The New York herald., 1872-12-21

Sinking Fund with request tnat It be Immediately
attended to. lime wore on and no attention was
PAD Ito to IT and the owners sold the property for
Thus BY little carelessness $35,oo0 has been lost
to the cisy.
the action OF Comptroller Green in Withholding
their money is directly detrimental to the city.
The $60o,0O0 which Mr. Green holds OF theirs has
been for six months useless. Had II been In their
hands they say, being deposited in the United
States Trust Company 1t would have drawn nve
pay for a whole month OF the Engineers Bureau.
The only other work which the Commissioners
are engaged upon is the construction Of pier 500
feet long az Thirtyf0urth street. for the Manhattan
Market Company. This is contract work.
Within few days, however, the case OF the
mandamus in the Courts will settle the matter en-
tlrely az TO who has the right to expend the money
aapproipriated apsip to the Department OF Docks, the
Several letters have passed between
THE c0MpTRoLLER AND THE COMMISSIONERS
In IN which he has offered TO pay for the working Of
is just the point OF controversy, and the Commits
sloners have answered him that they accept mig
and they are now testing the question by man
damus. The law says distinctly that "the Com
mssi0ners OF the Docks shall report annually TO
the Mayor the payments made by them," and they
stand on this law as the ground Of their action. In
case case the action is decided in favor Of the Commls
sohets the work OF remodelling the water front OF
tnc clty VIII go on expedtiously and surely.
.rs me y, accusations made against the Commission.
tleir power III certain particulars. Among these
Is the accusation that while the Commissioners
have been empowered by the Legislature to spend
only 100000 IN office expenses aud inside salaries
II they may be SO called. they have expended
$l23 900, making $23 600 over the sum pernissaple
On the other hand, tb' Commissioners account for
this by an opinion OF Che Corporation Counsel some
two years ago, who stated that the salaries of GEN
eral Mcclellan, the assistant engineers, the sur.
veys and expenses OF the bureau should not be
counted in the grant Of 100000 for ofce expenses
but from the SO, 900, 900 annually, the sum due
the Dock Department. This makes such
A DIFFERENCE
that the ONCE expenses instead or being S123, ,000
In reality only $55 100. The salaries which make
this difference In favor OF the Commissioners are =
George b. Mcclellan, EngineerIn Chief. SO ooo
Richard H. stoddari Assistant Clerk .......... SOT
John John b. Van Barsn Jr, ASSISTANT Engineer s%
Isaac Newton, Assistant Engineer. 5000
Thomas Murphy, superintendent Construction. 22SC
james A. Brown Assistant superintendent of Con -,
Henry ". johnston, superintendent Of Floating
Macone Watson hydrosrapier @
HsiS PairsE harHin a.'S" ie.esr aoM
Charles a. weir asstart tir y1r sryeyo IS @
William y. Rodenhurs draushtsman ............. IsM
DavId T. KELLER draughtsman ................. i,sM
Edwin X Armstrong, draughtsman ........... l,24s
Thomas d. wngrove rodman. goo
In this manner figures have been perverted
and made to serve the wrong purpose.
IT has further been sad that the Dock Commits
soners pay
THE ANNUAL RENTAL
70 the Tenth National Bank, which Is called
Ring bank, OF $4,000. The owner Of the building
IN which the Dock Commissioners has it's Offices il
not the Tenth National, which Is merely tenant,
but the New York Life Assurance Company; and
among the other accusations made Is that MIR. j.
Greenville Kane, one OF the Dock Commissioners,
VINO draws 900 as such Is also Secretary Of the
Board at $4,000 salary This Is not true. Mr..
Kane gave his resignation as Secretary when he
was appointed Commissioner, and draws only the
one salary oil 600 1T
The mandamus was argued on Thursday
before Judge Leonard AR, Abraham X. Lawrence
and Mr.. Richard O'Gorman, late Corporation COun.
sell on the side OF the commissioners, and Mr..
Stralan on that of the Comptroller This suit,
which was suggested by Mr.. Green Will cost
great deal OF money, ana can certainly only add to
the expenses OF the Board expenses which are
already complained about at present Judge
Leonard is considering his decision. ana the Com.
missioners are not slow in complaining that
THESE ACCUSATIONS
should first be made at O time when o most mo.
mentous decision to them is in allegiance and un-
decided.
1t must also be remembered that while howl OF
Indignation Is raised at the commissioners oi
Docks wishing to spend the money OF which they
are by law appointed the guardians the plan is
followed In other departments without anything
being said. The Department OF Parks is, for in
stance, given Its money in bulk, and spends 1t on
mere matters OF ornament while cogs appear to
be put on the wheels Of the Department or Docks,
which Department Is OF the utmost Importance to
commerce at every turn.