New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-22
WEALTH OF THE GlLROlS.
IN THEIR KEEN PURSUIT OF DOLLARS
THEY RUN AFOUL or II. }. GRA%T-
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TIE s;tvcI:s FAMILY DENOUNCED

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3E::.xs OFT AcAIX-GRAsr1NG srIRlr OF
TaE Majors FAMILY DENOUNCED
nY rAMMANY MCT.
Tier, las Been bad blood between the adAeTen's
OF ex-Mayor Grant and MAYOR G!lroy IN la'''"i-''
He'll ever since G!lrcy's nomination for Mayor J"
October 1892. Croker md Gi!roy started o'' 10 X
nor. Grant. ami tac feeling for yc1" wee extremely
bitter Through the efforts Of Scna,or Murphy aho
c,:cr proInlncn: Democrats. both in this CITY ana
other pa~ts c. tine State who have been ineAly
win both s.lcs some OF tNe Fiction has been a
laycd and Cor several mcnths there has oe'n '''i'
OF 4 resumption Of the old relations helNee" "."'
or one side and Croker and G'"oY on tae o'"'I
a. least tns what Mr. Murphy an" Ills "''
ciate Ieacemators hoped Tor.
Dut iheso visions O: concord and a'HtN nave oeeh
d.sjpated By what eX-Mayor Grants irlchU' can
The "shlrp practice Of John J. Gl.roy, the MtSo' >
,idest SIN who has secured from The Third AVe
,ue Gable road the valuable advertising prlV"eSe
of that line u is well known that eX-May2r Grant
cho ainca the expiration Of his ,eTT OF Once mas
bocn in tho railway advertising business a. u''
president of The New-IorE Railway AdNefuS'n"
Company, controlling The privilege OF the hFo..n""J
syrdicates surface cars had his eye ON the lniru-
oys u,a ard Intended adding il TO his already cN-
tcnsive strnG when the c9ntcac; Of Carleton =
Nissan ended KAT young Giroy was 100 quick
for his fathers predecessor. and succeeded IN cap
turing the prize himself The consequence j. ."''
open war has broken out again between 'he N'i'oS
and Grant factions ~ the WiGwanl ana some Oh
4no Mon VITO adhere TO Grant doing loud talk
1nc about the greed Of the Gilroys, which they
cav for iuo!dinate selhshnesS, exceeds anythnS OF
tide kind known in tic political history OF New
York - ,,,,, ,.,vnp
Come OF the MAYORS apoosists have been defend
.n- lin in his absence the Pacific Coast by
aiecins tina, this one of young johns own
schemes. and that his father vas Wholly unaware
of Johns plans when he departed westward '''t-
night ago. But Grants friends reply by calling al
MENTION to the recent appointment OF Albert D..
Elias as school Commissioner 10y Mayor Ghroy
which they aege. was the start IN the hesuta
.Unv thew ask DID il come that young Gllroy
knew that Carleton d Nissan. the I'D contractors
had bid $29eo1 and SO by making HIS ''' S0'"
"' "Crants retainers are hot over what they re-
card as an outrageous Interference in the business
of the ex-MayOr.' said wel-inlo;med Iatnm;uly
man with Grant lesnnss yes ,S am , Igs
rsn hand They are not making ioud tnrcH;s; out
you may 9 Sp for The he tlroys They are sayins
some ugly things. The appointment of Joseph y
O'Donohue Whom Mayor Gihoy made City C;,.m,
The scheme for John is business alvanGemen,
Soon after ODonohue's appointment 10 V'i zee; iie
took Johr J. Gilroy into partnership win nm ~
the coffee business. and il is sait mat me sHI3fy
Coesee Arm Then Thonas r Gilroy. j., the May
|Fs feG%5 p new oice created for the Groy
benefit and Corporation Counsel clark was IN, ~
lucrative employment Of 'codifyins 'ne ci;y oFdl-
rances at S2,5''' year 49, ...
"Resides thls old Groy has made the circuit
Of the departments and the courts with the iolitt
and nsiruating request that his son Tom ana MS
eon-in-aw Mulqueen be remembered WIN Iriefr'
ships and the like where fat fees can be eN'Tdc't-
iron. The city and unfortunate clients.
THE cu.Roy INCOME.
ooh. they're after everything they car get the.r
hands on They are the hungriest lot of birds
that ever swooped down this town. Adding
I'D the salaries, fees and perqulsites Of various
kinds they are able to glther in, place the iani-
1lvs presen, profits al less than a quarter ~
n million annually. and YOU cannot tell row man
permanent investments they have been elabei 10
secure. big interests in which may run LOT years
after Mayor Gilroys time at the CITY haI ma
expired Talk about our regning families; there S
rone OF them getting i'll the sugar faster than the
Groys" , .o,o,.
Ex-Mayor Grant refused to discuss YESTERDAY
the circumstances under which he lost the mira
advertising contract. or to crticlse IN any
way the recent appointment OF President f-!la>
as a Commissioner of the Board of Education.
Tammany who have stuck TO Grant tnr0ush
the whole trouble between him and the CroKel>
and Gllroys say that there Will be some interest
Ing developments soon which will indicate ouer
sources Of wealth than those alluded to.