New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
HE COCBTS.
LIGHTING THt CITY UNDER TWEED.

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YlIsE CHARGES II IHg BUREAU or LAMPS AND
GAs-A Nrw SUIT FOR HALY \ MILLION.
new suit has been begun by the Attorney
General under lie at Of 1870, TO recover on och"t Of
the CIT, moneys alleged % have o,en fraVdutNtlv paid
ont rurr Rvc Is iu thr BCrr9u Of Lamps and Gas, enc
OF che Bureau. Iweed- department, the Depart
u-1t Of lGllc Works. Tae sut s. asain-' JOHN
O'Dpun~ VINO, 90 g., ale gcd, between jar" and Nov J.
l.gg pg. In y.Iu. hills, which were paid, Tor cEId,-
7.i - ON Jan, IT, 1870. another J,l for Si'J' on
,fa, IS. 30 IuOLi 'or >-1sis 81, and OLE Jry 20
1,o another for $50 23. Al the.e bills asserted
90 have bee. .r. used ay Wan II. CAar!uch, Sup,rin
-cnGeut OF the Bureau, and approved by William ~
Tweed. then Drpg.y street Commissioners The a2gre-
gate rof l she r, is ~5l-.-~I iO OF "Mca ~ IS srd IN
tc complaint per aps $1,000 3 honest The ccURaiai
aver. G'D.Lne know edge 81 the fr. ltgleH character
5f s bills aud that De ts.4Gd-d he city either by
ca,lulon with u,. nt-olor and. tho officers named
aJo'- or Ly .'eei .ue them.
With the complain 50 alli.yits were sUbli;tsi last
week G. Judge Wes.b ,l, by stephen Il CorucS,
clrk IN Tia OF amps -ud CAS- 10 Tie following
,n,ct:
According 10 o'Doua,rs bills. sos $50 was collected
'o. luJ srarnU,i =Gs p0':s - So c"h; st2s5u3 3l
FOR 3,l-2 c'-tirou l=al g-Yo,si r.'--l 90 i9s e.5
i"f - h;.n.n h,a5 i.n In,iG and pit : lst9
J.u. :. l-fJ ID Irb. /, 1872 Only . ornamental lamp
post lrd l.,1 g.-s.iroa i.ngpg-t we're uS"d TIE M
rrutrry taken by Commissioner Van Nort n frn 1871
,lo. ,lat lie dspAr;ia,n bad hand 63j cast ron
luuYpo,,, 70 cIusAc.ls. 49, lal irons and ~ orna-
mental amp. O,f-. During l@o", 1870 suid ISL there
charged I'D the city by utvT e, scrs -ii"s cbvn
Dr.i o. luj cast lap V,.s. TIC whole -umnrr OF
oi kinds tl city Jan l. ti. before
inc alleged delivery ~ any " oDonnrir- -cOd-
sr4. I-.g-b. The whole number
jan y 1870, o.tcc tie a. god dell f,ie, by ODounCG,
was 30 Id %. .l- uulOrr U.s. OF Feb l-s-,
Was oul, ,7e4; 1858 lpirou- ceStius S-G,22l 80
were Cutrgc,. - O'DoaH' aud ts,as exceeded tie
slr~-ute uur"tr used so, .H hand By lo,Ls-; while
during 500. 1870, AMI = l. city apPeigs 10 have
Paid 10 other ceaier7 ~~7',3 l7.7,l snpiruns. In
Re uiGae of AprIl, l. q ..t~en-er frCm IUrrd'S
oai,, ~, 20 Nj. Hcte .ck The Bureau Of Lamps
and ts AMI demanded .in books uf the bdteat.
lt handed , him. McC al.s gave the messenger The
journal. ledger, l.ttsl o,Ya, and YoDchsIbOOk Oi the
Bur,au, which coAtiued AL Of oDouue!is accounts.
book buf applying rweeI- Office found that ihc
el,as bad bee taken away. They N5te never returned,
J ~ therefore bCrvr, that the books wcEe CesIOgeu
"a cover Up the transactions Or O'DoAHc--
The other AFFIDAVIT, rs by Henry f. Taintor, Who saJs
hc has made an analysis OF ODonrelrs bills as ia- as
po,,h,r nnL finds that O'Donneu drew The amounts IN
money 1 that there lrp no checks by which the amounts
car he Traced che great Fix million sut aLalnrt
faced three goods are charged Tor as having
been delivered ou sunday, auu IN another - having
delivered MONDAY, JUy - tLai being ekI! mol
iday out ~ iOJ ornamental amupusLs lo5 ale repre-
M u have br, Il de- .eleG ou IuJ diI- L.ys. The
bl- Tor the S.9.~t~ so .uG Sit,9~O .S could not b.
fnurd among toe Records Ot the Flhano" Department
these hdlSit- tnG the complaint Judse MeSth-Ook
has glarfsd = general attachment against au or O'pOn
urs property, aI this executed 10y the cLesil
saturday.