New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
THE $500 ORDER SYSTEM.
HOW Mr. THOMPSON HAS CITY WORK
DONE

HOW Mr. THOMPSON HAS CITY WORK
DONE.
THE INSPECTION or CCNNTNGHAli- sENEH-NAE.
ING-A GOOD DEAL OF GUEssw0RK.
The Senate Committee on Cities investigated
further yesterday the peculiar $500 order ss'em under
which $4,000 year Is paid by tho Public Works De-
partment Ia Ricnald =. Cunningham rhe Inspector
the correctness Of an o: W Ginning
hams sewer work, Charles H. Babcock wis Arst ex-
ahmed Mr.. Cunnin cham Is paid for hi- work az ="
per % cents for ab0rcr- - crhi' for FORE
10 cents for northumberland various rates ior m-
teria ami horses aud carts. lie Is engaged at te ane
time in doing work various parts OF the city Hais
paid on the certificate OF Mt Babcook thl, lis bis are
correct and the witness examined 20 ks method
keeping the he said that he Visited each day
| the various places whore work proceeding and
counted number OF aud c2rt4 AZ |otk - each
place, and credited Mr. Cunningham with 80 many days
tabor. He could not tcl that each man or cart worssd
the ten hours charged by M CunninghauI at he could
tell something by the work performed Previous - lssZ
he ned report 0f Tho work done each JOB e,cept 90
s close In lss AMI ls-2 be kept an arr"unt VI each
days work private hook for his Own accommodation
He made w his certificate Of the work CON. when the
job finished. from Lat private book bat did Aot hle
the book ia the department. His reports are n~ made
| up from memorandum taken each day
General Tracy-What becomes OF the original 'ntrie>'
Q-s there any book OF original entry IN tbc depart,
mcnt, showing tue labor performed bJ NJ Cunningham
Q-iaye you got anything IN the shape y original en-
tries that viii show To this committee that the dspSTt-
nent book YOU make up OF the labor performed ny hT
nam 6iIlSI Al have private ledger witch be-
| gan TO make daily entries during 1852 That j. ~ my
house and contains private matters MAX" nc nfaEcs
VI Mr.. w6ItTidseIYoa make your arr entries on
memorandum pld from that YOU Transfer them 70 yonr
book the ledger and then from that hef Bong you
make mp your report which soe- on ME - ar man
| Senator Gibb--iow would you Know ti.t nsn
worked ten hours on JOB when You nav" ~ DIS a. 81
4 t aae !Tam s Tr M Shs sy me ~
Q-rAke this bill peid by the eily. N"% y. BSN co,d
that obi Al don't. certify that -sw horse and
| cart here say eighteen different days , ~.
lO-IIOW would you tell that there were .-," hpHr OK
labor that iohI Al don't say 50 blt tl1t men were
At work there sufficient number OIL days % ingan' ~
General gacy-iIow many Job- have y"h .Hi"F'i-slD ID
| one tayi A.-NOt more than eight. ,..,
GLOW 80 YOU make up your report a. n te m%teTsl
which Mr. Cunningham uses In each l9 aud ior wni'si
he Is ptdI Al compute As 10 Tie amount tst -
necessary for each work. Ia some cases al nv lIa'e-
is used In others part ~ ne o CI own, sir
am IN IL from twelve TO o'clock and lr0m LoaE % h'o
| b. ~
Mr. PAYNE counsel for Commissioner Thompson, pro-
duced man which the department had made 70 show
the work on the One-hundrcd- nd -twcnty s!vta-st
sewer for which three orders were issued To W. jan
bingham IN day. Mr.. Bahboek sad' IN answered.
