The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-24
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

The Green-van Mort Feud.COmnAis~
siOner Van Mort Hurls Another
Epistle Mt tho Comptronsr-The Dog
Question Again.
Comptroller Green yesterday returned to the
Department OF Public Works the proposal OF
Patrick Sheridan for regulating and paving Worth
street, from Broadway to Chatham street, without
his approval OF the securities for the reason that
the parties have failed to Justify after due notice.
The Comptroller having also returned to the De.
partmcns OF Public Works the proposal OF James
Clark for regulating, grading, &C.. Sixty-arss
street, from Ninth avenue to The Boulevard, With
out his approval Of the sureties on the ground
erty owners. Commissioner Van Mort has writton
the following letter, showing the illegally OF such
aCti0n:-
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Which is not necessary to bs done NS''
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the Same hand The work will oS rcadvertsed and roles
- " GEORGE NJ VAN MORT.
Commissioner OF Pubic works
The failure to execute the contract for paving
Worth street and intersecting streets in the
vicinity of the Five Points furnishes Illustration
Of the bad effects Of the present laws IN relation to
Received from irresponsible par TICS, wh5 do NOT
intend to execute the work, but II they happen 10
awarded TO them. The sureties OF Peter Sheridan,
the lowest bidder on the above work, failed to APP
returned rom the finance snd
these streets are lett in their present dsgracelui
condition during the entire hot season Commits
vcrtisement OF the work, that 1t may lie Teet and
executed as early as possible.
City Hall Brevlties.
The defence OF the intelligence once kesperA
Sanders Mcmahon, who are charged With
having enticed laborers to ship for venexuels
By false representations, Will probably be put Ia
to-day by their counsel Mr.. Dawson. Mr. Efer,
who represents the complainants, will press tho
charge and Insist that their license be revoked. II
was stated yesterday that the steamship company
had made q large amount Of money by shipping
these iaborers for veneznSlal as they were PAID
tho Venezuelan government.
Among the many officials who called upon the
honest 0omptroi.eT YESTERDAY to claim taelr sal sal
quarterly bills OF the Coroners ought to have been
paid on the Isl Of sg os the Sp Sa 1as
me to steal Tor iving,' he said, with an air Of
County t Clerk Walsh and Recorder Hackett have
gone to Saratoga. The County Clerk will be ab-
sent two weeks Mayor Havemeyer has announced
that be will take no vacation-that he "wil dght
IL out ali summer"
The Mayors Mysterious Answer.
The Mayors mysterious answer to the Governor
is exactly IN the same condition In which IL was
week ago-it is ready and 1t isn't A week ago the
Mayor announced that the document was ready.
and now he also announces that It is ready. IL
was to be sent to Albany last Friday, and 1t post
week Or next month"; This great docdment g
still In the HANDS OF the cOpyist, and ne says that
he viii not have done copying till tonight Then.
woe to the Governor lie will have to read over
100 closely written pages about Gardner, Chariick.
Kelly Tammany. &c: and It Is feared that no win
not survive the effort OF intellect necessary to &C
complish the feat. BY making the documents 50
long Mayor Havemeyef has rendered 1t very DIM
cult for the Governor to remove him; Tor VIII no
ever live TO read IL through
As to the contents OF the Mayors reply II has
leaked out that 1t IS very iorcibie aud. IN his
opinion, crushing arrangement OF Tammany Hail.
and that It's course in this matter is stlgmatized
chief witness for the prosecution OF Gardner and
Charliok gets hts share OF the dose, and John Kelly
also comes In for . delicate little compliment Or
two.
In conversation with HERALD reporter tbs
Mayor said that aver ne was done with TINS sub
ect she had merhinX eser In store for the press
and the public, 80 that John Kelly and Taminsny
fisll may we'll tremble. The Mayor has been 80 oc-
cupied with his reply that he has not evou road
ANYTHING about the Beecher scandal. He Is deter
mined that his answer shall be one OF the groatess
pieces OF composition In English or Amerlcaa
literature.