The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25

ncias d the department. and the result that Mr.
two bags q Feed g supply me denoieney.
single ~ - na 70 sugg sye an
suffered by city IN the purchase Of this contractor Of
20 cheek i permitted AZ any q the engine houses
goods de liyercd and upon Mr. wrghtis repre-
asne these oils are cerfed by the commisseners and
transmitted on such certhcation TO the Finance De-
partmsnL !. 49,. ....-.,,u,... 80. 80, = .aa
ID d 70 o mus a soT Ss a 10
furnished By nun have found. AFTER careful inquiry
OF our most prominent mercantile nrms. ho require ~
and paid 10 Mr. Wright are upon an average fifteen per
cent IN excess OF the ruling market rates tor the period
Other supplies, such telegraph wire, poles, IRE
quantities greatly in excess In value 81 the amount al
lowed by law and the bills for the same were suodi
less N value thsn siOda : - ''N
Great irregularities exist in the matter Of repairs in
IN tins that February u.s. 1874 down to the pres
ent time AL the painting TOR the department has oeen
done BY who - no. now n5r mas p n
Inc monopoly OF tho painting business OF the depart
mas been secured 10 him, and his bills contain
cnargcs tor the raw material alone 70 twenty aye per
charged largely N excess q what was required Tor
msn Of the department who have leisure sufficient upon
their hands and capacity certainly equal 70 TINS favored
ers OF the department. emp Toying this individual az all
CHEZ Of ea,iaiie called Superintendent r Gilbert
orr, and he under HIM about sixty men, including
The majority Of the supplies by the Fire Depart
Hlent except tetus CVai supplies
are neither consumed by through this bureau.
These supplies are enered m poos Tor tnaI %
No means Is taken ascertain, aud looks kept
il is impossible 10 see how department. arrive
~ satisfactory result TO the proper conduct Of
In The course d my invesgatlon learned that some
Chet Engineer aud now President o. the department.
tsnient OF the repair yard in Elizabeth street hled
the Patent once Tor parent relief valve
Tor steam re engine and one Robert Paett then ana
now engineer III the FIRE Department., two months
IL ~ hs orgina nve9ton ihIs led TO 4 protraced
contest before the Patent once. The matter WAS
his desisen Appealed 10 the Board Of %
csIon appealed to the commissioner Patents, who
the 4th OF March 1874 IN deciding the matter,
ONCE caveat and he hrst constructed inven-
messed With BY the otner parties erey
saw il IN July 1870 on engine 40 T. INC Board re.
IN the work OF invention, and in argument am asked
Orr Bnt am eonstrained hy the testimony 10 10 sill
further and the claims OF Orr, even sole in
During this before the Patent ONCE, the
H. made ana furnished to the FIRE department several
OF these valves these valves are not IN use BY the de-
or one OF these parties under date Of May " 1874
deemed II essential 10 maze full ani Thorough
yestigalon Of this matter and learned that, pending
matter MAS undecided, Mr. ferley made an arrange
receive $50 every sold to the Fire Depart
ment, claiming il as his invention
to the new YORK FIRE Department. but not stamped as
TsSs April IS 3 as rg Orr uRen e Psd
$oOa ON June Z lsIa orr was paid SOU and on July
signed his interest 10 hm. making total payment of
Whole cost OF witch including the royalty amounting
10 $500 leaving 81 40 The amount the Anoskeag Com
auder, he claims bad advice, Tor excessive
valves that had been paid tor, ana May 10,
ls Gilbert = orr was swar re & latent Tor re i
department. IL will noticed that the payment by
parment had sSoiisSed the valves and about four
months the Patent Office had decided that Messrs
teriey ana Orr had no claim IN the original valve
Upon the adoption OF the orr valve Paeu then com
rIngemcnt Of his patent and Charming damages. This
m 4 aR Rs ses ey ma, ossn re-
therefore that the city has PAID ipr The forty valves
orr had claim as inventors aud has involved itsef
LITIGATION, the result OF which isyet 10 be determined
department is excessive. they costing
about so each and be furnished Tor les han
han the cost Gilbert j. orr has also another paenln
Nozzle and sold TO The department for 500 each O.
MADE in The repair shop and without entering into the
merits q TINS invention Tor wsn great dea, -
from Information received, these MOBILES can be manu-
actured. giving good profit for one-half the price
these valves aud nozzles / informed by the SUI
perintendsnt Of supplies arc not purchased by aim,
tn certificate on tne bills on Me IN me. depart.
one u the orr valves was placed OH an engine in
who MAS granted leave OF absence this purpose by
IRON she Guy while he away 1 have also ascer
tanned that these valves been Chicago
and spped 10 engine and It's adoption recommended
~ Of the Fire Commissioners
In compliance with section lOi chapter sss, Laws Of
1873 have made examination into the Cuties OF the
empoye department several OF those appoIntees
hold mere snecures. otner appontees are well known
able, shall be slad 70 communicate 70 YOU personally
an me iacss have Seerisnea "a reierenee % ths mat
the waterman Burke IN Eldiege paint sho6
e e5 men. n, N ~ e Sat ~" ron Hi. man lad
previously convicted. anu terror to al who
knew hun ~ was allowed 70 rsa,n his Position q
had been indicted Tor mansaughcr ne character q
notoriey thus gwen them "a an ofeia manner ana the
~ ire lores beeone AZ moraled "a Gems
be result II this state oil analr. continues.
rHiRD-As 70 PROPERTY.
erty clerk Whose daty q = e keep record q "a prop
thc disnosition Of ihe propertv whether Condemned
used. o. on hand, every three months asreturned 20
bngd apS not me est Ihe clerk condense4 t6c ~
.c,se~,s 1n,o hock ~ ma nurrsse slo.t,
~ approprae columns the sros. quantity p any artc,c
~ q 'qs prgpss{, s29s e eg BY .ho
Wa their properly ceIk curing my eSaminaon aud
since rem9ys Og'g6eT un har 7 made ap as nooss
~ this year. ior which ne had returns
1915 and fore mad t. 70 6aek seven nfns being
q period when he not employed by Tic department.
make up IA account. II he had commenced the
then. but learned also that this book
dereu made until march, 1914 aud cvered
10 the Fire Department until the 2st Nay 1870 that
g properly iesk had 60 wait until twelve months
the book should have been commenced Il
also learned that the properly book o. the pre-
cefiug board i missing, and no explanation can be
given for is absence. As TINS book the only record
Of the stock nand giving the disposition d the prop
every quarter except the here
spoken made IN detail by the comp anles and
bureaus Its absence rom the department Is mater Of
importance
i VII b se.a rom inc foreEoins mat complete
year after they into once, and is dicuit
how any correct could be kept absence Of
the old Uouka
I'm FEBRUARY H. 1873 the old Board purchased thirty
NaiOna fro exing ushers Mt $50 each amounting
81 ga which together with those already In the de-
partment made about ninety estnguishers. Al as iate
period July. 1914 charges were purchased by the
present deaartmcnt Tor these exnguisners and In Jan
uary, lc14 lity- four condemned and sold 81
non Tor about 81 each These hyiour we're purchased
In 1870 but would appear that about the
1914 early part OF ls14 the thirt-lour
that been purchased daring the year
demnel and turned into the Repair ard, where
teen 81 them are. and said - be IN Vest
chester. fresh water tanks the engines and
TIE bala been cut Tor trimmings the poles
81 h0Ok and ladder wagons
Ii nftyf0ur that condemned and sold listed
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