The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-03
DIsHEcKER's STREET DIRT.


WHAT HAS BECOME or THE MONEY REcTrVEr
FROM ITS sALE-oNLY S13,356 SECURED ~
1873 AGAINST 1854, 900 IN 1872.
Attention having been called 10 the msmanage-
ment OF the strees cleaning business by Messr&
Disbecker Co.. OF No. 800 Mulberry street, the
public, and especially the taxpayers, Will be In
terested in learning what revenue is derived from
the sale OF ashes, manure and swcepings undeI
the present republican Commissioners OF Police.
1t is notorious that inc old contractor BROWN
realized handsome sum yearly from the sale Of
this stun for 1lliRg In purposes and as fertilizers
but the taxpayers have yet to learn that Commits
slopers Dlsbecker and Marsell have made 1t ~
article OF profitable sale. gentleman wen 40
quainted with the operations OF Disbecker
"Brown Brigaden dlscloses that no man
can BUY pound OF this material on
the East River unless he is friend
or Dsbecker ana the Ring; that one
OF the means dishonest men can resort TO 10
TO mystify the figures in cases oil payments made
for labor. Hundreds are paid twenty cents per
hour to clean streets, and after working few
days by the nour they are dscnarged and told TO
present their claims on pay day. Many oil them
drift away 20 other places before pay day arrives
and never present their claims Tor liquidation.
Where the amounts thus uncalled for 20 is
partlcuariZe until the meeting OF the Aldrrmanlc
committee next week 10 investigate the affairs OF
reporter yesterday visited the Comptroller's
ONCE 10 discover, III possible, just what revenue
mad been derived rom the sale or sweepngs,
ashes &c, but failed TO secure the data required.
Mr. Slorr's cnef clerk reported that the Police
Board pcrsstently disregarded tue law; hence
there are no complete records OF the sale Of
manure, &c, on ME. lie called tue reporters aL
to the law wniSa 50 a9 psecv se
IN addition TO the sums set apart oy
the Board OF Appointment for street cleaning:
Section five 0l the street Cleaning act Oh 1879
reads as follows:-
SECTION b-fhe said Board OF Police Is hereby author
ngs MS es ana garsasc any or either 81 them to any
person or peisonS for such e'lce or prices .h as
e same 81 BE- promptly to r sa ro On
detrimental health, aud TO the moneys thus OBJ
tanned IN defrayiug he expenses o. me pS%.
TINS section end az contracts made under ms act Saa
somimonthly.
Here is an explicit command for the Board to
maze sem-monthly reports 70 me C.omptron err
but unfortunately there Is no penalty imposed Tor
a violation If toe law, and consequently only one
report has been made 10 the Comptroller. Ihat
was made at "A time whea the Legislative commit
tee was sitting " the FGtn Avenue Hotel, bui
not report has been made since, or during
period OF nearly sixteen months. Inc loHoWlna
is the report referred to:-
TREAsuRER's OFFICE PomcE DEPARTMENT OF rHE)
CRY or NEw York, No $40 MgLaE san sTg Ys
Hon. ANDREW H, GREEN, comptroilcr:
amounts received for account Of bureau Street Clcsn
sl53S62o. Respectfully :. l,,,..n
STATEMENT or AMOUNTS RECEIVED ron AccoUsT Or RIA
BUREAU or STREET CLEANING DuRNs THE YEAR 1873
FOR FILLING IN Lors, LANDS, &C.
sFeb. s-By cash. Joseph W. Duryce, ac-
.Feb 26-By cash, John b. Grimmins, on &c.
.M9 casa oenh aS " on account s &C. '
.Apr ze-By casa iarics Jr iStn stree;
.Msy az and ss. Ea j.nss 4 Boyd isSfs
- by casa, Joseph W. Duryee on ac- .oo,
.Nay la-BS cash joseph W. DGryee on ac-
By So eah &. K Willard on COUNT. Is9s q
May -Sy a cash o. Svcnue crmmis ming III ao
Oct is-Ry ss.a starr Gems on ssco1nL s@SS
Noy Ely ess5 Sol MSssash .cs6oa; iSSo
Dec l5-ny cash, sol Mehrbaca % scowboats S Ssm
lee &c 29-By cash Sol MeFb ,se ~ 95se9wnoas ~ ~
Total receipts from sales in one 1886 20
Accompanying TIE reports are certificates OF
Seth q. Haw,ey, Chlef CLERK, that the sums marked
were received. TIE TACT tnat no reports nave
been made since is, 10 say me least suspicious,
ana 1t + possible they are withheld lest they mag
tell ugly ale. IL win be seen tnat one OF the
Chief contractors IN the above lss Is Joseph w.
Duryee. brother OF the late Commissioner
nately silent as TO the number OF
scow oSas s or n sa1 pe
ings, ashes, &C., been sold IN the open market
insTead OF being use TO iiIl 10 the late Commits.
soner CharIck's lowlaHds at Hunter's Point and
the lots OF iavories Or DesbeckeT, Duryee and
Mafsell, IL ougIt TO yield revenue OF $3.50 900 per
year TO uns city. Let US see:-
Contractor Brown sold last year of his contract
DisS eeRGs Go &C. sola IA Is the amount or
II Brown could realize s15.,00o IN one rear, II
therefore follows that DlsoecGer i Co. snould al
least have turned IN $4,000 per year from this
source. Deduct Sl3,356, the revenue oil 1873, from
Si54OOO IN 1872 uudc' Brown, and we have
Slil,358 as tae amount lost 10 the city per year
through the management VI the present Commas
Ia
realized more on one years sale OF this stun than
taking the above report as basis Dis.
becker X Co. VIII realize IN eleven years
The Adermanc Committee mere have
HINTS as 10 wtat they may investigate Let them
go INTO the investigation determined 70 ind out
how many scow loads nave been produced each
year, trace the disposition of every pound OF the
sweepnQs, &C., aud compel the department.
officers 70 testify under Olth the amount eceived
per scow oau ior all sold. II this IS done 10 Is
mere tnan likely thai serious irregularities wilt be
unearihed that NAV compel the present police