The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-11

to a dead stop. You see he had to stop because
there was Storrs aud lot OF other nice looking
Young men, who wanted To know what he wanted
Cnarllck SAID he was after
NAN CALLED THE COMPTROLLER
saa asd so ypa xno% nm
chair AM. and famed himself compacently."
"wen, oharlick bowed his way along and alter
good deal of waiting got In Nnere the Comptroller
was When ne got there ne told the financial man
s.a We e wahse9; amen snere was talk1a war
HICKS talks end-ln victory, general peace and no
This, simply. We, the street cleaners, as you
may want to call us, In meeting assembled, came
TO the conclusion tnat for the month OF June
$4,000 was required for STRENGTHENING, aud a
requisition Tor that amount was made out and sent
to the comptroller"
"On the cath Of June.u
lust before the close of the month";"
"Then you did not make requisition for the
month OF Juiyr
"We did not"
"DO you intend tO9r
"Thats our business, with all respect to yOu.n
"And was the requisltion honOredS"
~ was, alter Mr.. Charlick went down there and
made things lively with the Comptroller. He
wouldn't put up with any nonsense-not he. He
dldnt; ne said he couldn't and the end OF 1t all
was that we got what was our right sl26, ooo"
Toe HERALD Commissioner, alter his little talk
Win the Street Cleaning Commission, rode down
to the Comptr0ller's office.
closely, and all about 1t in the Railways were
swarms OF would-be-pad city claimants. The
scavenger was there. 30 was the Odorous con-
tractor OF sewers the equally honest Park police
man, the smiling tax gatherer, all after one thing
money or its equivalent. The HERALD man was
nowhere In such motley multitude. He wrote
out his card trembingy and sent 1t in. The Ger
berus ut the door looked daggers at the card and
did mis- second man. Finally q door was opened
quietly and voice said, in husky whisper,
'CoMK THIS Way"
The HERALD man went the way he was called
oft frun Antno Vnt,,
he stood In the presence Of the Comptroller. The
latter was busy. He had his head buried in county
on the floor and all about the claims against
the city for amounts great ana small, and In q
corner litter OF mandamuses peremptory, that he
had not yet had time to even glance at. The
HERALD man was received with all courtesy There
was no brass band but still there was q chair
"Woudn't he be scatedr'' OF course he would,
and seated he was In a second alter his entering
soon was the Comptroller at his service, and then
began lively conversation. What 1t amounted
fee 1t to say, that when the Comptroller was
spoken to about his refusal to pay up Tor the month
OF July for street cleaning ne had
THE LAW AT HAND.
1t was the supplementary bill which allows the
Police Department to draw only one-tweifth every
month OIL their annual appropratiOn-that is.
"Yoa see." said Mr.. Green, 81 construct the
law consctentiously, and believed, when the
Police Department called upon me for $l25, 900 for
the month Of June for street cleaning, that they
wanted more than the law allowed; still owing to
tnelr representations tnaJ Cne season Of the year
required greater expenditure than Winter months
for street cleaning, and the law Is open to two
or three constructions allowed cheerfuly the Iul
amount"
''rhen what about the requistion for Juyr'
None has been made; the Police Department
has been allowed all they asked Tor street cleaning
You see here (the Comptroller here exhibited the
requisitiOn) Is the Police Departments last call
upon u.s.
For of Street Cleaning, &C.. $l25 900
Police Department, &C., &C., $4,000
SuppheS oWU
That 1925, 900 on account Of street cleaning has
been allowed" said the Comptroller, " and there
has been no other requisition since that one. You
may call my accommodating the Police Department
'squirming,' but have done simply what believed
to be right"
This ended the talk, and the HERALD Commits
sioner went his ways In peace.
Complaint from GA Property Owner.'
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Seeing your article in the HERALD OF this day on
the condition Of the streets, am prompted to In
auire why it is that the walk at the southeast
ner Of Seventh avenue and Twelfth street is
allowed to remain In the condition that 1t now Is
The walk IL not more than half covered with flag
stones. Repeated complaints to the Department
of Public Works have failed to have any effect,
although the place has been in this condition for
long time. Does not the law require the officials
to put in order at the expense OF the owners, II
they refuse A PROPERTY OWNER.