The evening world., 1894-04-05

was 800 feet ,onF aud 60 feet Yilt, cost
INK the city 10 tuild. 81. 200.
At tn" same time thu" above pier Wns
being built by tho Department a pier
Of ia" sam" size and material was IN
the course Of construction under the
contract Hyatcln. which Wae completed
under exactly the same plans and spcci-
fcations for the sum of =, cents per
gquHr" foot. Total cost, 80. ,uh, d, saving
Of 5000 to m" city. This was u siy-
Ing to III" city q: 10 cents per square
foot for ryory square foot ~ pier bgilt
by contract. oor~plurau|" NOR" 'h"n 80
per cent h..uE 'Ht'' "u every pi . tlat
was lEilt 10y contract.
III. Ln.,ca 4" th.. C't,.
Tho fogoro ng is lat one instauco SHOW
ing til. difference, in cost Of construction
IL ~" city wien H." wuIi, 8 don ly
contract, ana when done by Ia" Depart
II. ht's w. force. n" same general ~
f]"r"uCos. with variations, Mr. Monks
gays, VIII b." found III all work. Iirr"
nr" a few of tn" piers built 10y tn he
i~artinCnt's fore" last year: Ncs"y
street. North river; TWcnly-fuurth
street. East River, Elghte,r,h street.
East River; Twgnty-iitlh street. East
4 II urison street, North River, consisting
Of about s7,l2p square feet. costing tn.
city s2';i ,Hfs, whereby. If i II" by con
tract, they would have only cost $l>5,Uol-
"A saving "a III" city Of $40. 9bS. At TIA"
present time. tn" Department has under
way new piers at Warren street, N"st
i NrntN-tDlIi street, w tii flltN -'bllIll
street. East ON IIundr"lth street ana
East N~iuuty-iir@t street, besides several
more they nrr extending ont to tn" pIrr
line, all of which consist Of NOR" tltn
3OO,uD sGliLr" feet, which, II dom" 10y con
tract, world save" tn" city more than
$l2D,ro0 IN" above UulY consist. OF part
Of what Tn" Department built last year
ana what they have under way this year.
The cost 81 construction Of s"nwall ut
West street and N"scy to tn" city was
SOi.el per linual foot. Many contractors
would hay" done the work for son per
l!neal foot. saving t. III" city ElI3.2l per
lineal foot, or considerably moro than 10
per cent. of its cost. lN carefully go
Ing over what the Department pays tor
It's material and Its labor and the way 1t
Is handled, Mr.. Monks says it will b.
found that work can b" done In all OF
IN" p~Gpnrtments branches at a saving TO
the city of from ~ To 60 per cent. by
doing all tn" work by contract aud let
tinG 1t to the lowest bidder;
'Thr city itcCorl," said Mr.. Monks.
shows that for three months prior to
March l. th"r" We're some thirty Trca-
surer'S orders given out. amounting to
from $1,000 t." 500. cach.total, $73,oo'.
whore they Env" from ii cents to %
cents per cubic yard for dredging.
Among th"s" orders there were three
parcels advertised for bids. They We're
saving to the city Of more than one
half; when If TIA" above had been let
out by contract tn" city would nave
saved in thrc" months some So. OoN.
"On Jun" ~. 1874, the Dock Depart
ment purchased l.ion,OVO feet of yellow
pine timber of Wkho"lright e CO.. pay
ing S2d. ~ per Loo feet. board measure,
and iaying half cost of inspection and
for rope and towing, ana the employ
m"nt of men to supervise and take care
Of the same. making the total cost Of
the timber TO the city when delivered
while the work was in progress $50 per
loo feet, board measure.
This same timber could have been
purchased by n contractor and delivered
upon the pier for $50 per 1000 feet. show
Ing n difference in the cost to the city
OF $ per 1909 feet.
Can Save ut Least 30 Per Cent.
""Thc same general difference may be
found in most purchases by the city.
Thirty per cent. saved upon the millions
1t Is proposed to spend upon the i'm
provcment of the docks will amount to
"A very large sum.
18th" dock builders employ from $500
to 1000 men and have about sl.0oo.000 in
vested, which will lie idle unless some
thing Is done. Ii the bin passes we will
employed; we viii do the work quicker
amour, while doing the work better.
While Tnmmnny controls the De
competent men employed and other
grave abuses permitted and encouraged.
This bill is In the interests of labor. in
the interests Of economy and in the in
tcrests of good government.
II may say that ! am in favor OF the
bill providing for the payment Of union
wages on all state and municipal works.
ment used by the Tammany henchm6en
az sundays meeting, that W" would en-
rloy cheap labor. We want the best
labor we can get and will pay the high
est rate of wages, but we will insist
that tn" present system of corruption be
put an end to, and that speedily"