The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-03
STREET CLEANING.
Further Examination Into tia Affairs Of the
Bureau-captain Hyatt Won't Turn
Up'-Captain Thorne Proved to
Have Taken" $500 Theoretical
Views on Street Cleaning.

Have Taken" $500 Theoretical
Views on Street Cleaning.
The Investigation by the Legislative Committee
into the Street Cleaning Bureaus management
was continued yesterday. The list OF witnesses
having been called over by Attorney General Bar
low, he announced that Captain Hyatt had offered
the subpoena server $40 not to serve the subpoena
upon him. Later In the day General Barlow re-
quested Commissioner Charck to see that Captain
Hyatt would be present at the next session oil the
committee Mr.. Charlck promised that Captain
Hyatt should be compelled to attend Mr.. Eastman
said that it would be necessary If witnesses con-
tinued to absent themselves to have the sergeant.
alarms compel their attendance. The most
noticeable feature OF the investigation yesterday
was the testimony OF Mr. Winant he swore nrss
that he mad received as agent for the New Jersey
Central Railroad Company $4,000, $l,4OO Of which
went to the company aud the remaining $500 at
various times to Captain Thorne.
The following was the testimony taken:-'
THE TESTIMONY.
Robert Foster was the frst witness examined-Was
o tss East 1872
paid IKE load paid about $50 in 1873 at Police Head
Thomas Baldwin was examined, but his testimony
Michael Murray examined-was a contractor for ex.
eavatng Cellars and carrying away stuff By contract;
sS Z raj: Il.
payment sas Sampns me d!1,sreni dump. : ~ '
x as s ETY.
s s sSy nc iy tsa sSs I: assS 'S
John D; cr!mmoas examinsi-I am CONTRACTOR and
twothirds Of what we take are dumped on the west
S %ips%ss sssn ss s ssss ' say how
.s,ey ss required from his books he was no, further
John v: Ambrose e1am,ped-we are general contract
ilh ths Street 0isaainf been under
sas taxing charge Of tour wards q" @ ANY they
to for SS TIN TIE
tho ashes the s npp Of
!. 9Sss a. Il 81
@ On street You'd ae s Ely
quantity Of art for ing PURPOSES for dirt csane! BE-
Ss oas s
70 mean cubic yard OF stuff or TON cannot get more
city ANYHOW Year. seeSs shs! sss state:
~ aesas S @ Captain
Gs e
the ought to Be greater than the He
speSor which has Sesn than hs on the
taking the scovs out to sea is practically nothing the
@ s SS y
taking out to sea- would have taken cubic yards
ysfa nvs ssnI giving 'a9s
sSss$a d.
Be we sh n the
s%py
S Os
competent and common officers; would
prefer The Board Health in charge to having CON.
he wSos ely ana iesnd xi'Sia twenty hSSts
the during me
Ss Soars The he p ssn made ID Sy me police
w Ss 0t s DsoDe Mss
there ought Be an additional sppIopriatsd
road companies ought to compelled 70 remove the
sS ss Ss:$s ;ss
g
sssS S1ss 1s:ssS
mScSnes ana s
ditionai ssooO total oatit ssoSoOS Inc
600 and the repairs them last cost
81 900 which showed the average economy Of the de-
James j. winants examined 1873 had charge Of the
81 sS 5 s1
paid to New Jersey ksroaS Of the haisnss ss9 some
70 csptain Thorne; guess CAPTAIN ThoIne got 500:
Il went into my pocket think that all that did not 70 to
he
the dumps could afford to give the city half made
bargain with Captain 1horne, but gave him money
have not given Captain Thorne anything tor tour
John D. Crimmins recaued-Pad Mr. Corduan in 1873
for SLING 500 % and from December l6 1871,
uary l71 TO the street Cleaning Bureau 457l for I'LL
nothing further to the city or to CorduAn in l874
Anthony Safer who keeps marble manufactOry was
next examined, but his testimony was unimportant
Mr. steen, who had been subpGnaed sent OF his
plOyes to answer for him. but the man knew nothing
about the dumping except that somebody had got paid
month tG r. k Az AWAY the ssH out 20 when the
an Inspector was also examined but his testimony
unmportant
correcon it was that instead Of only $500, Captain
Thorne had received $780, the total balance the
Dr. Day Sanitary Superintendent under the Board of
Health, was next sworn, and he read number Of ex-
ton of the streets at different times Witness opinion
that during the last halt Of 1873 the city any
other streets were generally wei cleaned, but there
always some parts OF the city which not
cleaned the collection OF ashes and garbage
done worse than was during the whole years in the
Quired especial care there great neglect the
employed in cleaning the streets tar ne could see,
were decrepd and seemed generally to be taking gentle
Paul Rosenberg, an employe in Brumhausts sawmill
Rvngton street. testified tnat 75c paid weekly
took It away, but when we stopped paying we had
trouble In getting him to take 1t.
Thomas Feely was sworn, but Ills testimony was unm-
portant
The committee then adjourned to Saturday next
at ten O'Clock A. NJ.
A DETECTIVE ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS
HIMSELF.