New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PARK BOARD METHODS.

CRTrlC1SING PAhh boahD MILD
WHAT MR. WALES CHARACTERIZED AS A TEMPEST
IN "A TEAPOT.
Az tbe meeting of the Park Commissioner yesT sho
daywhen The bills were reaehv 'S cbor rose with an
air of suppressed excitement ana auuleSSou 'N0
Board as follows: ,,, J.. o,o,a
At the last meeting Of this Board qeeIi The darn
abouI Them since then have examined p.o t"e oun
Sc Of empo, es OF this Board and have ,oun
ouct y. ". ory iee that much or this Is
due 10 a lack Of proper administration.
General yIele read the law bearing on offences OF
officials In committing fraud appr0pr'atng prop
.rav aiIowing losses etc, all of Which were INSIDE
,neanors punishable with forfeiture OF ONCE, etc.,
and then prOceeded'
Tn ought to printed In large letters and
framed ana placed in the offices Of this Department In
re alton vouchers, presented every TWO 49,; un
my duty to sign them or not 70 sgi soe NV colleague
lMr. CTimnlins and myself constitute n hnsness NJ
iSs BOARD liz fo u.s. BY bylaw adopted by
The Board when IL In moribunu cOhol;lon ~ ~
mr. n oil ordsrs on these regulations, and the two
constitute an auditing board on their own tGts "A. VIC
iasi meeting refused to sign the bill OF j. Manning
70 100 cnhic wards OF mould said 10 nave ben put ~
Manhattan Square on February ~ tue CONT acs or W d
WIS dated February s. have that cOntrac ghrI anu xn
the m.uld not put in Manhattan sqnare; 1
This ssHe Manning had bin Tor 1000 cubic yards OF
mould contracted for December 20 los2 ana IL was was
maid for on that day Now, 1000 teams could nO 'dNo
done that Or was it delivered between tnat date anu
February 8 What does all tins mean 40 noo n9
tins method Of doing business snail not a" hr ia
TO REMAIN in this perilous position longer anu II er"
no change shall not remain can 1peSk b 0 here as
mere specta ors or committee of gent emen on eqa
terms Il Is great 3ueT" ION I'm cr bill vouc6ing for
the feeding of hftytwo horses, over twenty q 20 On
6orss the average amount food paid fO, Tue 90
eety for the Prevention OF Cruely 10 Aim n,, ~ tna
rif'e 81 airs of which complain mere and now oner
a resolution which hope this Board VIII "ct upon'
The resolution was TO the effect that all orders ana
requisitions for amounts OF over @oo snouiu o0 '"
Commissioner Wales who had beer quietly look
ing over the bylaws meanwhile |heh 'ooA 'n0
floor very calmly and SAID 1900
On motion OF Commissioner MacLean ON April g. 1851
our Commissioners authorized TO G
Mr. Lane favored this win the ldea v al th Com
nissiOnes would lead u some U;,at On
day have Ssed has o better paG to pro-
pose would be glad to CO1opeFat S' i
him Regarding this matter Of ee mU S S1rfedS salts
fed with H. There transaction here OF nine whlon
deayored in ira1k way 70 discharge my duties II other
peoples consciences disturbed about ~ IL is eT az
might on the surface appear wrong, bgt II IS pertcy
open right. have at times puroha'eu iuo'u i0'
General Viele-WhaI authority 49,. - -.,,u.,
Mr. walesI certified tIat inc aI1ce p was In De
cemSer i made arrangements with Mr.. Manning ior
onneral yiels-please state on what authority.
MI Wales-Manning offered mould OF such price,
would not 1ake 1t at his F b SaG Commissioner know that
we know nothing OF this unth the uausdc'iou "A'
Psir wa,es-You can know This took place before you
came here Commissioner Olife did not approve, ana
he inserted the mace OF mond for from 20 TO
b5 cents when before that 81 oo CUBIC yAru hu O'e
paid.
MIR Olliffe explained that the mould delivered by
Manning was nut in the square in November and De-
cember. and Mr.. Wales said that mistake had
been made in originally paving 10 II out OF the a-
prouria ion of 1853, under date OF February III
oroe TO bring the amount mo the Appropriation OF
1882 where il belonged, the bill bad been wlth-
drawn and new one made out, dated DecemDer
90 In reply TO Mr.. Wales. General Nlele SAID ne
made no charges of fraud against Mr.. Wales he
was only dlssai isfed with the methods OF admins
tration. Mr.. Wales replied thereppon accept
the Commissioners disclaimer think this tenn
pest in a teapot"
The bills were then passed upon and were agreed
TO- Mr. Crmns voting WITH M Te maes anu
"no.n The discussion of new building at Mount
ST. Vincent followed, Mr.. Wales presenting and
nrp,pg a plan for chalet (which Mr.. Crimmns
sad looked more like shed at cost of $3l.5 900,
TO be paid for from appropriations inns was iaid
over General Vieles motion to subject regulations
and orders for over $50 to the Board was then put
and lost, Mr.. Crimmins voting aye. the other two
Comm sslOuers voting no. A petition from the
laborers for increase III wages from 81 ~ TO ~
O day was received.
lnexecutive session General Yiele presented his re-
port on the charges of the carpenter George Miller
He SAID there was ctaf cNlucnCc t1dI hdu D'tn
paid for time not due them and tnat material be
longing TO the Department had been unlawfully
used General Viele said there had been so loose
system of accounting at the shops that It almost
permitted the preparation of the Irregularities
charged. Such temptations should be removed
from employees, and a new system adopted. On
General Viee's motion, Gilbert Cleveland was put
iu charge of the accounts az the shops. letter
was received from the Controller stating that en-
ployes had recovered sums, in some cases amount
ing TO 500, In suits against superintendent Jones
for work which they had been engaged TO do but
which was afterwards refused by the slpenntend-
ept. The pay OF Mr.. Jones was ordered TO be
stopped and tine Commissioners called on him To
report on the matter. 1t stated subsequently
that the men had been gwen tickets by Nj. Lane
when Commissioner. but that Mr., Jones had refused
them work on the advice of another Commissioner.
MURDERERS DRAWING NEAR THEIR END.
The morbid curiosity to see McGlOin aud Malone,
the condemned muTdercrs i'll the TOmbs, increases
as the dav OF their execution draws nigh. little
crowd of people hung around the prison doors yes
terday and besOught Warden Finn 10 admit them
The reasons submitted for making the requests re