General Tracy that The map was made aceorrg % re-
cent measurements IN the sewer and a'eolD& !" MS
suggestions and reports He regarded each DOCK a.
eparat. SC wer although the sewer was continu@u, an
was knONn ~ name. lie said 10 was HI"~n bet'fe
the three orders issued inst what WIS 10 ne H'uf
The work under three orders was marked On the map
A having been done three different parts or the same
| .eUer Mr. Babcock'. reports In regard 10 the same
ere also produced There nothing IN the reports Z"
show where the work begun, OF ended or TO which
order report related
General Tracy-ThIs map Is made mp from your
oimfca yoar ateatlon to this report Of yours Have
not the figures been recently altered At iooAs %
Il.
O. @Bnt have they no, been altered A-Thcy ere LOO
ali the same ~ they originally, think. don't
know vii" altered them
Mr. payn ne Eog ,b Drp rl maj rnnor
General rracy-le-, aud have proved " !''" VII
MIR whitrdge We brought the same charge On regard
to another document and proved that also o., ,....
General TrlcyYour cport here -ays mat = feeto or
sewer we're repaired and It Is married On thi4 map;
which YOU have bad lnide WITHIN Two 9l} S', "y
Or jhe map was ,ade out according to yoog Ieporg
on these two orierss NO. -ir. But INC nap was
YOU Know Of any hie 70 -l9w that
the separate orders were not CONTINUOUS "of" A.
senator Tt Gib-Yoar report shows that Mr. Cunning,
ham repaired PAL feet OF sewer You say tl ou ny.
10 REV on the ,luount OF work dene IN errnIJL 20 u2
bills. Now, M CannlElam rei.rrl OH 80 r,cSS
sewer, shown ~ this map theA ne WIS P1" W. -|A
Al don't think 80.
MI Cunningham produced bis pay roia tor SIX weeks,
all that he had preserved John F. Carroll, VINO Iade 1p
the rolls. wi- then examined The rolls were sheets u
paper Oh which the names Of the "ornhen EN-
Moved by Mr. Cunningham. with the time N The men
There WIS nothing the rolls TO show whether ~oFh-
man WAS employed 0u city work Tor which Nj cunning
ham L. Maid by the hour or city work or which a.
nalh bv IN. iopsuch Fepayins street openiBs-
or whetAe, u. WIS employed On private contracts.
General Tracy-Is true that men are employed ma
Same week uLrtly city WORK ana Phuy Oh plls1.l
work without there being anything on your foh % sho"
10 AM vet from those rolls you make NJ Your bs
| aatu.t tle rt.I Ayes, sir but know when NAN IS
| WorAin. On private work and when on eity WORE. 80,
! a. -Vn1 LluN urc.ll,e YOU remembers Aye ar
| Q-HOE long 10 Jobs lasti A-fF'h "Ao ''i'N
weeks.
Nv the rolls 1t was shown that the Hnn ASI rom
thirthye to sixty-One employed each wes Al mo
| ures.nt fine There Lhrty-two men Ehpn W.
cunningham paid ~ so day each, and for "" labor Z"
which he cot from city - ID each ahiy There Wa
two mech nlcs getting day each. the city paying -
each The witness said that Mr Cunningham hSl hegnS
Ia nav mechanics - day recently since called upon 70
| produce his pay rolls
General rr,ry-rhe nrm Of K. \. Cunningham < co.
80 al by rhe iannrtn ent $4,000 year FOR a!or %
a. noun exclusive o. the piece work ana yer You bA9
~ a .cr,u i'm the Nay OF bookkeeping mat WIZ snow
how many hours any man worked on particular J'''
M Wnfridce-Ts II not that piece work yon
oct Sa from The city for which, IN ti'- on 40 70 80
we'll that You do not hhHc =" I'P'-' ~ ''''' '
si4 7Ji Ayes, N
To Mr. Payne thewtness said that II was n"ar! Al
ways nece,s.y rtpsr the repaving over street of-
uqs three or foar times This was the piece "0ls ~
! ferred 10 by Mr.. wh.tridge.
{ THE BtNFERS AND MERCHANTS UIELS.
Al the animal meeting Of the Bankers and
u Merchants telegraph COmpan' yesterday, mo
former directors reelected oy the unanimous vote