The evening world., 1889-12-31
WHO'LL save TIE STREETS9
was The GAR POISONED? VII
Mayor Grants Problem in Choosing
COlemal'S Successor.
Seabold mud u Host OF Tammany
Men After the Plum.

Movor hraut did not receive Street
Cleaning Commissioner Coleman's letter
Of resignation unit he reached his Office
in the City Hall this morning.
Such action by the Commissioner was
not contemplated yesterday by His Honor.
md wds very like Il bomb for the cNccu.
tive.
Now the Mayor finds TINT he yves n
grave duty to the public in the appoint.
ment Of n Street Commissioner who will
do his whole duty and put tue streets of
this great city in n %c'cnnly condition.
In his letter Mr.. Coleman reviews his
seven years of service in the Straet-Cleau-
ing Department. which he organized, nj
defends his administration. regrCtting the
failure OF other departments of the CITY
GovCrnmcnt To- cu.opo rate with him in an
enforcement o! tho Sanitary Code, aud
the ordinan es against the deflcnent VI
the public t~hurouChta Cs.
MIR. Coleman declares that he has kept
h department tree from politics. und
laos employed Republicans aud Demo.
Gratis, Tnnunnny meN u Counties alike.
throughout his administration. md there
Is IN the lcttor the tainteSt suggestion OF
y belief on his pRrt TINT tho old order is
about to change III this regard.
! When this letter reached Mayor Grant
it found him AZ Lusy IT, he Inns been dur.
ing any II day i'll his Official experience.
His private secretary, MIR. Cram. who
freed himself from the grip of tho Rus.
sian malHdy Yesterday, wal again con-
fined to his residence, tho influenza hay.
ing seized him i'll atightci grasp than ever
before.
M, ,,,.,,tA ,,.. Al.A ~. NJ 49, ,n.
alone to dispose Of the small mountain of
pay rolls which always pile up in the
office on the last dny Of each month. as
well as the multitude of other duties
which are consequent upon the last day
of the ycnr.
"WLpt will Won do about Commissioner
Coleman's resignation" he was asked.
Il haven't had time 10 think" was his
reply. the quill scratching away with un-
nlated energy and his eyes riyCted nn its
point like those of n snake charmed bird
Gou don't imagine | will refuse to
accept" asked he. turning interviewer.
and then, while his messenger was 70.
placing u pile of signed vouchers with an
equally big n TO be signed, he said
This resignation hps come uncn me
unexpectedly, and ] have not thought
who would be n good man for the place.
when / shall appoint Mr.. Coloman's
successor ] cannot now soy, hut | shall
try TO do so ms soon ms possible"
Mr.. Coleman did not visit his Office
this morning and could not lie found by
The EVENING WORLD reporter.
His s~ubordInates were a%nXiouslv specu-
lating on the possibility of the succession
and the probability of their retention III
Office.
Jacob Seabold. who for n number OF
years was Deputy Commissioner under
Mr.. Coleman, is foremost in n host OF
Tammany candidates fort vacant place.
He is Fire Commissioner purroy's first
lieutenant i'll charge of the Tammany
forces OF the Twenty third Ward.
Other candidates are eX-Judge John
McQuade. ex-Register John Reilly, ex.
Senator Geo. w. Plunkett and Patrick
Diver, all Tammany Hall district
leaders.