New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17

wllf disregard OF duty allow IL to run itseif or 10
be by their Chief Engineer who seems to do
pretty much as he pieases and TO be directiy re-
sponsfble for much Of the bad work thus uncovered.
what more VIII be shown before the Commi siorers OF
Accounts and the Corporation Couns, get through IL
hard to guess, but the probabilities that down.
right corruption Of the worst kind will DO brought
home to somebody.
All this dis graceful business Is directly chsrgeabe
10 the laws by which the Dock Department was ex-
empted from the operation of the charter provision
under which the expenditures OF the city departments
generally placed within the control Of the Board
of Estimate and by which the construction WORE
may be given out without public letting at the VIII
OF those Commissioners. The effect OF these two laws
has been to remove the Dock Department IRON thar
public scrutiny which all other departments have been
subjected to. They enacted in the interest Oh
rOgues, and the rOguery that has been sV"s u"
through their operation has begOtten general sysHn
Of corruption which has pcrmcatcd every brahoh VI
the Departments business. No loss sum hai
Fl I67 003 30 was spent by the Dock Departments
from May, 1888 TO May 1880. practically all OF IL
under tho authority Of tho Chief Engineer Ihe IN
vestigaon he's not yet penetrated into inc ue'ai's
of the spending OF this vast sum OK money p"' 'ho
Commissioner Of Accounts do not hcsi'ate " Roy
that they have evidence Of frauds No douD' cNis''
in the mind of any sensible and ihiorm'u pO' 9S
that under honest and efficient admin tfaioh tHo
Dock Department cOuld be nlauc 10 pay ~ 'o'
TO the city of at least 1900 600 year. whereas upon
nm showing made on the Controllers books the CITY
Is not one dollar ahead in its accounts win the ~
partment Since 1870 It has issued Dohos ".'o"'
with their interest amount ~ twenty miilohs am w
prpaiest care has apparently been eAercs'u " ny
the Departments expenses up TO It's rooe,p"'
has turned in revenue Just soou' inc ST.
> ba< drawn from tho sale OK oohas'
A., irou;siton ALWAYS presents dramatic seeue'
.,niar IN kind 10 that OF sag at pay he may
,au down I'm a cowarlly heap, he may s'ahu que'S
and meet his death without show Oh eitNcr i"'
mr. resistance, or he may make gran" ""'" ~
libertv. Stays Of all kinds have been aeNoiop''
in this Investigation. smyth, che icemsh' was
rec,lsss stag. disposed to shut his eyes ana uas"
..,.anoro for luck He had procured pier In a
dnrnmy name with dummy bondsmen' through ", u,
:. ,nrooencen Of ward politician named hely' nc
haa maid Kelly 60 800 TO get the pier LOT hin'' an
Kelly had pulled the necessary strings III 'n' u'P
ment successfully. Smyths testimony wa, 20
rndor,ng maze OF stupid, idle stories, told uhuer
the influence Of throbong hhssiiS'ion,
,r,th uo regard for the facts Oh
record not for consistency. "hen oolip
cornered be fell back upon the boodlerS Ooo"
,l,rL and homeless memory. He is now unuer ar
rest for perjury the natural result OF such iooiish
methods. Young Mccarthy was bold risky stag
disnosed TO paw the earth and snort lie Is o"'
twenty three years old, the son OF FORMER uooh-
master and tho recipient until recently Oi ohi'
about 81 600 a year But he too, got pier aoon'
tvelve months ago in the name of friend nslcu
N,rtach. and straightway he started BANK 90
count lie secured place as assistant 10 INC
rcc,1ar dockmaster and Re worked diligently 10
nlu vessels I'D to his pier In ten monhs no mas
been enabled to deposit 100000 TO his personal
account in bank He has engaged win Mur1sa
in extenstve building operations and Tor Isd VI
tven+v-three may certainly be said to Do uo'rS
anita wells At me same time, the crys revenues
from the dock district within which his pier Is
located Lave reached the annual sum OF only S4'ooo'
There * very little doubt that the frauds In ms
district amount TO at least @o0'oVo'
Mccarthy was defiant, cunning WIZ
ross lie admitted nothing. de nehleo
hat he was the actual nominal lessee lie claitheu
10 ,s merely collector for Murtagh. To be sure, he
had never rendered Murtagh any accounts and when
,r,rtach bappened TO make collection on account 81
tho nicr the money was always turned over 10 the
Witness What for? Well, possibly in order thar nc
mipbt take care of 1t. No. he kept 10 BOOKS lie h%'
never once made an entry of his receipts as Muragh
collector When he came 10 make an accounting ne
would have 10 trust wholly to memory although the
ecs,nts were all In small Of nom 10 cents 10 Slo
and amounting TO about $50 week. How was ne
coino 10 decide how much he owed Murtaghi W
veil he hadn't thought that matter yet; there
u,os lots OF time before he needed to worry ABOUT
that: he and Murtagh would be able to agree