, 1879-04-04

lrcssurcr, held that office, and nal &nano
i" short loans " out OF the Treasury to friend,
but tlat
soMETuINa IS wnoxd,
with respect 10 the rebates Is, and has been, be-
llcyca for long time by every one who has en-
dcaYorcd 10 fud out anything regarding them.
There seems to be disposition to conceal facts,
or else m unaccountablc ignorance prevails on
the subject Mt the City Hall. Aldermen have
tried in vain to get information. Tho Treasurer.
who acknowledges that ho is more hg1irc-hcad,
refers ono to the Comptroller. Tho Comptroller
kupwa nothing, or says very little. passc6 tho
tnuuirer on to tic speeFalassessmen clerk.
This indiylduat receives tue inquirer politely,
md lets him look over his hooks II ho Wishes,
but 70 to the aggregate amount Of rebates ho
has no means Of uscertalnlng 1t unless he goes
over ten books Of 400 pages each, in which there
aro something over 14G,000 entries, n work
which his t!ne nat present" will not permit
him to undertake. .....
Tur TRIBUNE has sovcral times gone into
this subject to n limited extern, t,-llnit2d by
reason of the lnposei6llttv Of getting lntormn-
from tho Comptroller to tho specal-assessmeot
clerk to
BEND OUT NOTICES
to the parties To whom rebates arc dno,o-somc-
thing which has mt been done since 1876 This
order given fnly two months agowat lsast
m1cl, as nothing has yet bcen done IN this tircc-
tIon, not cvcn o commencement made, there
nro soIno people who ase inclined to the bcl1et
that II fhe direction wns given, It was Given
wIth sdtt tbe oualii;catio 8Whcn you IIko." SINCE
lie eu spccai.nsscssmcnt M clerk mas 10 do ali tho
work ol his office himself f,-certalnly enough for
ono mau,-it is questionable whetner M be w'll
over i1atl tmc to run over those lao,vo entries.
Iiis nrcsent in.eptlon Is to do Il In "a week or
two.n but that nas oeeu n'7 '"teasto'' 4"l sN'
last sixty days ~. c..,.,t., ,,...o ~ ,,,,,,
The charges II tnn oossa.t ~ ~ s.to y. nnst W.
eharas9f to u eVe him an opporunty for
planation; ,,..,,u x,t,rroa ,r, ,v.ro Rad IN
When the allcEAEohe 5c1e1eeu " "e'" 'enu w
TIE COMPTROLLER
he naia: ,..... ....-
NIt Is q lie. No one has been WORKING on my
hooks.n
Whn. books da stsnssss aa havs
Jopcs cau tcli you more about It than ~
aDo YOU know tho n1nount OF the rebates In
the special nsscssment tundt'
MO" ,. ,.,,t,a nounon.,,
"Not on tho ground that The money wasn't
ausst.on a. about was this, and told staulcr and
treasury % 10 TOOK part of the spesial-assassment
detalcatiou which was ehaIgsahle to me special.
assessment fund was not ~ l.1o ~. bnt ~
SO aar o. y S.s neyc5 bccn done. II rcccfpts
ay na.a ,'pn ,rescntcd ior an exccss due the money
was paia. s.. sus .eonints ,vhch ahowrI On thrr
cow lese ~ W. rshaIes ha1 hccn refunded In 1850
laco sSGS !G91 t9e e9oa1s0 11>N 'es'
hha i5eG, ,,,.,oa ~ A ,chato can bavo tho money
vfen they call for itl''
."certa'n1y' :. nus suo- nn,,- .non.n
We cA"No1 -, AoNt nnoo"N
md nd out We tue 2ar!sa ,ha s'e. erees
r. aranst
We have been sa,s on
spssis5 spssa sssa ssis'sas ia oa',sa 9'e' ''S'
,"Do you send ,eat eat no mono no.leesam ., IT, ,,,
havo ave aways pee IL I'll tie III aS e
9s les aa ~e 5
which shows the total ot fonafea no" IN thu
TrcaaurF!" l., ~. 1onort,,,.
MOI we oooao Sns. uo wv vn,,chrra ora aIn ~.
When hefc u hn cAsose i". an, 49, 's -
by the speealasSsssnsr"s sH ~, t,a a n;,onna
warrant on tie IT,. ~" bo. wv ,,,rn Is ,,rH
couldn't tel 70 savc aI,rr n liz III INV Il !. M
u1illon." .. l.. .,,o oroa,. =, ,ho ,,n,,
g.s Sl!sT sss'' much was 'A' S'sD ~ w. ''aa
After lookin,E at eoos' the compsfo''e' ea'o
"$153, ,03l. H."
Having been referred eaxs. To-
xbo I. tho head, body, and feet OF tho special
aoanss,nnnt dEnaTtMdDt. rs 0nG VINO kQCW
nav +hn f.omt,trolcr. tie rcuurtcy called
~ a.otS T.. ayaha gentleman, but didn't add nate
sia,iv ~ IN lila stock Of knowledge.
<o,,,1 - he fiuo pcople who had paid special rs.
..oos.1urmtsr .oa.,u ~
sesoMM.'s' ses.M's
"i wnGM s3nn'a T'iaS Enow W' lint ciihcr." "
ar ~ h"li"vc ho found St20.GOQ IN tve
hont"p, y" "'''S'S
ooush, n
.tfIoyo Z, ny, mo In rebsses been stolen from
+h. n"onlcin
''u PIopi, H. IT, II,
~ ns'r", @ ,,rs,v ,vheth.r your hookA and tht
comniroIier's balance Or uot1''
IN" y
liant Jon aver balance with httu1's
.,'Hs, N9. !s.I, ea1t'