The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-15
TWO SETS or OFFTCIiLs.
The weights and Measures Inspection Middle
L.ooke Into and ENplnIned.
On Monday last the following letter was
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received by THE SUN:
To my Enron ~ Tnr srs-sS oflac we have been
visited hiilc too often 10y ,.m' VII df,s-d, hans.d
weight, who claim to be oi weights
About weeks pair Of thcsc defenders Of even
handed ju-ucc stcpned ia and tried our weEht.. for
couple mote came and performed the same Kind office
w. reig ,, To- pay Ne rcr iwc' 9i .en,Iu'muN
penalties. what shall we do in the mailcri
reporter for THE Sun called Mt the place Of
business Of the firm from whom the above was
rcccivcd-Mcssrs. McFall x Cochranc. at IS
White stree, and was told that on the 9th Of
May. 1877. Thomas Mccormack. who profcssed
to be the Inspector " Weights and Measures
for the FRS, District Of New York. called and
Inspected their scales and charged siNty-nvc
cents for tic inspection, and gave them his re-
ccipL On Monday two men wearing brass
badges called. aud after looking at the firms
scales demanded fee Of sixty-ilvc cents. This
they refused 10 pay. and the men then said that
the firms refusal would cost them at lcnst eight
or nine dollnrs. Hence the letter TO The Sun.
The reporter found Mr. Thomas Mccormack
in his Office ut 1856 Pearl street. Mr.. Mccormack
said tina, in March. 1873. his brother. Ncholns
VI Cormnr L. and James Campbell wrre'appoint-
ed lnsrr,i0rs of Weights and Measures hg
Mayor lInvenrycr. in the Second District md
that Ja-ob J. Bunta and Theodore y. Kent
were appointed To the office in the First Dis-
the Aldermen, and Nicholas Mccormack and
Crawford divided the First District between
them. aud worked tremendously until Frhrun-
rs 1874. wh.n Nlchvlls McC"ima'k, diri. On
tn 5th Of March. 1874. Thomas NJ rtornack
was appointed hy Mayor Hayrmrycr To- gu bis
brothers. place Tor term of six years But the
appointment of ThOmas McCormnck was innde
OH condition that hc would act nH guardian 81
th. widow and children Of his deceased broth
rr. ana give The profits of his oil 'c to them.
fnI -''n1r trouble with Mayor Havrmnvor. and
. fl. four his
removed. and ON" kuri~-o WAS appointed ~ MS
stead. Shortly after Mayor HaNcmcyrr's death
litigation it was decided in his invor by the
General Tenn in January last. kieisie was
| ousted. and Kent. who was party to IN" suit.
and who had not appealed from tho decision,
| wis also thrown out.
Krnt then turned his attention 10 the Second
In Frbraary. NIfCornuok. finding Kent collect.
! INK fnnS in his district had him arrested. and
| pref rrcd "A charge Of obtaining money under
| insc nteicnrcs. Justice Smith dismissed the
! complaint and the two agreed 10 meet in the
/ MAYORS nillre on the following Monday. Kent
| did not keep hi~ promise AMI hoth sun CON
tinued 70 inspect and TO collect lees III the
On the ist OF March Mr. Hardy. chief clerk Of
! the Mayors Office. requested Superintendent
| Walling tp instruct the police captains To give
notir,, through Ne rairolmrn, thai banta ana
| Kent wrrc The only recognized inSpc tur-.
Neither Mccormack nor Crawford knew any
thg of this order until after il had n.en pro;
continued the inspection in the second District
cnrh for hins 10. the hitter two combining them
selves each To- hi- own territory.
Ms-sr-. W. II S.hiciielin, the well known
drugg i-ts. nj 10 william street. refused ~ pay
Mccormack his inspection fees on The 9th Of
January. as thcro wis doubt Is IT, who WAS thu
legal inspector After Mr.. Iiardy.s order. t,
the Office they paid Mr. Kent. McCurmack has
sued them. and the ease is To be called on Ia,
2l-t inst
Mr. philip Van Astnc Of IS Pine street. coun
SCI Tor Tho society for the Correction Of Public
Abuses says that the judgment renewing Ken
/. in fun force to-day. and that both VI cCormncl
and Crawford have a better standing. in p0in
of law. than ?. mt.
Tho reporter also on1eavorod to see Mr.. Ken
| Yesterday. but he was ont of town.
| Mr.. Hardy. chief clerk Of the Mayors office
says that McCurma X and Crawford wcrr no
removed from ofii 'r los the decision oi the q N
Grad Term. and that. therefore. they stu claim
the right 60 exercise the right ~ insyr' tors.
Mayor Ilv has had conversation with Gov
Huhin-un IN regard To the mu' h-VoNcd uu"~
ton. with u Wow To- having all the inspectors r.
moved from uilicc If u sum reason can b
found
A. the case stands in the Second District. n
ono knows to whom the fees Tor Inspection
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