New-York tribune., 1872-02-26
PRICE FOUR CENTS


:S. hs9 appeal could Be made sad IL s,es
for G. iS .y,.s sfh%s, ss Sy P C;Tsss. ssst .,
have ssosht large number Of n%nts sd cabin psnssri
have Of ls asTssuHs suios oT SssnloS
Dr. Theodore was.r recalled Sy Ire co%nies ssi bSSg N,
On ma Ca a. Deputy Aesh oneer the expenses Of The steamer Re's o
earned lTom ss $3.50 Yeod .cu1ii
deputies. the Health onS received nonSi woai sHnT
contract for Qgsrssns vaccination ess have 'sensd
The Committee adjourned at S p. M on Saturday, to
meet again at the st. Nicholas at 10 to-day: AZ u
the Committee will adjourn 70 the OF the Commis
rSer Testimony will be Ses 'it'Sn IS eSeny re-
ported that the Committee win adjourn. this evening. 70
have been subpenaed and have failed TO appear.
THE QUARANTINE CONSEQUENTLY ITS OPERA
TIONs SHOULD BE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INQUIRY DEMANDED.
The Quarantine investigation has been chiefly
confined to abuses connected with the administration Of
the Health 0cer but there another branch OF tho
Quarantine Department for investigation which to
be hoped will made complete including especial ref
10 the accounts OF the Quarantine Commissioners
These Commissioners have, in answer to resolution OK
the Assembly submitted report OF their expenditures
and incurred liabilities for the past year In to
the same resolution the Quarantine Construction Board,
Mayors OF the Cities OF New.York and Brooklyn havo
also reported thGr payments ana ITT % sbon
$4,000, and the first inquiry suggested is, what mas tho
This win beat by taking matters they stood
when the present Commissioners MeSss schell Beii,
ond Parton came INTO Office. Under the adinnistration
OF their predecessors, commencing in 1865, large and
well provided hospital had been erected and completed
had been entered into covering expense of about
$4,000 for the foundation OF second structure % ~
been exR9jed to tGntaE0us OF Infections Ca
When When the c' present Commissioner took oGiee
but yet building has been erected upon IT, nor has
any contract been made therefor No other structures
have been built by the present. Commissioners Nor has
thing further been done by them toward completing
the Quarantine esta bishment 10000 were
TO the Construction Board n SIS t. enable III m
bS no T6oe of at sum was % cxne9ed Tor
other purposes. Iu 1871 further sum 10000 sp
From G e pS Of the Board a5Vs is
mentioned 1t appears that all OF this sum exeeps
gonel detailed account is given IN the report bnt
many items need explanation. Among them the sal
vising Commissioner No such position is known TO the
law. any such salary warranted by any existing
the (ChapterJ5l Laws 1870 creating the Construe;
9n s a 1sdye a sna T %
As Commissioner Of Quarantine, Dr. Bel has r.
this report appears that he has received an additional
The same report shows that $1,000 salary has been
mad 10 the Counsel OF the Construction Board. while tho
other report proves that the same counsel Las received
5000 additional from the Commissioners OF Qnaanino
Tor the period It Is pertinent TO inquire what ser
vices have Sef at rendered 5 6oep ny g e ia hs y for
the services OF superintendent OF Maehlncfy. IEs
was any money ever paid by them Tor any such serye's
The only machinery under the charge OF the Comms-
and in tho steamboats, used by the Health Onccr
These are under charge Of their proper engineers,
r S9TGS cd Ct ont ithe ayestS9on psnng before re
Been furnished for the West Bank Hospital involving
Judgment OF the Constructing Engineer, was uses, and
was pat IN contrary TO mis- advice by pr Bell may 1e
well to ask how many other expendit res by tis awo
Commissioner have been made against the advice oi h.
associates la addition TO their expenditure The report q
the Commissioners they nave run we asate ~ cDt
sl9A 81. OF this sum s9 G2i claimed by them ohaS1
been expended for the OF cholera AMI In iustiha
ton they cite the opnion OF their counsel that they hal
Alright - incur this eNpsnse IN anticipation o tho ati
nearly eJoOCoO IN erecting and furnishing hospital for
the reception Of this caos Of patients There Is no pro
claimed that there we're moe aTiyas than to hespiai
emegency eGa ested Which required tie Cosoners 70
prepare for TIC reception OF those Wo L0d been eX
S''a Do as to the d'a1s a% dec SHG @ '9SS SSdSs
on the upper structure There was ample time nnd
any such erptndifurel Dirnt the adainstrat!6n ~
Dr. SSnbmne in lC5 and 1895, and within the space ~
few months there were ~ arrivals OF vessels hayinS
Cholera bOarL Several hundred pelaoaa died Of tho
provided for b. the CommissloneiS. Ihc LHgh2im'
had appropriated only $1,000 for general Qrarartlo
but, yet me then Comnr ohrrs TOOK care ' gu Oi lhe
sck nom these 10 vessels with tie limited lciucs pro-
vhed, and exceeded Their approximation only S@'r,O al
Governor at the time. Last year tL" present Com
mlSslOneIs ndt tu hppioWl.tloh u f''"D
general purposes and have spent III; whole or H. Nh'o
there was blt single arrival Of SNIP with cholera,
ard take care OF that they haze plunged the S1c ~
debt 81 600. Another item making up this indeh-
eness il the or Sll5G l. Tor repairs and nthg up
the steamboats, Andrew Fletcher and Gov FcnOa. lno
Legislature appropriated $1,000 for this purpose The
Commissioners bayc set pp their judgment adinst that
of the Legislature ami have expended mere than d0ubio
the amount appropriated. The same violation OF law
and reckless public mOneySs shown IN their re-
| pairs Of the hOspitalship Illinois The Legis-
| fatue Appropriated $4,000 for tins purpose.
In excess Of this appropriation The Com
missioners incurred liability Of nearly s20Oo,
aud yeJ the Illinois not the property Of the state but
loan for underlined period from tire General Govern
The hinrry OF tine Illinois was taken ont un'fr
direction OF the Commissioners, and large amonnt
of copper sheatng removed from the exterior OF tho
vessel. Tho machinery and sheatbinS were sold, how
rigeOusy il IL impossible 10 ay, ana no return OF this
sale appears other than statement that $3.50 was real
tied from the sale Of Old material wto II s claimed
that tho material sOld and Oi which this miserable
count given, actually value tic yessc from
| which 1t was taken.
ting appropriations and thus limiting expenditure has
been suDOTdinated TO the Judgment of the Quarantine
Commissioners and accepting this principle there woud
] be limit to the debt which might thus be created
against the State. The Investg eating Committee should
| inquire how much the enlargement Of the Rp-
rap has cost, and what measures were taken by tho
Commissioners to the State against loss by ra,
whether the engineer certified the statements Of
the contractor to the amount OF stone delivered with
utty indifference to the amount actually furnished
II has been already admitted before the Committee that
percentages paid To the Clerk OF the Board T. L.
Howard by persons who wanted the money due them.
Mr. Howard as two salaries, OF $500 as Clerk 10 the
Quarantine Commissioners, ana tic Ohef OF 81 ,5CC as
| Clerk " the Construction Board.
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