Evening journal., 1891-01-17
Not nlaue.

For the year 1856 Dr. Draper, who was
president of the Board cf Health, made
personal application to City Council for
an increase in the appropriation, as he
claimed the appropriation WAS not large
enough to do the work properly In com.
pliance with his request City Council in
creased the appropriation from So, 2s8 to
$4,000. The awards of contracts only
amounted to 81 $40 When Council saw
that more money was appropriated than
could be used. the next year ii cut the
appropriation down to 95. 800 In that year
the awarded contracts amounted to
IS, ,632, which was $169 more than was
needed
Looking at the three Democratic years
1856 S-there was a natural increase
Of about $500 psr year to allow for the
increase in population.
The Republicans. the first year made
an increase OF $500; the second year,
81 Gao in round numbers, and the third
year $2,020 For the year 1889 the con
tracts were awarded by the Democrats
in January, the Republican Board Of
Health coming in in May.
As soon as the Republican board had an
opportunity to make awards the figures
few up in 1890 under the ring arrange
ment, from So, 722 under a Democratic
board, (Which showed a natural increase
Of about $500,) TO 81, 1902 or a natural
increase of $l,03S. 20. 1t will also be
seen that the same ring made a natural
increase Of 81, ,026l0 in the awards for
1891.
These figures are suggestive, when it
is considered that the lowest and most
advantageous bidders are cast aside for
the Winehester-Fagan- Collins combi-
nation.
Work Poorly Done
There has never been SO much com
plant for non removal OF garbage.
During ten months from February 10. to
December 10, 1890, the following com
plants have been registered upon the
complaint book in the secretary's Office:
First district. .. ......,.. ................ "a
Seaond district. lgl
Ihird district '.-..-.-.. .................... p
rourbh ulstrlct'.. -........- 2l2
3o5
This statement does not begin TO rep
resent the extent Of the garbage
contractors neglect The largest num-
Der OF complaints registered are in
the districts under Leiiln Collins and
Thomas Fsgan
1t is next TO impossible to keep full
list of the Complaints, as many Of them
come in irregular ways and cannot be re-
corded. 1t is safe to assert, however,
that those registered do not repre-
sent more than two.thirds OF the
total cases Of neglect that were reported
Some Of the reports show that gar
bage has been allowed to lie on premises
for two and three weeks
During the months OF the year chat
complains are most frequent Clerk Lee
was in Europe. and in his absence very
few OF the complaints were registered in
the book, but simply laid before the
board as received.
Who Are the Real Contractorsg
Certain occurrences would point TO the
fact that Hugh Mcdonnell and Charles
4. Gallagher are the real contractors.
The bids are all dlled in by one person,
and those who have seen the bids say
that the handwriting is that Of Gala.
CHER,
It's also claimed that Gallagher &
Company had eight additional carts
built for this years work, before the
contracts were awarded. Ia fact. DR.
Wales made the remark at the meeting
of the board, the night that the bids
were opened, that next year there would be
more carts used than had ever been used
heretofore. and that they would be better
ones. This indicated that he was aware
that extra preparation had been made by
the ring to do the work to better advan-
tage to themselves.
TO make this assumption still more
conclusive, the men who were employed
by the contractors were often paid off bv
Gallagher, and Mcdonnell frequently
gave orders to the men TO clean of the
horses used in the work.
Statement by johnson.
John E Johnson, colored, bondsman
for his son, John A Johnson, who was
one of the recent bidders, and who has
been bidder himself every year until
bis son bid this time, In an interview
said:
Last year bid 81, 500 for the Second
district, and was told my bid was too
high: This year my son bid S1.75O.5
for the same district and they said it was
too low. Collins got the district for
50, 175 My sons bid of 81, 750 90 wss
$3.50 80 more than Collins did the work
for last year.
'Did Mr. Lee ever offer to fill out a
bid for your"
"No, he did not. /"
"Did you ever ask Mr.. Lee to FIJI out
your bid2"
81 have, and he always refused until
this last time. He filed in the last one
for my SOD"
I.