New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
DELAY on THE SPEEDWAY.
ONLY TWENTY THREE MEN AT WORK
YESTERDAY.
1T Is EVIDENT THAT TAMMANY is TRYING TO
Use THIS PUBLIC WORK AS VOTE

An actual examination and inspection OF the worh
OF construction on the Harlem Speedway yes
terday revealed the fact that the contractor Ja"ie
ID. Leary. had exactly twenty three men eihp'oSe
Seven were carpenters. putting up temporary s".'
for the contractors uses; eight were laborers VINO
were chopplng down trees between One-hundred-
and-afty-nfth-st and High Bridge. and the other
eight were rigging a derrick. This showed pracu-
caliy all that was being done on a contract whl'"
the Talnmany officials Of the Park and Finance De
partments and the Board of Estimate had rushe'
through with unusual rapidly for the os'ensioe
reason that II would afford employment 10 lnou-
sands of honest men who out OF work. Bun
dreds OF abe-boLied men, eager for employment
so up the line of the proposed speedway every
morning. asking for WORK, but they are turned away
by Mr. Leary and his assistants. II Is SeneraH'
becoming understood among the applicants that a
Tammany pull" IS needed to secure a JOB on the
Speedway and that nobody will get work under
Lear, unless he is recommended by a Wigwam
potcntaie. There also reports yesterday 'ha1
Lcary Is engaged in suh-.ettinS his contracts ann
that with few exceptions the majority put on inc
,,orl, would be Italians and Russian Hebrews, who
could bee had for 81 cents 20 81 10 day. Inc se'e
carpenters were said by workngmen to ne hifeu
at s. per day while carpenters regular wages are
Wien Mr. Leary was asked yesterday how many
men hc had on the work he was quoted as having
answered some lnqurcrs 10; others. 80" ana
The Coner said that he had decided ID b to sIp%s pos,
p0ne his visit of inspection to the me oi N'
| way from to-day until tomorrow, on account i
the condition Of the roads, owing to me pn par
weather Mr.. Leary went TO see the Conrolicl
again yesterday, and Tade a hating s@rt o. Ia
promise that he would have large iorce Gl IN H.
| at work Monday or Tuesday IL was pau, va, Wr
| Nj Fitch had little hope Of seeing any OF M
iearys promises fulfilled and he hinted al nethVus
| which NJ might be impeilcI to take II LeaiS u''
! NOT soon "get a move on. ,-,.-
| The report that employment tickets were pelns M
| ay,n out al the Park Department on the various
| improvements ordered In Central. Hivers'de anu
! N6rnngsde parks brought many applicahts, 20
| the department Offices in the Einigrant s Sav.nss
! Rank building yesterday, but they were iniorme,u, ~,
maj the ~, tickets which had been Issued had an
! bon given out. II ordered by the ooald tna'
thes. tickets must be given only 10 men or farny.
who are citizens OF the United States ana resdeh's
OF New-York City. and that none should Ne ISSUED
To Italians. u,.,,ro..d
Tho men who turned away were encourage.
Win a report that work would shortly be sarte,l
! on the Mulberry Bend and corears HOOK fa,k
| improvements. which will give employment, 70
iU5D additional men IN the chance 10 work IS 70 20
| he drlbblcd through the hands Of the Taminany
| Hall bosses" said a worthy appearing appnSh't
Yesterday ut will do lite good TO starving "'ves
| and children at home. The Kind OF material hss
leaders are looking FOR IS the class that WIZ spend
their earnings in Tammany Han harrooins ana
work for the Tammany Hall ticket.