius Nv
counts. including the services OF ot1cers, -
sengers and Others amount to one tentn "
CURED in the administration OF our ivy L.
man, tr .hoso nnrnosas during the last two OF 'h'o
years ,,,;rs IN q
This extrayagant waste OF money 60 g P,.,,
great measure the alarming increase Oh tne oy uo''
which has lately doubled every Two .o noo o"o
SSe Ooo mn IN the ist Of January 1867 ana
<Sro. - Jannsrv. 1871 It was $4SOOO0OO on the
n0 t' Ynnrv 1870 and $97 sS75 55 GS on the 14th of
rshar "a 1s71. and your Committee greatly fear
-" oooumnlation Of this debt will swell the
"nat 70 s1aoOOO,OOO within the ensuing year.
rDa ,rocass by which this debt has been and is
.:u aUcnmulating appears to bo, that an interest
ling certificate called revenue bond, is issued to
p. cancelled by the incoming taxes OF the current
vesr Thus nearly or quite every dollar Of the an
SUol General tax levy is hypothecated to provide
funds for carrying on the Government in anticipa-
ton of receipts from that The expenses being
of the revenue bonds are consolidated into the per-
u1anent debt, while the money borrowed upon them
has been 80 wastefuy expended that it might, with
about much propriety benefit to the public, be
thrown from the windows of the City Hall, to be
caught UP by the crowds below.
The Committee feel it to be their duty to bring for
ward at this stage Of their Investigations several
which have already arrested their attention.
fragrant enough, in their opinion, to warrant the
language which they have used, and to which they
earnestly beg the attention of the city authorities,
and invoke the immediate exercise of their official
power to prosecute the guilty and endeavor TO re-
cover the money.
Statements specifying some of these cases are pre-
rented herewith.
Your Committee would suggest that a copy of this
report and of the accompanying papers be transmit
ted to his Honor the Mayor, since upon him more
than upon any other official devolves the response
bity of arresng these terrible evils, and checking
the audacious and shameless robberies which make
the name of our city by-word and reproach. 1t
is believed to be in his power to cause the discharge
of the army of supernumerary employees to institute
a thorough and honest audit of every account, and
to reclaim and restore to the publc treasury some OF
the millions whIoh have been stolen, and thus rees-
tablish the credit of our City Government.
Your Committee feel that in order to prosecute
and successfully complete the work which they have
undertaken at your request it is essential that the
representatives of the Board Of Supervisors, of
the Board of Aldermen, with whom they are now
acting should be clothed with the additional powers
heretofore requested the same to be exercised as
shall be concusively shown to be necessary for the
attainment of the object in view and while awaiting
the necessary action for that purpose their labors
must be partially suspended.
Your Committee would especially commend to
of the Committee on Armories and Drill-rOoms,
which is presented herewith:
Prom the above statement it will be seen that,
in the opinion of the experts employed by your Com
mttee the total amount of expenditures for all pur
poses covered by the vouchers and accounts which
have been submitted to your Committee. is
$l92, 2,46S an estimate, in the opinion of your Com
mttee which as fair and just is possible to OBJ
tain with such data"
The total amount expended for the purposes as
shown by the books and vouchers submitted. Is
three millions two hundred and twenty-one thous-
and eight hundred and sxty-fve dollars and sixty
two cents ($S, POI, 1886 g.
And also, the following from the report of the
Committee to examine the payments to MeSSrs u
i. Schuyler & Co., herewith submitted:
Your Committee beg to add, that in view OF
facts herein given, and from such Information as
they have been able to obtain, they are led to the
conviction that $463039 q was paid for about
$4,000 worth of lumber and that large part II not
the whole, of the overpayment was received by one
Robert Winthrop"
Deeply sensible of the gravity of the duty to which
they have been called, and fully alive to the impor
tance of calm, dispassionate performance OF IT,
your Committee have earnestly devoted themselves
TO the task imposed upon them by the acceptance OF
tho +ust and have faithfully endeavored to arrive
at results which should either disprove the charges
or establish them.
It would have given us the greatest satisfaction
70 have been able to to different conclusions
than those expressed in this report With the origin
of the charges against the City Government, OF the
purposes with which they have been made, we have
no concern OF interest whatever. Not partlsans our
selves differing even in political views among
ourselves we have faithfully eDdeavOred to supply
the facts without regard to parties or politics, and
sincerely trust that the result may be honest and
faithful administration of our City Government
hereafter Respectfully submitted, by order of the
Committee w. A. BOOTH, Ch hairman.
SCHUYLER'S BILLS.