The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-11
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

GREENS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HACK NUI-
sANcE-REMovALs BY THE MAYOR.
Comptroller Green's habit OF venting his spite
against those officials OF the city government who
are not Wiling TO DO his bidding IN all things was
never better illustrated than In the way he has
thus far treated the new Chamberlain. Mr.. Tap
PAN Knowing that Mr.. Tappan is personal
friend OF the Mayor, and that the Mayor Is not
willing that the Comptroller shall use MIN as .
clerk to 60 aud come at his beck and call, as he
succeeded in making the late Mayor do
he determined to annoy Mr. Wickham from
the very moment ne heard OF Mr.. Tap
sureties OF the Chamberlain must De approved
BY the Comptroller. There are twelve
names on Mr. rappan's bond all well known to
the community, and the sureIies are $4,000 more
than the $2,000000 required. Mr.. Green dlly-
dallled about approving these sureties up to yes
terday, on the ground that 1t required time TO sim
vestlgate" the financial standing OF the bonds
menl But finding that this plea Tor the delay
was rather q weak invention, he has fallen back
on another, and IL was ascertained yesterday that
the reason why he does not approve OF the suretes
Is that the State Treasurer requires Mr.. Tappan to
Justify as County Treasurer In another million dol.
lars. The strange feature about the IL that
just before Mr.. Lane resigned he was notified by
the State Treasurer that ne would have to
justify as County Treasurer fol the ensuing
year in 100000. When Mr.. Tappan was ap-
pointed Mr.. Green, In CONJUNCTION with
i certain party At Albany. had the amount
TINS amount was yesterday approved IN court
As Mr.. Green's power oil approval Is confined ex-
Chamberlain, ana not as County Treasurer. his
plea that his delay in approving the City Cham.
was sy o. ne
terday afternoon, TO the great surprise or the new
Chamberlain. he was notified ny the Comptroller
that he required him 10 have new bond made
out which would have the words "wi faithfully
execute the duties OF the ONCE" instead OF will
faithfully "perlorm" &c. When this new bond is
made out, II Mr.. Green cannot delay matters in
any other way, no one need be surprised II he de-
mands that Mr.. Iappan shall have still another
one made out on the ground that the second one
Was detective because the word execute" was
not spelled with o capital +.
The nackmen who made themselves so Obnox.
ious at the Charity Ball, ana all the others given
recently WIN md IN Gay or two That they can
not save themselves by political influence as In
the days OF old. The Mayor ana his Marshal. Joel
o. stevens. have determined to enforce the hack
ordinance to the letter. Travellers. and people
who hire nacEs to 90 shopping and visiting, should
therefore bear IN mind that In case OF ovsrcnarge
by nackmen they can always md redress at the
City Hall. This part OF the ordinance should not
be lost sight off,
Every driver Of an, coach carriage or cab shall
shall be leaiby printed The Of his license and
" With the Of
owing TO the TACT tnat some nacKmen are IN the
habit, when they disagree with passenger about
his Iare, OF driving to police station to have
sergeant or the Captain TO decide II their de-
mands are not all rlgnl," the City Marshal mas
instructed the Police Commissioners to notify
their subordnates that not even sucn great men
as police captains have the right to decide what
Ia just fare Tor carriage hire, and that the city
ordinance Is law that Is explicit and not subject
to their revision. The ordinance provides that I'm
case or disagreement as to distance or price the
same shall De determined by The First Marshall
As there are many balls yet to come Oh. wnere the
hackmen may attempt to charge cxorbitantly, It
may be well TO state that the rates liked BY the
city ordinance are as OlOwY:-
First-For conveying q passenger any distance not
exceeding mile fifty cents two passengers the same
distance seventyfve cents; tor every additional pas
senger thirty.seven and halt cents.
Sscond-Any distance exceeding mile and within two
miles, seventynve cents; for sddi
tionai passenger thirty ven and a half cents
Third-For the use OF hackney coach or carriage BY
the hour, with one or more passengers with the privl
az may be required 81 an hour.
Fourth In all where the hiring of coach or
carriage at the time specified to be by the day
hour it shall be deemed TO be by the mile.
OF halt price 10 only to be charged,
Sirth-Whenever hackney coach carriage shall be
detained excepting as aore SAID the owner driver
shall be allowed at the rate OF seventydve cents
hour.
It's now pretty certain that the Mayor has for.
tidcate OF removal, with the charges upon what 1t
Is founded OF the Corporation Counsel and the
Fire Commissioners. Although the certificate
based on the charges against the Dock Commits
sioners has not yet been made out 1t Is believed
that IL Will be ready in q day or TWO.