, 1877-09-21
WEST SIDE PARKS.
lipe, Holden, ct Al. Reply to the
Creenebaum Charges.
They Decline to Resign and C1,af-
1cnge Investigation.

The West Park Com nfssfoncrs held their aemf- |
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, PlctE-
dent f.ltna fn tho chair, AMI Commissioners
Holden, sfuus, Schultz. and MIllani present.
4 communication was resJ from C. C. Hon-
ney, slattnR that Mr. Henry Greencbaum had
not returned to him ttlat declaration OF trust.
TI,ia document, It appears, Nr. f}reenebaum
promised to return to Mr. bonneJ some two
weeks ago. 1t rc1atcs to \ certain real cHtate
Transaction. 4 year or two ago the Board
clafnpci ,lo1n on piece Of real estate belonging
TO Que Andrews for taxes, amounting TO 81, 80
Thc deed was to te tnatle BY Andrews to Greene
iaum In trust ft'r the boar1l. 1t has been dis
Treasurer Of the 1susrd, that Andrews on the
tst DAY of November, 1871, dees1etl tbs land to
t;rccnc!,aurn In fec simple. Al stated afx,ve,
Mr. 9scenetauUs Promised to srturu the declRr.
Ation III trust, but failed to do TO.
The Secretary drew loug breath, got good
ready, aud proceeded to- read very extended
communication, OF which tue following Is m
abstract:
ferresl Air. Grcenebaum's written delente Of tho
old administration mad Charley IAsltlinR's b>ok-
keepsng, called forth by Expert Meche!le's &c
postei deficiency Of over $4,000, presented
] nv'dis ~ sresectiui and i1pertInet
In Muth tt its language and many Of Its state
nents, sayLnr that the dcniais and charges In It
were III the tnain either evahtve OF Irrelevant.
iaep'bei. me be; ct of to o @ posFa e beeons .eqa.iased
with tho result VI Mecheske's and MeChes-
ncy's Investigations. A., Treasurer, It
was hIa duty To sec that the books
Il hey sssast ssre not .ets Kent ~as hi, ie s
attempt 10 shelter himself Under the alleged re-
ports Of the Finance Committee Vas not satts-
factory, ssnce many instances had been found In
1ya ws hd ept a ts snc:pt
George ". Stanford and 10 some caacs even
this was wanting. Papers were often read u
the Board as though they weto reports q the
fs1t I e, e1s o entea ss r1s" ~
and fn this var members not acting In harmony
with the "forlner majority"
wEKE FREQUENTLY M1sLED,
which they dId not., fully understand: The
pnatlcally declined to resign, and openly
challenged tte most searching Investigation,
!n,o thsss conduct I'D Transactions - mem1ess
dismissal and indictment IT guilty: Of wrong
doing. The Committee further said that VT.
Grcencbaum jumped over thetnaost Important
matters tn the sfp1tts,. Of the e1perts lIis
li.4ous, aud his exlusc fof the absence
at cash-book and the lack OF
proper accounts was gTouudlefs. His
allegation that Commissioner Itpe had
s4oo u the sl,81la1 was untrue, Lips having
paid Ills own cx pc1,ses TO Springfield In support
Of tue p9rk act. Nothing wa4 fotnd which au-
tl,oFizel the expenditure Of that money for 1ob-
bying purposes. The tnsinuatlon that a largo
portion Of the cash not accounted for was bur-
1owed by so,ne OK TIC Commissioners and the,s
fayogites referred exclusively to Commissioner
| Grccncbauul ntll llis former aasucIates,-thc
| controlling power OF the board aud their EN-
ploycs. Tho conpfinE Of the names Of Lipc,
kunyan, anu Hit with tho alleged ehurtaEe III
tho ta4cs and assessments was libclOus ilsiuu
| alton. not sustained ny the facts In the cnses
| The COMMITTEE further reported that ticr have
| examined tie Trea4urtr's books ut thu Office Ut
Sit. I4ocwrntha1, tho successos Of Commissioner
tirccucl,au1n a Treasurer, abl found That Afr.
Hrceueb2uut's account Of cash with tho Board
lid not ct,ntain the Items Of shortage specified
III str. Meclscskc's report. They also found tilnt
self with tho amount Of 81 l.6o19l. as he ought
! 10 have done; but In violation OF his plain duty
| omit vi 10 make tile proper entries in Lis ac-
count, 10 ssat The inopey, woald ,,, staad
They were surpr1scl at tlle entire omission OF
| Commissioner Grecncbauna TO- onotice the matter
| Of &lG,:21.Gl drawn n'1t OF the Treasury Ia con-
nectton With ths eontrass . gt Thomas Wy Macktn H
further sun Of $l,775.6 also drawn frotn the
Treasury as lnterest M the former amount. 1t
| appeared To the Committee that these sums
were not Gnty a',s' lrawn from n, thu ,tt; Tfeas:
|
proper receipts. hut otherwise In fragrant viola.
| tioti OF LAM. Thu attention ct Commissioner
| usccnebautu was called to these statements
Of tho expert account4nf, with tue request that
| hc uake soHIe adequate explanations.
| The Committee further reported that. Without
cxhaustlug tue subject, they bud foull.l forty
four inst4nces, amounting to over $N,0p, III
which vouchers fal been drawn to oearer,n oI
| the wor1ls "tu 0rtlrr u stricken out. anu ths
words "Wcst Chicago Park Commissioner
Inserted, aud payment made without taking AMI
I rccclpf.
baum r1!a ont on vouchers without the ap
prevail 1T my nlcnlher Ut the Finance Commit
leo except Commissioner stantor.i land fre
| Gucntty without even that} eusus amounting IL
eA5,557, aud Of this Et.5 6ol vas pa,l either t.
i'auk. or tho Gcrrsan savings bunk. THIS wat
| u violation Of bylaw. During the past two
years ughtcsn Of the monthly reportA Of tht
Finance Committee had becn submitted with
ont the atguatuse Ut any member Of that Com
| mittec.
Ii, conclusion, tho Committee said that, fo
the credit Of the Doard and the Town OF Wes
Chicago, and Of tho Nhuls community, tho,
lasltses disclosed BY tt,. rcports Of the &C
cnuntnnts could be wholly cufrectcd BY th
parties who seem To he implicated. II wa
| compulsory that The accountants should shos
| the true siatc Of the lo0ks anu pnpeEs whrt
thcy took them In hand. EuFrecttoas mus
necessarily come afterwards
AN ELAnoKATH SCHEDULE
accompanied tho rrpoEt showing how reports
had bnrn made purl1ftlng to come IRON ~
Finance Cusa.tnlttcu wieh were nuver signed b.
that Con,n,lttee. For tho wears 1915 aud 1876
there wrEu eighteen such monthly reports ou
OF the whole twenty-four. Fruin this state
ncnt It also appeared that $:ia50o0 hnd bce1
,Mil wttlout ever having bcen submitted ~ til,
Finaare Colutntttcc. ....
Ths report was adopted aad 3 copy the1eo
ordered acilt to the tiovert11t.