New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MONEY MATTERS At RATHER LOOSE ENDS
rar rxyEsIrGArIuH IVTc rig MANAGEMENT "f THE
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MONEY MATTERS At RATHER LOOSE ENDS.
rar fxyEslrGArIuS IvTC rIR NANAGENENr Or l'ih
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The Assembly Srh-Ccrrlittec 81, Commerce ana
Navigation .o1.iarcd its irN ,sligItions mi" anal.S
relating to the Pack Department yesterday n i
,na ~ 70 liz Lua. st aftfr a recess Of two days
dock Commissioner Jacob Nanderpo'.l WAC the niiIy
witness e;smnsd HS tr>,i , ie1 fro t@ inman
fins for 5000 600. This valuation wis appraiser
Gy commission of three '"en Grr"itrc ~ me gu
vices. IT, flloWirg are among the questions asked
by CbainnaI. Williams aid answered 10y MI van
Ierpocl: h,,.oe . 1oe,nlter y
-"Yes w " Bur ham. His delalcati III amounted
10 about Sl5oG0. paid my share ~ IL 70 th "
partme..t--,.vcr $1,000. Mr.. 1nnock ana MI ""S'-
Did you find Any other lefacation p" After
that bad been settled up there was another '''i'''
''"' lbs I,s'G that been paid urmNo sir. BuTneam
Inc Has b,s Jail over been brought up ~" Not that
do you knew of any other defalcations -"
arr infcrlaed that there have hccn defalc9tlons
a. the amount of about $4,000. Would you know
the amount from the books p" never kheW tI, f
fInoprt. / was 4 fool to pay what ara, lVi mus
the transactions were previous To my entering '"'
Department - o., oo,o,,,o,,c. \ civil
"e. Ard voa ,eycr heard of the 1888 Oo dcfaca
ton in addition To- tie SlJ,OOo yOi h,en'ioh u''I!
lately -" No. sir. When | brOached the sunect
to Mr. Westervclt, he was very angry ana Sald t,A1
lad ru ight 10 suspect Mr.. Durham. The IatFr
was arr oi,tc9 by Mr.. Acnew. wasnot lnclhe9 , 10
become treas,-cr till the hooks wer" balanced Ills
we're seldom balanced u.,;
lid vou know when Hur'iham left that MS rs
hos Is had cot beer balanced for fourteen Hoh'nS
-" No. sir" ,..h hooI,s
10 the present Commissioners sec that the DOCKS
are now balanced i'-"NO, sir; not that Know OF.
Mr. VandrrLoeis subsequent testimony was III
erLs.ancs as follows: " do rot know whether OF
yot .his bc ok tho cash book has been %ntten up
since Oct ,bcr last. There is nothing IN the DOCK 10
show what has been received or deposited b1cK 70
Januarv The secretary of the Board, Mr.. l,ynch,
has tCer here ever since came into the board our
b3okkeeper does not report the standing Hl inc
Eoarl 10 us al every meeting. We have no checks
10 prevent wharingers who collect money iio'n
pcckctingit. | 10 not know III what shape our cash
receipts ale Kept .ls
Mr. VaDdcrpo,l- That is what would IKE 70
kn5w.
Mr.. Varderpoel-We pay him $4,000, think II
may lie - SOC. He has bOokkeepcr 10 ASSIST MN.
lie comes here every day, and sometimes Stays heIc
ali day. ,o;
The rest cf the day taken up in along eNanlna-
.icnof rNandcrpoel in regard 70 u'NS
ing He testified that in May, 1879. Charles LOOMS Oh
To Union Dredging Company, had submitted Pt'p
posa 10 do certain dredging for 20 cents foot Mt.
Williams showed that a contract was mace win tnis
companv In December to do similar work TOT 80
cents foot. il cost more, the witness silu' 10
dredpe in the winter than in the spring. lhe CON-
mi:;ee Their adjourned TIL 1890 a. H. to-day