New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-03
FILLING GREAT CITY OFFICES.
THE NEW CORPORATION COUNSEL AND CHAMBER
IAIN-BARGAINs FOR PATRONAGE.


LAIN-BARGAINs FOR PATRONAGE.
Much comment has been caused by the appoint
ment by the Major of E. Henry LacomDe as .or-
poraton Counsel. strong effort was mage 10 ON IN
onel f. r. Wood. John Kelly andother !ammany
leaders were enlisted in his behalf. The Mayor was
inclined at one time to accede TO their request anu
would probably have done so but for tne In.lna "a
ti0n that the Governor would sign the tenure OF
Office bill if he did so. This provides that III inc
cases of all heads OF departments whose terms ns
of office expire between the passage OF
the act and the LIST of January next
their successors, appointed by the present Mayor.
shall hold office only until feDruary g. noo'' ~m roa
then that the Mayor. agreed to appoint MI:
Lacombe. who was favored by commissioner
Thompson and the other county De enc ctarf
Jndge Andrews the retiring Corporation
Counsel being member of their organization. 20
IL is asserted by those who are in position 10
know what is going ON beneath the surface OF poicc
ltics that there has been an immense aino i Oh
wF9P4 ag thS i1r Affects CfaG DIRECTLY the Commits
sioner of Public Works and the Corporation Coun-
sell their terms of office expiring on December ~
next Mr. Thompson is anxious to be reappOlnted.
Tammany Hall will then claim the Corporation
Counsel, and probably the nomination for Control
ler the latter Office having been MADE elective
The MAYOR is strongly tdeslrous or beng reholnl-
mated Governor Cleveland is a candidate Tor the
Presidential nomination, and would IKE the SUP
port of the Newly York CITY Delegates, IL GeIt
pledges given. there is every reason I" pelIeSe
that the Tenure of Office bill will not be signed,
and harmony - will be secured in this city by a
union of the Democratic organizations. 90 -,
CITY Chamberlain LaIdlaw Yesterday MED win
Controller Grant his bond of 5000 0GO for the 1altn-
ful performances of the duties Of the place. MS
suretics are e.. L. Huntington, Samuel -. BaDc0ck,
r. r. Wilson Eugene Kelly and Charles Nj. Fry.
Each becomes surety for 100000 and luStihes IN
double the amount, with the exception Oh y, T.
Huntington. who is surety for $1,000 ana DIT.
Fry for S75,0 900. Later in the day Cunningham
Laidlaw appointed as Deputy chamberlain Iheo-
dore Stanwo0d Rumney, who for the past seventeen
l.. ,,alorl L md nnN 81
CORPORATION Counsel Lacombe said yesterday that
he would make no immediate changes III Ills oince'
AWARDING INDIAN SUPPLY CONTRACTS.
Awards of contracts for Indian supplies were
made Yesterday at the Government Purchasing
Agencv. No. 81 Wooster-s., for beef. bacon tea,
hard bread, tobacco beans rice an9 Hour ooine ol
the larger contracts were given as follows:
/ Beef-G r. Newman. 100000 pounds at $3 GO a
hundred weight to be delivered at the san Carlos rios
the Ss"'s Cheyenne and Arapahoo agencies and
SoSS Pnehes and w Fl aS 70 John H. Riley
100000 pounds at So 81 to be Delivered at NsScSeLo
sa TO- sq he delivered at shosGone, wyoming.
BacOn-w. r. Merriam 100000 pounds at a. ~ O AZ
George Fowler 900 pounds at 50 so, % be delivered
Kansas City and II. Armour 100000 pounds at ~ 80 10
be delivered in Chicago.
Graft NJ. Acklin gets contract to deliver in New
York 1866 pounds of tea at % cents pound:
George A. Moler is to furnish S42,OD0 POUNDS OF
| sugar at So "a. A. Keyes is to deliver 10000
pounds of hard-bread at Yankton for $l2 IA hun
| dred weight There only one contract for to;
bacco and it was given to Lewis Wallace, who Will
furnish 500 pounds at 81 cents pound. Some OF
the contracts for the favorte " army beans" are as
follows:
Edward Lynes $4,000 pounds, at So 49, san Carlos "a
agency; George f. Penhcid 10000 pounds at - 90, IN
New-YOrk; stephen b. Wing, 10000 pounds al % ID %
Chicago.
In flour the principal contracts were as follows:
c. H. Soaring 12l15 500 pounds at 81 o.. Kansas CITY
W W. Sheafe 100000 pounds at 81 OF, sioux CITY A. u
Davis O22 800 pounds TO be delivered az prices rang
ing from 81 65 ~ TO- Cheyenne, Standing Rock and
other agencies; L. Power 100000 pounds az % o. az
Fort PECK agency. Montana, and 10000 pounds az
50 65, at Branard, Mimi; and w g. Ma1wei |oo'ooo
bounds ut So S3A, San Carlos agency.
CONSIDERATION OF ST. MARKS CHAPEL.
st. Marks Memorial Chapel, at Ayepue-A and
Tenth-st., was cOnsecrated yesterday by Assistant
Bishop Henry c. Potter and large number OF
clergymen Of the city and Brooklyn, including the
Rev. DR.. Coan the Rev Messrs. John W. Kramer,
IN n lsf MOrOan JQhn