The sun., 1873-06-24
THE GUILELESS ROBESOy.l
HOU CONEP fCfS arr tutEnr,
BY THE NitY DEPIRlUINr

The Bidding Fnrcc-Cnst ot th, No..
~ioop- III 'Nnr-K rHttiuu Irou.tind. Nnvs
Yards Turned into Political piuccrs.
To me E,tn9r ot me SIM.
SIR: Isaiah llauscom i, the Chcr oC tb,
Naval Bureau Of Construction AMI Rcp,irs
Every year he purchase, large iau'i. ... or Ium.
b"r. timber, iron, hemp, and other -jufc, for
the use Of the navy. lie gives most ui the com
tracts To his personal fficnds. rrcAc, s. I,yott
of Boston. vino furni h all the ium .er that i,
needed. and much that is not needed. at an ev.
orhitant price.
Isaiah lIanscom'- brother Bill whom socr.
tary wcIles forced to resign from the navy ON
account Of dishonesty, was rcapuuintcd CON-
structor at tho Boston Navy Yard 10y sacrctarv
Robeson ab ut eighteen months ag,. At that
time he had squandcrcd his last dollar Now
he keeps a fine span Of horses and lives ia style.
Last week lie was tran .ferrcd to tho lirouklyn
Navy Yard, so that he could control the pur.
chasing Of lumber and other suppl fpr tho
new sluors of war that were authorized by tia
last Congress.
WHAT TWO YEARS HAVE DOSE.
The whole Construction or Destruction m.
tcau ls a fraud Oh the American puilic. Isaiah
llanscom wont to Washington two wears aro
without money enough to furnish plain house.
Now he hNes ~ IA most elegant mansion. That
is pretty good for two years.
The advertisements for annual supplies are n
gross 1Iduu. No one KNOWS Mildi t~ wanted
when the advertisements are puhIsh. i. 1ha
bids are so low that not half the articles ara
furnished. aud favoric contractor arr allowed
to supply the deficiencies at their own u-urcs.
\ very confidential friend Of the 70 u--pms IL
J. Z. say ge. who constantly hang- about the
department. He IL such II special fayuritc and
considered 80 entirely reliable, that ID is very
hard for acuntractor to get the money justly
aud made favorable report. Another very dear
friend Is Isaiah Woodbury., now holding Office In
the New York Custom HOu.c upon thc rccom-
n lfN. Attt II
prosper III the contract business by himself and
he Is now IN partnership with savage. Another
lavorite Is UElcr # Nowhurrh, who sells the
Government live OAK which he cuts un the nun
lie lands In Florida. This wear there will 10
trri1l 10 be used both here and Ut the Boston
Navy Yard.
UNMfTIGATED HAsCALfIY.
There has been some. bad feeling between
simmons, Supervisor Of Rtyenue for NV
Boston Navy Yard, but GoocG has con- on
done in the Boston Yard which will not
stand Investigation. Trickey SUI plies all tho
lumber and shingles ht all the yards. and prrtty
much every Nthiug else. down u AN oX. n one IA
wanted anywhere between Portsmouth and
Pensacola.
Two iron-clads. redccked by Cramp 4 Sons ~
Philadelphia, cost the Government $sDU1
apiece, when Sloc,0O more than paid all eI-
Roach has one Of the same kind Of vessel,
now 10 chang' AZ about $lU0nn. aul one Is to
be changed at Wilmington. Del. ~ the sane
price. The torpedo bUais now building will he
failures, and Will cost from $500" L. Sl,WJOO0
each.
Navy Yards are mere political shops for mem-
hers of Congress. They ought to hc all closed
up, except In time of war, as the work required
can be done outside for one quarter NJ. the mo-
ney, The appropriation for buildiIng the sloopS
Of war was $3.sOlOJl which wont begin to build
them in Navy Yards. They will never get dn-
shed as Ion. as thcre Is a dollar IA the Trea-
sury. llans,om says he don't know how much
they Will cost. lie says he can tell better when