New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-07
ANOTHER TAMMANY PLOT
HOW THE BALANCE OF THE s1,oooooo Is
TO BE UTILIZED

TIE ur-Gr SIM WHICH TIE PARK COMMISSION
Fps HAVE urry SAVING rr FROM THE AZ
PRECIPITATION OF LAST WINTER TO BE
SPENT lust ~ TIME FOR ELECTION
Figures given Yesterday by Acting 'ohtro"ei
Richard A. Storrs and at the PARK department
show that of the 100000 which the ies'S''''''
last winter authorized the Tammany city gown
ment TO expend through park Improvements u h''
ernpIcvment to New-Yor, City's idle iaborinS men
there remains about Si-""" "Htou'"V'' '0
the Park Boards credit.
.To the present time" said Mr.. Storrs AFTER
carefully examining a balance sheet "hcn was
submitted to him by First Auditor william D. .S""'
..the Controller has paid out on account W 49,.
81 coo 00 apuropria ton the sum OF SS'Vo' o. IL.
roost of this amount was on payrolls for wages %
mon employed by the day on park work Ihere are
susnondcd in the Auditing Bureau voucher"
au,.untint; to about $1,000 for asphalt ana ",her
material. purchased In sums exceeding Si'V' "''"
out public Bidding. Most of these V""'h''"
irsuei 10 the Sican Asphalt Company an" ''oS
nave bcen hung up by tho Controllers order.
,r, r.., commissioners came TO the conclusion
TINT in evpendinc the $4,000 they were achhs
under a sort OF ar emergency act ana not u'"c'
the Consolidation act. which requires theh |" "''
vertlsc for bids whore the expenditure VIII I'"'"
sLCN Controller Fitch disagreed WIN U'S nI'''
nretatlon OF the law and the Slclan Asphalt COM
u 10
until the courts decide that ts claims are )us'.
The SO 900 of Sician claims added to the ''''S' ~
paid out 10y the Controller brings the t"'al on the
Finance Departments books to $"I'u>N y"
In addition to this amount the Park Department.
Assistant Secretary Clinton IL S!h'P '"'' ~
terday has incurred additional Liabilities une' 'c
81 Oh 90 act amounting 10 $1,000 This raises the
sum practically expended to- Sis0Vc and leaves W.
cp, 10 be used In accordance with the Juggling
methods which prevail In all the city departments
dominated by Tammany Han r,,,. ,.odor.
That IL is the purpos. Of the Tammany ieadeIN
to this sum to All them IN IN" ie an ' ,nnn
paign admits of little doubt Les. man ~, , M" ,ns
arr. now emploved on park improvements. anu 'hs
majority of these. II .s SAID. have been III 'n' ,
ploy Of contractors since the Park hoat' u, vi
to lischara" men hired h! the G"N an" w. ~
,h. york H. tho marks over 20 h" don" 10y con
tract one Of these favored contra tots a. va"
demonstrated 10y George TomnlrH'n hp'' , - a.,
-, Sun,ie,s meeting of the Central Labor mon ~
John Slltiery. who l. renuns irttrhS WI u,%s
to Inc city a the rate of So Il day each ana -,
W. ,,o, ~ nmrlovs on the city work 81 ~ and 81 ~
a day .lat,ery was also renting SIX "''"''s ''"
The PARK EJarI has been discharging men in IN,
PARKS on the ground that there Is no "otn ti, ,r
,he,n hut NJ election time approaches the hceSs'.y
Nil arise for the employment OF a. many men ~
the appropriations VIII allow, P'N r,,,,,,,,,
nroprrIv vouchel for IS SUR To- v"t" ihc lninnhnn
tj,n ,ick.t Thou Mr. Clausen and MS ,eNhm
e.snclates viii nul usc FOR ~" w." N,''m IN, ~
r ,cs.ryinT II viii rot then he paii OUT ior
TO- .,nrk ms was the plain intention Of the h't
hnt y.ill 70 10 contractors who sGucc%" U' N"srs
~ ' ,r 81, men an,yu To- the starvation marx 40
81 Oh, trev ran rakc in the biggest profits. ana ~
NE same time hand over To- the Finance u",n un
mitree Of Tammany Iia,, inn t f1ni
I'm '.' moi IS sample Of the way Tammany
Hall mauif.sta g. 'aunie syiria,";, I this SEQ IN
~ mo 81 ool n" legislative ailini''"lu' "t,,
stands 60 Tho PAM, N'ardS '.rl., ",s ~ mem
10 IN ,,,.rs months ago. when the Mood Wa
~ rr..elr- ~ tn Republican L'El9it ,lI+,
,sn'gH .hcmc ~ rcscrying appropriations
Tor csmvairn I.lninula'"n.