Daily Republican., 1880-04-05
FOURTH EDITION
A TALBOT two LYNUHs.
One IL Charged with Allowing the
Other to Take the City's Stone,

One IL Charged with Allowing the
Other to Take the City's Stone.
City Council nas a rather interesting
case on hand just now, and Street Com
missioner Lynch is in one of his periodi-
cal troubles. The Democratic members
of Council have held q caucus and after
an Investigation from a party stand
point have concluded to exonerate
the Street Commissioner of a charge
and enter suit against another man for
theft Of stone.
1t appears that some time ago the
Opening Street Committee. commenced
to grade Van Buren, street, between
Sixth and Eighth streets in pursuance
of = petition from Msssrs. Job II. Jack
son and J. T. Cause. The contractors
for this work was Hugh Patton. The
stone was thrown into a pils.on one
side, it being intended by the Street
Department to use them in construct
ing a sewer over Shipley run near
Maryland Avenue. II was building
stone Of very fine nature.
Some six weeks since the Water De-
partment had some pipe to lay on Van
Buren, street, and, in order tc do this,
q large quantity Of stone had to be
taken ont. This stone was thrown on
top Of the pile owned by the Opening
Street. Committee. 1t was not near SO
valuable.ss the other for building pur-
poses. Robert Cottingham, a Water
Department foreman, sold the stone
that had been taken out last to Philip
Lynch, and the purchaser at once COM
mencsd to haul. When he had taken
all the stone sold him by Cottingham
he did not stop, but continued hauling
the stone Of the Opening Street Com
mittee. II is charged that Street Com.
missioner Lynch connived at this and |
neither told the other Lynch to stop or
informed Mr.. McGlinchey of the Open
ing Street Committee, until the larger
quantity of the stone had been taken.
Finally when he did demonstrate with
the man he was informed that he had
bought the whole let from the Water
The matter was first brought to the
attention Of the Democratic members
by Mr.. Alvin Allen, a resident of the
Fifth Ward. Mr.. hcGlinchey soon be-
came aware that screw was loose
somewhere and he was much inclined
TO blame the Street Commissioner, and
caucus ofthe Democratic members was
called for Friday night. Previous to
holding the caucus, Mr.. McMenamin of
The Street Committee, went to Chief En-
5ineer Nclntire and asked him what
had been received from Philip Lynch
and he said about ST.. About 40 perch
If stone was taken from the ditch to
make room for the water pipes and 40 +
'r 80 cents a perch would have been a
'easonable figure for which to sell them.
The chsirman of the Street Committee
'ebuked the Chief Engineer for even I
allowing the stone owned by the Water !
Department to be sold. when it would c
nave been SO valuable to the Street !
Department.
1t was ascertained at the caucus i
hat Philip Lynch had not only taken y
he 40 perch Of stone sold him but also II
.bout 400 perch additional frm the i
opening Street Committee. How he q
'ould have taken nearly all this with =
'ut the Street Commissioner finding . +,
vay to stop him appeared to puzzle !
no members, but nevertheless the ma !,
ority Of them were in favor of exon :
rating that official from all blame. II
5 expected that at the next meeting n,
+ Council the City Solicitor will be in
truetsd to enter suit against Philip =.
lynch. There is a probability that 81
ONE member, not at the caucus, NAV b,
ok for an investigation with a view A
. finding out officially how the Street
commissioner stands.
Chairman of the street committee -
lcMenamin remarked to a REPUBLICAN
porter that the conduct of Philip 1
ynch was only 4 repetition Of what y
ad gone on in the city for the last A. OF OF
zen years, by which the city was ia
'bbed of stone valued at several thou. IL
md dollars every year. He points h.
1t an instance on Fourth street for sh
'veral squares east Of Broome before it OF
as graded. Said he, when Fonrth ri Il.
rect was being graded there were sew W
al men with carts who would 90 v
'ound looking for cellars that need ed tn
alllng; they would make contracts to
rnish the stone and then drive up on II
ouFth street and take the oity's stone =
ithnnf q wnrA y