New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-01
MR. ROBBINS ANSWERED
rx.r1RE COMMISSIONER GRAY'S LEI r''
TO MAYOR GILROY QUOTED.

CHAIRMAN LAEoCQrE. OF THE COMMIT -"
SEVENTY. BACKS Up THE SrNi N'''''''
MADE IN THE MANIFESTO PUBLISHED
OK MONDAY.
rho Committee of Seventy is amply prepared 70
hack ND the statements made by 1t III inc man
fasto published last Monday This fact was ""
covered Yesterday BY Commissioner foOo'S' VI "
Fire Department. who In letter 10 '"" '''"''
rocoue Of the Committee OF seventy too" 'Hr
,iors "a , statement made regarding the resSii-
=. c,,rlssion.r GRAY who is SAID in the
,,i,os,o ~ have resigned because supplies "'i'
,.. and maid for above the market price. Ny
Robbins says: go {. ro,o~s
wish to state ;ha, this. in 50 FAR as II r' XXI
IN This DEPARTMENT, is not true IN any IrSp, Tic
NJ " ,ra, iii not resign for that cause; that ms
DEPARTMENT Is honest to the core. anu i"n ,,,ere
"a .o,rts Ter most searching nvestigat0h
found nothing wrong. and stated IRA. VIZ This
wrc the hes; kept of any OF the departments 'i -
Statement made by committee composer, d" -
yours is calculated to do gross injuStc' =" .'.
from IFS good reputation before the public
To this letter Mr.. T.arocque sent r'pS' ]"
which he gays. among ether things:
You complain that this statement, mae of ~
~ is calculated TO do injustice 10 your u' r' Il,
mcnt and lis management. ana 10 ''""'' "o"' ~
good reputation before tn" pupllc. ~ . 10 NJ
The committee Of Seventy. composed as J. 80, - -,
citizens withou; respect to party haV'IS 10 h. Ln
r IL, i' in every statement made by it to the
public to be quite sure of lts fac'@ anu 10 ,htr
understate than to cAaggerdte me dD".r' ~, ~.
raIi FOR redress You say that SIR. Gray ana noi
resign on account Of the matters oi Whch ur , KIT,
mittce complain. and that your crpir'h;' = ny.
the core and run IN M me- s.St oi we ,b
ON the 9Th 81 January last IL Winthrop Cray. ul'n
a Commissioner Of the Fire Department, az ir'ss'!
an official letter 10 Mayor Giroy on the subJ'ct OF
the abuses he found existing IN ms 1eplrti,m, ~
that letter among other grounds OF c'ii!iiInt ~,
made the following charges That the department
was paving for oil purchased for is use wh1ch
al lie Ie1i
10 cents per Gallon ten cents per gallon; that plue
vi,rioI had been purchased at the price Of cents
per pound when the market price was -, .'il's r.
pound that CRATE bars were purchaser al tne pIl.e
kei was 81, cents per pound. that Will" there was
an attorney to the department. FOR whose '3nlptl'a
lion provision was made ny me iSDaIl 81 e.. -,
and Appointment. a partner or business a.,
Of Mr. Henry H. Purroy Never Butzel. WAS
drawing salary Of SOS = per month as an assistant
to the attorney. This salary was being cH"IE'' ~
the Bureau Of Combustiblcs. Butzel being upon the
payroll Of that bureau II" charges also that horses
FOR the department were bought at price Tar N
oxcess Of the market price therefor he also charges
that protest indorsed by him IN ms oN,ciiI 'apd
ity on 4 coal voucher under dat" OF o''oprl ~;
1sq3 which he declined 10 certify, had h'el torn on
and the bill certified by the Other C"ininisS!oherS
ami paid without the requirements or IN" conlIdCt
being fulfilled. This letter a. Wnoi" - Ply "l
cstlng reading and would seem to fuily Justly ~
charge made IN the address ~ the '1iini'' rt 90
seventy OF which you complain. IL thr ia' ',
charged were not the cause Of Mr.. cray res'E,A J.
ton b., doubtlos VIII be able &" "Npllln ms lh,N
IN taking tn course he ld. The fact remains tid.
hts resignation followed upon th" heels ~ IN" le''
It Vii harm, b. expected thai the report If one
Tamman' arparim@ni aS 20 IN, l.-r r,,,,,y d.
parir1ent VIII ia these da-s -" rcgaf le a. iu't"
conclusive hy the people. II he facts siri'l ~, "N
are i'm. tn.n the charge u our committee, ~ wnch
YOU complain cannot with auy pfourl'tt De- .,lr 10
r f,a MANAGEMENT - is reI ltati1n hDi re me
public good bad. 10 should rosi upon tNe iao'S.