The evening world., 1893-12-01
tx 7 RA..
2 O'CLOCK.
THE DEAL IN
CITY HORSES.
FirSt.ClaSS ASh.Cart Horses
Worth Only a Hundred
Dollars Each.
BREhNAN'S. EXTRAvAGANCE.
Private Sales Were Private Snaps
for Those Who Worked
the Scheme.
INTERVIEWS WITH H0RSEMEN.
Contractors Give Prices to
Show How the City Has
Been SWindled.
INTERVIEWS WITH AORSEMEN.
Contractors Give Prices to
Show How the City Has
Been SWindled.

If Mr.. Coles, of Newark, is DESTROYS OF
buying ash-cart horses he can obtain
them here in New York for 500 each.
At these figures he can purchase not
only score OF ft1t-class animals. but
800 or 1000 of them. He will not be
compelled to pay 80 each for them,
or $3.50 each. the price paid by the Street
Cleaning Department of the city of New
ork.
The expose of the reckless deal in ash
cart horses purchased by the city during
the administration of big Tom" Bren-
nan. as STRENGTHENING Commissioners, is
bringing before the public many inter
c,ting facts Of vital interest TO the tax
payers Of New York, and 1.-The Evening
Worl' is being congratulated and com
mended for its timely investigation Of
Rrennan's methods.
Although yesterday was a holiday. there
were groups of prominent horse-dealers
and others in the uptown sales stables
talking about The Evening World $"
expose, and discussing the relative value
of heavy horses for use on ash-carts,
trucks and drays.
While the claim is made by the Journal
istic allies and friends Of certain city
officials that the horses in the Street
, Cleaning Department weigh l,+5O pounds
and over the real facts are that there are
very few horses in the Department weigh
ing over LOO pounds. There are more
l,3OO-pound horses drawing city ash-carts
than there are l,5O0-pouni horses. and for
every 1000 pound horse in the Street
Cleaning Department, one can lind two
l.2OO-pound horses,
There is neither excuse for, nor eN-
PLANTATION Of the now w"ll-establish"d
fact that the public treasury has been
, swindlcl by some one ont OF from Si"ooN
TO $4,000 on this eXtravagant purchase
OF 423 ash-cart horses at $3.50 each.
In making Il tour of the leading up
town horse stables yesterday. an "Even-
ing World reporter found thai III" horse
dealers generally consider that the city
has been badly swindlci in the recent
deal whereby sl0J.Ji0 was expended for
ash-cart horses.
Moses G. Byers, contractor and dealer
In horses. II to 81 West SiXty-SecOnd
street, Is one Of the leading horscmen OF
New York. AS a dealer he has bought
and sold horses of all classes for many
years AS "A contractor he Is the owner
OF numerous street sprinkling carts, and
has a contract with private firms on
upper Broadway for keeping that thor
oughfare cleaner than il would be kept
by the city STRENGTHENING Department
The horses used by Contractor Bycrs fOl
this work. are fully up to the standard OF
Commissioner Brennan's horses
When an "lIVening World" reportel
called upon Mr. Hyers yesterday he sale
frankly:
"You can quote me 10th as a dealer
In horses and as Il street -sprmkling an,
streetswecp'ng contractor
Il have here in my stables boautiru
black rrrchCron horse, Weighing l,Gol
pounds fun This animal is tive or SIS
years old, aud as active as II coacl
horse.
"Now. no man in New York has a
better animal than this one. viii sci
this and other horses Of similar stvl,
ana build for $50 each. or In larsa lots
at $50 each.
AZ these prices ! am allowing myself
profit of so on each horse. even after
the feiSht and other expenses are paid
Many of the horses in the cit,
STRENGTHENING Department weigh les.
imam LOO pounds, while here in my
stables have n l,95o-pouud horse in
perfect condition which | will sell fol-
Va Here are two horses, a matched
PAR weighing 900 pounds, or l.aO
rounds each, which / will sell for sliC
Tor the pair or so for each horse.
These are horses which have been
worked hard in my own street-sprinkling
contrac. work, and are fully up to the
standard Of the cItys ash-cart horses.