New-York tribune., 1872-01-31
MUNICIPAL CORRUPTloN'
voPr ALLEGED FRAUDS

MORE Al.l4ENIEU
NUM- s,,r REFORM INITIATING
TIE COUNCIL OF PoLIT1CAILr CAIrTrNTY r1r ON A SMALL
THE CoMhlIhs TING THE MAYORS, MAR
sCALE-INN CORPORATION C0UNsELs
sHALS, AND
h.- last THE TRIBUNE, IN elabO-'
-,,.les exposed the method OF s"lhuiins iOF
ors and others who pay licenses which was Al
- ~ Nayor's, Marshals. and Clty ATTORNEY 's..,
~ W, - Rureau Of the Mayors office was supposeu
'"e - ccrruptly employed for the benent OF uouo'
=" . oorpected with II, as was then sho"n' anu
ra V1olds was said 10 have very largely pron'eu
D. ths trapds perpetrated there. 1t was az 'e@S' O"
Nv 1,rv TRIpI-SR to be the practice OF INC -.
an. license Bureau 70 report shopkeepers Aol
=, o,rDvnovn and unheard OF ordinances anu 'he "
,.o~ry Nred such as were presented "heh the! P"u
- a. the money received by hlm' anu
a, a. alleged. not always paid over TO the p'0PG
.,,horities Often as many 40 fines we're colee'eu
a. one dav and not more than 10 were shown Dy inc
o,a o have been paid over 10 the City ChamDeIlaD'
bese frauds each small in Itself, were very large Ii ~
serreCate and considered doubly criminal oechu'o' "
the first place the fines were oppressive upon tne Wv
ple and IN the second went TO individuals anu NV
the ritv They were denounced by The TRIBUNE az 'no
tue OF their exposure as a big sWindle Oh suail
scae and this Language very accurately deserves the
.,r-e The Executive Committee OF the Council OF 70
ntcaI Reform has undertaken inquiry into the state
,ents publshed BY THE TRIBUNE and has established
their truth It saws the amount thus stolen each year
amounts 70 several hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
The Committee has further investigated the licensing
OF street cars but with very Indifferent success MI
Dexter A. Hawkins, Wal-st lawyer and politician OF
the Nineteenth Ward the Chairman OF the Executive
Committee OF the Council OF Political Reform, lately OBJ
tanned statement from the Controllers office that IN
1871 only us street cars in the whole city paid license 70
the amount Of $3.50 He arrived. by some calculation
not made public at indefinite conclusion that there
are between 900 and OOO in this city and that the
receipts should have again indefinitely speakingl
between $4,000 and 100000 Hence, 1t was claimed that
somewhere between t5 and $95 900 had been stolen
by somebody Nj Hawkins thereupon asked for state
Inent from the Mayor 10 the number Of railroads
which pay licenses number Of which each road
Yuns how many each paid license on, and how many
cars the license was stiA due The reply Of
the Mayor, through his Chief Clerk, Mr. JOINS; seH
forth that the receipts for licenses a for the
year 1871 $500 or $3.50 than the Controller
sdmits having received Whether the discrepancy is TO
he explained by the Mayor Controller remains to be
SEEN but explanation will, Of course he expected
Mr. Jone explains further in his reply Mr Hawkins,
that only three city railroads pay license for their
These the Sixth Eighth and Nnth-ave roads whose
fees for 1871 follows:
sixthsve Railroad. co cars. $50 each .......t3OOO
Eghth-aye. Railroad 100 cars, $50 each. ...... 5000
Nintn-ave. Railroad. 70 cars so each........ 4GO
a. 80