The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-13


Undermine Prices.
After the Legislature had taken from
Fisher 81 Swaync their sing sing prison contract,
svaync conceived the notion Of employing the
labor I'm the KINGS county pcnltentiniy, and
some steps were taken TO that end But Fisher
was an Alderman In BROOKLYN, and this proved
an insumountabe obstacle. Gen. Swavne.
whose inside knowledge was acquired rs Albany
correspondent Of the Tribune, next interested
MIR. Thomas Coigan, formerly Secretary Of Comp
trolcr Connolly's board of Audit It was known
that ex- Senator Bernard Kelly, one Of Tweed's
hondsmcn, was influential with the authorities
u Randalrs Island, and, between Swaync and
Colgan, he was persuaded to aid them In oht lin
ing a contract with the Society for the Reforma.
ton Of Juvenile Dclinquents. lie operated
through MIR. Jones, their manager on Randals
Island. The company was organized under the
name " the Nation u Printing COMPANY, MIR.
Colgan was made President, w L. Kelly a son
u cx Senator Kelly Secretary and Treasurer,
and Gen. Sw1ync Manager. The next thing was
to get profitable labor Tor the boys, whose labor
had thus been farmed out - the company.
Martin u. Brown was then doing the city
printing, and II was not easy To get II away from
him. Sub contract was made with hook
hinder, who paid the company thirty cents q
day f1r the ,bor OF each Of forty of the boys
labor for which the COMPANY paid only fifteen
cents. The bOOkhinding contract was discon-
tiuued after being about four months IN opera
ton. Meantime, Gen. Swa,ne's son, who had
tccu employ ed ~ foreu ga Of the cst ,hlis ment
was discharged, and Swaync called his coad-
tutors TO account.
u, rnard kclly, who had furnished the capital
for his son, WAS brought IN Tor consultation. lIO
pointed out that nobody was III King any money
but those who drew Halhrits from tie concern.
Swayuc had put In little printing Office. which
ne hal been carrying on ~ Mercer street, to on
set thc e. uOI apiece put Ia hy C1lgan aud young
kenv TIE result ~ the consultation WIS that
SwaNue retired, aud Bernard Kelly took his
| stock FOR cash. MIR. Cart III, formerly manager
| Of tue NpVlotous' printing onl.e iu Biuuh a.,
WAS made SUPERINTENDENT. SwayuC is now opC
! rating a hookblnd,ry In Sing Siug on pauptr
| labor.
Now that BERNARD N,l, h d larger Interest.
a larger stare u the clt, work Mf- on oD-
| tanned. The offer of the National Printing Conn
which other printers EOt from sl1j to Sl..i. was
| listened to Dy iits John Porter, and he ordered
! that the work Of his dcpartment be given to
| the COMPANY. other city Officials Interested
| themselves In the COmpanN's behalf 50 actively
| MS TO show that strong influences were ~ work
IN Its favor to such an extent "a 60 give rise to
| rImors that TIE politicians had "A lnauci i tu-
| tcrrst In g. , and II was even CHARGED that tho
Org iniz ition OF the Board u Ctty Record. CONE
| posed 90 the Comptroler, the Commissioner -
| Pablo WuGNs, and the Curpur 4tiun Counsel
! WIS made to suit The National lrintiu- Com.
| p1ny. he thAt ~ II may, the COMPANY L. gctung
a large snare vi the city work, and Is employ INK
| from llJ - no boss az nlt,en cents a day
each. Its pay roll FOR skilled la1or Is ABOUT $50
| aweek.
The purpose " the bi'l thnt the Topographic
| ell Union OF thi. city o. upp4.il- is 10 .gaiIe
| the EN- loyment Of cfi uium labor g. comprte
| with skilled labor outside the prisons. II IS
| suppressed that the committee wall ut the bill
| next week.