New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-03
PECULIAR REFORM METHODS
,,rcc1JNG WITH A DUMPING CONTRACT.

,p NJ VIEWERS TROUBLE WITH THE NAVY DE
nm, n..rvrsr-Is IT ALL FOR "Boss" NJ LAUGH
LINZ p.o,,,rr
ra,,ord 7 McKeeyer, a well-known brookiy1
.ontractor. on January 10, Of this year. aPpHsSo a
to The NAVY Department for CONTRACT 70 M prooL
lowlands and swamps on 9e eass reerred to the
Bureau Of Yards and Docks MI MTM1T' % con-
trast was made by tine H.. Sas sSe privilege filling
in the owlands of the Brooklyn Navy ia abe Navv
ashes and good clean DIRT free OF COS. 10 hn nsces
Denarfment The contractor was 10 90 eno . i 40 On
sarv grading and provide O Waterman iot .
trance gate at his own expense; ,otice.bv either
might be terminated on sixty days ho'i0os''
Oh se av % Mr. McKeeyer received notice from ON
Commod0re RALPH Chandler. Comaanaant ~ ann
Navy Yard that the a NHyy given to him
Rhara. Hart. OF Brooklyn, after July -, anu .na
onestion was put whether Mt Mehesve, we'd s aIIow
Mr III Hsrt TO come in and share the privilege III
Mr. McKeever insisted on his exclusive ~ the
was informed that his contract wOv veSe Would be
ekprati .. o M SKY Hart and others. Csmnodore
EShsnaler added that, if Mr.. McKeeyer agreed TO
the proposition the Bureau OF iar the anu privilege
a rysnted at any time and without formal
nstice. Believing that t hn shut nea out from
he would be Ss st a no time in favor Of Hart
and Others Mr.. McKeever wrote 10 Secle,aiy
Whitney that he possessed the conHao, 10 bo had
ing for one year from January To- nav or mo nor
lived m 10 the terms of the contract IN every pal,
ticuar and he could not understand wn ~ CON.
proposed to revoke It that he hau goto L;mseIf
sIdera HE expense and, desiring 70 protSSco . .".t
from loss he offered to pay the Navy Dopal me- me-.
81 900 per annum for the sole rlght 10 Ho"p oansa
in fhe BROOKLYN Navy Yard, and pay the expense re
nf ~rod;ng and n Waterman. To this letter ne re-
oa ,aS no renIv he sent similar letter by CoD.
gressman Mahoney setting forth IN addl,iol 'r as
he was Democrat in good stanclng, le ~ H., ~,
a Democratic ORGANIZATION ana IeIclii"S bnvav
and osheps foy the truth of his statements
Nevertheless. on July 81 the csDtract was tak S
from Mr. McKeever and gwen 10 H. hea" "a 70
Air. Hart was dropped in the transact on. soine-
what TO his surprise and disgust. heao ~ ~ ~
have the exclusive right to dump ear III In sn
NJ YARD IL is claimed by MIR. Mckeever tnat
Pod a. 10 are dummies and that the real Par.ies
m interest are James Shevelln and BOSS NC
Iauphlin Read is employed as saes i lii NJ ln
cloth house of Adndge, Glddlngs ~ Cii'Vn, ros'
ner the Coz IS John Frost. clerk Ill the Au nn
ors office III Brooklyn at salary Oh Ra, U ~
year the privilege granted by the CONTRACT Is
yaInable one. The lOwlands of the Navy laIo are
not far IRON places where good deal Oh ouIIuns
beug done he eareh excavated from tne celi', va
hnidinrs in course of erection, refuse pul'u ~
material ashes, etc, must DC car'eu ava. ~
the nrivIlere OF Jumping III the Navy YARD MI; NC
Kcever charged 10 cents for each cart Ioau anu
20 cents for each truck load ne nunper Gi he
ayefa ce Of 300 loads day dumped, evealy dlviaeu
between carts and trucks the receipts Wouid pe
MIR. McKeever thinks that the. Transaction Is
pretty small one for Reform auhlni so 80 49,,
He suggests that if the Navy Department Is red,lS
anxions 20 run It's bureaus on business principles,
il begin 10y putting this particular contract up ~
puhlic auction or advertise for proposals.