New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-23
A LIVELY CONTROVERSY.
MP MYERS SCORES JOHN II. srRAHAN.

,rrr,,prs TO MAKE THE CITY PAY AN OLD
TWEED RING CLAIM.
co,tro,,sr MYERS and Counsellor John II. strahan
ia a rod hot time Of IL over the notorious DlnSmUc
o,omp At the Board of Estimate meeting yesterday.
This Ia a resurrected scheme for obtaining Sl3o'ooo
from the city treasury, which had It's origin durihs
On. robber DAYS Of Tweed. The Controller mas Deci
investigating this alleged claim at the request oil le
po,rd and Yesterday reported against paying It, Tic
said that 1t rested upon charges for advertising ~
Dinsmores stoclaolder between 1867 and 1871 al
enormous rates the same items being repeated again
and AGAIN. The claim he said, Gov In the ha1uS
of SPECTATORS who had bought IL at nominal r"'es'
Mr. MYERS showed beside that Controller Ahore" IL
Green had settled all that was honest In IT, hayis
Maid the balance due DinsmOre & Co., VINO hah ssneu
receipt dated January 10. 1873, for $o,0al d. anu
that they had given full release 10 the ciy'
controller warmed to his work as he denounced the
ot.r,n, N abstract large sum OF the taxpayers
money without consideration.
Mr. straban seemed to think that some OF the Coh-
troer's structures meant for him ana Dccome GA
cecdngy uneasy. When his turn TO be heard came III
defended the claim with much more vgor thah decacy'
and asked the Board to obtain the Corporation OoulSei
opinion in regard TO the provisions OF the act OF tc
Legislature which resuscltated 1t, and whch ME-
strahan asserted mandatory and conpeiled inc
payment The Controller replied that the case hid
been referred to him. and he had examined 1t thoroughly
and Impartiay. lie should object 10 haVlhe IL ic'
ferred elsewhere. II was, he added' an ouuascouS
illustration Of the methods by when II"eed alu in9
confederates pilagcd the city twenty years ago. Inc
only course for the Board to PURSUE no ''us' was
to dismiss it and refuse to pay IT,
Mr. Strahans classic features underwent se'eia'
changes OF color while the Controller was dissecng MS
claim Then the counsellor blurted out grufny ina.
your opinion is IT. Luckily you are not the boaEu
"pm quite well aware of that, Mr. strahan' IT,
piled Mr.. Myers, undisturbed.
"Wellp returned Mr. Strahan with an llFdlsguised
sneer,. you seem to think you are
The smile on the face OF the cniei hn~'iai ''''O0
OF the city disappeared
"That is false he said Tho blood mounting quickly
~ his TEMPLES "Besdes, let me tell you this: Here
after shall be careful when ADMIT you 10 my
Office had some experience with you last year. anu
| repeat now to you emphatcaly that THIS cEih -
one Of the greatest frauds ever attempted upon Vno
public. The very idea of you trying to resusci'a'o
these old Tweed frauds is shameful. Why have you
allowed twenty years to eapse before pressing II
ANYHOW IL has been defeated in the courts"
II never has y retortcd Stranhan with menacinS
gesture.
say IL has returned the Controller, looking ready
TO fight then and there.
Fortunately the pOnderous form OF Deputy Conuohci
tors was directly between the excited men ana pro
sented insuperable difficulties to personal collision
restored The debate ended with the passage OF
resolution calling upon the Corporation Counsel for
construction of the special act OF Suscltatoh "non
Mr. Strahan had secured from the legislature
The Aqucduct Commissions refusal to submit 10 uie
Board a fun list Of its employees was taken up ius
had been demanded by a resolution pasSeh OIL 'uy l.
President Barker OF the Tax Department, moved ola
the Mayor be asked to have the Commissioners oil Ac
count, examine the books OF the Aqueduct Commission
inf
landed the Commissions cause and suggested tilat
would do no harm to ask the Corporation Counsel wa
right II any, the Board had to interfere with the "orh
of the Commission. Mr. Myers's suggestion was dis
ragarded and Commissioner BaTker's motion wa
adnpted the Controller voting "no" and the Mayor 10
Ginning TO vote. -, -. L.. pc ooo =,
nav nolfce matrons and letter from Commits slOher
Jurors Martin giving the details OF his rearraneegei
of his department salary list, whereby the pay ~ U
Deputy Commissioners was increased RON S 2,vOSS !,
NJ 500 year and the place oil register was echteu'
which Gofln F. Casey had been appointed at yearly
salary OF 81, 500, were referred TO the Sohuoier, Ar
SoSretary Adee was authorized to give n0tlce 20 I'M
heads of the city departments and the various Doad
and courts that the consideration OF the estimates io
the budget of 1892 would be In order between August