Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08


Conservative club Of London. lie Il III.
nestle, however, IN his tastes. lIeis ~
nature bnlldar.up, hot an leonocIasi
IN endeayoring 70 pull the Rcadlnr ~,
pi the slough 81 dcsp0nd he n engaged
10 a congcnial task. he N considered one
ot the squafest men IN the domain ~
finance Ills integrity has never been
questioned.
The continued exports OF gold have
been 90 uulagofahlc feature OF the imam.
rlal situation iattprly, aud baron Woor.
ishafter Is disposed to lay consldtrhblo
siypss upon this as a bearpoh On etorka
hut conservative bankers Disagree with
him Tho outside public Is bnyinu bonds
rather Than stocks, hut with graduaily IN.
crcasng exports Of wheat, notwithstand.
ing All the ifckefy Of The exporters. and
with tho prospect o. hotter state al
failtond uifalis before long, tho bnll
party Is sun numerous
Oscn WufOrCunY RiGGs.
The dust thrown up nv tho eonhi.
BROADWAY railroad luyes llgaiiOn commit.
tee bus been so great this pasl week that
u has almost entirety hidden three eases
illustrative " tho peculiar distribution Of
snOila IN local poillcs Tho iifst IA me
case Of Mr.. hommiss Hyamlec C0lah, d
Pafsec merchant Who came hore IN 1870
/ remember him we'll. newas of dignined
presence aud man OF great inteill.
gencc, He yisit0d newspaper Offices ana
public Institutions, and attracted
average attention. Suddenly he became
insane, over 500 600 was found IN his
trunk 81 The llohmun houso as no had
no lrlonds hcrca guardian was appointed
rNecd was then ia the zenith u his glory,
and TammanY Hall had great influence
with the judges. A well known Rachpm
secured poAsessisn OF the Parsee's tlfects
lIe belonged to the patrcian clement Of
the puriy, had ncyrrtraincu Ia the ranks
of the prptorians, aud Wasconsldered en-.
tirely Trustworthy. Mr. Colah was sont 10
Bombay afterwards under the guardian.
ship uf one Of the sachem's friends. who
was allow, Il s25 900 for his service.
The sachvm retained possession 0f the
Parsee's money The family IN bombay
made repeated efforts TO secure II and
failed, AT the last accounting only asa
out of the SEQ 600 remained The bal.
anco was eaten up IN fees aud allowances
The sachem, It Is said, excuses himself
on the ground that $4,000 was lost In
bad mortgage Investment The facts are
being developed IN au EFFORT 20 secure a
specific accounting. The case recalls
the Taylor will case IN which fortune Of
$500, 600 was, through law court ramia-
cation distributed among hungry poit.
clans
Tho second case grows out of the
effort TO improve the Harlem river AT the
expense OF the taxpayers owning land
along that stream The commissioners
were appointed several years ago Polt-
ioal considerations unquestiOuahly had
something to do with their appointment.
They were VIM. Il Grace, now mayor,
Gen. Badly Smith and Mr. JamcsD, Fish,
now resident OF Auburn. They looked
AT the nnds, held few meetings, adopted
a plan and put IN bill for
silG,000. Smith claimed $4,000 for his
services and Grace und Fish wanted So.
600 each. Counsel 10 the commissioners
asked for el5, 900 aud an appraiser ap-
pointed by the Commlssioncsnlso sought
$4,000 for his services. one OF the
tax payers protested aud made fight In
the courts He has Just won &C. Gen.
Smit h Is allowed only S8500 Grace and
Fish $4,000 each, The lawyer $4,000 and
the appraiser $1,000. The tax pay.
ers saved $4,000 In ALL but It
cost them three years of litigation
80 do H. This case recalls Tweed
scheme for the widening OF Broome street
Afcen years ago. The commissioners
were credited with getting $4,000 for
removing an iron railing that ran along
the front OF a block Of buildings running
from Wooster to Laurens street
The third case Is developed by the
effort TO build ncw bridge ACROSS the
Harlem river between High bridge and
| Kings bridge, Politics were again the
handspring that secured the appointment
Of the commissioners. They went 10
1 work with u VIII, regardless OF cost. EN-
perts were appointed, proposals were
asked for, aud all the little wires used la
| forwarding similar schemes were laid,
when taxpayer took the alarm. He
beloved so loudly that public attention
was aroused, and $1,000, 600 was saved 10
| the public treasury,
These three cases emit little smoke,
! but that smoke is enough 10 indicate thc
Intensity Of the fires covered by the cold
crust Of local politics The city Is build
ing an aqueduct that viii cost between
| 500 900, 900 and s80,000,000 The major
| lty Of the commissioners IRE cool and cal
| culating politicians They get souoO 4
year for meeting once q fortnight No re-
ports Of their sessions are published IN The
newspapers, aud the people know moth
ing OF what Is going on, The city u
also making parks up Ia Wcstcheslei
county for the use OF those who are rlcl
enough 70 ride In carriages az an expense
that threatens 10 add S2O,00o,0OO 10 The
city debt. All The movements % the
commissioners, however, seem 20 be well
under cover, for the newspapers are silent
concerning their operations Occasion
| ally shrewd politician dashes across
Harlem bridge with a fortune IN hlA
pocket, made by an Investment Ia the
condemned lands, but only his friends
seem 20 be aware OF ", and the honey
cumbing process continues.
The Broadway railroad Investigation
may prove % be volcanic eruption that
win expose the secrets ~ tho mountain
and create an excitement paralleled only
by the rxcitemcn. attending the exposure
Of the Tammany ring IN 1872. lumoi
SAYS that Roscoe conkling ls ambitious
OF playing the role Of Samuel y. Illden
Ia this new political drama, lie Is WORK
INK on the chance OF receiving pay ioi