The sun., 1873-09-05
A sNrG uoNrs ron run nfvG.

There L. reason to believe that ON every square
ward ~ all tits udN .ug the Nus Levied a tribute
4 from 81 to 81. The paving OF fulton street
with Guidet stone blocks illustrates how great
the swindlc was under contracts with that com
pdiiN. Inc c'st of thts pavement wiS ABOUT 50
per square yard, whereas at this very day the
sane pavement is being laid In Myrtle avenue
under 'nnt'a Tor S3.sp per square yard, thus
showing that aumehOdy pocketod the snug
nonIs OF Si.D for every yard Of pavement ON
time to look more closely into this matter and
see who that somebody was. though possibly he
desires to be forgotten now.
Then there have been some rich picking.s in
the management OF the charitable and reforma-
tory installations at Flatbush that have never
Ohtainabic that for the SIX months from july,
ls,l To- January, le'2 the cost of Maintaining
the public charities uf Kings county waS tst6,-
g. 4 .i. TO- dsbutsc which amount cost the count
the additional sum oi Ol, or, IN other
words. it cost one dollar tu pay cat every d liar
expended ia charity. The cost Of charities In
side tu, Institutions wiis Slss,S2i,S. T. dishursc
which cu.t SlyL4ld.5. or more than dollar fur
dollar. Efforts have been made to have these
m t;cre Investigated. tut they were cried down.
A. the 81 Hrt to Invest tgate the Trust Company Is
now rricti GOWN. Hud 10y the same set at men. Ii
l. unlN small matter. they say; let II pass, and
hereafter We viii have the mana-emcnt re-
formed.
saOO,oOo GRAB
Then there was another small matter in con
nectiIn with the building Of "A sewer In :nird
avenue two or three Year, ago, 10y which some
body ulHac upward of $.t0CO. The circum-
stances were about as follows BIDS were
called FOR for this work and submitted 10y several
ia tlc WAS the lowest, and that uf Abner &.
ktcncN William {. kinrsley's partner was the
hsue.t. pthtr bids were made Toy Kingsley In
person. aud hy one McCann, Kingsley fore
man. The Water Hoard hesitated a long time
about giNng the contract to Van Wrinkle, a. that
was gong outside 81 tle Ring and In the mean
time kingsley offered him various sums Of
money {" WI draw his bid aud gct out Of tue
way. But Van lnklc was "A stubborn fellow
and stood for his rights, and after a
long delay got his contract. He went
90 work In earnest and continued at
NO If
spring lac got new machinery, aud went AZ the
w'ik with Increased visur lie had been ut
work only about month when, on some
trumped W. Itetence. his contract was annullcd.
aud Kingsley keeney employed to finish the
Job. They did So, aud were bald Sal5,IE direct
y I'T Nl'.' uHIsi dh ihhie contract would
have cost bat sls5,dy. and which he was ready
and anxious . 30 at that pric. and ia addition
hihee!t\ y kc,ney were paid $6s;nn As extra
c"Mpeu>ation. thus entaiinl vi on the taxpayers
an uhuv' ".~arI and fraudulent expense "
about $f'''" 1his hitle matter ht- been
nearly 4 .ttcn. Ii H. rather too bad To- revive
g now, tut B; shows how read! the lNus i To let
by .uuts be by l'uc>.
\ DLfICtNCN RUSHED UP.
Another case comes into mind in this conncc-
uon. IL viii lie remembered That a little over
,c"r AZ tie preu'cc~syr ot the present Comp
ncieu"i.s On account of city bonds sold during
Hl- administration, amounting TO $N.lOl The
affair created quite stir NJ the time, and there
" as "a. Inuo Il t..k II prosecuting Mr. John-on a.
there IL now II proceeding a. iiIIst Mr.. kodman.
But the knS thought tue matter had better be
hushed up. ana ~ nothing was ever done about
IT. III" ext tvmI Itrollcrs bonusmeu were Daniel
\. Robbins. George A. lhurne, benjamin Bald
viii. and Hugh Mclaughlin.
Ana here comes a ircsa mint Tor Comptroller
Schroeder = gardins tle Tax Ofire. I'udsr tie
ola charter a. well a. under the new, the Coliec-
tor Of laNt, VI, required TO deposit hi receipts
ily with tine ttty Treasurer; whereas a. a
matter of fact he cepur. ted IN such banks A. he
pleased, merely Transferring the balance MONTH
~ tu the city Treasury. Thus u Is susceptible
Of pr that IN average monthly balance II
more than sJg.ub Wts retained until recently
hy tie tuIi, ctur, which he loaned Co such banks
would pay him best VIII Mr. Schroeder call
ipf All 90, cunt Of the interest received uu this
half million carried 10y the Tax Collector. Ur
Hu.t thst he furs ton alspf
These l;cu- .ru merely gwen 20 show how the
hu-A4uE process uts worked IN the past ThcN
are Pig ul means All tlat can be given, nor all
that VIII he gwen, hDt all that there tr room Tor
tu uaN. The Reform tumMttterr of iifooki iNn.
and tDnsc auAluu~ To Iru~e ate luNcstlg Ntuus,
viii thi 'ul!c material aN through the history
Il the present RIM.