New-York tribune., 1886-08-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A POOR INSPECTOR OF MEASURES.

"A
No SYSTEM IN HIS WORK AND NO MEMORANDA I"
sHow-A FAILURE GENERALLY.
One Of the old Tweed politicians turned up YES
%er,lay as a defendant before tn" Controller. re
was James A. Monaghan. Inspector OF weights ana a
Was president of the Board OF Councilmen and
power in Democratic circles. But the overthrow 9i
the Tweed Ring left him politically stIanu, tdsH,y
an examination to see who was wa,,nJ ,e
eponsible for the small amount OF fees turned
in by the inspectors aud sealers OF weights ano
these officials possessed Monaghan was the only
witness examined lie gave his evidence In CON
fused wav and aside from his declaration ina. ne
did not want the place gave evidence that Ne nau
utterly failed In his duties. Assistant Corporaio
Counsel CiarksOn conducted the examination io'
the Controller -. &c
Monaghan admitted that he had no system OF
testing measures scales exccpb by set oi weigh.s
and another of measures. He did not go over h's
various tradesmen classified He made no record
OF the places visited or the amount OF money IT,
csived by hun. He told lame story oi Inann,s mans
misaid his memorandum containing the ainouh's
received Whatever he had collected he mao tnrnGeu
over to the City Chamber ain. About nine,,cht11s 1
Of all the places visited dld not pay nort n. of the
VIOLATIONS Of the law to tne Oorpvi''fb,odd n"r bad
Attorney. as the ordinance requires hs nor mac mac
measures when he fonnd scales and measures
untrue He had no yard measure no welgqt ap9ye
eioht nonnds and no measure above gaiion. lie
wes asSed n ne had ever received any instructions
& vac a,' one relatiye TO the duties Of the place.
lie replied that he had received 20 instrncn9ps, no
know that he was compelled to make report to
the clerk of the Common Council
TS had ,He IT. but
had never lead II, and was unacQqaInted with lfs
provisions. He said that Francis j. Twomey; clerk
oil the Common Council, had advised him that he
could retain the fees collected He was again asked
If he had no memoranda of any kind, showing the
names Of the persons VISITED and the amounts col
bar 1,at hot ha hoAn nt n a.
stroyed them when he paid the amounts to the Clty
Chamberlain.
The further examination was adjourned to We'd
nesday, and Inspector Monaghan was advised TO
try TO lind some of the missing memoranda NJ,
since the beginning Of The year Inspector Mon,
1923 was turned In on July q. Clerk Twomey de-
fned that he had advised Monaghan to retain the
fees
WILL THE WORK Be BEGUN TO-DAYi
The engineers Of the Subway Commission yester-
day completed their surveys OF SlXth-ave between
Twenty-third aud Fifty ninth sts for the electrical
conduts, and unless something unexpected happens
at the meeting OF the commissioners to-day, the
work of digging the TRENCH will be begun to-mor-
row morning. Engineer Kearney stated yesterday
that the conduit would be laid at an average depth
OF about four and half feet 1t will be on the east
side of the avenue about mid Way between the
curb and the Elevated RAILROAD columns. All the
commissioners will be present when operations be-
gin tomorrow, and Secretary Moss is to remove the
= Z stone .
there was not a quorum at the meeting of the
Consolidated Company directors yesterday
Another effort to get full board together Will DC
made to-day. The engineers of the commission say
that the work will necessitate the employment OF
5000 men within a month, as they purpose to bury
The wires several streets at The directors
OF the Construction Company claim. however. that
contracts have been made with several contractors
including John Devlin, of Brooklyn, The engi-
Deers say that there is no reason why the work
should not go at the rate Of 1000 feet a day,
when it is fairly started. They believe that 1t
will lie possible to get a subway line from the Bat
tery TO Harlem Bridge by January l.
1t was rumored yesterday that somebody was
going to get out injunction as soon as the work
of excavation should be fairly started, for the
purpose of giving the Construction Company more
time. but no could be found to verify this
report.