New-York tribune., 1890-04-20
Ayers SarsaparilIa,
ped by DR. J. AVER CO.. Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists
Price ST. Six bottles a bottle

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to believe that any one OF them was dishonest;
William j. Tanning, attorney law, SAID that
he made an application on behalf OF inc New cor
Vork and College Point Ferry Company tor per
mission TO change it's landing place from Ninety
ninthst TO Nnety-sixth-st The application was
made early in sSs. 1t was not proposed to MAKE
The CITY nav anything, directly or indirectly,
for the change The Sinking Fund Commission
acted favorably on the application. and sent !,
to the Board of Aldermen. who referred II To uie
Committee on Ferries and Franchises. lie made
an argument before the committee. lie thought
Aldermen Murray. Bowling and Mooney were
among the members Of the committee Inc me
witness did not hear of any argument being
made in opposition to ~ bit Alderman Mooney
opposcd it in the committee. and the application
has not been granted. 1T has never beeh acIc9
on one way or another, so far as know. SAID
'"' All that Mr. Tanning knew about money in
connection with the extrcation OF the case % ron
tho committee was based surmlse. Mr
Mooney told me that the foot Of NLncty-slXth-st
was more valuable than Ninety ,nnth-st.' sala
the witness 4" | answered that had no DOUBT
nv clients were willing to pay what the CITY
sYou understood Mr.. Mooney to mean valuable
to the city Of New.lork p said Mr. Bartlett
Entirely so. said Mr.. flaming. ,.
"And not valuable 10 him or to his pocket
Henry NJ TAFT. the committees accountant,
idenfi1ied a report that he had prepared In IL
no showed that expenditures for cngrosSlng me
proceedings of the Board are now unnecessary, rs
there is no reason why an cngrosseo iccor" sho'."
The expenses incurred in making an cngrosseo
COPY of old records were also cXtravaSant Nonic
of it cost an average Of S2o1 page. mere ns
embodied in his report letter sent by 'cTh
Twomey TO the Board in 1887. complaining of the
Incidence and carclessness of clerks under INC
present system. and suggesting the l'aNnlch' pi
enrrossing by the piece nj 10 cents per l"O WORDS
No action had been taken on tnat Ici III w ~;
course of his researches, Mr. iait discovereo IN IN
the city library, among NE copica ,SeS "i ,
old records several bulky ones than cohsis'e"
of Uniform binding and DlanK paper.
President Arnold. Of the Board Of Aldermen,
who is also a member OF the Board oil Estlnar
and Apportionment. said he had never personally
annlied to the clerk Of the Board 10 make any
Appointments of subordinate clerks II the c'rAS
were paid 81 page il was entirely 700 his,. aln
as member of the Board Of Estimate and Appor-
tionment. he would certainly in future. IN view
of what was said in the report. feel inclined TO
make Inquiries before voting for appropriations
Wr Arnold said that Mr. Croker did not request
him to vote for granting the cable PERMISSION 10
the Broadway Railroad lie called upon Nh
Croker TO ask him, as member OF .he oi,iN'iis
Fund Commission, what he thought ABOUT ~
Vr Croker told him that he considered IL 10 be
a wise measure and that he thought the amount
the company offered was as good as couid DC got
Mr. WINS asked Mr.. Arnold u make susses-
tons as to legislative measures when couiu Ic,
sult in making the Board of Aldermen more
effective efficient and representative uouS mS o~
Mr. Arnold was not fertile In suegcsehU.S, "'''
those which he did give were not inOmcnlo"s
When a similar request was put 10 Aiuci man u
Walton Storm, the next witness eAaihe', &c
said "If you want letter Aldermen S"n m,,ss
make their terms correspond with inc Mayor
and nav them higher salaries. lou can cNPT't
to give " his ,e pod% sqd pay ,1e c%penses for
S-,UYSS coyrse not said Senator Fassc't. sympa,
tbet;cally though the cruel, listening crown
laughed. -. ~ Alderman Conkling :
o;,ia;s,os Of the Board with withering suc"s,ii'
:" From what Conkling says, he Is 'he oniS ,,. vu,
cataJ man that has been on the Board III m"n}
ssn American COLLEGE and then European "ni
'ets1S Tbc Aldermen as rule, stop when they g go
tbrough college, and don't 20 TO EUROPE ''e
gested Nj Board%sn 4It..,, Some Of them go
| Said Senator fassett oo'"o "
Wien Mr.. WINS announced that ne wac @ "%"n '",,
to call wtnssses as as 70 P,neo,Te ,no 1 Mr Koch
| Ia that they had been subpoch'eh ~ ipin.J
nefore tho Grand Jury on Monday ana ie ""po op',
49, would not be put on the siand DN .n' ro,i' l
they wou.t ntii "V thcv had been before the Gr"nI
Ir,es Inrv M Koch also fervidly declared ' ihJa'
is not a place running in New-iorK 'l'F !" WIN
ucP " " e yelling. Of the City Reform IND 'cs-
tilted that he had found number OF paa 'nen
within a quarter of mic o. p'nn an ,p,ode to The
on alnction dav Complaint had been ihauc !" ,' M
on eIec,io" E"iec hut the licenses were mol re,
X"lscd The commissioners sald 'na' % ae'S no"n, nT0
| moi he satisfied as to the SITUATION " " M ~ ,I,o
| .tore and It's proximity 10 Il pollimS p"V.o ~ % m
s.o1 o.;Soncn "m" nS he Cnv Record They would re-
onire the owner of the premises where d ,e p", 90
We're held to swear tha' his place Ws %Se distance,
pmsasSed polns P~Si wit % s,e tape by compcien, per-
s"n' The Reform Club provided all this eVioehc'
any" W. II. Roomcr said he found bar,roons Uirn I;pn
on election day around the cormrT rr ,ra foH Smons
tna rlacns he visited were Tninors. on l5road
wa way the ST. Marks Hotel in Fihh,avr % diGn 1Grs
places, he was told, were ho'cis, puo h - ,onl, %
,h;nk q man who went 30 the bar ana look
drink should be considered guest. ,;,,. poforu
George w Miller, secretary oi ,he ,mH he,o,r torn
C1nb said that in some cases the liquor s,1I' ,1
omen were only few doors away rom tnr p"n,,n
ntaces. and vet the Board required measurement"
Of the distances. 49,, r rst
"I notice William Tait's place on your ilf''
said Mr. WINS, :" is that the Aidcr,nah;, ,o IN
AZ don't know. ! think probably II may nay pc, @
Mr. Wins said that he thought u was lus' , ala'
proper that Mr. Kochs request not 70 nr cN",nlnr
until he had been before the Grand Jury shrnl,,
he granted So Mr. Koch. 10 his eNlheht rrici
got q respite. and the committee adJoufheo s"ol'o
TO the call Of the chairman